With due respect to Saint Valentine, the upcoming lovey-dovey holiday gave us an excuse to do what we should've done by now anyway - compile the TOP 100 EMO ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME. Over the last three... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .
Despite suffering debasement from low-quality acts and living as a cultural punchline, emo has persevered as a legitimate sub-genre. Songwriters like Jesse Lacey , Patrick Stickles , Max Bemis and David Bazan have managed to preserve the essence of intelligence, self-awareness and honesty that has defined the genre as far back as Minor Threat, while still progressing the sounds in their own ways. After an explosion in popularity (and an equal and opposite backlash) in the late 90s and early Aughts, great emo records are certainly harder to find than they were 20, or [...]
I don't know if I've ever heard/seen more debates over an artist than there have been with Sonny Moore. The man's explosion onto the EDM scene just over one year ago took everyone by surprise. Practically overnight, he went from being a niche-scene unknown into an ambassador of EDM with 8 of Beatport's top 10 slots all to himself for a at least a few weeks. I'm pretty sure that's never happened before. So this must have some significance, right? I mean we, the music-listening community, are the ones who gave Sonny his throne. Why has his music [...]
The new album from Cloud Nothings, Attack on Memory , was one of the first in 2012 to make some serious waves. Right now it has everyone talking, and what they're talking a lot about is the return of emo. Now, if you're anything like me, you might hear the word "emo," and run for the hills. The genre may or may not bring back bad memories of those annoying kids from your high school, gathered in a pack outside the cafeteria, listening to those whiny bands who played on the radio and wore a lot of eyeliner (but [...]
Here's a track off the latest album from SanFran screamo and hardcore outfit Loma Prieta. Their new album is titled I.V. , and it's on Deathwish . On "Fly By Night" Loma proves itself to be just as harsh and aggressive as any other band in this style. The vocals and guitars are extremely loud and kind of brittle in texture. It's something I probably wouldn't be into if the drums didn't have so much punch to them. The bass has a really grinding quality to it as well. Despite all this "ugly," the [...]
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Tweet The amount of Rock records has been decreasing at a surprisingly steep pace in the past 10 years, as many bands have begun to embrace untechnical rhythms, hazy vocals, and instruments laced in reverb. The resultant change birthed several great bands (Japandroids, Cymbals Eat Guitars) and hundreds of horrible ones (practically all the rest). From somewhere in the middle of those camps came Cloud Nothings' debut album last year. Dylan Baldi, a student at Case Western Reserve University, began Cloud [...]
Date Wednesday, Feb 1st Location Emos Doors 700 pm Tickets $14 from Frontgate If you're looking for a show to take you back in time, all the way back to the late 90s Emo scene, then perhaps this is where you'll need to be. I can't vouch for some of the singers doing their solo gig, but I hear they were a big [...]
Essentials riprende un po' quello che avevamo iniziato con Hold Me Tight , a livello di contenuti e di goal impostoci da raggiungere: una cinquantina di dischi emo, punk e hardcore essenziali per le nostre pile di dischi e cartelli di mp3. Dei Broken Hearts Are Blue si trovano pochissime informazioni, se non sulla Bibbia del genere: nati dalle ceneri degli Ordination Of Aaron, prendono il nome da una didascalia sotto una foto di James Dean scritta e appesa nella camera del cantante Ryan [...]
You can now hear and stream the entire latest record from indie/emo rock heroes The Jealous Sound,...
I'm not sure what the indie community thinks of Say Anything. I'm more inclined to group them with the emo movement of the early '00s. On March 13th, Say Anything will release their fourth studio album, Anarchy, My Dear , through Equal Vision Records. The new album was produced by Tim O'Heir (Say Anything, Sebadoh, Superdrag). As Say Anything front-man Max Bemis affirms, the new album deals with Bemis' love for anarchy. Read more »
I Fine Before You Came sono forti. Quando senti i dischi ti danno quell'impressione di persone che si prendono tanto sul serio, che nascondono i significati profondi sotto quelle parole semplici e quei giri un po' storti e melodici che piacciono tanto; poi quando li vedi dal vivo viene da chiedersi 'ma come fanno ad essere così supercazzoni e scrivere delle cose che ti fanno piangere per dei giorni?'. Ecco, anche 'Ormai', uscito così senza preavviso ieri sera - cioè due ore fa, dato che sto scrivendo ed è ancora domenica -, ha lo stesso effetto: ha quel potenziale nucleare [...]
Finally out for streaming and downloading (free!), the debut track from Silent Drape Runners,...
There was this soft and glorious era, sometime in the early noughties, when coloured leaves leapt and danced in flurries on breezy gusts across our Converse'd feet. Real responsibility was in short supply, but hormones did a great job at filling the space. Taking Back Sunday were still incredible. Minus the Bear were the height of sophistication in rock music. Things meant a lot. There was a boom, and there was a bust, like anything else. And now that the dust has long settled, it's about time to go tomb raidin'. Turns out the [...]
La prima settimana di gennaio è con alto tasso di probabilità il periodo peggiore dell'anno. La motivazione potrebbe risiedere nelle sole due parole 'buoni propositi', perchè volenti o nolenti quei dieci minuti minimo a testa in su a pensare ad ipotetici piani di riuscita e/o analisi degli anni precedenti arrivano per tutti, e quando ci si trova lì in mezzo non si riesce a fare una scelta. Per me l'ago della bilancia pende e ha sempre peso soprattutto verso la seconda opzione, cosa che si è fatta notare anche nelle scelte musicali da proto bimbominkia con le palle girate. [...]
Here are the LOOSE L!P's writers' favorite tracks and tidbits of 2011. No explanation necessary; just trust us. Today Russ, our lovable barely-reformed emo kid, graces us with his list. - - - *All links route to YouTube/Soundcloud unless specified as [mp3]. Feel free to download those bad boys. TOP 11 SONGS - Yuck - Holing Out - St. Vincent - Cruel [mp3] - Jens Lekman - Waiting for
I remember my first time like it was yesterday. It was the summer of 1999 when it all went down. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut had just been released and I already celebrated my birthday a few weeks prior. This was about the same time I moved into a new city and started getting an allowance. After saving up three weeks allowance at $5 a week I had enough money to buy my very first CD, Enema of the State by Blink 182 . I was definitely the last of all my [...]
The original Emo's is closing. Yes, we have mentioned it before, but it is real now. Seemed so far away when we shared our best Emo's moments . OBN IIIs headlined a punk show a couple nights ago. Nathan and I went to send off the Alternative Lounge in style as so many familiar faces filled the crowd. Wiccans and Video opened, but my punk-show dollars are going to OBN IIIs right now. Fun. Head past for plenty of pics [...]
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Reading ON&ON's list from yesterday got me thinking. Stayed up late last night with just a lonely glass of red wine and some scented candles listening to this song on repeat and just thinking about blgging and tumblrng and Skrillex memes and sensitive innanet thugz and digi-emo swag rap. Thought about how Chris Faraone sounds like a tweed jacket high school English teacher who likes to go home at night, get high and write things in his Moleskin like [...]
Date TODAY!!! Location Emos (Red River) Doors 900p Tickets $5 at Ticketfly The next couple of weeks in Austin are heating up folks, and I think it's about time to get yourself back in the spirit of the city; go out and check out an incredible show! First off on my list of great upcoming shows is TONIGHT'S show over at [...]
This is arguably what good rock music has become.
On The Download
Frontier Psychiatrist
Silence Nogood
AudioCred
The Needle Drop
Listen Before You Buy
Austin Town Hall
JunkiePop
THE CULTURE OF ME
Earbuddy
Crack In The Road
LOOSE L!PS
The Ripple Effect
JumpTheTurnstyle
Hipster Wave
The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video
M.I.A. - Bad Girls (Official Video)
Miike Snow – Paddling Out (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
Beyonce Introduces Blue Ivy Carter On Tumblr (Photos)
