Jawbreaker's 1995 album Dear You blended raw emotion with melodic punk, but polarized fans with polished production and a cleaner sound

With Jets To Brazil's debut Orange Rhyming Dictionary, Blake Schwarzenbach expanded on the Jawbreaker sound with a heady post-hardcore twist

Keith and Susie of Tampa’s Pohgoh look back on what almost was and discuss the current state of the band

Karate's understated post-rock album In Place of Real Insight showcases subtle jazz and blues influences but suffered from sameness

Our patrons join us to discuss their favorite record labels of the 1990s, including Touch and Go, Estrus, Revelation, Lookout, and many more

Ten years after disagreeing over Seaweed's 1993 album Four, we give the 1995 major label follow-up Spanaway a chance to mend the fracture

We revisit the 2000 album 100 Broken Windows by Idlewild and consider if it's the first great indie rock album of the decade

The Promise Ring twist and turn pop structures to unique results on their 1997 album Nothing Feels Good

We revisit the albums of 1998 that stood the test of time, that we discovered years later, that didn't hold up, and much more

Tim Kasher of The Good Life and Cursive stops by to talk about his new solo album No Resolution out on his new label 15 Passenger.

Andrew Low of The Jazz June stops by to talk the history of hte band, recording with J. Robbins, his current work and more.

What is Emo? We try to figure that out by diving into the history, the bands, the unique sounds and more

J Robbins of Government Issue, Jawbox, Burning Airlines, and many other bands talks about his career as a musician, producer, and much more

A unique story and influential band on emo and post-hardcore bands.

Clarity represents musical highpoint for not only emo, but rock music at the end of the 20th Century.

Combining disjointed rhythms and razor sharp guitar riffs, aMiniature are in the same stratosphere as the recently reviewed Knapsack.

Facebook love, or is disagreement on the horizon?

One of the most influential albums of the 1990s, Diary. Credited as a primary instigator of what would later be known as emo,

Are they punk? Are the emo? Are they pre-emo? Are they post-punk?