Friday, November 14
*Greg Laswell/Jenny Owen Youngs, Duck Room
*Secondhand Serenade/Cute Is What We Aim For, Pop’s
*Steel Train/Dear and the Headlights, Off Broadway
*Femme Fatality/7 Shot Screamers/Exercise, Bluebird
*Celebration Day: Tribute to Led Zeppelin, Pageant
*Benjamin Del Shreve/David Samuel Moore, Gramophone
Saturday, November 15
*Steve Wynn and the Miracle 3/Love Experts/Rough Shop, Off Broadway
*Bound Stems/Yea Big Kid Static/Gentleman Auction House, Billiken Club
*Lucky Boys C
Photo: Todd OwyoungFrom last night's show at the Scottrade Center. See more photos of Green Day last night.
Caveat: I've been a Green Day fan since 1994 or so. And so I have a sneaking suspicion that last night's Scottrade Center show wasn't for me - even though the band ran through plenty of its bratty, jawing pop-punk hits.
But then again, last night's show wasn't for new fans, either - at least, not the hordes of elementary-school-aged children there with their parents. How do I know
AFI
Where: The Pageant
With: Gallows
Sounds Like: Post-everything -- hardcore, punk, electro, rock, pop and goth. The band's new album, Crash Love, rails against the emptiness of fame and shallowness of modern culture, and features some of the catchiest, tightest songwriting of its career.
RIYL: The Smiths, Misfits, Alkaline Trio
MP3: AFI, "Ziggy Stardust" (David Bowie cover)