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Sennheiser & Paste Present The Stages on Sixth During SXSW

We're thrilled to present the line-up for this year's Sennheiser & Paste Present The Stages on Sixth, our eighth annual party during the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, March 14-16.  read more

Ten Current Artists Celebrating Bob Moog's Legacy

Last weekend, bands came from all over to pay tribute to a name that is synonymous with most synthesized sounds: Robert Moog. Although Moog died in 2005, his legacy is still carried on in the products he championed starting in the late 1960s.   read more

Built To Spill Working On New Album

The alternative rock act Built To Spill announced today that they were planning on working on writing a new album. In what would be the eighth studio full-length, frontman Doug Martsch told Rolling Stone that the album would be made up of shorter songs and be self-produced by the band: "I'm trying to keep the songs short and there's a couple of pretty poppy songs. But they're all in different stages right now, and it's hard to tell what real direction they'll take.   read more

The Wedding Present, Built to Spill, Vivian Girls Members Pay Tribute to The Smiths

American Laundromat Records just announced plans to release Please, Please Please, a Smiths tribute record that stands as the latest in a long line of post-Smiths commemorative releases. The album, which will come out sometime in 2011, features newly recorded covers by artists including The Wedding Present, Greg Laswell, Doug Martsch (Built To Spill), William Fitzsimmons, Trespassers William, The Rest, The Leisure Society, Joy Zipper, Katy Goodman (La Sera, Vivian Girls), Tanya Donelly and more....  read more

Chills, Thrills & SPILLS: 19 Great Songs About Spilling Stuff

When I reached for the glass I’d just hand-juiced, I clumsily knocked its contents all over the counter. My mind began to wander to all the great songs in which other substances are spilled... milk, blood, wine, oil, guts, the beans. Before long, I had a king-hell playlist, and now I’m sharing it with you.  read more

Of Montreal, Janelle Monae, Built to Spill Kick off Pygmalion Music Festival Tonight

There’s nothing like a killer music festival to make your displaced Midwesterner correspondent yearn for the flatlands of Illinois. If you happen to find yourself in Champaign-Urbana, Ill. tonight with no plans, do yourself a favor and check out the Pygmalion Music Festival....  read more

Built to Spill Set to Headline Tour

Boise-based alt-rockers Built to Spill are no strangers to extensive touring....  read more

The 8 Best Songs in a Waltz Time Signature

I was listening to Beirut’s “A Sunday Smile” last night, and it hit me: This song is in a waltz time signature! No one knows precisely when this famous dance and music style got started, but historians have guesstimated the mid-to-late 16th century. This, in turn, got me thinking: How many other great songs out there was I unwittingly tapping my foot to in 3:4 time? Just how popular and enduring is this musical style? As it turns out, very—here’s eight of the best....  read more

Twenty-Five Songs For Dr. Dre's Planet Playlist

According to Vibe, Dr. Dre is working on an instrumental album about the planets, based on the personality of each. He will be recording it for surround sound because “It’ll have to be in surround sound for Saturn to work.” To help inspire the “Nothin’ but a G Thang” auteur, we’ve put together a list of each planet’s attributes, and some musical pieces that match them....  read more

Built to Spill Gets its Synth On

Finally, an EP for those times Built to Spill fans have listened to their music and thought, “Oh man, this would be awesome if it sounded just a teensy bit more like New Order.”...  read more