Doug Martsch

 Built to Spill has been a reference point for indie rock music for more than three decades. The Boise band helped write the 90s indie rock playbook, and bands a generation younger are still working from it. Doug Martsch has been the singer, guitarist, chief songwriter, and only constant since 1992. Ten albums in, the songs hit as hard as they did the first time fans heard them. On Friday, September 25, Martsch brought the current trio, with Melanie Radford on bass and Teresa Esguerra on drums, to the Central Machine Works stage built last year. The show sold out. The crowd was split between lifers and newcomers, and both got 90 minutes of indie rock loyalty for their trouble.