Today, we're introducing a new series called Area Codes, and the focus of this biweekly feature is local music scenes across the United States and the globe. In a music landscape where musicmaking…   Read Story »

Fresh off their appearance on Conan, Band of Horses stopped by the Wiltern in Los Angeles for their own headlining show in the wake of the opening for the cancelled Kings of Leon tour. Brett Netson…   Read Story »

Built To Spill's been around for a long (long) time. If you'd told me in the early '90s -- when my brother had Ultimate Alternative Wavers and There's Nothing Wrong With Love on repeat -- or in 1997…   Read Story »

The Electronic Anthology Project is Built To Spill's Doug Martsch and Brett Nelson, redoing their own songs with '80s synths and drum machines. It doesn't sound like something BTS would do, but,…   Read Story »

This past weekend was the Matt Groening-curated ATP, which went down in Butlins, Minehead, UK. Iggy Pop and Toumani Diabate were the highlights of the first night (along with ATP staples Built To…   Read Story »

Last night Built To Spill capped a sold-out four-show run in NYC -- two at Webster, followed by a more intimate pair at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg. I ventured out in the Noreaster for it, and,…   Read Story »

You've heard "Things Fall Apart" and "Hindsight" and stared deeply into There Is No Enemy's nighttime sky: Fill in the gaps of BTS's kinda blue seventh album (10/6, Warner Bros) at MySpace.   Read Story »

When Doug Martsch spoke with Jessica, he talked about aging gracefully: We have a bunch of records out. There's no hurry for us to sell music. We can put out a a record every five or six years, and…   Read Story »

Last year, San Fran's inaugural Outside Lands festival featured Radiohead, but also power outage issues. This year: No Radiohead, but abundant electricity. Trade-offs! While Thom was twisting words…   Read Story »

Built To Spill's seventh full-length There Is No Enemy is out this October. When Doug Martsch spoke with Jessica in June for a detailed Progress Report he mentioned the collection was fairly…   Read Story »