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  • Matisyahu/311
    7 p.m. Thursday, June 28. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.
  • Tooling Around
    B-Sides takes a Maynard-related road trip, then heads back home with Corbeta Corbata.
  • Deftones
    8 p.m. Tuesday, June 19. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.
  • Midnight Movies
    Lion the Girl (New Line)
  • Blonde Ambition
    Electric Six vocalist Dick Valentine finds himself beloved by fratboys. Plus, two fearless writers review the Rod Stewart concert experience.

National Features

Flogging Molly is in its eleventh year of setting feet ablaze by effortlessly blending traditional Irish fare with rabid punk rock. Whether the audience is a throng of teenagers at Warped Tour or an aging crowd at an Irish music festival, the enthusiastic response to the beat of the bodhrán and charm of the accordion is always invigorating. Since the septet formed in Los Angeles eleven years ago, live shows have always been its strength, as these showcase the band's poetic laments with enough piss and vinegar to make any audience sit up and take note. Songs from the forthcoming album, Float, seem to be reveal a graying maturity, as Flogging Molly veers closer to more traditional (and optimistic) Irish fare than youthful brashness. However, the rowdy gem "Man With No Country" begs for Guinness-swilled lads of questionable Irish heritage to shout along with singer Dave King, "Once in this life/I better do something right!"

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