With The Ringer’s recent emo week, there’s been more than enough conversation around the genre. But with all the rehabilitation around the e-word, its third wave still feels poorly documented. If an older audience gives it any attention, it’s referred to as the hair metal phase before becoming reclaimed at…

At this point, people must be tired of me writing about snow ellet. When I first discovered him in early April of 2021 I didn’t think much of the project. In a sea of music, it was just another drop in the countless hours I spend on Bandcamp. But I…

Two Houses and Aging In A Punk Scene Eventually, the party needs to end. The pains of an aging body begin to catch up with you. Downing beer after beer leads to aches in the morning. Maybe you make tweaks, only letting loose every once in a while, content to…

I honestly didn’t think anyone would care when I first decided to take on this project over a year ago. I told myself I would be happy if I could get 50 people to click on an article. This was at least half true; All I wanted to do was…

Since its inception, I’ve always been curious and a bit skeptical of the term indie punk. For some reason it’s always irked me whenever I heard it, having the same connotation as bubble grunge had to others when everyone discovered it via Spotify Wrapped. It seemed to be a product…

The thought behind Retirement Party was pretty simple. Singer Avery Springer had recently moved to Chicago and wanted to be in a band. She had built up her songwriting chops in Michigan with Sunglasses On a Plane and the acoustic project Elton John Cena once she moved to the city…

There is no band that better represents the early days of the emo revival better than CSTVT. It was this brief moment that was bursting with creativity and it seemed like everybody was trying their hand at the Midwest emo thing coincidentally. What made it feel special was that each…

Five Bands To Explain One Step Closer Turning Point There is no One Step Closer without Turning Point. Discovering the band as a teenager was an inciting incident for vocalist Ryan Savitzki, leading to the formation of One Step Closer. It showed a different lens through which to view hardcore…

Trapped Under Ice To get the full picture of Turnstile we must start a few years before their formation in 2007, when singer Brendan Yates was just a drummer for Trapped Under Ice. To call TUI influential would be an understatement. In an era where melodic hardcore was dominant, they…