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Joanne Klimaszewski
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Tue Feb 9
7 pm
The Used, Atreyu, and Drive A at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom
Utah’s The Used has stylistically volleyed all over the place in an effort to differentiate itself from the rest of the post-hardcore pack—surging to the top of the “screamo” scene with 2004’s In Love And Death before trying on a bit of My Chemical Romance-borrowed bombast for 2007’s Lies For The Liars, and recently turning in an appropriately anguished cover of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down The House.” For its new Artwork, the band even briefly flirted with forging its own genre—“gross pop,” a deliberately messy conflagration of noise and sing-along hooks reportedly inspired by Weezer’s Pinkerton—but rather than rewrite its increasingly signature sound, it merely integrated that record’s jarring dynamics and streamlined songcraft into its own unmistakably restless self-flagellating.
The Rave/Eagles Ballroom 2401 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Utah’s The Used has stylistically volleyed all over the place in an effort to differentiate itself from the rest of the post-hardcore pack—surging to the top of the “screamo” scene with 2004’s In Love And Death before trying on a bit of My Chemical Romance-borrowed bombast for 2007’s Lies For The Liars, and recently turning in an appropriately anguished cover of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down The House.” For its new Artwork, the band even briefly flirted with forging its own genre—“gross pop,” a deliberately messy conflagration of noise and sing-along hooks reportedly inspired by Weezer’s Pinkerton—but rather than rewrite its increasingly signature sound, it merely integrated that record’s jarring dynamics and streamlined songcraft into its own unmistakably restless self-flagellating.
Updated 02/03/2010
