Word: emo
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...punk-cum-emo favorites Jimmy Eat World come to Boston hot on the heels of their new CD Futures, which hit stores in October. The band broke into the mainstream with the ubiquitous hit “The Middle” in 2001 and have bounced back with an album that focuses on more mature themes without ever failing to rock. Frontman Jim Adkins is going to be there baring his soul, are you going to be there to hear it? With Razorlight and Recover. Tickets $20.25. 6:30 p.m. Avalon Ballroom...
...Floridian group Further Seems Forever was originally fronted by emo poster boy Chris Carrabba. He went on to start his own band, Dashboard Confessional, and catapult to fame and fortune. But Carrabba’s old band continued to make its Christian-tinged power pop with new singer Jason Gleason. With three albums under its belt, Further Seems Forever seems to have proved its staying power. Opening up the stage are The Kicks, Brandston and Moments in Grace. 18+. Tickets $13. 6 p.m. Axis, 13 Lansdowne Street, Boston...
...feeling of Kweller’s rootsy rock on this follow-up to 2002’s Sha Sha. Kweller’s songs emulate the driving force of 60s and 70s pop-rock, a style which works with mixed results when combined with Kweller’s emo boy lyrics. Much of On My Way makes for pleasant listening, but many of the tracks sound too identical to artists who preceded the 22 year-old Kweller. “Hospital Bed”’s honky tonk piano sounds like Sgt. Pepper era Beatles and then shifts...
He’s right. It could be a more interesting version of any modern emo song. Reed then plays all four bars of the riff from “Sweet Jane” and notes that, “as in most things in life, it’s that little hop at the end.” And with that, we’re in Lou Reed’s special world, where there will always be that little hop that changed modern rock forever—the astonishing...
When I hear a Nirvana song on the radio, I understand all over again why their music has such lasting appeal. When juxtaposed with Limp Bizkit’s overbearing machismo, Creed’s creepy blend of pop and religion, or John Mayer’s annoying, emo voice, Cobain’s gut-wrenching howl and skillfully dissonant guitar-playing are as refreshing as a brick in Sean Paul’s face. Today, 10 years after Cobain’s suicide, his music appeals to us for the same reasons it did in 1991, when...