Midwest Emo
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Description
Celebrating a subgenre that came out of flyover country but connected with the world, Midwest Emo traces modern emo's ubiquitousness back to its origins in Illinois, Wisconsin, and surrounding Midwestern states through more than 50 original interviews with members of formative bands like Cap'n Jazz, The Promise Ring, American Football, Braid, Rainer Maria and Gauge (plus Steve Aoki).
Over the course of one haunted night at The American Football House-the actual Urbana, IL home depicted on American Football's legendary 1999 album cover-a writer preserves the collective memory of “Midwest Emo”: a genre that doesn't really exist, except as a placeless descriptor applied decades later.
Midwest Emo is a documentation of 1990s Midwestern DIY music, but also a meditation on nostalgia, community, and the irrelevance of labels. It's about the relationship between music and place: the basements, living rooms, and cornfield highways of physical location, and the ethereal elsewhere songs transport us.
Table of Contents
2.“Midwest Emo”
3.The Driveway
4.The Basement
5.The Foundation
6.The Basement Steps
7.The Sunroom
8.The First Floor Bedroom
9.The First Floor Bathroom
10.The Foyer
11.Urbana
12.The Road
13.The Braid House
14.808 California
15.The Kitchen / Living Room
16.The Upstairs Side Window
17.The Porch
18.The Bedroom Behind the Eye
19.The Primary Bedroom
20.Returning Home
21.“Midwest Emo” Pt. 2
10 Essential Tracks
Acknowledgements
Photos
Works Cited
Product details
| Published | Apr 15 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 208 |
| ISBN | 9798765119587 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 8 x 5 inches |
| Series | Genre: A 33 1/3 Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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