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mewithoutYou played their final show (setlist, surprise guests, videos & more)
photo by @__dso After bringing out Kevin Devine at The Fillmore in their Philly hometown on Friday (8/19), mewithoutYou returned to the venue the following night (8/20) for their very last show before...
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New podcast episode with Anthony Green up now! (listen)
photo by Amanda M Hatfield Our latest podcast episode is up today and it’s an interview with Anthony Green! If you’re unfamiliar, Anthony’s been a lifer of post-hardcore and underground rock in general...
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Every mewithoutYou album, ranked
photo by Amie Santavicca After a 20+ year career, mewithoutYou have sadly called it a day, after playing their last show ever in their hometown of Philly on August 20. They formed in the early 2000s...
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2002’s best emo & post-hardcore albums, discussed and debated
We recently ran a list of the best emo & post-hardcore albums of 2002 in honor of the 20th anniversary of that landmark year for these genres, and now BV editor Andrew Sacher and guest music...
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Chris Payne discusses his new emo explosion book, ‘Where Are Your Boys Tonight?’
The latest guest on the BrooklynVegan podcast is writer and author Chris Payne in celebration of his new book Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo’s Mainstream Explosion, 1999-2008,...
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Caravels discuss 6 major influences behind ‘Lacuna’ for its 10th anniversary...
Las Vegas screamo band Caravels‘ sole full-length, 2013’s Lacuna, remains one of the true gems of its era. We named it one of the 100 best punk & emo albums of the 2010s at the tail-end of 2019,...
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15 Best Emo & Post-Hardcore Albums of 2004
By 2004, the emo boom was really boomin’. Emo was just the pop music of its time at this point (one form of it, at least), and bands in the Victory/Vagrant/Drive-Thru mold were popping up left and...
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Friko on how Mitski, The Beach Boys, mewithoutYou & more influenced their...
Rising Chicago indie rock band Friko have just released their first proper album Where we’ve been, Where we go from here on ATO Records, and if you love big, catchy, mid 2000s-style indie rock, I...
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Paramore talk becoming independent, RSD, vinyl love, David Byrne, new music &...
Paramore are now an independent band for really the first time in their nearly-20-year career, and their first act as an indie: Record Store Day ambassadors. RSD is this Saturday (4/20), and ahead of...
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mewithoutYou announce farewell tour
photo by Amanda Hatfield mewithoutYou had originally said that 2020 would be their “last 2024 as an active band,” but when the pandemic put their final touring plans to a halt, they postponed and did...
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Watch mewithoutYou bring out Hayley Williams, Jeremy Bolm & Josh Scogin...
photo by Amanda Hatfield It’s been a triumphant 21-year run for mewithoutYou, who debuted in 2001 and consistently evolved over the course of seven full-length albums, a handful of EPs, and other...
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35 Best Emo & Post-Hardcore Albums of 2002
The emo floodgates opened in 2002. In honor of their 20th anniversaries, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at the best emo and post-hardcore albums from that year. 2001 was the year that...
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Stream a new DIY tribute album to mewithoutYou (whose final shows are this...
mewithoutYou are sadly calling it quits after a consistently-great, ever-shapeshifting, 20+ year career, and their farewell tour wraps up in the band’s Philly hometown with shows at The Fillmore...
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Watch mewithoutYou bring out Kevin Devine at their second to last show
mewithoutYou are in the midst of playing their final two shows before their 20+ year career comes to an end in their hometown of Philly at The Fillmore. Last night (8/19) was the first one, and opener...
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50 Best Punk & Emo Albums: 2015-2019
At the tail-end of 2019, we published a list of the 100 Best Punk & Emo Albums of the 2010s. Making a best-of-the-decade list at the end of a decade is standard practice but the timing does have a...
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