Built To Spill Tickets

Would have given 5 if they played longer. Music was excellent, crowd wasn't as big as it should have been.

Wow is all I can say after lasts night performance. They played a awesome setlist and where having fun with the crowd. I love these guys.

If memory serves, Built to Spill's studio albums were recorded as trios or quartets. Performing these songs live with 3 guitarists made them so much better-more complexity, more energy, without losing any of the character that made me love them in the first place. Nearly moved to tears several times. My only regret-no "The Plan" or "Time Trap". Which isn't to say that the band didn't stretch some of their other songs out.

Play the damn songs! With the amazing sounds and lyrics that this band puts out its hard for me to understand 30 minutes of an already short set devoted to what they put up at the end of that show.

My cousin brought one of the albums over roughly 10 years ago and I never looked back...all of their albums are amazing, and they are wicked in concert. This show was fantastic, I heard 2 songs that I can only assume are off the upcoming release (both were excellent) and they also rocked a lot of good stuff from several older albums. This band is amazing live! go see them!! Built to Spill: MPLS LOVES YOU!! Keep coming back boys!

Well, they look like they have been enjoying a little to much beer lately, but the show was good, music as good, venue was good. last song was a 25 minute jam. If you like modest mouse, death cab for cutie, Built to spill influenzed them all.

Built To Spill's show amazed me and the rest of the energetic Thursday night crowd at First Ave. Doug Martsch opened the set with "Liar," a crowd favorite, to get the fans going and didn't stop until the end of the three song encore. Several songs from the new album "There is no Enemy" were played giving fresh perspective from the long-time indie standby. They played all the songs I wanted and then some. The band rocked the venue to its full potential.

Doug and crew did not disappoint...well, maybe not playing anything from their magnum opus, "Perfect From Now On" was a let down, but they more than made up for it with magnificent sound and beautiful guitar sonics interplay. Doug is a lyrical, melodical soloist to whom I could listen for hours. Scott's drumming is solid and unobtrusive, right on the money. The encore (three songs, last one clocking in at over 35 mins!) was RIGHT ON and swept me away on an ocean of sound. They played just over 2 hours and were their usual unassuming selves--it's all about the music.

awesome show. I love the vic theatre because it has so man bars in the main stage room. Built to spill and Disco Doom rocked! I would have loved to hear a few more songs (strange, i would hurt a fly) but i can't wait to hear BTS again after i get there new cd!

These guys are a tight outfit - I challenge anyone to find one mistake or technical error at a Built to Spill show. Amazing as the music may be, however, the members looked bored at moments. The drummer, in particular, seemed like he was just playing from memorization rather that from a source of fun or passion. Again, he was a technically brilliant musician. Also, the end of the show ended a bit self-indulgently. I love to see the guys go off on tangents more than the next guy (that is apart of who Built to Spill is), but I could have done without the 25 minute noise jam at the end of the show. I would have rather seen them play "kicked it in the sun" or "big dipper" to be honest (sing-along-tunes). Still, the music was incredible and I highly recommend seeing these guys, especially if you're a big fan.

This being my 3rd time seeing Built To Spill live I walked away feeling a bit disappointed. Their setlist featured many of the older gems which was great. There was not much feeling put forth in their songs and you could see it and hear it. The band did a 15 minute rock out that was all over the place and it wasn't very enjoyable the audience, many people began to leave and I could hear and see why. I would rather sit at home and watch the live tape with them playing with Modest Mouse at the GA playhouse theater from 2001.

Tiiiiiiiggggghhhhhhhttttttttt. Alls of it homey. That's real.

This is the third time I've seen Built To Spill and they do not disappoint. Awesome show.

When Doug said "This will be our last song," I couldn't believe it had gone by so fast! Amazing show.

Five non descrip dudes completely blowing your mind with an orchestra of guitar sound. No flash, no gimmacks just straight up TALENT!

With the Galaxy’s web site indicating a show start time of 7:30, I arrived at 8:30 expecting to arrive just in time for second-billed Woods. Somewhat surprising was that the first opener, Kurt Vile, was still on stage. Also surprising was the generous early turnout present. Kurt Vile is a Philadelphia, PA, indie-folk-acoustic performer who this night performed as a solo act. He played to 8:50 allowing me to catch his last four songs - two would have sufficed. Up at 9:05 was Woods, a self-described pop-psychedelic-jam band. Per info found, the 4-piece (vox/guitar, bass, drums, and misc. effects/electronics) is apparently based in Los Angeles. The 45-minute set provided readily demonstrated the psychedelic and jam aspects but too often were at ear-splitting volume levels. Somewhat uncanny was the band’s tendency to at times duplicate the style of Built to Spill with the vocalist often sounding near identical to Doug Martsch. The foursome received but a polite response from what had become a full house although not actually sold-out. Boise, Idaho's Built to Spill: Doug Martsch, Scott Plouf, Jim Roth, Brett Nelson, and Brett Netson, then began at 10:10. Formed in Boise, ID, in 1993, shortly after Martsch had departed the Boise-rooted, Seattle-based Treepeople, this was my fifth live exposure to the band. Prior live performances for this classic indie band were: 4/09/99 at the Roxy, 5/26/03 and 8/13/04 at the HoB-A, and lastly on 7/05/06 at the Troubadour. The 90-minute main set this night seemed like the best from the band’s seven full-lengths with no obvious emphasis on 2009’s There Is No Enemy. The band was very well received by those present and deservingly so. I then split at the end of the main set electing to skip the presumed encore and a follow-on DJ set from Doug Martsch.

I live in the valley so it took about 1 hour and a half to get there. The club is in a business park setting. Not much to eat or drink around there so plan ahead if you are going to see a show at the Galaxy. As far as Built to Spill goes, they were AMAZING! I have seen them about 10 times and they have always kept getting better live. The extra guitarist looked like Brett Netson and played like Brett Netson. I love when the two of them get together. Scott Plouf is a bad ass on drums. Actually, the Woods were a really good opening act. It's funny that I have a Woods album that doesn't do them justice so I really wasn't looking forward to hearing them. Cool Built to Spill shirts!!