Subject: Built To Spill

• Amplified Amore at RockNRollDating.com

  June 11, 2008

• Merge Slowly

  Superchunk matures without junking its indie ideals

  October 2, 1997

• Indie Outings

  The highs and lows of another adventurous year in the world of indie rock

  January 1, 1998

• Critics' Choice

  A year-end recap of the albums that made it worthwhile to own a stereo in 1997

  January 1, 1998

• Mouse That Roared

  The members of Modest Mouse make brilliant music, but they'd rather not talk about it

  May 14, 1998

• Hero Worship

  Seattle's 764-HERO expands its lineup, abandoning the ranks of the Northwest's great indie duos

  October 8, 1998

• Recordings

  February 11, 1999

• Growing Pains

  After 13 years, SXSW remains Austin's greatest/worst display of self-love

  March 25, 1999

• Annual Retentive

  The 10 best rock 'n' roll records of '99

  December 23, 1999

• Best Club For Rock

  Nita's Hideaway

  September 20, 2001

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  May 15, 2003

• dios (malos)

  R.J. should worry

  November 17, 2005

• Top 10 best sellers at Stinkweeds, 12 West Camelback Road

  Chart-busters for the week

  April 27, 2006

• Top 10 best sellers at Hoodlums Music, in the Memorial Union Building on the ASU campus in Tempe

  Chart-busters for the week

  May 4, 2006

• Born Ruffians

  October 16, 2008

• Amazon Trots out Their "100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums of All Time"

  Amazon takes their shot at indie rock's 100 greatest albumsThe fine folks over at amazon.com decided that the time was ripe to assemble a list of the best indie rock albums of all time. Indie rock is a genre either really easy to define or kind of confusing to define, but that sentiment did not hold back amazon.com as their staff writers compiled their massive list. It is a sight to behold and it includes some impressive (and not so impressive) albums. Revel in the glory of the list after the j

  April 1, 2009

• Mondegreen

  April 2, 2009

• Born to Rock

  October 16, 2008

• No Age

  June 26, 2008

• TrEmUlaNtS

  Helicopter Moon
  (self-released)

  August 23, 2007

• Beyond Compare

  There is something new under the (Silver)sun

  May 3, 2007

• Modest Mouse

  We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
  (Sony)

  March 22, 2007

• Independence Day

  What's indie rock? Who cares? Here are 10 great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition

  January 4, 2007

• Free Throw

  Built to Spill front man Doug Martsch on playing basketball, watching television, and getting poked in the eyeball

  July 6, 2006

• Band of Horses

  It really is everything all the time

  June 29, 2006

• Tapes 'n Tapes

  The Loon
  (Ibid Records)

  May 25, 2006

• Band of Horses

  Three-trick ponies

  March 16, 2006

• Minus the Bear, Rocky Votolato

  Northwest passages

  March 9, 2006

• Freestyle Fellowship

  Sometimes awesome live bands also make magic in the studio

  January 5, 2006

• The Thermals

  January 13, 2005

• Pinback

  December 2, 2004

• Definitive Jux Tour

  New York hip-hop spins in Tempe

  April 8, 2004

• Islands in the Stream-o

  The bastardization of a genre

  February 26, 2004

• The Heavenly States

  Not your average pop-rock band

  October 23, 2003

• Marquee de Sad

  How long will the Marquee Theatre be a royal pain?

  May 29, 2003

• Basement Ax

  Built to Spill's Doug Martsch is a guitar hero for a generation not interested in 'em

  May 15, 2003

• Stepping Darkly Out Front

  For years, Calvin Johnson has loomed enormously over the Northwestern rock scene. Now, he's powerfully going solo with What Was Me.

  November 28, 2002

• Doug Martsch

  Now You Know (Warner Bros.)

  September 26, 2002

• Guitar Man

  Built to Spill's Doug Martsch might claim to be an amateur on the six-string, but don't let him fool you

  June 7, 2001

• 764-HERO

  Weekends of Sound
  (Up Records)

  August 10, 2000

• Critical Mass

  Even with impending Willennium looming, 1999 proved to be a banner year for music

  December 30, 1999

• Secret Society

  Built to Spill leader Doug Martsch may be a modest family man, but his fans can't resist putting him on a pedestal

  April 8, 1999

• Tremulants

  May 14, 2009

• Paul McCartney MGMT, Le Tigre Christina Aguilera, Kurt Cobain's Ghost on Stage

  NME: Paul McCartney: 'I want to work with MGMT' - video Pitchfork: Radiohead Open Digital Store, Sell In Rainbows CD 2 Electric Mustache: Mp3: Rock Plaza Central "(Dont You Believe the Words of) Handsome Men" Rolling Stone: Guitar Hero: Van Halen Nixes Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar Spin: Jack White Plans Solo Album Rolling Stone: Zack Morris and the Roots Rock "Friends Forever" On "Fallon" PItchfork: Built to Spill's Doug Martsch Talks New LP Pitchfork: Le Tigre Working With Christina Aguilera N

  June 9, 2009

• Deer Tick

  July 2, 2009

• Deer Tick

  July 2, 2009

• Deer Tick Tonight At Modified Arts

  We already told you a lot about Deer Tick in this week's paper, and we'll tell you a little more tomorrow, after tonight's show at Modified Arts but in the meantime we just wanted to give you a little reminder: DEER TICK IS TONIGHT.In case you're too lazy to click the above link:The group cranks out a rough-hewn hodgepodge of high lonesome twang, indie-rock tension, and crunchy, overdriven grunge dynamics, casting Ritchie Valens and Townes Van Zandt as the principal songwriters in Built to Spill

  July 6, 2009

• Built To Spill Fall Tour Has Tucson Date, Three Open Nights After Tucson Date

  ​We can't tell you Built to Spill is coming to Phoenix yet -- but we're very hopeful we will be soon. Doug Martsch's gloriously jammy indie rock outfit has announced their fall dates and is scheduled to play Tucson on October 28. The critically-lauded group has three open dates (October 29 and 30, November 1) listed as "TBA" before their next date back in their native Pacific Northwest. Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Denver get their love at the beginning of the tour, incidenta

  August 10, 2009

• The Get Up Kids Really Were Worth Writing Home About

  September 24, 2009

• Built To Spill

  October 8, 2009