― Mordechai Shinefield, Monday, 26 March 2007 03:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Monday, 26 March 2007 04:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― nervous, Monday, 26 March 2007 04:58 (seventeen years ago) link
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― nervous, Thursday, 29 March 2007 03:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― A B C, Friday, 13 April 2007 06:07 (seventeen years ago) link
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― JW, Monday, 16 April 2007 04:15 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Dom Passantino, Monday, 16 April 2007 11:51 (seventeen years ago) link
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― A B C, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 03:09 (seventeen years ago) link
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― The Reverend, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 03:12 (seventeen years ago) link
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― A B C, Monday, 7 May 2007 04:11 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Dom Passantino, Monday, 7 May 2007 09:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Monday, 7 May 2007 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Finefinemusic, Monday, 7 May 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mordechai Shinefield, Monday, 7 May 2007 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Roz, Monday, 7 May 2007 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― edde, Monday, 7 May 2007 19:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Mordechai Shinefield, Monday, 7 May 2007 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Roz, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 05:38 (seventeen years ago) link
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― A B C, Tuesday, 8 May 2007 06:33 (seventeen years ago) link
Hey is Cobra Starship any good, I liked the Snakes on a Plane song and now I find out that they are more than just a one off collaboration of emo superstars??
― A B C, Monday, 21 May 2007 07:20 (seventeen years ago) link
My The Used review went up.
― Mordechai Shinefield, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 18:42 (seventeen years ago) link
"Bert McCracken"? Seriously? That is either the best or worst name a rocker's ever had.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 30 May 2007 20:00 (seventeen years ago) link
i am obsessing over brand new god & the devil right now and have been for about two weeks — really hope it lasts. i saw them a week ago and their audience was 100% frat-types, and i got extremely sad.
more pop than emo, but the record from paramore thats coming out on atlantic could be my record of the summer. nothing but sugar. which i mean as a deep compliment.
like about 1/2 of the used, maybe? i love that it is a fuck-you to gerard way, and that pop music can now apparently sustain an album-length fuck-you to gerard way. i love that such a thing has been entered into the pop canon. "liar liar" has bad lyrics, but is a great song.
― smash your phonograph in half, Thursday, 31 May 2007 00:44 (seventeen years ago) link
Fall Out Boy is the ONLY full-length I've bought so far this year, and I've yet to tire of it. I even bought the Kanye remix of "This Ain't A Scene" (Kanye steals the show on that one).
I chickened out of going to see them because it would've meant:
a) sitting through Cobra Starship & Gym Class Heroes,
&
b) quite possibly being the oldest person in the crowd, which would just bring back unpleasant memories of the Millencolin show I attended in '04. (Awesome set, but JEEZ, I felt like a "hip" high school English teacher.)
― Tantrum The Cat, Thursday, 31 May 2007 03:32 (seventeen years ago) link
aren't they pretty bad live anyway, i seem to recall the couple times i caught them on snl or letterman or whatever they were like exceptionally shitty. eternal respekt for the spinny guitar move though. i could see it being a fun atmosphere/hilarious people watching though (although maybe the novelty of a crowd of 15 year old emos going nuts would only be good in theory/wear off after two songs (plus chester molester factor yeah (but maybe if the tickets were free)))
― A B C, Thursday, 31 May 2007 03:59 (seventeen years ago) link
also are there any my chemical romance bert mccracken dis tracks or is that beneath them? i'm glad to hear they had a falling out (haha any devolution of this post into that retardo gym class heroes song with all the emo namedrops is entirely unintentional) because 1) the used fucking sucks and 2) my god, lamer feud than scott storch/timbaland, a killers/bravery for a new day
― A B C, Thursday, 31 May 2007 04:07 (seventeen years ago) link
also, does this thread extend to proggy-poppy-posthardcorey stuff?
I posted about Enter Shikari upthread, so yeah. And this can extend to straight ahead pop-punk too.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 22 September 2007 13:57 (sixteen years ago) link
i know you dont seem to be into them, but im quite underwhelmed by the new songs p!atd have been playing. looks like its shaping up to be an indie rock bummer of a sophomore record
― nervous, Saturday, 22 September 2007 14:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm quite into them, although I've never gotten around to hearing their album. I'm mad I didn't see them when I had the chance. Sounds like they've had quite the ups and downs with the recording of the new one.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 22 September 2007 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link
thats such a totally excellent album, i cant believe you havent gotten to it! completely worth it. unfortunately ive heard they arent too great live, and i feel backed up by youtubes ive seen. apparently they threw away an entire albums worth of material before settling on the stuff theyve got going now?
― nervous, Sunday, 23 September 2007 00:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Speaking of p!atd live, I saw some live footage of them on youtube, in particular the one where the lead singer gets hit in the face with a thrown bottle at Warped Tour or something. Anyway you could hear him singing 4 or 5 more words to the song after he was hit and doing nothing but bending down and clutching his face in pain. Does anyone know if the Panic! boys fake it live sometimes? Is this an inquiry I should further pursue on a fan board rather than here? Not that it really matters if they do, I'd probably dig them even more if it was true.
― DustinR, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 12:43 (sixteen years ago) link
man it's weird that quietdrive is getting big. they've been around mpls for a awhile.
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Bumped!
Ton of emo albums just got released: Say Anything, Coheed and Cambria, Chiodos, The Good Life, Jimmy Eat World, Thrice, Thursday DVD....
Quick judgements: Great, good, dumb, emo?, decent, eh, and rocking.
Also: What emo albums (if any) do you guys think are going to place on the year end polls/lists? Fall Out Boy seems like a shoe-in. Any others?
― Mordechai Shinefield, Thursday, 8 November 2007 22:56 (sixteen years ago) link
are against me emo?
― da croupier, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:02 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm sure there's some gold if you dig but what I heard of the new Say Anything was real disappointing.
― da croupier, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
If I end up writing about year of emo, I'm gonna write about Against Me!, but I'm not sure it's emo. It's really punk, I think.
― Mordechai Shinefield, Thursday, 8 November 2007 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Metacritic seems to like Say Anything. What should I seek?
I'm even more backwards than normal, so I have no idea what is going on.
― The Reverend, Saturday, 10 November 2007 11:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I just finally heard the last Say Anything album, kinda avoided it until now. Better than I thought. A little ridiculous at times, but I didn't hate it. I'm going to try to listen to the new one soon, its been getting surprisingly good reviews.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Sunday, 11 November 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd give the new Streetlight Manifesto a try. It comes out next week (I'm reviewing it). It's really Ska, but it's got a lot of emo sensibilities, a lot of lyrics that fit the genre conventions. And I get the feeling Tom (the singer) is much more connected to the emo scene than other ska bands. (Other Ska bands? Gasp. Yes, they exist.)
― Mordechai Shinefield, Sunday, 11 November 2007 04:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I discovered them on Gossip Girl this week, but So They Say aren't bad. Worth checking out (though they've got that cluttered myspace page indicative of an emo band).
― Mordechai Shinefield, Monday, 12 November 2007 00:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Can't be worse than M.I.A.'s.
― The Reverend, Monday, 12 November 2007 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Rewatched Brand New's Sic Transit Gloria video tonight; had the odd experience of finding it more brilliant and more insipid than when I had first seen it. Also watched the Trick Turner video "Friends and Family" and thought about how great it was that emo has supplanted nu-metal as the genre of choice for angsty teenagers (and me).
Of note: Scanned a friend's teenager sister's iPod this weekend and found Les Miz + Rent next to MCR + Fallout Boy.
― Mordechai Shinefield, Monday, 26 November 2007 08:44 (sixteen years ago) link
mordechai: re your final sentence: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~thepress/read.php?id=1188
― nervous, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 00:05 (sixteen years ago) link
somewhat crappily written, but just wanted to let you know someone else is having the same thought
― nervous, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 00:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://htomc.dns2go.com/anim/anim/welcome.gif
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 2 January 2008 00:08 (sixteen years ago) link
hm
― nervous, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 00:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Is the Metro Station album any good? "Shake It" might be my favourite hit of the summer.
― Sundar, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 04:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm actually not totally sure what makes it emo, except for the one guy's voice and their haircuts.
― Sundar, Tuesday, 5 August 2008 04:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Don't feel like starting a 2009 thread for this. Anyway, Attack! Attack! are like a Fall Out Boy b-sides band. Thought you guys might be interested. Punknews.org is streaming three of their songs today.
http://www.punknews.org/bands/attackattack
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 February 2009 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone heard the new Rise Against? I really like The Sufferer and the Witness.
― Sundar, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i checked out the Two Tongues album that came out yesterday, and it's pretty good! considering that I love Say Anything and hate Saves The Day, I thought I'd be really hot and cold on this, but it all hangs together well even when the whiny STD (heh) guy is singing.
― n00bian princess (some dude), Wednesday, 4 February 2009 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, there are some really enjoyable songs on the Two Tongues. I like Crawl. I think whenever Max is given the reigns, the stuff sounds great. The Saves the Day input is horrific, tho, imho.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 4 February 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha, guess it's less new than I thought it was. I suck.
― Sundar, Thursday, 5 February 2009 03:46 (fifteen years ago) link
It's pretty new AFAIK. I think it just came out last week?
― Mordy, Thursday, 5 February 2009 04:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I totally don't suck!
― Sundar, Thursday, 5 February 2009 04:53 (fifteen years ago) link
New Taking Back Sunday album coming out (at least acc. to AMP Magazine). It's called New Again. First single (I think), and they've got a new guitarist - Matthew Fazzi - and... it really doesn't sound anything like them :(
― Mordy, Monday, 9 March 2009 12:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Blah. That'll teach me for posting a youtube link without confirming it's the right song first. It's here:
― Mordy, Monday, 9 March 2009 12:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm excited for the new Taking Back Sunday, they always manage a couple of good songs per album. I'm listening to the Two Tongues again right now, growing on me with each listen. Bemis' contributions are certainly the better of the two, but I've always had a soft spot for Conley's whine - so this is a pretty good pairing to my ears.
― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 14:22 (fifteen years ago) link
New Say Anything coming out (that first single is awesome IMHO), new Brand New coming out AND new Thrice coming out. It's like 2003 all over again!
― Mordy, Sunday, 30 August 2009 07:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Love the new Motion City Soundtrack. I was never really into them before, but something good happened when they signed to a major label. Much hookier.
― Mordy, Saturday, 16 January 2010 23:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Btw, if no one noticed, I use this thread as a Rolling Emo Boys thread, not just for 2007.
― Mordy, Saturday, 16 January 2010 23:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, the new Motion City Soundtrack is pretty damn good! Glad I gave it a chance. I never liked anything I've heard off the previous two albums, but I was a big fan of I Am the Movie. Still nothing as good as "The Future Freaks Me Out", but "Her Words Destroyed My Planet" does a good job trying. Not a big fan of "History Lesson" though, the Flogging Molly touch just does not work.
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Just dug out Through Being Cool and Stay What You Are this week for the first time in several years. They were favorites of mine when I was getting over a breakup in 2002, and I'm really surprised at how well they've held up. Before I knew the word "emo", I just called them "whineyboy". I never really got into emo though, other than Thrice/Thursday-ish screamo stuff, which is in a different league altogether, perhaps. I might try to investigate stuff like Say Anything and Motion City Soundtrack this week, just for kicks.
― ljagljana (kkvgz), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 11:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Also check out the new Gaslight Anthem + Against Me!. Good year for Warped Tour'ish bands.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 May 2010 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
the soundguy at a recent show i went to was playing through being cool in between bands. i'm sure it was the delicate balance of nostalgia, booze, and weed, but "you vandal" was about the most perfect thing to my ears at that moment
― a rush of blood to my member (Future_Perfect), Wednesday, 19 May 2010 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link