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This is a list of Midwest emo bands. A. A Great Big Pile Of Leaves [1] Algernon Cadwallader [2] American Football [3] [4] The Anniversary [5] Anxious [6] ...
Midwest emo (or Midwestern emo [1]) refers to the emo scene and/or subgenre [2] that developed in the 1990s Midwestern United States.Employing unconventional vocal stylings, distinct guitar riffs and arpeggiated melodies, [3] Midwest emo bands shifted away from the genre's hardcore punk roots and drew on indie rock and math rock approaches. [4]
Camping in Alaska has been considered influential to Midwest emo and the emo revival movement, particularly its debut album, which has been described as a cult classic. [12] The band has cited Sunny Day Real Estate, Modest Mouse, Fugazi, Pavement, and Jawbreaker as influences. [1] [2] [3]
Algernon Cadwallader's music has been described as emo and math rock.They cite Cap'n Jazz and The Beatles as influences. [16] According to Ian Cohen of Pitchfork, the band "purposefully chose Midwestern emo over other forms of punk and hardcore, a choice that liberated from the professionalism, earnestness, and striving that defines indie rock."
Cap'n Jazz reunited at the Empty Bottle on Friday, January 22, 2010, as part of Joan of Arc's Don't Mind Control Variety Show. [7] After playing a short, impromptu set in Chicago, the band played its first official reunited show at the annual Forecastle Festival in Louisville on July 10, 2010, [8] and a hometown reunion show a week later at the Bottom Lounge, supporting the vinyl re-release of ...
Emo is a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement of Washington, D.C., where it was known as "emotional hardcore" or "emocore" and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace.
The Get Up Kids performing at Emo's in 1997. While in high school, Ryan Pope, Rob Pope, and Jim Suptic formed a short-lived band called Kingpin. Matt Pryor had been writing songs since he was a teenager, and was playing in a band called Secret Decoder Ring. [8]
Tiny Moving Parts is an American emo band from Benson, Minnesota. Formed by brothers William and Matthew Chevalier, and their cousin Dylan Mattheisen, the band has released seven studio albums since their 2008 formation in junior high. Their most recent album Deep in the Blue was self-released on November 15, 2024.