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Recent Articles By Julie Seabaugh

  • Scary Kids Scaring Kids
    7 p.m. Monday, January 28. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.
  • The Starting Line
    10 a.m. Sunday, September 30. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights
  • The Ataris
    6 p.m. Friday, September 7. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.
  • Counting Crows / Collective Soul
    6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 7. GCS Ballpark, 2301 Grizzlie Bear Boulevard, Sauget, Illinois.
  • The Sleeping
    8 p.m. Monday, July 16. Creepy Crawl, 3524 Washington Boulevard.

National Features

With May's Lies for the Liars, the Used debuted its new sound: a slicker, harder, radio-readier version of the now-overblown screamo juggernaut it helped usher in. The results were laughable. But get the Used onstage, away from studio slickery and trickery, and the diminutive Bert McCracken and his bandmates still deliver the goods with the same urgent, nearly desperate, energy they banked on to get them the hell out of Orem, Utah. Providing McCracken's not puking, that is. Or bad-mouthing exes and former friends. There's always been plenty of creatively productive drama festering behind the scenes, but here's hoping the Used are over the over-dramatics from here on out.

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