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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Returning to Ann Arbor this past week for my senior year has caused me to reflect upon my first ...

“Sometimes it seems my life has already peaked / And now it’s 23 / Burdened by the wait of routine,” Grand Rapids, Michigan trio Oliver Houston belt out on “Tom Quad,” a noisy blast of nostalgia ...

The pop-culture industry loves to resurface detritus from my youth, add a little polish, and launch it on whatever streaming service I’m most likely to drop due to rising subscription fees—and I’m ...

Much of the best indie and punk music coming out of Milwaukee right now owes a meaningful debt to emo. Here are seven bands that keep the city's... It's amazing how one band can shape an entire ...

Cult favorites Mock Orange return with an eighth album that reconciles their later alt-country leanings with their Midwestern emo roots. After all that, it’s natural that Mock Orange would spend *Put ...

Remember Fall Out Boy, that quartet of silly midwestern emo dudes who shoved power chords down our throats in the early 2000s? Well, they’re on an indefinite hiatus. (Blame it on Ashley “Yoko” Simpson ...

Originated from Bloomington, Minnesota, the dance punk band Remo Drive made its way down to Athens to perform at the 40 Watt Club on Oct. 21 along with its guests, Lunar Vacation. The band performed ...

Twenty years later, it remains that way. Philadelphia it's not: Only a handful of contemporary Milwaukee emo bands have made much of an impact outside of basements and attics. And yet, small as it is, ...