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Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional) Talks with Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World) on the Talkhouse Podcast

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By Talkhouse Podcast | February 24, 2022

Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional) Talks with Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World) on the Talkhouse Podcast

The emo kingpins are surviving the truth, together.

Role Models: My Chemical Romance Showed Glass Beach a Healthy Kind of Angst

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By Glass Beach | June 28, 2021

Role Models: My Chemical Romance Showed Glass Beach a Healthy Kind of Angst

The LA band pays tribute to their emo heroes.

Emo: A Personal History in Three Parts — Part 3, 2004–2019

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By Norman Brannon | August 13, 2019

Emo: A Personal History in Three Parts — Part 3, 2004–2019

Norman Brannon talks Texas is the Reason, Emo Night, and the genre's lasting legacy.

Emo: A Personal History in Three Parts — Part 2, 1991-2003

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By Norman Brannon | July 31, 2019

Emo: A Personal History in Three Parts — Part 2, 1991-2003

On Maximum Rock'n'Roll, hardcore fanzines, and asking Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine about the last time he cried.

Emo: A Personal History in Three Parts — Part 1, 1987-1990

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By Norman Brannon | July 16, 2019

Emo: A Personal History in Three Parts — Part 1, 1987-1990

Norman Brannon (Texas Is the Reason) on "emocore," Ian MacKaye, and emo's origin as an epithet.

We Won’t Be Together Much Longer

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By Hutch Harris | December 10, 2018

We Won’t Be Together Much Longer

Remembering the Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley.

How Twitter Got My Band Signed

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By Karl Kuehn | October 24, 2016

How Twitter Got My Band Signed

Karl Kuehn (Museum Mouth) makes a case for everyone’s favorite chaotic evil: social media.

Norman Brannon (Texas Is the Reason) Talks Mac McCaughan’s Non-Believers

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By Norman Brannon | May 6, 2015

Norman Brannon (Texas Is the Reason) Talks Mac McCaughan’s Non-Believers

The former Texas Is the Reason member contemplates the legacy of Mac McCaughan and Superchunk, secret emo progenitors.

Anika Talks the City on Film’s La Vella

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By Anika | December 15, 2014

Anika Talks the City on Film’s La Vella

Incorporating stories submitted by fans, emo mainstay Bob Nanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes) creates a flowing remembrance of things past.

Kitty Talks Taking Back Sunday’s Happiness Is

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By Kitty | March 20, 2014

Kitty Talks Taking Back Sunday’s Happiness Is

Once upon a time, back in the mid '00s, I was a brooding, self-proclaimed emo kid. Like most other bratty tweens of the era, I dressed in black...