I only saw them once about 1999ish not having heard anything by them before, and yeah they were pretty boring live although I really liked one of the songs, which turned out to be Car.
For me they've always been a band I like some songs by but in general not really into. I bought Keep It Like A Secret around the time I saw them live because it was getting rave reviews, which I found pretty baffling and tbh still do because I think it's probably my least favourite of the albums I've heard (hah reading upthread it may have actually been our stevie's review I was reading?)
― Colonel Poo, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 17:23 (six years ago) link
i saw them live a few months ago and they were wonderful??? idk what y'all are on about
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
never seen them but would like to, tho i'm really only familiar with KILAS and PFNO. Martsch is a seriously underrated guitarist. like this video from last year of them playing "Else" just floors me. i know dude can shred but he's just really well rounded, i really dig this three-piece arrangement of the song, that we-ooh-we-ooh-we-ooh-we-ooh-we-ooh-oh lead sounds so much better when he's doing it. song needs that space.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JxIYuVwKw
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
everybody knows build to spill rules and are great live, seen them twice, would love to see them again
― niels, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
I saw them live in 2016 and they were trying out a power trio, which I didn't think worked so well. but some of the jams were indeed epic (goin' against your mind, holy crap)
― porg and bess (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 22:02 (six years ago) link
my sister just shared this story with me:
so my good friend, _______, her and her husband’s family are HUGE bts fans. anyway, _______'s sister-in-law was dying of cancer, and the band was on tour but she was too sick to go to the concert. the family contacted doug and he came TO HER HOUSE and performed a private concert for her and the family. they said he was just the nicest guy. she passed soon after.
― fgti spinner (Spottie), Monday, 5 February 2018 19:57 (six years ago) link
this has got to be the worst thread name on ilm
― alpine static, Monday, 5 February 2018 19:58 (six years ago) link
oh shit doug martsch is the best
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 5 February 2018 20:01 (six years ago) link
did old school ilx hate absolutely everything or what
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 5 February 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
i think so. it's crazy there's like 20 bts threads. i chose poorly, but i think this had the most recent updates idk.
― fgti spinner (Spottie), Monday, 5 February 2018 20:08 (six years ago) link
I think it's nice to reclaim these threads with praise and love of music
I also think Doug Martsch seems like a great guy
and BTS rocks
― niels, Monday, 5 February 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
she told me that this morning and now im going through their whole discography, been a while
― fgti spinner (Spottie), Monday, 5 February 2018 20:56 (six years ago) link
Annoying vocals, unremarkable melodies, self-consciously clever lyrics, capable of rending the world's most annoying sounds out of a guitar...― Melissa W, Monday, 28 May 2001 00:00 (sixteen years ago) Permalink
lol radiohead much?
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Monday, 5 February 2018 22:02 (six years ago) link
BTS is the Nicholson Baker of indie
― calstars, Thursday, 16 August 2018 02:04 (five years ago) link
They blame “both sides” for WWII?
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Thursday, 16 August 2018 02:14 (five years ago) link
Oh God
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 16 August 2018 03:50 (five years ago) link
Melissa W. got it right 22 years ago
― beamish13, Monday, 20 November 2023 02:39 (four months ago) link
fuck no
― ivy., Monday, 20 November 2023 03:14 (four months ago) link
the only indie rock band worth a damn
question doesn't make sense, all that is holy *is* Built to Spill
― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Monday, 20 November 2023 14:28 (four months ago) link