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Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr, and Built to Spill at the Orpheum, September 27, 2008
The problem with these “play your most revered album in full” shows that everyone from Public Enemy to Liz Phair is doing lately is that the correct answer is not always a no-brainer.
By RYAN STEWART | October 01, 2008

The year the music thrived

National pop: 2007 in review
Bad times for the big guys have generally been good news for the rest of us.
By MATT ASHARE | December 17, 2007

Band of Horses

Cease to Begin | Sub Pop
Much has changed for Band of Horses and their mercurial frontguy, singer/guitarist Ben Bridwell, since they quietly released their debut album.
By MICHAEL ALAN GOLDBERG | October 30, 2007

Neo-new-what?

A year in national pop
The real album of the year is a disc that probably didn’t cross many people’s paths in 2006, a Rhino comp titled Future Retro that pairs various DJs/electronicists (Richard X, Tiga, the Crystal Method) with classic new-wave tracks by the Cure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Depeche Mode, and New Order.
By MATT ASHARE | December 28, 2006

Lessons for (college) life

What today’s freshmen can learn from yesterday’s seniors’ mistakes
All right, kiddos, listen up.
By NINA MACLAUGHLIN | September 01, 2006

Built to Spill

YOU IN REVERSE | Warner Bros.
With the exception of certain hipper-than-thou types, the verdict on You in Reverse , Built To Spill’s first album in five years and their sixth overall, is unanimously — almost giddily — positive.
By MATT ASHARE | April 14, 2006