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Is Emo Music Still Around?

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Sheriff_Battlesnake

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With the internet, all niche interests are served by some capacity. Makes me wonder if we'll have singular fashion disasters like the 70's and 80's, or if we'll have several hundred at a time. How will they choose which to mock us by?

Actually, really. I wonder if it'll be all hipsters and shit.
 
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PassiveObserver

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Alucrid said:
Does Mike Kinsella still make music?
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He's still kicking around as Owen, his solo stuff. Owls recently reformed and released a second album, which he drums on. He's in a band with Evan Weiss (Into It. Over It) called Their / They're / There, which is pretty twinkly Midwestern-sounding.

Going to say that I was never into the emo of the early 2000s, but I do love the stuff from the mid-late 90s, and I very much dig the revivalist sound that is going on the past few years. Enjoyed the heck out of the Dads, Dikembe, and La Dispute albums last year.
 
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Mashin Haters

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You Blew It!
Pity Sex
Balance and Composure
Into it. Over it. (My favorite)
Modern Baseball
Somos
Joyce Manor
Dikembe


There is A LOT more but these are the ones i listen to
 
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TarpitCarnivore

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Joyce Manor is fringe in my opinion. To me they feel more on the pop punk end of things than they do emo.

Crash of Rhinoes and CSTVT are two I haven't seen mentioned yet.
 
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kiguel182

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Rainbowgun said:
I'm glad they don't.
Don't get me wrong i could really dig their old stuff, but the new Stuff is just amazing.

I love Fall out Boy
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Yeah, I love "new" Fall Out Boy almost as much as I do their old stuff.

FriedConsole said:
90% of the discussion will be on the definition of what is a Emo band. Rather it just be people talking about bands they like but I don't think that is possible.
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People arguing that here are, mostly, non-emo fans. Since people on the OT would be mostly into the genre I feel there wouldn't be tons of that discussion.

Mashin Haters said:
You Blew It!
Pity Sex
Balance and Composure
Into it. Over it. (My favorite)
Modern Baseball
Somos
Joyce Manor
Dikembe


There is A LOT more but these are the ones i listen to
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The new You Blew It! EP is great. Really curious if they'll follow their style on their next full length.
 
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Fersis

It is illegal to Tag Fish in Tag Fishing Sanctuaries by law 38.36 of the GAF Wildlife Act
Is Lacrimossa Emo? Cuz that the most Emo band ive listend to.
Good music regardless the genre.
 
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dr.rocktopus

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I like this thread. Lots to go through, though I admit my preferred sound goes more post-hardcore since I started with MCR but did go back to see this genres roots in SDRE, Drive Like Jehu ( and such. Seems like now, just like then here's still confusion between what crosses the line between post-hardcore and emo since they do share a lot lyrically...sometimes, and share delivery...sometimes. The mishmash in what defines emo is oddly representative of what the genre means itself.
 
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TarpitCarnivore

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dr.rocktopus said:
I like this thread. Lots to go through, though I admit my preferred sound goes more post-hardcore since I started with MCR but did go back to see this genres roots in SDRE, Drive Like Jehu ( and such. Seems like now, just like then here's still confusion between what crosses the line between post-hardcore and emo since they do share a lot lyrically...sometimes, and share delivery...sometimes. The mishmash in what defines emo is oddly representative of what the genre means itself.
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You can go further back: Rites of Spring, Gray Matter, One Last Wish, Dag Nasty and pretty much most of that early Dischord stuff.

I used to spend so much time going through the Dischord, Jade Tree and Deep Elm catalogs via their website when I first started getting into punk/hardcore.
 
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TarpitCarnivore

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Just remembered a pretty funny Thursday story.

Catch-22 was a having a record release show for their 2nd album and it was an odd line up: Shutdown, Boy Sets Fire, OS101 and Thursday got added last minute since they had just signed to Victory ( I might be mixing it up, but either way Thursday was opening). The crowd was 90% ska kids and Thursday was the opener. I just remember 20 awkward minutes of the crowd looking dumb funded by what was happening as the band did their thing and Geoff finished the set by laying on the ground crying/screaming. It was the first time my friends and I had ever heard of them and we were all just "WTF" afterwards.
 
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Ultima_5

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TarpitCarnivore said:
Just remembered a pretty funny Thursday story.

Catch-22 was a having a record release show for their 2nd album and it was an odd line up: Shutdown, Boy Sets Fire, OS101 and Thursday got added last minute since they had just signed to Victory ( I might be mixing it up, but either way Thursday was opening). The crowd was 90% ska kids and Thursday was the opener. I just remember 20 awkward minutes of the crowd looking dumb funded by what was happening as the band did their thing and Geoff finished the set by laying on the ground crying/screaming. It was the first time my friends and I had ever heard of them and we were all just "WTF" afterwards.
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at a concert i'd say ska kids are easier to spot in a crowd than emo kids.
 
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kris.

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TarpitCarnivore said:
I went through a really weird screamo phase when I was 17. Got big into Off Minor, Hot Cross, Saetia, A Days Refrain, Cable Car Theory and a lot of that Level Plane and Immigrant Sun stuff.
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I really wish I'd been around and actively listening to this stuff while the bands were together. The late 90s, early 00s were so great.
 
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TarpitCarnivore

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kris. said:
I really wish I'd been around and actively listening to this stuff while the bands were together. The late 90s, early 00s were so great.
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A lot of those bands were from NYC, Long Island and Philly so they came through Jersey a lot. I'm trying to remember one line up that was on Mothers Day at a small hall near me. I definitely remember Thursday headlines and I wanna say Off Minor, Hot Cross and The Assistant also played but I'm not 100% sure.
 
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dr.rocktopus

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TarpitCarnivore said:
You can go further back: Rites of Spring, Gray Matter, One Last Wish, Dag Nasty and pretty much most of that early Dischord stuff.

I used to spend so much time going through the Dischord, Jade Tree and Deep Elm catalogs via their website when I first started getting into punk/hardcore.
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Oh man Rites of Spring is hitting the Fugazi spot so well right now. Thank you!
 
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jon bones

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Ultima_5 said:
at a concert i'd say ska kids are easier to spot in a crowd than emo kids.
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newspaper boy caps... everywhere

animlboogy said:
Hay bro let's talk about skramz on B9 ok
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i'll trade you my Far vinyl for an og A/N hoodie
disappeared said:
Wish I could have seen them live at least once. Rickly ought to write a book or something.
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i think i've seen Thursday (with Piebald, From Autumn to Ashes, or all 3) like a dozen times in my life. so good.
 
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TarpitCarnivore

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gimmmick said:
United By Fate was one of my favorite albums during HS.

They released an album about a year or two ago. Never got into it.
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That was their "unreleased" album that had been floating around the internet for a few years. Check out Walking Concert for some of his more recent stuff.

He also had an in-between bands band called Moondog and there is some stuff floating around as World's Fastest Car which is pre-Rival Schools.
 
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Smithy C

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All the people who would have been in emo bands in the '00s have gone into more pop style emo, like Walk The Moon, All Time Low and stuff the appeals to the 14 year old girls of today.

All the people who would have been in punk bands in the '00s have gone into bands similar to '90s emo, like Modern Baseball and The World Is A Beautiful Place And I'm No Longer Afraid To Die.

All the people who would have been in ska bands in the '00s are still goofy as shit.
 
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Nestled_Grizzly

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Smithy C said:
All the people who would have been in emo bands in the '00s have gone into more pop style emo, like Walk The Moon, All Time Low and stuff the appeals to the 14 year old girls of today.

All the people who would have been in punk bands in the '00s have gone into bands similar to '90s emo, like Modern Baseball and The World Is A Beautiful Place And I'm No Longer Afraid To Die.

All the people who would have been in ska bands in the '00s are still goofy as shit.
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Streetlight Manifesto isn't goofy. :(
 
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djtiesto

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Veritigo_X said:
Brand New still holds up for me. They're the only "emo" band that I still listen to leftover from my high school days. I actually just saw them live last October and they put on a great show. I heard rumors about a new album, but those pop up every time they announce a tour. I'm of the opinion that they haven't been emo since Deja Entendu but classifying music genres is weird and something no one can agree on.
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Derrick, the keyboardist, had a side-job as a bartender from time to time at my favorite watering hole. Cool guy, we've shot darts a few times and shot the shit.... even though tbh I don't really know anything about Brand New's music.
 
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Ultima_5

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Nestled_Grizzly said:
Streetlight Manifesto isn't goofy. :(
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Sadly I think the more "popular" ska is goofy and embarrassing and unlistenable past high school. There's a ton of amazing ska though and most of it isn't embarrassing.
the ska thread on GAFis an amazing place for recommendations

i think it's time for a 4th wave of ska
 
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K.Sabot

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Touche Amore / La Dispute are pretty good / pretty "emo".

My definition of "emo" is shitty melodic hardcore music / pop punk though.

It's always been a dumping ground term for scene kid music from the mid-later 2000s.
 
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TarpitCarnivore

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Ultima_5 said:
Sadly I think the more "popular" ska is goofy and embarrassing and unlistenable past high school. There's a ton of amazing ska though and most of it isn't embarrassing.
the ska thread on GAFis an amazing place for recommendations

i think it's time for a 4th wave of ska
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I think we technically had one with Catch, Streetlight, et al
 
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dr.rocktopus

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Man I just started listening to You Blew It!'s Keep Doing What You're Doing Album. I should have really explored this side of the emo blow-up of the mid 00's. While I still love post-hardcore bands like Architects, letlive., Stray From The Path and such, I've been craving this sort of stuff for a long time and kept going back to the tried and true what I knew. SDRE on repeat! Now I feel bad for not seeing this huge scene for so long...and feel bad for the exact reason this oldish Noisey article is pointing out - I stopped paying attention.
 
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HiResDes

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Yeah if you're into this awful music, last year was probably a good year for you. Here's one of the more critically acclaimed emo albums that released last year:




...Oh someone already posted it.
 
intheinbetween

intheinbetween

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what? some of the most influencial emo bands are reunited just now: American Football, Mineral, Knapsack.. and nope, (the real) emo isn't dead, just listen to Empire! Empire! I was a lonely state: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zumcOEIXFs

HiResDes said:
Yeah if you're into this awful music, last year was probably a good year for you. Here's one of the more critically acclaimed emo albums that released last year:




...Oh someone already posted it.
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though I love The Hotelier's album, they're not emo, but you know, something something, musical genres
 
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