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Emo Is Back With The Best Friends Forever Festival Lineup


Get ready to recite the OG emo copypasta. The Best Friends Forever festival is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, from October 11-13 at the Downtown Las Vegas Center just ahead of When We Were Young Fest the following weekend in Vegas. Pre-sale starts on February 28 at 10 AM PST, with general tickets on sale on February 29.  With such a lineup, attendees can expect an abundance of sick twinkly riffs. Gracing the headline stages are Bright Eyes, Sunny Day Real Estate, plus the reunion of Cap’ N Jazz. The festival will also include a stacked undercard… Read more »

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Jimmy Eat World Joins Best Friends Forever Fest Lineup


Joining the likes of Jawbreaker and Minus The Bear, Jimmy Eat World has been added to this year’s Best Friends Forever Festival lineup. Additionally, Penfold has also been added to the lineup. In a social post on Instagram, the festival shares, “We are very excited Jimmy Eat World and Penfold are joining this year’s Best Friends Forever lineup! Jimmy Eat World are putting together a special set for us, including songs from their seminal album Clarity plus others rarely heard in their live shows.” The festival is slated to return to Las Vegas, NV, on October 10-12 for its second… Read more »

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So What?! Festival Extends Lineup With The Starting Line & More


Last month, So What?! Music Festival announced its explosive two-day lineup, including Pierce The Veil and The Used headlining on Saturday, June 24, and Sleeping With Sirens, Neck Deep, and Thursday headlining on Sunday, June 25. Now the festival has announced a few new additions to the scheduled performances across the two-day event. What was already promised to be an exciting lineup, So What?! will now include sets from Slaughter To Prevail, The Starting Line, Fit For An Autopsy, Invent Animate, Varials, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, clip, guardin, poptropicaslutz!, Prentiss, Enterprise Earth, NO ZODIAC, Bodybox, 408, greyhaven, and… Read more »

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Drug Church Shares “Slide 2 Me” Ahead of ‘PRUDE’ Release


After sharing singles “Chow,” “Demolition Man,” and “Myopic,” Drug Church has arrived with “Slide 2 Me” via Pure Noise Records. All singles are set to appear on the band’s forthcoming record PRUDE, due out on October 4. “The goal is to put out good records that sound like we do–we’re not trying to do an OK Computer. But I do think that when you just do something well, you hit a point where people think they have a complete understanding of who you are,” vocalist Patrick Kindlon says. Of course, even though the record boasts classic sounds that kept the… Read more »

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Ethel Cain Releases Ethereal Cover Of American Football’s “For Sure”


American Football is celebrating 25 years of their iconic self-titled debut, aka LP1. The anniversary will be marked by the release of a remastered version of American Football and a covers album featuring Manchester Orchestra, Yvette Young, and more. The anniversary albums will be available on October 18 via Polyvinyl Record Co. Previously, Iron & Wine shared their interpretation of “Never Meant.” On September 5, Ethel Cain just dropped her ethereal 10-minute cover of “For Sure.” In a statement, she shares, “It’s always stood out to me every time I spin the record, and I knew exactly how I wanted to translate it into my sound.… Read more »

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American Football Celebrates 25 Years Of ‘LP1’ With Remasters & Covers Albums


Your fave Midwest emos have some big news. American Football is celebrating 25 years of their iconic self-titled debut, aka LP1. The anniversary will be marked by the release of a remastered version of American Football and a covers album featuring Ethel Cain, Yvette Young, and more. The anniversary albums will be available on October 18 via Polyvinyl Record Co. Iron & Wine offered a rendition of the band’s “Never Meant” and paired it with a new music video to usher in the big birthday. Vocalist Sam Beam shared, “My neighbor Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, Bon Iver, Indigo De Souza) and… Read more »

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Karate Announces First New Album In Two Decades


Ahead of their appearance at Las Vegas’ Best Friends Forever Festival in October, Karate has officially announced that new music is on the way. On July 25, the Boston post-hardcore outfit officially dropped a double single— “Defendants” and “Silence, Sound.” Additionally, the “Sever” artists announced that their upcoming album Make It Fit will arrive out on October 18, via the Numero Group. This marks their first official full record since 2004’s Pockets. Read more: idobi Radio Summer School Tour Announces Debut Lineup With Stand Atlantic, Magnolia Park, More Numero Group notes, “Out of the brain of Geoff Farina spills 10… Read more »

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American Football Announces ‘LP1’ 25th Anniversary Tour


American Football announced their 25th Anniversary Tour for their debut album. This fall, the band will make stops in the U.S., UK, and Europe, including a stint at the recently announced Best Friends Forever Festival in Las Vegas, NV. The Midwest emo staple released LP1 (as fans call it) in 1999. Known for their song, “Never Meant,” partnered with the iconic album cover of The American Football House, they are arguably the antithesis of OG emo. Their twinkly guitar riffs have carried through the various waves of the music genre and are a foundational point in the scene’s history. Recent… Read more »

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Scene Queen Teases New Single “Finger”


Scene Queen is teasing her awakening. The bimbocore singer posted a video across her social channels previewing her upcoming single, “Finger,” which releases on March 6. This marks her first music of the new year, and it still showcases her tried and true bubblegum pink energy. The video features Scene Queen in the middle of a lineup of black and white-clad individuals in wickedly religious attire. What stands out is the vocalist’s pink, purple, and gold priest gown. The text above them explains the meaning behind the track, “I wrote a song about my awakening, but it’s not what you… Read more »

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