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Ben Gibbard paused apologetically just before his band played a mellow newer cut, "Grapevine Fires": "I just realized we didn't introduce ourselves. How rude – we just barge into your house and don't introduce ourselves. We're Death Cab for Cutie from Seattle, Washington." To those at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Monday night, though, the vocalist/guitarist's quartet needed no introduction. Its latest album, Narrow Stairs , debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, and it's set to open some dates for Neil Young in the coming weeks. As Monday's fantastic, well-paced set proved, [...]