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Sun Nov 22
7:30 pm
AFI and Gallows at Stubb's
AFI has gotten a lot of flack through the years for its increasingly theatrical approach to screamy hardcore and also for its ever-escalating amounts of goth-boy makeup—not that any shit-talking has hurt record sales. The band started off nearly two decades ago as a punky four-piece that played undemanding mid-’90s hardcore, and has made interesting musical turns with career markers such as 1999’s darkly heavy Black Sails In The Sunset and 2003’s hit-single-producing Sing The Sorrow. AFI’s newest, Crash Love, lets go of much of its predecessors’ hang-ups with incorporating too many influences, and allows a more straightforward rock sound to emerge. Bleak British band Gallows opens with its vicious mix of Refused’s progressive hardcore and the punk-rock action of Hot Snakes.
Stubb's 801 Red River, Austin, TX
AFI has gotten a lot of flack through the years for its increasingly theatrical approach to screamy hardcore and also for its ever-escalating amounts of goth-boy makeup—not that any shit-talking has hurt record sales. The band started off nearly two decades ago as a punky four-piece that played undemanding mid-’90s hardcore, and has made interesting musical turns with career markers such as 1999’s darkly heavy Black Sails In The Sunset and 2003’s hit-single-producing Sing The Sorrow. AFI’s newest, Crash Love, lets go of much of its predecessors’ hang-ups with incorporating too many influences, and allows a more straightforward rock sound to emerge. Bleak British band Gallows opens with its vicious mix of Refused’s progressive hardcore and the punk-rock action of Hot Snakes.
Updated 11/12/2009
