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Excuse Me, Who Are You (Talking To)? A Double Bind Discussion
Excuse Me, Who Are You? Is an emo band from Madison, Wisconsin. Their first LP, “Double Bind”, comes out May 17th. I hopped on a call with Kyle and Stu, vocalists and guitarists for the band, to talk about the new release and what else they’ve been up to this year. Check the below EMWAY?…
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Excuse Me, Who Are You?- Double Bind | Album Review
There are some bands that use samples to create a fun little bit of ambiance within their music or to provide a little bit of a vibe switch—and then there are bands who base their entire album around sampling and use it as an integral piece of world building within their work. Excuse Me, Who…
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The Merrier: “I Hope I’m With My Cats When The Flood Comes” LP Review
I love trying new things, I think that when variety is introduced to life you have a higher chance of finding joy—something something and adage about doing the same thing over and over. I think you should take every chance to try something new and never limit the perspectives you try to see. All of…
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Robo Pumpkin: Max Adams lives and breathes DIY
An interview with Max and a look at “YHITOPIFAH” As a community we easily throw around “DIY” as a way to describe anything not produced with labels. Really encompassing the do-it-yourself attitude when focusing on music and trying to craft the perfect work is really, really hard. Robo Pumpkin(Max Adams) can attest to that, with…
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The Official DIY Discord 2023 Year In Review
This year we started a small campaign as a way to see how far we could take a community. We couldn’t have guessed what came of the diy discord server and this crazy music community. These are a collection of final thoughts and rankings of releases from 2023, submitted by discord admins and mods. Thank…
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Up Next: Aren’t We Amphibians turn heads with sophomore EP “Emergency, Exit”.
Aren’t We Amphibians use “Emergency Exit” to show Southern California, and the country, who’s up next.
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Equipment: “Alt. Account” LP Review
“Alt. Account” is a fiercely sincere, incredibly relatable, and genuinely moving album start to finish, and a serious display of talent all the way through.
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Look at the Bones: “Home Sweet Home” EP
“Look At The Bones is a Seattle-based emo revival-revival project with an even mix of hunger and experience to offer the exploding PNW music scene.” On September 21, LATB handed in their “first gift to this world” , releasing the project’s first EP “Home Sweet Home”. This EP is their first release as a conglomerate,…
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Double Bind Review & Interview
By: Margot(awfrickadoodle) “EMWAY comes to your city just to raise the insurance rates.”- Stu Benjamin Over the course of this past week, I’ve had the absolute pleasure of listening to Double Bind by Madison, Wisconsin homerun hitters, Excuse Me, Who Are You?. This of course was through the generosity of the band themselves. So while…
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Strelitzia Have Created A Genre Classic with Debut LP, “Winter”
Hailing from the sun-washed deserts of Phoenix, Arizona, Strelitzia emerges from a nearly decade-long slumber with Winter, a fuzzy blend of emo and math rock that carves its own place into the echelons of what I call ‘Southwestern Emo’. And, if I may interject the self in here briefly, there are moments in time when…
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Brave Face – Grievance Process | Album Review
The spring season has been an incredible time for debuts in our scene. Red Sun took the emo scene by storm with their first EP, “best buds 🙂”, and Wisconsin’s Excuse Me, Who Are You? has their first full-length LP releasing on 5/17. Also on 5/17, Columbus’s Brave Face is releasing their triumph of…
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Stars Hollow’s In the Flower Bed: A Masterclass in Emo Lyricism and Songwriting
Stars Hollow knocks it out of the park with their newest release, In the Flower Bed.
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Soccer. Seasons Move Forward – Album Review
Soccer. came out swinging and put everything on the table with “Seasons Move Forward.” 18 minutes is all it took for them to deliver everything a fan of intense drumming, tasteful screaming, raw bone chilling lyrics, and loud fuckin’ rock music can appreciate. “Hurting” gives me everything I want in an opener. A slow instrumental…
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tenmonthsummer’s hot new single “For You, When I’m Long Gone”
“On the off chance you remember me, will you smile and say…” tenmonthsummer asks on their new single “For You, When I’m Long Gone.” The lakeshore emo band just released this track on April 10th. Comprised of Nish Ahmed, Luke Smith, Charlie Edwards, Sam Koone and Dawson Schmidt, they’re a band that’s less concerned about…
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Hemmingway Lane – Why Do The Flowers Die?
https://linktr.ee/HemmingwayLane Hemmingway Lane is an Indie Rock group based out of South Eastern Michigan. They just released their newest EP, Let The Flowers Die, on 4/5. I sat down with Elijah, frontman for the band, to get some insight into the lore and production of the EP. [This interview was recorded by audio and transcribed…
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