Welcome to Freewheelin' Emo

There is truly no end to what the Chicago music scene has to offer, from the city’s storied history in blues, hip hop, pop, rock, and...

‘Tis the season to be spooky! It’s kind of funny that I enjoy the Halloween season more now than when I was a kid actually participating...

Tea pairing: Elderberry tea with honey When I discovered Samiam it was pretty early in my foray into emo and post-hardcore, but it was...

Tea pairing: Elderberry blackberry with honey As much as I love the emo and post-hardcore classics, there is truly something to be said...

Just a week ago I was lucky enough to go to my first concert in over a year and a half, and let me tell you, it was quite the experience....

There’s something so wrenching and honest when it comes to love songs. I’m not talking about those typical poppy love songs, well, not...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away Weezer was spearheading the mainstream presence of emo inflected alt-rock. In a year that saw...

Rowdy, frenetic, and unpolished are the best words I can find to describe The Get Up Kids’ debut record Four Minute Mile. Often...

Is everything alright? Well, that depends on who you ask or when. If you ask anyone now, well, you’re going to get a rather mixed bag of...

When Gainesville’s Hot Water Music signed to Epitaph Records before they put out their fourth record, A Flight and a Crash, there was...

There’s always been something about Jimmy Eat World that has drawn me to them. I fondly remember hearing “The Middle” quite a lot on the...

Well, here it is. After about 10 years of thoroughly exploring punk rock and emo I have come to the conclusion that Jawbreaker’s much...

As of the past month, Say Anything has been nearly non-stop. I have replayed their 2004 album Is a Real Boy over a dozen times and I have...

I wanted to try something a little different these next few weeks by writing about a single song from an album that I think is an...

Tea pairing: Lemon tea with honey Much like Pennsylvania, D.C., and Chicago, New Jersey has had a strong hardcore scene involving bands...

Tea pairing: Sencha tea with sugar When Jawbreaker broke up in 1996, the underground punk scene had lost one of its finest bands. Despite...

Tea pairing: Junpier berry tea with honey There are few modern rock bands around today that have dipped their toes into as many genres as...

Tea pairing: Darjeeling with milk and honey On The Impossible Past may not technically be a true emo record, but there is undoubtedly a...

Tea pairing: Blueberry tea with sugar What do singer-songwriters Eddie Vedder and Jack Johnson have in common other than that they are...