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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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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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Grandview “Everything Between Paint and a Wall” 10 Years
The late winter of 2013 into the early winter of 2014 was an incredible period for emo music. Many of the albums that have come to define the genre today were released in this period, including The Hotelier’s Home, Like Noplace Is There and Foxing’s The Albatross. These two albums, now staples of the genre…
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Spending the Night with FinalBossFIght!
“FinalBossFight! showcases instrumental precision and sing-along punk hymns with their S/T”  The trio based in Lansing, Michigan released their tightest work to date with their sophomore LP “FBF!’. This DIY project has had my attention for the better part of a year and I can honestly say they contribute to the exciting Michigan scene in…
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Clipboards album review/interview
It seems that we get mind-blowing releases from Michigan DIY acts almost every single week and Clipboards LP1 is par for the musical course. Written over the course of the past year, Clipboards showed off a multitude of musical talent and artistic vision. “Endless Days” paints Clipboards as something like a track team, with each…
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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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