R.E.M. Reveal Details for Live at the Olympia Album [Pitchfork]
Built To Spill Reveals Tracklist, Cover Art for New Album, There Is No Enemy [Pitchfork]
Stream New Os Mutantes Track, “Anagrama” [Stereogum]
Still Bummed About That Stormy Pool Party? …Trail Of Dead Announces Tour, Hits New York In September [The Tripwire]
Weezer Sinks Even Lower With Incredibly Stupid Album Title [Pitchfork]
Luckily Some People Are Good With Nomenclature. Looks Like There’s A Sampler Out From Ghostface’s Wizard Of Poetry! [Prefix]
Murdered: Samuel Ferguson, Journalist Who Broke Rick Ross Correctional Officer Story [Prefix]
Online Retailer Insound Collaborates With Designer Mike Perry To Create “Insound 10 Classic,” A Series Of Products Featuring Bands Spanning From The Voidoids to The Promise Ring [The Tripwire]
Seems Like Weezer’s Creating An Uproar. SPIN Lists Their Picks For Worst Album Titles Of 2009…Thus Far. (Say What You Will, SPIN. I Think I Love The Name Stretch Your Skull Cover And Smile) [SPIN]
by Erin Sheehy
Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, Better Known as MCA, Diagnosed With Cancer; Tour Cancelled and New Beasties LP, Hot Sauce Committee Part 1, Delayed [Billboard]
Thriller Set to Break The Eagles’ Record As The Highest Selling Album of All-Time…Good. [Billboard]
Built To Spill Finishing Seventh LP, There Is No Enemy; Released Sometime In October [Brooklyn Vegan]
Andrew W.K. Appears On Fox News; Facially Ridicules Fox News, and Remains Awesome [Prefix]
Stream Neo-Hippies The Polyphonic Spree’s New Demo “Blurry” [Gorilla Vs. Bear]
Limp Bizkit Played First US Show In 5 Years; Guitarist Wes Borland Looks Straight Out of Apocalypto [Spin]
Ne-Yo Loves Fans, Hates Bloggers, And Is Really Quite A Sensitive Man [Idolator]
Stream New Islands Song “No You Don’t;” New LP Vapours Due Out September 22 [Pitchfork]
Satanic Verses Author Salman Rushdie and Alt-Rockers Dredg Confoundingly Come Together For Charity [Spin]
Lil Wayne’s Much-Anticipated (For All The Wrong Reasons) Rock Album Rebirth Joins Detox and Cuban Linx II On Long List of Rap Albums That Will Probably Never Be Released [Idolator]
Stream Thom Yorke’s New Song “Present Tense” Performed Live At England’s Latitude Festival [Spin]
British Police Investigating The Game And His Entourage On Charges Of Assault…And He Seemed Like Such A Family Man [Prefix]
compiled by Max Sebela
Ne-Yo Cries Onstage (Because of You?) [Idolator]
Now Folks Can Pretend to Be Rock Stars Playing Your Song: Rock Band Network Helps Users Turn Their Songs Into Gameplay Files [Rolling Stone]
Oh Baby! Amazing Baby Headed Out On North American Tour [NME]
“Betrayal Takes Two”: Richard Hell Very Sorry To Have Gotten Punkcast YouTube Account Suspended [Brooklyn Vegan]
Nicolas Cage’s Son’s Black Metal Band, Eyes Of Noctum, To Play NYC [Brooklyn Vegan]
More Weird Celeb Kid News: Ian Brown’s Kids Sell Posters Of Him On Ebay! [NME]
More Music Poster News: Died Young, Stayed Pretty, a Film About The World Of Indie Rock Posters, Premiers In NYC Tonight [Brooklyn Vegan]
Animal Collective Clears First Licensed Grateful Dead Sample Ever [Pitchfork]
Like You’ll Never See Built To Spill Again: Why Not Skip Siren and Check Out King Sunny Adé at African Music Festival In Prospect Park? [Brooklyn Vegan]
Check Out New Atlas Sound/Panda Bear Collaboration, “Walkabout” [Pitchfork]
compiled by Erin Sheehy
Siren Festival Lineup Announced: Built To Spill, Spank Rock Headline [The Tripwire]
True School 2009 Summer Park Jams In The Bronx – Afrika Bambaataa, Biz Markie and More! [Brooklyn Vegan]
Listen To New Jay Reatard Track [The Tripwire]
LaToya Jackson Skit Officially Cut From Bruno Movie [IMDb]
Atlas Sound’s New Album Logos Set For October Release [Tiny Mix Tapes]
Sufjan Stevens Revisits Electronic Period, Reworks Enjoy Your Rabbit for Strings [Pitchfork]
Yoko Ono Set To “Do Her Thing All Over You” With New Plastic Ono Band Album [Tiny Mix Tapes]
Subhumans Reissue Back Catalog [Prefix]
Richard Hell “Repairs” Voidoids’ Destiny Street [Rolling Stone]
compiled by Erin Sheehy
Judge Grants Juror Glastonbury Leave [NME]
Yeasayer to Tour North America, Hit New York on 8/13 [Prefix]
Timbaland to Score, Zac Efron to Star in Cowell’s Rendition of Saturday Night Fever [NME]
Bicycle Film Festival Kicks Off w/ FREE Show Featuring Jon Spencer Blues Explosion & The Teenagers [Brooklyn Vegan]
Hip-Hop Artists Sick of “Old Ass Jay-Z Hating” on Auto-Tune [Prefix]
Built to Spill to Release New LP in October [Pitchfork]
Paul McCartney Waiting for a Phone Call from MGMT [NME]
Radiohead Selling Second In Rainbows CD [Pitchfork]
“Zack Morris” Performs “Zack Attack” Backed by The Roots [Videogum]
More Big Acts Cutting Ticket Prices [NME]
Stop Laughing At, Start Feeling Bad About Michaels’s Faceplant [The Tripwire]
compiled by Elana Jacobs & Erin Sheehy
February 19, 2009
Built to Spill | The Normal Years
HIDDEN GEM
Built To Spill
The Normal Years
2006 | K Records
Doug Martsch’s Built To Spill has always seemed like a momentary peek into Bizarro World to me. The group’s intricate and abstract guitar breaks place Built To Spill somewhere firmly in the mix between proto-grunge and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, and their wandering jams ingratiate the band to the throng of dejected Phish fans looking for their next favorite distraction. Think of the “classic” Built To Spill sound as “thinking-man’s metal,” or “clear-headed psychedelia.” Plus, Martsch sings like he’s from another planet: high pitched, sure, but where Axl Rose often sounds like a woman, Martsch sounds like he’s Martian.
More on Built to Spill | The Normal Years
HIDDEN GEM
Built To Spill
The Normal Years
2006 | K Records
Doug Martsch’s Built To Spill has always seemed like a momentary peek into Bizarro World to me. The group’s intricate and abstract guitar breaks place Built To Spill somewhere firmly in the mix between proto-grunge and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, and their wandering jams ingratiate the band to the throng of dejected Phish fans looking for their next favorite distraction. Think of the “classic” Built To Spill sound as “thinking-man’s metal,” or “clear-headed psychedelia.” Plus, Martsch sings like he’s from another planet: high pitched, sure, but where Axl Rose often sounds like a woman, Martsch sounds like he’s Martian.
More on Built to Spill | The Normal Years
