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Blogs, Bleader Oct 25, 2016
Tomorrow Never Knows announces its 2017 lineup

Big names playing the 2017 edition of winter festival Tomorrow Never Knows include Tortoise, BadBadNotGood, Beth Stelling, Title Fight, and Open Mike Eagle.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Do This, Music, Tomorrow Never Knows, TNK, Tomorrow Never Knows 2017, Schubas, Lincoln Hall, Tortoise, BadBadNotGood, Beth Stelling, Title Fight, Open Mike Eagle, Ceremony

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2015
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Emo band Title Fight has made one of the best albums of the year so far

Sure, January isn't even over, but Title Fight's Hyperview is that good; get clued in and listen to "Chlorine."
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Chlorine, Title Fight, Hyperview, Anti, NPR, emo, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2014
Riot Fest started out chilly, rainy, and muddy, but it had its highlights

Field reports from Riot Fest's inclement opening day—highlights include Slayer, the Hotelier, Mastodon, the Offspring, and Stiff Little Fingers.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Riot Fest, Mudville, Music, Riot Fest, recap, rain, mud, Slayer, the Offspring, Stiff Little Fingers, Humboldt Park, NOFX, the Hotelier, All, Dark Matter, Gwar, Mastodon, Vamos!, Radkey, Failure, Jane's Addiction, Title Fight

Music, Music Feature Sep 11, 2014
Riot Fest's emo family tree

The bill contains a miniature history of the genre's evolution.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest 2014, emo, Mineral, Get Up Kids, The Used, Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday, Say Anything, Saosin, Title Fight, Lemuria, La Dispute, Front Bottoms, Restorations, Pianos Become the Teeth, Hotelier, Citizen, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Dads, Pity Sex, Somos, Tiny Moving Parrts

Blogs, Bleader Oct 4, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 10/4: Fall Cocktail Challenge, Balance & Composure, and Dead Man

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, October 4
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Fall Cocktail Challenge, State & Lake, Title Fight, Metro, Balance & Composure, Reflection, Cruel Hand, Slingshot Dakota, Nick Offerman, Dead Man Jim Jarmusch, Johnny Depp, Music Box Theatre

Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2013
Best shows to see: Pamphleteers, Marisa Anderson, Charlie Wilson

The best shows to see through the weekend include Pamphleteers, Marisa Anderson, and Charlie Wilson.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Do This, Music, Best shows to see, Pamphleteers, Marisa Anderson, Charlie Wilson, emo, Balance & Composure, Title Fight, Toe, Braid

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

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 3, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Who’s playing Riot Fest?

Plus: Busy seasons for trash-pop duo the Funs and stacks-of-amps doom band Bongripper
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, Riot Fest, Humboldt Park, Nostradamus, Fall Out Boy, Greg Ginn, Ron Reyes, Black Flag, Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Bill Stevenson, the Aquabats, Bad Religion, Pennsylvania, Title Fight, Green Day, the Funs, Manic Static, Reality, Warm Soda, the Sueves, Space Club HQ, Bongripper, Zero Talent, London, Holy Roar, Conan, Nick Dellacroce, Fisting, Kankakee County, Floor, Subterranean

Blogs, Bleader Oct 23, 2012
Video
Swerp Records hates "twinklecore" like Rites of Spring hated "emo"

"Twinklecore" is the latest goofy genre name dogging emo bands
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Things I Love, Music, My Dad, Swerp Records, twinklecore, emo, Rites of Spring, Six Song Demo, Dischord, Embrace, Beefeater, Ian MacKaye, Michael Bay Presents: Post-Hardcore, Meatgaze, Evan Thomas Weiss, Into It. Over It., Title Fight, La Dispute, Video

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Tomorrow Never Knows announces its 2017 lineup

Big names playing the 2017 edition of winter festival Tomorrow Never Knows include Tortoise, BadBadNotGood, Beth Stelling, Title Fight, and Open Mike Eagle.

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Emo band Title Fight has made one of the best albums of the year so far

Sure, January isn't even over, but Title Fight's Hyperview is that good; get clued in and listen to "Chlorine."

Riot Fest started out chilly, rainy, and muddy, but it had its highlights

Field reports from Riot Fest's inclement opening day—highlights include Slayer, the Hotelier, Mastodon, the Offspring, and Stiff Little Fingers.

Riot Fest's emo family tree

The bill contains a miniature history of the genre's evolution.

Reader's Agenda Fri 10/4: Fall Cocktail Challenge, Balance & Composure, and Dead Man

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, October 4

Best shows to see: Pamphleteers, Marisa Anderson, Charlie Wilson

The best shows to see through the weekend include Pamphleteers, Marisa Anderson, and Charlie Wilson.

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.

Gossip Wolf: Who’s playing Riot Fest?

Plus: Busy seasons for trash-pop duo the Funs and stacks-of-amps doom band Bongripper

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Swerp Records hates "twinklecore" like Rites of Spring hated "emo"

"Twinklecore" is the latest goofy genre name dogging emo bands

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Big names playing the 2017 edition of winter festival Tomorrow Never Knows include Tortoise, BadBadNotGood, Beth Stelling, Title Fight, and Open Mike Eagle.

Sure, January isn't even over, but Title Fight's Hyperview is that good; get clued in and listen to "Chlorine."

Field reports from Riot Fest's inclement opening day—highlights include Slayer, the Hotelier, Mastodon, the Offspring, and Stiff Little Fingers.

The bill contains a miniature history of the genre's evolution.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, October 4

The best shows to see through the weekend include Pamphleteers, Marisa Anderson, and Charlie Wilson.

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.

Plus: Busy seasons for trash-pop duo the Funs and stacks-of-amps doom band Bongripper

"Twinklecore" is the latest goofy genre name dogging emo bands

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