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Built To Spill
If not for Built To Spill leader Doug Martsch’s catchy, concise rock songs and that signature wistful croon, the indie-rock saturation of the past decade may never have happened. But it did, and we’re probably the better for it. On its 2009 effort There Is No Enemy, the band expands on its already expansive sound, but adds elements of crystalline pop to the usual beard-and-flannel grind. Those moments might explain Enemy’s immediate follow-up, a lark of an EP that retrofits old BTS cuts as synth-pop numbers and makes anagrams of their titles (thus “Else” becomes “Eels”).
Updated 10/13/2010

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Paradise Lost’s Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
Built To Spill
Colin Meloy of The Decemberists
Double Dagger
Heartfelt tributes, Sopranos shout-outs, and kittens: Decoding The Death Set’s Michel Poiccard
Wes Doyle of Slow Loris
Davey, sing me something that I know: 28 songs that mention other songs by name
Figurines: Figurines
1993
Built To Spill announces a string of tour dates with new lineup
Part 6: 1995: Live, Bush, and Alanis Morissette take the pop path
Part 9: 1998: You’re either with Korn and Limp Bizkit, or you’re against them