Public record

Pile

Rock | Boston | since 2007

indie
indie rock
j-pop
noise rock
post-hardcore
rock
Rock/Pop

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 10 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

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Shows on record

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Rooms played

2007

On record since

Releases

Photos, art and posters

Pile — Sunshine and Balance Beams — Release art · Sunshine and Balance Beams — release

Pile — Hot Air Balloon EP — Release art · Hot Air Balloon EP — release

Pile — All Fiction — Release art · All Fiction — release

Pile — Songs Known Together, Alone — Release art · Songs Known Together, Alone — release

Pile — In the Corners of a Sphere-Filled Room — Release art · In the Corners of a Sphere-Filled Room — release

Pile — "Magic Isn't Real" Live Stream (4.17.21) — Release art · "Magic Isn't Real" Live Stream (4.17.21) — release

Pile — Glow — Release art · Glow — release

Pile — My Employer (alternate version) — Release art · My Employer (alternate version) — release

Lineup

Matt Becker — guitar
Matt Connery — bass guitar
Chappy Hull
Kris Kuss — membranophone
Rick Maguire — guitar, lead vocals
Alex Molini

Releases

Sunshine and Balance Beams
Aug 15, 2025 · album · 10 tracks
AA
Acoustic at WVFS in Tallahassee, FL (2013)
2025 · album
LA
Live at Mungus' Masquerade (2013)
2025 · album
LA
Live at The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA (2023)
2025 · album
LF
Live from the Fallout Shelter (2010)
2025 · album
SA
Sunshine and Balance Beams
2025 · album
Hot Air Balloon EP
Jan 5, 2024 · album · 5 tracks
LA
Live At WMBR (2012)
2024 · album
LA
Live at St. Lawrence Hall in Ipswich, MA (2008)
2024 · album
LA
Live at WMBR (2015)
2024 · album
M1
Month 1
2024 · album
M2
Month 2
2024 · album
All Fiction
Feb 17, 2023 · album · 10 tracks
AF
All Fiction
2023 · album
Songs Known Together, Alone
Aug 20, 2021 · album · 15 tracks
In the Corners of a Sphere-Filled Room
May 7, 2021 · album · 14 tracks
"Magic Isn't Real" Live Stream (4.17.21)
Apr 23, 2021 · album · 15 tracks
"I
"Magic Isn't Real" Live Stream (4.17.21)
2021 · album
IT
In the Corners of a Sphere‐Filled Room
2021 · album
SK
Songs Known Together, Alone
2021 · album
SO
Second Other Tape
2020 · album
GA
Green and Gray
2019 · album
OA
Odds and Ends
2018 · album
AH
A Hairshirt of Purpose
2017 · album
LA
Live at Third Man Records
2017 · album
FO
First Other Tape
2015 · album
YB
You're Better Than This
2015 · album
M[
Melody [Limited Edition A]
2015
M[
Melody [Limited Edition B]
2015
DR
dripping
2012 · album
MI
Magic Isn't Real
2010 · album
JR
Jerk Routine
2009 · album
DE
demonstration
2007 · album
28
28,5
2002
PE
Perlipop
1999
MO
Modern
1997
AE
About Evolution And Development
1996
;V
;Modern.XX.) V.2
1996
;V
;Modern.XX.) V.2
1996
MO
Modern
1996
..
...Ist.Alles.Was.Der.Fall.Ist
1996
Glow
album
My Employer (alternate version)
track
GA
Green and Gray
album
OA
Odds and Ends
album
P-
Pile - Audiotree Live
album
AH
A Hairshirt of Purpose
album
YB
You're Better Than This
album
DR
Dripping
album
MI
Magic Isn't Real
album
JR
Jerk Routine
album
DE
Demonstration
album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 5+ plays, 2022-12-19–2026-01-29 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Early' (Eva Walker) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Midday Show' (Cheryl Waters) — KEXP

Artist background

Pile formed in 2007 — MusicBrainz
Pile is based in Boston — MusicBrainz
Matt Becker: guitar — MusicBrainz
Matt Connery: bass guitar — MusicBrainz
Chappy Hull: member — MusicBrainz
Kris Kuss: membranophone — MusicBrainz
Rick Maguire: guitar, lead vocals — MusicBrainz
Alex Molini: member — MusicBrainz
Pile has 25 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2007–2025 — MusicBrainz
Latest release on Bandcamp: Sunshine and Balance Beams (2025-08-15) — Bandcamp
Pile has 188330 listeners on Last.fm — Pile on Last.fm
Pile has released 10 recordings between 1996 and 2015 — Pile on Discogs
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Rock band — Pile — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pile_(band) — Pile on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 250 — Pile — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/0wp5qxl — Pile — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): American — PILE on TheAudioDB
Formed 2005 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: indie rock, post-punk — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pile_(band) — Wikidata

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-19
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, TheAudioDB, Twitch, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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