Midwest Emo

Midwest emo is a genre characterized by intricate, twinkling guitar work, driving rhythms, and emotive, often screamed or spoken vocals. Emerging in the 1990s in the American Midwest, the genre drew from post-hardcore and indie rock, with bands emphasizing intense, personal lyrics and dynamic song structures. Reaching peak popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s, midwest emo became a staple of the DIY scene, with its raw, emotive sound resonating with fans seeking authenticity and community. Influenced by post-rock and math rock, the genre's complex time signatures and guitar interplay set it apart from other emo subgenres. Its cultural significance lies in its portrayal of small-town life, relationships, and introspection, providing a voice for the anxieties and hopes of a generation. As a precursor to later emo and indie rock movements, midwest emo's influence can be seen in its blend of technicality, emotional intensity, and heartfelt storytelling.

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The Longer This Goes On
Album - 10 Tracks - Released July 18, 2025

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2DS sex tape
40ft to go
A Small District
ANORAK!
Adjust the Sails
Amateurish
American Football
Amoeba Arena
Aorta
Arm's Length
Awning
Ben Quad
Boilermaker
Bouquet
But We Were Builders, Not Heroes!
Cap'n Jazz
Car Crash Bird Funeral
Charmer
Chinese Football
Chinese Park
Cicadahead
Clay Birds
Daisyhead
Dead Butterflies
Early Work
Emergency Exist
Ensslin
Equipment
FLAKE
Fiesta Bizarra
Forth Wanderers
Free Throw
Head North
Heart to Gold
Her Flyaway Manner
Incompleteness Theorem
Into It. Over It.
Ispentsixhourswatchingshockvideosyesterday
Kali Masi
Kid, Feral
Knuckle Puck
Letterbombs
Long Time No Talk
Marchioretto
Mat Kerekes
Michael Cera Palin
Microwave
Milledenials
Movements
My Dad Died
PUP
Pet Symmetry
Pistols99
Portraits of Past
Raccoon Tour
Real Friends
Retirement Party
RudyWade
Saetia
Short Fictions
Slow Joy
TRSH
Tarnish
The Civil War in France
Tiny Moving Parts
To Be Gentle
Totorro
Troubled Minds
Uklao
Upon Your Dead Body
Versus You
Via Luna
WOES
WeWillLookBackAtYouAndLoveYouForever!!!!!
Windheart
Winter Wayfarer
Woolbright
Youth Novel
Zirie
against realism
always sunny
bed
bright little stars
downt
elizabeth whitington
girl goes to greenland
hey, nothing
maybe it's best...
mil ataris por segundo
my little pony is jesus god is me :3
paranoid void
son of deni
tenmonthsummer
water margin
when you found me.
wont stop dreaming.wsd
БАКУРЛИ
Спасибо
нет ничего твоего
Mom Jeans.
Movements
PUP
RudyWade
La Dispute
hey, nothing
Knuckle Puck
Microwave
Arm's Length
Free Throw
toe
Real Friends
American Football
TRSH
Belmont
Sunny Day Real Estate
Slow Joy
Macseal
Delta Sleep
Moose Blood
Oso Oso
Pet Symmetry
The Get Up Kids
Ben Quad
The Hotelier
Your Arms Are My Cocoon
Apes of the State
Mat Kerekes
Michael Cera Palin
Tiny Moving Parts
Upon Your Dead Body
I Hate Myself
Radiator Hospital
TTNG
Forth Wanderers
Fiesta Bizarra
DURRY
Worst Party Ever
It Looks Sad.
gavin m
Orchid
Adjust the Sails
Dikembe
Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties
Milledenials
The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Marietta
Elephant Gym
CLIFFDIVER
Ispentsixhourswatchingshockvideosyesterday
Chinese Football
Owen
You Blew It!
sports.
Salvinorin-A
A Great Big Pile of Leaves
Charmer
The Promise Ring
Cap'n Jazz
Brave Little Abacus
Into It. Over It.
Foot Ox
The Appleseed Cast
Pool Kids
Estoy Bien
I'm Glad It's You
Algernon Cadwallader
departmefrombearisland
Heart to Gold
All My Wishes Were Thrown Down a Well and Should Die There
Braid
Pageninetynine
Bouquet
Totorro
The Anniversary
Dead Butterflies
Carpool
downt
Beijing Connection
Beeswax
Super American
Any Two Words
Attic Abasement
bright little stars
Enamore
Clever Girl
Equipment
paranoid void
Via Luna
Flight Patterns
Suis La Lune
Retirement Party
Texas Is The Reason
Raccoon Tour
William Bonney
Perspective, a Lovely Hand to Hold
Ogbert the Nerd
empire! empire! (i was a lonely estate)
Clay Birds
Safe Bet