Emo’s first wave was born of the D.C. punk scene in the late 1980s, where it was tagged “emotional hardcore,” before it eventually crept into the Midwest by the early '90s. Here, the genre’s lyrics ...

“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” So goes the saying that means it can be difficult to explain music using words. Despite that, let’s put on our dancing shoes and try to define ...

Micah Brown evokes the days of college rock and Midwest emo throughout Swell, the Montreal-based singer-songwriter's debut album as Pillea. Following his work leading the St. John's-based melodic ...

The best Midwest emo albums of the 1990s were contained within the actual Midwest, for the most part. Fast forward to more recent years and we've seen bands from just about every corner of the U.S.

About two months ago, the Midwest’s most beloved DIY music festival got into some unexpected and extremely stupid legal trouble. Conor Alan, member of the emo band American Spirits and co-founder of ...

“You’re Gonna Miss it All” was released 10 years ago this past February. Modern Baseball’s (a.k.a. MoBo) sophomore album solidified their placement in the canon of indie rock and Midwest emo-revival.