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Pavement - 100% match to Built To Spill

Darlings of the 90s US independent scene, Pavement were formed in 1989 in Stockton, California, USA, by college drop-outs Stephen Malkmus (30 May 1966, Santa Monica, California, USA; vocals/guitar) and Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg (guitar). Later they extended to a five-piece... Read more

Modest Mouse - 83% match to Built To Spill

Drawing from influences such as Pavement, the Pixies, and Talking Heads, the Issaquah, Washington, USA-based art-punk unit Modest Mouse initially featured Isaac Brock (9 July 1975, Issaquah, Washington, USA; vocals/guitar), Dann Gallucci (guitar), Eric Judy (bass) and Jeremiah... Read more

Guided By Voices - 78% match to Built To Spill

From Dayton, Ohio, USA, Guided By Voices took several years to find favour with America's alternative rock audience. Although consistently prolific, in truth, their initial obscurity had much to do with some unfulfilling early material that hardly predicted the comparative... Read more

Sebadoh - 68% match to Built To Spill

Based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Sebadoh are led by Lou Barlow (Louis Knox Barlow, 17 July 1966, Dayton, Ohio, USA; vocals/guitar). Before his well-publicized partnership with J. Mascis in Dinosaur Jr, Barlow had also played guitar to Mascis' drums in primal Boston hardcore... Read more

Yo La Tengo - 68% match to Built To Spill

This New Jersey, USA-based band has crafted a formidable reputation within the US alternative rock community with their succulent, Velvet Underground-inspired melodicism. Comprising the central husband and wife duo of Ira Kaplan (vocals/guitar) and Georgia Hubley (drums/vocals),... Read more

The Wrens - 59% match to Built To Spill

The Pixies' influence on the rock world remains quite large, as many acts continue to worship the cult alt-rock band long since their demise. While some may pass off the Secaucus, New Jersey based outfit, the Wrens, as Pixies disciples upon initial listen, the truth is that they... Read more

Wilco - 56% match to Built To Spill

This US quintet was initially viewed as part of the "No Depression" movement of neo-country rock acts in the early 90s - one of a clutch of bands eschewing the melancholia and sentimentality associated with the genre but retaining its musical traditions. The band was formed from... Read more

My Morning Jacket - 54% match to Built To Spill

Similar in style and approach to quirky alt rock bands such as Mercury Rev and the Flaming Lips, the Louisville, Kentucky, USA-based My Morning Jacket struggled to translate critical praise into the commercial success enjoyed by those two bands.Read more

Elliott Smith - 50% match to Built To Spill

Steven Paul Smith, 6 August 1969 Omaha, Nebraska, USA, d. 21 October 2003, Los Angeles, California, USA. Raised in a musical family, acclaimed singer-songwriter Smith first recorded with Portland, Oregon-based alternative rockers Heatmiser. Despite achieving a modicum of success... Read more