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only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like My Chemical Romance are not real emo, while saying that Sunny Day Real Estate is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as My Chemical Romance (plus the pretentiousness). Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music. Some examples of REAL EMO are Pg 99, Rites of Spring, Cap n Jazz (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Loma Prieta. Some examples of FAKE EMO are American Football, My Chemical Romance and Mineral EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE
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I've been diving back into old emo/screamo after not listening to a lot of it for over ten years. I'm keeping a record of things I've been listening to in this thread so that maybe I won't forget all the obscure records this time around.
https://superfirecords.bandcamp.com/album/dignified-exits
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_mock_heroic/dignified_exits/
I like the review of this album here; it's the main reason I gave this a try.
An emoviolence band from Mexico that 90% of the time is going to give you short, fast songs with a lot of chaos. They do like to change it up a bit. Occasionally you can hear that they've added some subtle synthesizer to the bass line. They don't bring this out often, but when they do it gets you moving. And the vocalist can be very precise with timing when he wants to be. Unfortunately most of the time he's just going to default on the powerviolence dog barking that you either love or hate.
https://zarathustrahbk70s.bandcamp.com/album/discography
Mostly have to recommend this band to people looking for a solid powerviolence act that is occasionally trying out some different ideas. It's impressive when you find this type of music actually making you snap your fingers and tap your foot. But maybe those moments are too rare and far inbetween.
I can't not mention Vlado Petrik from Chile who they share an EP and 4-way split with.
There's also Spectres (San Francisco) and The Short Blooming (Germany) on the 4-way split.
from Barcelona, Spain.
~2005-2008
I like this one the best.
https://reactionreaction.bandcamp.com/track/malditos-roedores
Shout outs to
"The girl I used to fuck two years ago was a man."
Formed October 1999, Watertown, MA, United States
Disbanded August 2000
https://roboticempire.bandcamp.com/album/hassan-i-sabbah-self-titled-7
> 4 quirky slime jocks from charleston, sc. formed mid 2013.
You can listen to this band's entire discography in under seven minutes.
What a grand band to revive interest in posting to this thread!
Best track to start with:
