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Built To Spill: Keep It Like A Secret

Will Hermes, Spin, March 1999

BUILT TO SPILL are maybe the only (formerly) indie rockers whose fans trade mad bootlegs but don't get into that cosmic noodle-dance thing. Sure, Pavement's minions once catalogued the group's guitar duels, but ever since Steve'n'Scott reined in their freakiness, what's the point? As for Sonic Youth, heck, Thurston Moore is busy putting out remix records with Alec Empire and Spring Heel Jack.

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