The Best Concerts in St. Louis This Week: April 18 to 24

This week brings multiple varieties of hardcore punk to St. Louis, with Better Lovers set to offer Off Broadway on Friday the mathy metalcore you'd expect from a group whose ranks include former members of Every Time I Die and the Dillinger Escape Plan; Modern Life Is War bringing its driving, anthemic hardcore and heart-on-sleeve lyricism to Off Broadway on Saturday; and Chicago upstarts Stress Positions serving up some relentlessly fast and chaotic powerviolence-adjacent fury at a DIY show at Rootwad Park on Monday. Elsewhere, Doyle of the Misfits brings some spooky Halloween music to Red Flag, indie-rock darlings the Mountain Goats come armed to their tin-can-crunching teeth with smartly crafted jams and unparalleled lyricism, and Dave Grohl's ex (and St. Louis native!) Louise Post of Veruca Salt fame makes a much-welcomed return to the city that raised her. All that and a pirate-themed metal band (that would be Alestorm ) in this week's top concert picks!

THURSDAY 18

Aaron Lee Tasjan: w/ Molly Martin. 8 p.m., $20. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.

Doyle: w/ Otep, Red Devil Vortex. 6:30 p.m. Red Flag, 3040 Locust St., St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

Ritual Fog: w/ Maladjust, County Ditch, Bleed Black 7 p.m., $10. The Sinkhole, 7423 South Broadway, St. Louis, 314-328-2309.

The Way Down Wanderers: 8 p.m., $15. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.

FRIDAY 19

Alestorm: w/ Elvenking, Glyph. 7 p.m. Red Flag, 3040 Locust St., St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

Better Lovers: w/ SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Foreign Hands, Greyhaven. 7 p.m., $30. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989.

The Jayhawks: 8 p.m., $40-$50. The Sheldon, 3648 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-9900.

Maggie Rose: w/ Jackson Stokes, Mattie Schell. 8 p.m., $20. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

SATURDAY 20

BoyWithUke: w/ Hey, Nothing. 8 p.m., $29.50. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

Modern Life Is War: w/ Blight Future, the Gorge 8 p.m., $18. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989.

The Mountain Goats: w/ Katy Kirby. 8 p.m., $49.50. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.

SUNDAY 21

Your Neighbors: w/ Dreamfone. 8 p.m., $17. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.

MONDAY 22

Stress Positions: w/ the Mall, Miracle Whip. Q 8:30 p.m., $10. Rootwad Park, 1 O'Fallon St., St. Louis.

TUESDAY 23

Des Rocs: w/ Jigsaw Youth. 8 p.m., $25. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989.

Slothrust: w/ Weakened Friends. 8 p.m., $20. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.

WEDNESDAY 24

Brit Taylor: 8 p.m., $15. The Golden Record, 2720 Cherokee St., St. Louis.

Graham Parker: 7:30 p.m., $35-$45. City Winery St. Louis, 3730 Foundry Way, Suite 158, St. Louis, 314-678-5060.

Louise Post (Veruca Salt): w/ Slazinik 8 p.m., $20. Red Flag, 3040 Locust St., St. Louis, 314-289-9050.

Sum 41: w/ the Interrupters, Joey Vallance & Brae. 7 p.m., $59.50-$69.50. The Factory, 17105 N Outer 40 Rd, Chesterfield, 314-423-8500.

The Toasters: w/ Skamasala, the Hot Rails, DJ Brick City. 8 p.m., $17. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.