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 It is in Four Minute Mile, more than in the refined Something To Write Home About, that the essence of the sound of what will be defined as Midwest Emo is encapsulated.

 Anyone who has never sung 'Shorty' out loud is not my friend.

 Listen to Four Minute Mile now and experience the raw heart of Midwest Emo!

 Sun Araw is the phenomenal player, the number ten of this microcosm.

 Dub is shredded into cosmic synthesizer drifts, Stallones’ guitar has an increasingly personal approach, divided between acid and Funk riffs.

 Dive into Sun Araw’s Heavy Deeds and experience a cosmic psychedelic voyage unlike any other.

 "A New Way To Pay Old Debts is Fahey played with Wolverine's claws."

 "It's the blues of a terrorist, it's fingerpicking played by mechanical masses in the largest fuzzbox on Earth."

 Explore the fierce and innovative guitar work of Bill Orcutt in 'A New Way To Pay Old Debts' – a must-listen for fans of experimental blues and noise.

 They play Punk Rock like it was commonly done in the mid-nineties, visceral, youthful and carefree.

 A small great example of credible Punk in 2011.

 Listen to Joyce Manor's energetic punk debut and relive the raw spirit of 90s emo punk!

 Soak The Saddle is this and nothing else, a boiling cauldron where everything happens.

 The propulsive tribalism of the drums becomes the shield for the rattling off-syncopation of the guitars.

 Listen to 'Soak The Saddle' and dive into the raw intensity of Arab On Radar's underground noise rock sound!

 Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, a wandering and derailing freak commune more than a band.

 That's the beauty of being artist but not arty, and someone forgive those who lost them in the vast sea of those fiery and flaming years.

 Discover the avant-garde sounds of 'Lovelyville'—listen now and explore this underground 90s cult classic!

 Downcast is the first product of this monolith.

 A defibrillator for a circuit tending towards collapse.

 Dive into Downcast’s intense hardcore revival and experience the raw energy that reshaped the scene.

 Nothing more than Cap'n Jazz in 2001, in the spirit of friendship.

 Truly passionate, truly romantic, truly emotional.

 Explore Owls' heartfelt math-rock album and experience the evolution from Cap'n Jazz with powerful lyrics and inventive soundscapes.

 Those guitars that seem to have frozen time in 1994, a subversive and abrasive sincerity.

 Nine breathtaking tracks, torn souls and that post Squirrel Bait attitude so dear to those who left their hearts in Jade Tree and Ebuillition catalogs.

 Listen to Distanti's captivating debut LP and experience raw, nostalgic post-hardcore at its finest!

 "'936' is nothing but a series of hooks, dreamy, hypnotic and oneiric, a reshuffling of the cards that starts from behind while looking (very) forward."

 Not Not Fun is at its zenith with this focused and innovative debut from Peaking Lights.

 Discover the hypnotic blend of dub and psychedelia in Peaking Lights' debut '936'—listen now and experience a standout 2011 release!