Courtesy of "The Other Studio," I have four copies of the new Built To Spill album, "There Is No Enemy," to give away.

Want one?

Correctly answer this question:

Quick: Count on one hand the number of bands that have released a seventh studio album that made more impact than a kernel of popcorn hitting the floor. Eventually, fresh creativity gives way to muscle memory. Nevertheless, Boise’s Built To Spill has earned the right to release a late-career record, even if the title might be a sneaky attempt to convince indie purists that 15 years of allegiance to Warner Bros. is A-OK.

Heavy metal band Anvil — star of the uplifting documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" — has been booked Feb. 8 at the Knitting Factory in Boise. Tickets aren't on sale yet, but here's something to keep you entertained until we have more information.

Update: Tickets: $15 to $40 Platinum Skybox
Experience Anvil VIP Bundle - $47 (Includes GA admission, a meet & greet, a copy of the album “This is 13,” a copy of the DVD “The Story of Anvil,” and an Anvil fanny pack.)

It's almost like they're so bad it's good. Maybe.

Congratulations to Johnny "Shoes" Pisano, owner of Old Boise Guitar Co., for winning the Guy Clark Songwriting Contest. Despite the fact he's owned a guitar store for 25 years and played guitar for 40, Pisano had never written a song until last year. Since then, he's become a full-fledged songwriting buff. Here are the winning lyrics:

Pieces Of Me And You
(Written by John S. Pisano)

That's one hell of a moon shining down tonight
Painting the world with a magic light
I've got a feeling you're looking up at it too

Country legend Emmylou Harris will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Egyptian Theatre in Boise. Tickets are $52 advance, $55 day of show. They go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at the Record Exchange, Boise Co-op or Egyptian box office — or online at brownpapertickets.com. Harris will perform with Her Red Dirt Boys. Buddy Miller opens.

Harris' last visit to the Treasure Valley was in 2002 at the Idaho Center Amphitheater. She was part of the multiple-act, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"-inspired Down from the Mountain tour, which also featured entertainers such as Ricky Skaggs, Alison Krauss and the Del McCoury Band. Tickets to that concert ranged from $29.50 to $59.50.

Last night's songs:

—Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Catholic School Girls Rule"
—Third Eye Blind, "Bonfire"

—Pearl Jam, "Supersonic"
—Foo Fighters, "Wheels"

—Monsters of Folk, "Whole Lotta Losin'"
—Death Cab For Cutie, "Meet Me on the Equinox"
—Raveonettes, "Last Dance"

—Alice in Chains, "Check My Brain"

"The Other Studio" airs at 9 p.m. Sundays on 94.9 FM "The River."

If you attend the Killers concert tonight, I'm dying to know what you think afterward: Performance, stage show, setlist and, of course, THE SOUND!

Photo from Boise show by Otto Kitsinger/PerfPhoto.com

Grunge band Alice in Chains came to an abrupt end in 2002 when deteriorating frontman Layne Staley died of a drug overdose. More than a decade later, the group has reformed with an unknown as lead singer.

Normally, this would make me wince. I hate when bands do things like that. But what makes the new Alice in Chains different from say, Journey or Foreigner, is that the band is releasing an album of new material that people actually will buy and enjoy. The group still sounds unmistakably like Alice in Chains, shockingly without seeming to miss Staley.

The single, "Check My Brain," arguably diminishes Staley's legacy by suggesting that, well, perhaps guitarist Jerry Cantrell's songwriting, diving ax grind and haunted-soul vocal harmonies were the crucial elements of the group's sound.

In other words, it's solid. Amazingly so. Very few bands have successfully tried something like this. AC/DC comes to mind. I'm thinking Alice in Chains might pull this comeback off and extend its career indefinitely.

Guitar Center still has open slots for its Drum-Off ‘09 talent search on Oct. 15. Sign up at the store at 5761 W. Fairview Ave.

Here's last year's national winner:

I was recently informed by Knitting Factory's booker that '80s pop-metal pin-up Lita Ford will perform with Queensryche at the group's Nov. 6 concert. Not open for them. Play with them. Ford, 50, is planning a solo CD soon. Judging from the unfortunate new song "Piece (Hell Yeah)," which you can hear here, it ain't no big thing. But she knows what she likes. (Herself.)