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Music, Music Feature Aug 29, 2016
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Emo then and now

Five Riot Fest emo acts—Thursday, Tigers Jaw, the Anniversary, Balance & Composure, and Underoath—talk about how the genre’s reputation has evolved along with its sound.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest, emo, Thursday, Balance and Composure, Tigers Jaw, Underoath, Anniversary, Josh Berwanger, Geoff Rickly, Brianna Collins, Timothy McTague, Jon Simmons, Mineral, Promise Ring, Milemarker, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Jimmy Eat World, Brand New, Hotelier, Saves the Day, Get Up Kids, Hotelier, Benton Falls, Appleseed Cast, Benton Falls, Designing a Nervous Breakdown, Douglas Park, Video

Music, Music Feature Aug 5, 2013
Midwestern emo catches its second wind

The 90s underground sound shaped by the likes of Cap'n Jazz and Braid is back—and this time it's turning up overseas and on the charts.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, emo, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Billboard charts, Heatseekers chart, vinyl chart, Internet chart, rock chard, Billboard 200, Topshelf, record labels, What.CD, torrents, Chance the Rapper, MTC, mixtapes, Mac Miller, Lollapalooza, DIY spaces, Swerp Mansion, Humboldt Park, J. Matthew Nix, The World Is a Beautiful Place, TWIABP, fourth-wave emo, first-wave emo, Rites of Spring, Embrace, Beefeater, D.C. emo, D.C. hardcore, Cap'n Jazz, Braid, The Promise Ring, Get Up Kids, American Football, Appleseed Cast, Fireside Bowl, third-wave emo, second-wave emo, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Brand New, Tom Millen, Sony Legacy, midwestern emo, Elon College, Washed Up Emo, blogs, Mineral, Joie de Vivre, Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate), Pianos Become the Teeth, Balance and Composure, Into It. Over It.Tumblr, Bandcamp, Count Your Lucky Stars, No Sleep, Run for Cover, Tiny Engines, Dikembe, Title Fight, Restorations, SideOneDummy, Chuck Ragan, Hot Water Music, Riot Fest, Pet Symmetry, Dowsing, Evan Weiss, Mike Kinsella, Their/They're/There, Bob Nanna, Lifted Bells, box sets, Toe, Seth Decoteau, Kevin Duquette, Pitchfork, Crash of Rhinos, midwest-influenced emo bands, emo revival, Algernon Cadwallader, Snowing, Bonjour Machines, Ilai Ashdot, Have Heart, Gods Reflex, Rockton, The Beat Kitchen, Phil Goudreau, Dischord

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