rolling emo/pop-punk/bullshit/haircuts 2015

the foxing record is gorgeous and sad. "eiffel" in particular is stunning

Loving the new Beach Slang. They played here the other night and I think did like 3 jawbreaker covers (a couple just sort of improvised drunkenly) It was a ton of fun.

they were a jawbreaker cover band for fest

Worriers opened for them. That's an album people should be talking about too. Dig it lots.

relevant to thread

http://www.npr.org/2015/11/11/455317760/first-listen-the-max-levine-ensemble-backlash-baby

I like that Beach Slang record, but I think I like James Alex's public (including a 15-minute phoner I did w/ him) attitude/persona/whatever even more. For some, it may come off as corny, but he seems genuinely humbled by the attention to me. Just seems like an awesome dude, and it helps me like the record more, tbh.

Totally comes across that way when he performs live. Glad it doesn't come across affected. Corny punks are kinda endearing IMHO

http://i.imgur.com/8gneClL.png

tru

As we move to the end of the year, I'd like to drop a quick note to encourage any readers / lurkers / ilxors to post their favorite emo haircuts from this year to the thread so that I can hoover them into the ongoing spotify playlist. Last chance for any accessible stragglers that may not already be in the lexicon.

got tickets for the academy is... almost here 10 yr anniversary tour -- stoked

have y'all heard of rolo tomassi? i saw them in the kerrang list and it turns out they are right up my alley in terms of being a crushing hardcore band a la converge with some unbelievably gentle, kinda emo moments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmIE31SLZPs

album is fucking awesome

must check that out immediately thx

mind you the last Loma Prieta record was very "Converge meets emo" and didn't work for me at all so we'll see

this also has a lot of post-rocky parts but i'm generally unbothered bc the parts that cook really fucking cook

goddamn this rules

might be my imagination but I feel like it has some of the ingenuity of the Cloud Rat album

hell yeah it does!

I listened to this earlier at my emo-loving gf's insistence and yeah it's something for everyone

of course it is possible that I might myself like (some) emo, but let's do this one at a time please

finally the band that brings everyone together

man, remember that makeshift shelters record from earlier this year? that thing was really good

ahevtn kept up with this like I wanted to this year, you have a best of list for this stuff, Brad? Or anyone else.

*I haven't

most of the records i was looking forward to in this genre ended up disappointing me but lemme see if i can scrape together a top whatever

mewithoutyou: pale horses
the front bottoms: back on top
rolo tomassi: grievances
fightstar: behind the devil's back
petal: shame
julien baker: sprained ankle
foxing: dealer
the world is a beautiful place: harmlessness
annabel: having it all
fall out boy: american beauty/american psycho
laura stevenson: cocksure
beach slang: the things we do to find people who feel like us
makeshift shelters: something so personal
allison weiss: new love
better off: milk

huh the better off record is definitely better than being last on that list, no idea why i ordered it like that

considered putting the wonder years record on that list but it really is half garbage to me at this point

i rate the beach slang, fall out boy + allison weiss. the fob is really a fantastic record and imo only suffers bc they've put out such high quality content as of late that it seems unremarkable. also like

not on tour - bad habits
title fight - hyperview
colleen green - i want to grow up
neck deep - life's not out to get you
teenage bottlerocket - tales from wyoming

thanks, friends! Gonna drop these in a playlist and check em out.

love that Title Fight album

I enjoyed the Spraynard and Red City Radio records but YMMV

oh yeah I meant to revisit the spraynard record. they're getting better all the time

Does FIDLAR fit into this categorization? Their new one and the Beach Slang are by my fave punky things from this year.

the Wonder Years album held up p well for me, esp w/ my slightly edited playlist.

and despite my best efforts I was v bored with the TWIABPAIANLATD album. I would add that about half of the Turnover album was stellar. there was a killer EP in there.

Still can't believe that the FOB came out this year; seems years old by now. Some regional stuff - self-titleds from Carb On Carb (Flying Nun-ish indie group that've slowly transitioned into 90s emo/pop-punk; kinda Rainer Maria-ish ... half of the band is from Auckland's greatest group never to record a full-length album, Moron Says What) and Chinese Football (from 成都, v.much in a twinkle/American Football style).

I'm wrapping this playlist for the year. It has been updated with a few new adds (The Max Levine Ensemble, Title Fight, Chumped, Colleen Green) and includes every track mentioned on thread that is available via Spotify's US catalogue as of EOY 2015. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.

Rolling Emo/Pop Punk 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist