Built to Spill touts 'Enemy' on fall trek
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Alt-rockers Built to Spill have extended their tour schedule into late fall as the band prepares for the release of its latest studio album, "There Is No Enemy."
The new dates follow a few weeks after the end of the group's current leg, which continues Aug. 20 in Troutdale, OR. The fall outing kicks off Sept. 18 in Boise, ID, and runs through a date in Spokane, WA. Details are included below.
The group's seventh studio album, "There Is No Enemy," is due in stores in October. "It's pretty poppy, I guess. With lots of guitars," guitarist/bandleader Doug Martsch recently told Denver weekly Westword about the new record.
"I'm pretty excited about it," he added. "I don't know how it's going to come off, and whether it'll sound raw or polished. Hopefully, it'll sound more on the raw side. It's our first digital record, so that's why I'm a little bit concerned about it sounding raw."
The band's previous album, 2006's "You in Reverse," came five years after the release of 2001's "Ancient Melodies of the Future" and introduced guitarist Jim Roth and multi-instrumentalist Brett Nelson as full-fledged members of the group.
August 2009
20 - Troutdale, OR - Edge Field
22 - Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones
23 - Los Angeles, CA - Sunset Junction
24 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah
25 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Concert Theatre
26 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
28 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
29 - Arcata, CA - Humboldt State University
September 2009
18 - Boise, ID - Hyde Park Street Fair
19 - Murray, UT - Murray Theater
20 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
21 - Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
23 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
24 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
25 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre
26 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
27 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
28 - Bloomington, IN - Bluebird Nightclub
29 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
October 2009
1 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
2 - Newport, KY - Southgate House
3 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
4 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
6 - Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
8 - Ithaca, NY - State Theater
9-11 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East
12, 13 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
14, 15 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
16 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
18 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
20 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
21 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall
22 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
23 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
24 - Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ
25 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom
27 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
28 - Tucson, AZ - Dry River
November 2009
15 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
17 - Bellingham, WA - The Nightlight
18 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
19, 20 - Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market
21 - Spokane, WA - Big Easy
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