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Tea pairing: Chai tea latte First and foremost, I would like to wish everyone a happy 4/20. I may not personally partake in the devil’s...

1. Bleeder-Alkaline Trio (I Lied My Face Off, 1999) At this point it should be plenty obvious that I am a pretty big Alkaline Trio and...

Tea pairing: Lapsang tea with milk As of this writing, Alkaline Trio’s third LP, From Here to Infirmary, is 20 years old today. While...

Tea pairing: White tea with milk and honey There must be something in the water in Philadelphia as it is home to numerous well-known and...

Tea pairing: London Fog tea latte with vanilla Any one who claims to be an emo fan knows all the first wave greats like Jawbreaker,...

Tea pairing: Lemongrass tea with honey Here we are, where it all started. Without Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, Embrace, or any band that...

Tea pairing: Black cherry tea The emo scene is probably the best music scene for hidden gems, and this is partly because it is such a...

Tea pairing: Peppermint tea with honey The first “real” emo song I truly liked was “Lucky Denver Mint”, in all of its poppy, and sparkly...

Tea pairing: Chamomile tea with milk and sugar It was a rather hard choice for this article. I knew I wanted to discuss a Jimmy Eat World...

Tea pairing: Oolong tea If you are at all familiar with the emo scene, then you know this record. You know it’s famous cover art, you...

Tea pairing: Chai tea with sugar Here it is, one of the staples of the entire emo scene. It goes without saying that if this album was...

Tea pairing: Cinnamon tea with sugar Dan Andriano’s first band he found a home in was Slapstick, a Chicago-based ska punk outfit that...

Tea pairing: Green tea with honey, lemon, and sugar From the snowy grips of Minnesota in the late 1990s arose the emo/pop punk group...

Tea pairing: Earl Grey with honey When Jawbreaker signed to DGC, a major label, for $1 million, their following in the East Bay punk...

Tea pairing: Black tea There are few things in this world that are as bleak as the struggle of cancer. For Jeremy Bolm of L.A. hardcore...

Tea pairing: English Breakfast with milk and sugar If any year could be described as emo, and many other things, it would be the dumpster...

Tea pairing: Lemon ginger with honey When it comes to debut albums, it seldom gets better than Alkaline Trio’s 1998 effort Goddamnit....