Better Than Ezra

| Senior Cadenza Editor
Where
Lumière Theatre
When
Saturday, 7 p.m.
Price
$25

From left to right: Tom Drummond, Kevin Griffin and Michael Jerome of Better than Ezra. The band will be playing at the Lumière Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.© 2008 Rick Olivier

From left to right: Tom Drummond, Kevin Griffin and Michael Jerome of Better than Ezra. The band will be playing at the Lumière Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.

A trio of musicians at Louisiana State University formed the band Better Than Ezra over two decades ago. While the band’s membership has changed over the years, the alternative-rock music has aged well enough. Songs like “Good,” “A Lifetime” and “Desperately Wanting” have kept them current. The trio will be performing at the Lumière Theatre at St. Louis’ Lumière Place this Saturday night, playing both new and old hits.

Better Than Ezra is only playing sporadic tour dates this fall, so those with the chance to see them play at the Lumière Theatre this weekend are some of the lucky few. On Tuesday, the band will release an EP, “Death Valley,” inspired by an unlikely theme—LSU football. The new EP will include covers of fight songs as well as original songs based on the band’s college days. Maybe the football-inspired songs will show up at the alt-rock concert. Maybe not, but it should still be a good time.

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