I stood less than five feet from Doug Martsch the whole night. And, I had room to breathe and space to bounce around in with my friends. The Built to Spill show at Webster Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 13 was by far one the most thoroughly enjoyable concert-going experiences of my whole life. The opening band Disco Doom was great; the lighting wasn’t too intense and the overall crowd that the Boise-indie-rock band attracted was, well, ‘chill.’ But most importantly, the music–even those songs created in the nineties– still felt new. It didn’t matter how many times the mainly twenty and thirty-somethings had probably listened to “There’s Nothing Wrong With Love”, or even some of their younger fans (like me). Everything about the three electric guitarists, bass player, and drummer was captivating. As performers, they really welcomed the audience. While most people opted for subtle head nodding or a single foot tapping, certain songs, like “Big Dipper,” merited an uncontrollable full-body groove that even the more mature folk couldn’t contain. Five feet, ten feet, all the way in the back of the venue– from any distance, it’s apparent why Built to Spill has been producing great music for almost two decades.


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