Poison the Well "Peace in Place" Tour

House of Blues Anaheim, 400 W Disney Way. May 15th. Poison the Well — the Tampa band that helped build the template for post-hardcore in the early 2000s, whose "The Opposite of December" and "Tear from the Red" are still reference points for the sound they helped define — playing the Peace in Place tour at the House of Blues.

The House of Blues Anaheim venue is the right scale for this: close enough to hear the dynamics work, large enough to generate the crowd energy the music needs, a room that has absorbed this kind of show enough times to know what it requires. Poison the Well live rewards the audience that knows the discography — the set will cover the catalog, which means every era of the band has a moment.

Tickets at ticketmaster.com. May 15th. If you've been waiting for them to come through Southern California on a proper tour, this is the Anaheim stop. Post-hardcore at this level, from this era, doesn't come through often. Get your ticket before the floor goes.