-
Artist:
-
Album:
-
Track:
I ALWYS LOVE THIS SONG IN THE SUMMER TIME!!! BUILT TO SPILL FAN FOR LIFE!!!
More >
Built to Spill
Perfect from Now On
-
AMG Review of Perfect from Now On
Ned Raggett
All Music GuideNot many groups would take a major-label contract as a cue to put out an album where the shortest song is still a radio-unfriendly five minutes in length. For that listeners can thank their stars that Built to Spill isn't like many groups and Doug Martsch not like many artists. Perfect from Now On manages the amazing trick of being the band's best album to this point, Martsch and company using the opportunities for larger budgets and distribution to create an album at once inspiring and quietly emotional, not the easiest combination to pull off. With drummer Scott Plouf and bassist Brett Nelson as the other core performers, plus second guitarist Brett Netson and cellist John McMahon as key guests, the result is astounding all around. The length of the songs allows the band to create uniquely post-everything mantras, blending psych trances and drones, post-punk airiness and flow, and Martsch's affecting, tender singing and lyrics into a whole. Martsch's high tones and the guitar passion here helped fuel further comparisons to Neil Young -- to pick out one moment, consider the closing minutes of "I Would Hurt a Fly," feedback peeling out over the rhythm and strings -- but the Boise musician is his own man through and through. Selecting standout moments from such a solid disc almost defeats the purpose, but many examples still deserve further notice. "Stop the Show" builds to a dramatic, but not in the least bit hammy, shift from a roaring wash to a quick, clipped pace; Martsch's vocals and further sudden tempo switches are the icing on the cake. "Velvet Waltz" indeed plays at that musical pace, McMahon's playing and Martsch's heartbreaking, lovely lyrics and singing the core of a incredible song. "Untrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else)" concludes a simply fantastic record.
KICKED IT THE SUN
the end
-
Artist:
-
Album:
-
Track:
i feel like its time for change, an end to one stage, phase, country, idea, culture. and therefore a beginning to another. where were at right now, as a culture, feels stale...nothings happening its just repeating, the styles, the music, everything...its done. its been done. probably will be done over and over again. its getting to be disgusting. shit, people are becoming so unoriginal that the...
More >
Doug Martsch of Built to Spill.. I would hurt a fly... another little acoustic find...
-
Artist:
-
Album:
-
Track:
very cool performance....and yep I agree I would definitely hurt a fly, we got millions of the buggers here!!!
More >
the end
-
Artist:
-
Album:
-
Track:
i feel like its time for change, an end to one stage, phase, country, idea, culture. and therefore a beginning to another. where were at right now, as a culture, feels stale...nothings happening its just repeating, the styles, the music, everything...its done. its been done. probably will be done over and over again. its getting to be disgusting. shit, people are becoming so unoriginal that the...
More >
Found Treasure
-
Artist:
-
Album:
-
Track:
With the invention of the ipod, did you overlook any cds in your first run at loading it up, and then think to yourself years later, "whatever happened to that song/cd I use to love?" I did...and recently unpacking a box with my cds, I found this gem, and thought, "what the heck was I thinking when I was loading up cds onto my ipod? How could I not load this one up?" I'm glad I went looking.
More >
Built to Spill
-
Artist:
-
Album:
-
Track:
This is one of my favorite Built To Spill songs of all time.
More >
KICKED IT THE SUN
-
Artist:
-
Album:
-
Track:
I ALWYS LOVE THIS SONG IN THE SUMMER TIME!!! BUILT TO SPILL FAN FOR LIFE!!!
More >
 "Perfect from Now On")
