No Edits
Seattle three-piece No Edits play an angular, idiosyncratic form of melodic post-hardcore that fans of the late 90s Dischord and Jade Tree catalogs will find immediately familiar. But even though the DNA of greats like Burning Airlines and These Arms Are Snakes is clearly detectable in the band’s mathy yet tuneful approach, No Edits is uninterested in nostalgia.
FFO: Faraquet, Burning Airlines, Q and not U
Del Paxton
Del Paxton are an American alternative rock band from Buffalo, New York. The band formed in 2013 and are named after the fictional jazz pianist portrayed by Bill Cobbs in the 1996 film That Thing You Do! They played their first show in May 2013 in Fredonia, New York.
FFO: Mock Orange, Moneen, Third Eye Blind
Pswingset
Born in Akron, OH and coming of age in Austin, TX, Pswingset has somehow navigated through the various waves of emo without completely self destructing.
FFO: No Knife, Jawbox, Shiner
Mall Walker
Like revivalists such as Grown Ups, Snowing, and Prawn who brought mathy, DIY-rooted emo back from the brink of extinction in the early 2010s, Mall Walker is on a mission to prove that there are still things worth saying that can only be said with a Telecaster capoed at the fifth fret and tuned to open G.
FFO: Hot Water Music and Owls
Wandering Years
Wandering Years is the recording project of Gene Stroman and friends; NYC slowcore by way of VA.
FFO: Songs: Ohia, Centro-matic, Sun Kil Moon
Daydreamer
Philly's grunge-gaze newcomers, Daydreamer, aren’t afraid to hold anything back on their thrilling debut EP. The crushing guitars rip through you as the excellently written, apartment recorded, vocals wash over you.
FFO: Nothing, Shift, Sunday Drive Records
The Dravo Slant
Two bass guitars, drums, and synthesizer. As the good lord intended.
FFO: Dianogah, Tortoise, Ativin