Justin

My mix this time is some awesome old emo. Most of this is bands that I’m sure most of you guys have heard of if you’re into emo. It’s mostly ’90s bands, but a couple ’80s bands in there, too. But you won’t find any of that Kinsella shit here, not this time anyway, this is that post-hardcore style emo that was pretty big back in the day. This is the stuff that I’ve been really into lately

Braid - A Dozen Roses
This is one of those bands that I’m sure you all love if you’re into emo. Braid’s kinda an outlier in this mix, as they don’t sound too much like the other stuff, but I think they’re close enough to put in here.

Elthel Reserve - Calba’s Last
I found out about these guys because of a killer compilation that features The Promise Ring and Mineral. It’s called “(Don’t Forget To) Breathe” definitely check it out.

Embrace - Give Me Back
One of the very first emo bands. Ian MacKaye. I love it.

Julia - Tongue Biting
This band is pretty awesome. I hadn’t heard of them until recently, when I was looking through a guy’s youtube channel that had some more rad stuff in it.

Rites of Spring - For Want Of
Another of the first emo bands. It has Guy from Fugazi. I love it, too.

Evergreen - Laugh at Every Question
I found out about these guys because of Rafael from We Were Skeletons. He posted on facebook about this band that is from Louisville that sounded like Shotmaker. They do rule, and they do sound like Shotmaker, but I’m pretty sure he was mistaken about the Louisville thing. They’re from California, and they have the drummer from Rilo Kiley in it.

Shotmaker - Unhibited
Shotmaker rules. If you don’t know about Shotmaker, you can find their discography pretty easily. It’s a ton of tracks, and it’s rad as hell.

Still Life - Tree
Still Life is a really weird band. They are pretty experimental, and they’re really influential to a lot of these bands on here. I’m sure you guys have heard about Still Life if you’ve been listening to emo for a while.

The Jazz June - The Medicine
I think I found out about this band because of last.fm, and I’m pretty thankful for finding this album, at least. Not all of their stuff sounds like this, but the album that shares the name with this song is definitely an awesome emo album.

Boy’s Life - Tucked In
I’m going to be honest, it took me a long time to get into this band. I wasn’t really into this type of emo when I got their stuff, but I can honestly say that it has grown on me a lot. And I’m sure glad that it has.