Entries from Austinist tagged with 'recordcompanies'
February 29, 2008
Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch speaks on evil record companies, Phil Collins, the ugly faces of politicians, shitty guitar solos, future collaboration with Modest Mouse, and old reggae guys getting high. Alright, so Built to Spill is one of the greatest, most influential, and most acclaimed bands of the past fifteen years. There's really no way around it. And for those of you who are a little late to the love-in, here's a very small sample of some of the things that have been said about them: "A band whose talent and proficiency at times seem[s] boundless." --Pitchfork Media "Flawless." --Trigger Magazine "In short, he's a talent more people ought to know about." --Rolling Stone, on Doug Martsch "Better than getting laid, finding God and winning the lotto combined." --San Francisco Weekly, just last week when discussing their live performance...
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