Pitchfork

[Posted Friday, September 19th, 2003 06:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

It is entirely plausible that, at this very moment, Seattle tweemo-rocker and newfound protege of Death Cab For Cutie frontman "Benny Boy" Gibbard, Ben Barnett, is somewhere close, writing his umpteen-trillionth bipolar record of pop rock and moppy sadcore. No, really: the guy put out four records in 2000, one in 2001, and two more in 2002 when we all thought that kind of output was reserved for the likes of Jandek and Jason "Songs:Ohia/ Magnolia Electric Company" Molina alone. But Barnett's gargantuan-for-how-long-he-has-existed-library aside, the twenty-something frontman and rotating cast of characters he so fondly refers to as Kind of Like Spitting are taking to the streets this weekend, presumably still slutting their 2002 Barsuk release Bridges Worth Burning. And could they have picked a worse week to do it? Assuming they weather the hurricane, plans are also in the works for the perpetually recording Barnett and his cronies to hop the pond for an exhaustive tour of Europe this fall. The dates (let's call tonight's show in Greensboro "iffy"):

09-19 Greensboro, NC - Gate City Noise
09-20 Nashville, TN - Rcktwn
09-21 Birmingham, AL - Cave9
09-22 Athens, GA - Tasty World
09-23 Gainesville, FL - Market Street Pub
09-25 Houston, TX - Silky's
09-26 Austin, TX - Emo's
09-27 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves
10-01 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
10-02 Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
10-03 San Luis Obispo, CA - Z-Pie
10-05 Merced, CA - Mainzer Theater
10-06 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
10-07 Chico, CA - Moxie's Cafe and Gallery