Midwest emo
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Search complete. 47 mentions across 8 episodes found for "Midwest emo".
Oct 13, 2026
MaxwellHOST
Sam, this is kind of, actually it's sort of similar vein.
MaxwellHOST
To me, this sounds like Ruby Fields meets Midwest Emo.
MaxwellHOST
Yep.
MaxwellHOST
This was sent in also by the band.
Justin CoxHOST
not what American football is doing around the same time, 1998, 99.
Justin CoxHOST
And then now we, we have this other thing called Midwest, like whatever sound is Midwest emo.
Justin CoxHOST
This band is all, I mean, I don't know if Nebraska is the Midwest or the Plains or what, but I'm like, far as I'm concerned, this is a Midwestern middle American guy making emo music too.
Justin CoxHOST
These things are, I mean, there is a certain sensibility that I can like totally put them together, but there's so much that is just absolutely not, you know? And so I, I found myself trying, well, I don't know why I needed to try to understand, but I did.
Steve LamosGUEST
I agree.
Steve LamosGUEST
I think Connor's fantastic.
Steve LamosGUEST
But they don't seem to get called Midwest emo.
Steve LamosGUEST
Midwest emo seems to be reserved for these weird little bands that people, again, people can sort of write their own.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
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BobHOST
It was only a matter of time until someone figured out how to put something in between scrams and Midwest Emo.
BobHOST
And I'm sure there's other bands who've tried.
BobHOST
But I think Holidays in the United States did the math and figured it out.
BobHOST
And I use that language very specifically because I hear a little mathiness in here too that somehow kind of manipulates those two sounds together, Midwest Emo and the more screamo-y, screamy Emo.
BobHOST
of Scrams.
BobHOST
The band is Holidays in the United States from Brooklyn, New York.
Emily NyhuusGUEST
the third one I can really make fit.
Emily NyhuusGUEST
I was really into Midwest Emo at the time.
Emily NyhuusGUEST
I'm still, I still am.
Emily NyhuusGUEST
I love Midwest Emo.
Emily NyhuusGUEST
And, but that one was like a little bit too.
Emily NyhuusGUEST
It was a little bit, didn't really fit with the rest.
Pat FrancisHOST
And today we're going to talk about what? Tell us, Kat.
Cat RollinsGUEST
Intro to Midwest Emo.
Pat FrancisHOST
Intro to Midwest Emo.
Cat RollinsGUEST
Yeah, I could have just said Midwest Emo, but I read my notes.
Cat RollinsGUEST
I got nervous.
Cat RollinsGUEST
I like
Pat FrancisHOST
that.
Pat FrancisHOST
But I like that it's an introduction to Midwest Emo.
FloHOST
Hey, I mean, they have some heavier songs, but realistically, you know, but that's the question.
FloHOST
Like, can can we play Midwest Emo on the hard, fast and heavy show? Is that hard, fast and heavy enough? I mean, it's within the punk realm, you know, but it's kind of it's not that hard.
FloHOST
But anyway, I fucking enjoyed it.
FloHOST
So, you know, let me know what you think.
FloHOST
about my Midwest emo choices under 5395.
FloHOST
Yeah, and after To Meet World, we had two bands that I saw live in a basement over in Berlin, who are both from Berlin, one of whom is called The River Speaks, and their song was Smoke.
FloHOST
That was the first of the two.
Louie BarlawGUEST
It makes me fucking mad.
Louie BarlawGUEST
Emo, like Midwest Emo.
Louie BarlawGUEST
He had a pop punk project like 10 years ago that he showed me that was like really fucking good.
Louie BarlawGUEST
And then now he's like doing this, this like screamo kind of like, I don't know if he's doing a record or like just an EP, but like it literally sounds like incredible.