Subject: Built To Spill

• Critic's Choice

  Caustic Resin

  November 16, 2000

• Update: Westword Music Showcase line-up

  Update: As with year's past, before the ink's even dry on the schedule, we've had to make made some minor more changes. Among the recent ones: We've moved the metal showcase from Andrew's to Broadways (two doors down from Bar Standard, next to the pawnshop), and moved the punk line-up to Bannock Street Garage. We've also added two additional acts  (the Culhanes and Buckner Funken Jazz), and swapped the time slots of a few others at Dazzle.And in case you missed it last week, Andrea Ball is

  June 8, 2009

• Best Radio Lefty

  March 29, 2001

• Meat Puppets at Bluebird Theater

  Tom MurphyOpeners Shaky Hands seemed fairly steady handed.Meat Puppets with Shaky HandsSaturday, January 24, 2009Bluebird TheaterBetter Than: Not seeing such a deservedly legendary band.Shaky Hands from Portland, Oregon, opened the show with its own brand of countrified indie rock. There was nothing languid about the performance of this four-piece: Bright, chimy guitars and thick, heady leads locking in with dense but dynamic rhythms characterized much of the band's material. Occasionally there

  January 26, 2009

• Mighty Rime

  September 19, 2002

• Calvin Johnson

  May 13, 2004

• Q&A with David Frederickson of the Prids

  Some bands wear a style like a trendy fashion statement, and others embody what that music is about by creating their own artistic identity while expanding and building upon what has come before them. The Prids, from Portland, Oregon, are among the latter. Incorporating elements of synth-inflected new-wave dream pop within a framework of post-punk's desperation, melancholia and rhythmic momentum, the Prids write music that is a catharsis, an exorcism of personal demons and an upswell of heighte

  March 27, 2009

• 2009 Westword Music Showcase headliners

  Recognize the dudes pictured above? If you do, then you're probably pretty stoked right now. That's right -- Built to Spill will be headlining this year's Showcase. Hold on. There's more... you know we always have more than one act on the mainstage, right? Well, how about some Mudhoney? (No, we're not kidding.) Wait, it gets even better. Ever heard of a little band from Denver called the Fluid? Uh-huh, got them, too. Last but certainly not least, before they kick off their summer tour with the F

  April 8, 2009

• If you're a music fan, you'll be at Monolith this weekend — and this is what should be on your must-see list

  September 11, 2008

• Modest Mouse

  We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
  Epic

  April 5, 2007

• Calvin Johnson and Karl Blau

  Wednesday, October 25, Chielle, 303-722-1877.

  October 19, 2006

• The Long Winters

  Monday, October 9, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  October 5, 2006

• Pushing the Rock

  With his hoop dreams quashed, Doug Martsch is back in the game.

  July 6, 2006

• Built to Spill

  You in Reverse (Warner Bros.)

  May 4, 2006

• Band of Horses

  Sunday, March 12, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  March 9, 2006

• Freestyle Fellowship

  Awesome live bands sometimes make magic in the studio, too.

  December 29, 2005

• Cowboy Curse

  Bender's Tavern

  December 8, 2005

• Rogue Wave

  Descended Like Vultures (Sub Pop)

  November 3, 2005

• dios (malos)

  Friday, October 21, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

  October 20, 2005

• Troubled Hubble

  Making Beds in a Burning House (Lookout)

  May 26, 2005

• Critic's Choice

  DeNunzio

  May 5, 2005

• Love as Laughter

  Laughter's Fifth (Sub Pop)

  April 28, 2005

• Tin Men

  Tintin packs an epic, spacious sound into a modest frame.

  December 18, 2003

• Critic's Choice

  Caustic Resin

  July 10, 2003

• Critic's Choice

  Pedro the Lion

  April 25, 2002

• Straight Outta Echo Park

  Rilo Kiley tiptoed toward success while you weren't looking.

  November 29, 2001

• A Better Build

  Having traded indie-hero status for fatherhood, Built to Spill's Doug Martsch makes music when -- and where -- he wants to.

  June 7, 2001

• Leftoverture

  Alternative rockers are getting behind Alternative Radio.

  August 17, 2000

• Feedback

  April 15, 1999

• Playlist

  March 5, 1998

• System's Abnormal

  K Records founder Calvin Johnson leads Dub Narcotic Sound System down the road less traveled.

  October 16, 1997

• Building for the Future

  Built to Spill's Doug Martsch searches for the happy medium between fatherhood and rock and roll.

  May 1, 1997

• Playlist

  February 27, 1997

• BUILT TO LAST

  October 26, 1994

• This Just In: Cursive added to Westword Music Showcase lineup

  Wendy Lynch RedfernAll right, just when you thought it couldn't get any better (or at least that's what we thought), it has. Talking about the 15th annual Westword Music Showcase here, an event that already includes more than fifty of Denver's best and brightest and a main stage offering that features Built to Spill, Meese, the Fluid, A Place to Bury Strangers and now, the just-announced -- literally, you're hearing it here first -- addition of Cursive. We're no mathletes, but at $9.33 a ticket,

  April 29, 2009

• From Mile High to Monolith, breaking down Denver's summer music fests

  The Mile High Music Fest returns to Dick's with Tool, Widespread Panic and the Fray. With so many music festivals to fill up your summer and drain your pocketbook, we put together a handy rundown of Denver's fests, in order of their appearance on your calendar. Which are you looking most forward to? What should concertgoers know about each? Use the comments section below -- and enjoy the summer. Built to Spill headlines this year's Showcase.Westword Music Showcase Dates: June 13 Venue: Numerou

  May 26, 2009

• A band-by-band guide to the 2009 Westword Music Showcase

  June 11, 2009

• For Built to Spill's Doug Martsch, music is a different kind of hoop dream

  June 11, 2009

• Q&A with Built to Spill's Doug Martsch

  Photo by Autumn DeWildeDoug Martsch, foreground, and the rest of Built to Spill. Doug Martsch, whose band, Built to Spill, headlines this year's Westword Music Showcase on June 12 (click here for more details), is a rarity -- a indie-rock musician who signed to a major label in the mid-'90s who's still inked to the same imprint today. He's also a rare, if modest, talent with interests that go well beyond music to family and pro basketball, as he demonstrates in the following Q&A, conducted for

  June 10, 2009

• Built to Spill flashback: Our 1997 Doug Martsch interview

  Built to Spill back in the day. Our new profile and Q&A with Built to Spill's Doug Martsch, whose band headlines this Saturday's Westword Music Showcase (click here for more information), are built on a sturdy foundation -- an interview conducted with Martsch back in 1997, shortly after his band, then a three piece, released Perfect From Now On, an album that's achieved classic status in the indie-rock universe. Plenty of things have changed since then, not the least of which is Martsch's son,

  June 10, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, June 10 edition

  Photo by Autumn DeWildeBuilt to Spill. You think you're so smart.... Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Built to Spill's Doug Martsch. • Mini Q&A with the Fluid's John Robinson. • A first look at FOE and Karma's "Tic-Toc" video. • Atmosphere, Bat for Lashes, Brad Paisley shows announced. • MP3 Freeloader, Showcase Edition: Astrophagus -- and MP3s of many other Showcase bands are available at the main link above, too. Today in Cafe Society: • Top Denver chefs play with fire for c

  June 10, 2009

• Westword Music Showcase: We're here, are you?

  Aaron Thackeray It's 2:27. Do you know where your favorite band is? Chances are they're here, in the Golden Triangle, blowing the doors back of the boozed up and sun-drenched crowds that are bouncing from venue to venue, bar to bar, soaking up a shit-ton of local music. Chain Gang of 1974 (pictured) kicked off the day on the main stage, at 12th and Acoma, and the party continues through Built to Spill later tonight. So get your ass down here. If you can't -- and seriously, you really should -

  June 13, 2009

• Built to Spill, Brother Ali, Colbie Caillat shows announced

  ​Built to Spill, who headlined this year's Westword Music Showcase, will come through town again, this time with Disco Doom at the Bluebird Sunday, September 20. Minneapolis-based rapper Brother Ali makes stops at the Ogden Theatre Tuesday September 29 and the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, September 30, in support of his forthcoming album, Us, which drops the week before. The B-52s visit the Fillmore Tuesday September 29, and Colbie Caillat and Howie Day also perform at the Fillmore Saturday Octob

  July 29, 2009

• Sound Bites: Ancestors, AU, the Mountain Goats, Brian Setzer Orchestra and xx

  Ancestors​Welcome to another edition of Sound Bites, our economy-sized album reviews, wherein we give you the lowdown in 75 words or less. Today, Nick Hall weighs in on recent releases from Ancestors, AU, the Mountain Goats, Brian Setzer Orchestra and xx after the jump.

  October 6, 2009

• Air top seller at Wax Trax

  ​French electronic duo Air grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax with its latest effort, Love 2, which was released last week on Astralwerks. A Place to Bury Strangers' There is No Enemy and Built to Spill's There is No Enemy, both issued last week, nabbed the second on third slots, while New Model Army and the Avett Brothers rounded out the top five, for the week ending October 11. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  October 12, 2009

• Jay-Z back on top at Independent Records

  ​After holding on the top spot for a weeks in a row and then moving down to the fifth spot last week, Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 is back on top at Independent Records for the week ending October 11. Mariah Carey's Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, which grabbed the top spot last week, moved down to the second slot while Ghostface Killah's Wizard of Poetry came in at number three. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  October 13, 2009

• Built to Spill top seller at Twist and Shout

  ​Built to Spill's latest effort, There is No Enemy, released last week on Reprise, grabbed the top spot at Twist and Shout for the week ending October 11. Rosanne Cash's The List, which features some cameos from Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Jeff Tweedy, claimed the second slot, while Monsters of Folk, Brandi Carlile and the Avett Brothers rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  October 15, 2009

• Flaming Lips grab top spot at Bart's CD Cellar

  ​The Flaming Lips latest effort, Embryonic, debuted at the number one spot at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending October 18. Bob Dylan's Christmas in the Heart, released last week on Columbia, came in second and Built to Spill's There Is No Enemy came in third, while the Avett Brothers' I and Love and You and Pearl Jam's Backspacer rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump. 

  October 21, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 26, 2009

  ​As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.

  October 28, 2009

• Flaming Lips top sellar at Bart's CD Cellar

  ​The Flaming Lips new album, Embryonic, was the top seller at Bart's CD Cellar for the week ending October 25, while Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 and Roseanne Cash's The List grabbed the second and third spots. Bob Dylan's new Christmas album and Kevon Edwards' Who Knew rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump.

  October 29, 2009