When we talk about Midwest emo, we're mostly talking about the second wave of emo music. Emo's roots go back to 1980s. Emocore splintering from the Washington, DC, hard core punk scene.

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Bands in the Midwest and on the West Coast took the blueprint of emo-core and tied it to a softer sound. In its new incarnation, the singers delivered more tortured, quivering vocals.

Today, emo comes in many forms, ... Emo-core spread to the West Coast and the Midwest. and by the late 80s, most people just called it emo. Then in the 90s, emo spread its wings.

Emo's not dead, and it's because of a new generation of bands putting fresh spins on the nearly-40-year-old genre. Here are 10 to be keeping an eye on this year.

It bounces between Midwest emo, bossa nova, ska, indie pop, metalcore, Beach Boys homages, and more, with lyrics that range from lighthearted jabs at New Jersey to political protest music, and ...

“We’re Gonna Miss it All” functions as a love letter to a genre that no longer exists — or never did — and to a band that came to define the time, feeling and soul of a subsection of ...

Brakence wraps up midwest emo and emo rap into a sharp, glitchy package; his genre blending is always precise and thoughtful, and he’s adept at creating fractured landscapes that capture Gen Z ...