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Built to Spill & The Afghan Whigs at Town Ballroom (04/24/18)

April 27, 2018

Earlier this week, Built to Spill and the Afghan Whigs both returned to Buffalo for an awesome co-headlining show. Both bands played career spanning sets, making up for lost time since their last shows in Buffalo. The Afghan Whigs offered a  high energy set, focusing on tracks from their 2017 LP, titled In Spades. Built To Spill took a more intimate, no BS approach to their set, cruising through the show as a three piece, engaging in very little small talk.  While they did play fan favorite “Carry the Zero”, they focused on their deep cuts, making for a great show for longtime fans of the band. Check out some photos from the night below, shot by blog photographer, Brendan O’Connor. The Afghan Whigs Built to Spill  

Tonight: Built to Spill

April 24, 2018

Built to Spill make their long awaited return to Buffalo tonight.  Following the departure from Warner Bros Records last year, the indie rock mainstays announced a lengthy tour of the US with the Afghan Whigs, and Buffalo is on their itinerary.  Built to Spill has not released a full LP since 2015’s Untethered Moon, so expect to hear some cuts off of that, as well as their back catalogue, jam packed with classics. The Afghan Whigs will likely play tracks off their stellar LP released last year on Sub Pop records, titled In Spades, as well as tracks from their extensive back catalogue. Doors open for the show at the Town Ballroom at 7pm and tickets are $37 at the door.  Rituals of Mine kicks things off, followed by The Afghan Whigs.

Tonight: Built to Spill

September 21, 2015

There’s just nothing wrong with Built to Spill. The long running indie band is possibly the best thing to come out of Boise, Idaho besides my penpal and I guess the potato. Town Ballroom will once again host this important act tonight as the group tours for its eighth studio album Untethered Moon, which dropped this past April. As monoliths of indie, BTS still influences many of your modern emo faves. With soothing sounds and lyrics about getting high and first lusts, its easy to understand why they’re still rocking and rolling. Cool Toronto band Crosss will open. Doors are at 7pm and tickets are $25.

Just Announced: Built to Spill

June 17, 2015

Some acts seem to make an annual appearance in Buffalo, including the Queen City on its routing any time it hits the road. of Montreal, The Hip, and recently Diarrhea Planet all seem like safe bets to make a visit to the city if and when a tour is announced. I think Built to Spill has reached that status too. The influential 90’s rockers out of Boise will return to the Town Ballroom (one of the venue’s many 10th anniversary related shows) during the final days of summer on Monday, September 21st, this time running through town in support of its April release and eighth studio album, Untethered Moon. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday, June 19th, at noon for $22 in advance, $25 at the door.