Dance party Bump & Grindcore gets nasty in memory of Amy Winehouse, local postpunks Daylight Robbery release a long-in-the-works LP, and more.
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The band with the ‘worst name ever’ play a reunion show Saturday
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start isn’t just a Konami cheat code—it’s also the name of an emo-influenced indie-rock band reuniting at Beat Kitchen.
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Shame That Tune rides off into the embarrassing sunset
Shame That Tune rides off into the embarrassing sunset, Owen and Into It. Over It. release a split EP, and more.
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Stargazing in the mud at Pitchfork
Stargazing in the mud at Pitchfork, plus new records on the way from RLYR and the duo of Ryley Walker and Bill MacKay
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Bill Kuehn of Rainer Maria on the emo revival, his lessons from the Middle East—and the possibility of a new record
The drummer for these freshly reunited emo luminaries talks to keyboardist and singer Kate Grube of Chicago upstarts Kittyhawk.
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Our favorite music of 2014
Six Reader music writers share their favorites from 2014 with year-end lists that do more than just put the same records in a different order.
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Gossip Wolf: Booker Matt Kimmel leaves the Burlington (and Chicago, for now)
Matt Kimmel’s good-bye to booking the Burlington, emo royalty at American Football, a new Swearwords EP, and more
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Midwestern emo catches its second wind
Midwestern underground emo is coming back—and it’s turning up overseas and on the charts.