Subject: Pop-Punk and Emo

• Dr. Manhattan/Foxy Shazam

  February 11, 2009

• Rancid/Rise Against

  June 10, 2009

• It's A Chorine Gas

  June 10, 2009

• No Doubt/Paramore/Bedouin Soundclash

  July 1, 2009

• Set Your Goals

  July 8, 2009

• Maylene & the Sons of Disaster

  July 8, 2009

• Happy Birthday, Punk: The Vans Warped Tour turns fifteen years young

  July 29, 2009

• B-Sides puts Green Day's consciousness-raising music in context with other artists'

  August 5, 2009

• Slobberbone gets the band back together for another twang-punk trek

  August 5, 2009

• Fall Out Boy

  August 12, 2009

• TheSTART

  August 12, 2009

• Paramore at the Pageant, Wednesday, October 7

  Paramore is playing its first club show in St. Louis in several years, on Wednesday, October 7, at the Pageant. Tickets are $29.50, and are on sale August 21. Here's a review of Paramore's July gig, when it opened for No Doubt.

  August 12, 2009

• Show Review Photos: Fall Out Boy, Chester French and Brendon Urie at the Pageant, Wednesday, August 19

  Photo: Nick SchnelleView more photos from the show last night.​ REVIEW BY MATTHEW JACKSON (View photos from the show last night.) Fall Out Boy's concert Wednesday night at the Pageant afforded many opportunities, but primary among them was the chance to answer, in one continuous sitting, that ancient question: What are the precise differences between prattle, drivel and patter? To compile a highlight reel of between-song chat, you would have experienced prattle about Bruce Wayne, patter ab

  August 20, 2009

• John Nolan

  August 19, 2009

• Rumor: Blink-182 May Not Perform in St. Louis on Thursday

  Last night, pop-punks Blink-182 cancelled their show in Saratoga, New York, citing the death of DJ AM, a close friend of drummer Travis Barker. (Barker and AM survived a horrific plane crash last year.) Weezer, Taking Back Sunday and Chester French still played, however. A statement on Blink's website says: Due to circumstances surrounding the unfortunate and untimely passing of our dear friend Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein, blink-182 will not be playing tonight in Saratoga, NY at SPAC. Performanc

  September 1, 2009

• Battle of Wits: Who's better: Blink-182 or Weezer?

  September 2, 2009

• The Honorary Title/Good Old War

  September 2, 2009

• Blink 182 Show Moved from September 3 to September 29

  Turns out that the rumors of Blink 182 moving its St. Louis show originally scheduled for September 3 were true: LiveNation just sent out a press release announcing that the concert is now set for Tuesday, September 29. A statement included with it says: After much thought and consideration, Blink-182 has rescheduled their next two shows in order for Travis Barker to mourn the loss of his dear friend Adam Goldstein. Blink-182 will now play St. Louis, MO on September 29. All previously purchased

  September 1, 2009

• Show Review Photos: The Mars Volta at the Pageant, Tuesday, September 8

  When the Mars Volta unleashed its 2002 debut EP, Tremulant, some critics cheekily tagged the band "Punk Floyd." Given that vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala and guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez cut their teeth in the castle-storming emo-core outfit At The Drive-In, it seemed natural that "punk" would the predominant word in their freshly hatched group's nickname. Wrong. Seven years later, the band's psychedelic and progressive tendencies -- lengthy jams, epic guitar solos, trippy vocal effects -

  September 9, 2009

• And the Blink 182 Openers in St. Louis on September 29 Are...

  ...Fall Out Boy and All-American Rejects. Not Taking Back Sunday and Weezer, who were the original openers before the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater show was moved to September 29. Refund information after the jump!Not on the bill is hip-hop act Asher "I Love College" Roth, who's been on some of these Blink tour dates. (I'm sure that will make some people very happy, because Roth is quite the polarizing figure -- people either love or loathe his frat-dude anthems.) Roth was here not that long ago

  September 10, 2009

• Owen

  September 16, 2009

• Tomorrow! Vans Warped Tour Anniversary Movie Screens in St. Louis

  As part of its fifteenth anniversary celebration, the Vans Warped Tour is holding a one-night only, simultaneous screening of a movie featuring two hours of performances culled from its September 6 anniversary show in LA. Says this website: Featuring larger-than-life performances on the big screen by 3oh!3, The All-American Rejects, The Aggrolites, Bad Religion, Blink 182, Ice-T, Katy Perry, NoFx, Ozomatli, Pennywise, The Decaydance All Stars, Rise Against and Underoath - many of whom are teami

  September 16, 2009

• Brand New/Manchester Orchestra

  September 30, 2009

• "I Probably Gave You Herpes....Sorry." Another Week in craigslist Missed Connections

  Each week, we scour the local Missed Connections section of Craigslist, in search of the best posts. Here are some that caught our eye recently. http://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/STDFact-herpes.htm​the hot hitchhiker on 141 - m4w - 30 - (big bend)To the hot chick i picked up in the rain friday evening. did you get things worked out with your husband? we had a great time at my house waiting for your friend to come get you. we finished just in time. btw get yourself checked out. i probably gave you

  October 2, 2009

• Taking Back Sunday

  October 21, 2009

• Paramore

  October 28, 2009

• Setlist Review Photos: Paramore and Paper Route at the Pageant, Tuesday, November 3

  Annie ZaleskiHayley Williams of Paramore. Entire set here.​ By the second song of opening act Paper Route's set, it was clear that last night's Paramore show at the Pageant was going to be extremely loud and very in your face. The Nashville act (which is friends with the headliners) enveloped the near sellout crowd with its highly stylized blend of slick, ambient pop, echo-laden guitar effects work and danceable hooks. (Think Tears for Fears' studio-pop precision mixed with the spaced-out

  November 4, 2009

• Tonight! AFI at the Pageant David Bowie Cover!

  ​ 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)

  November 4, 2009

• The Seedy Seeds

  November 12, 2009

• Boys Like Girls/Cobra Starship

  November 12, 2009

• Photos: All Time Low, We the Kings, Hey Monday, Friday Night Boys at the Pageant, 11/21/09

  Mainstreamo darlings All Time Low, We the Kings, Hey Monday and the Friday Night Boys played to a sold-out crowd on Saturday night at Pageant, as part of the Glamour Kills Tour. Todd Owyoung was among the teens, many who threw their bras on stage (awww!) at the heart-throbs. Here's a 24-photo slideshow from the concert.Photo: Todd OwyoungAll Time Low last night at the Pageant. See more photos from last night's show here.​

  November 22, 2009