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June 16th, 2011 - 12:58 pm § in Freelance Work
Monument Releases More New Old Emo – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper
Seven months after the band released its debut album Goes Canoeing, D.C. new-old-emo act Monument is back at it with a new cassette, Sweatpants Fever. via Monument Releases More New Old Emo – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper. The new stuff from Monument rips. Sweatpants Fever! by Monum[...]
December 9th, 2010 - 10:56 am § in Freelance Work
The New Old Emo: Meet D.C.’s Monument – Arts Desk – Washington City Paper
Emo, as we’ve come to know it, gets fairly bad press. But Monument is one of a handful of bands across the country that is reimagining the sound by resurrecting something akin to the ’90s version of it. At gigs on the local house-show circuit, Monument can draw 50 or more kids, but sometimes jus[...]
October 6th, 2010 - 9:43 pm § in Freelance Work
Shat Shorts Free Song Download: Liveblogging the Loss of My Virginity – Washington City Paper
Nichols and drummer Brandon Korch saw Pissed Jeans play at the Rock & Roll Hotel in April, and wanted to pay tribute. “We were like, ‘We can be in a band named Shat Shorts, and we’ll have songs like ‘Liveblogging the Loss of My Virginity,’” says Nichols. “It started off as a ‘Thi[...]
October 6th, 2010 - 2:07 am § in Freelance Work
The New Emo: It’s back, living underground and thriving in Chicago | Newcity Music
Joking aside, Castevet’s success is a big deal. For a band that plays basement shows as often as Castevet, the opportunity to release an album on a foreign label like Japan’s Stiff Slack Records doesn’t happen every day. Castevet is doing something big. And that big thing is emo. via The New E[...]
December 23rd, 2009 - 12:19 am § in True/Slant
The Decade In Emo
It was indeed “A Decade Under The Influence.” But while Taking Back Sunday could string together a few solid hits drenched in a post-hardcore milieu and cut with pop sensibilities, chances are no one in the band could have predicted how influential emo would become in the aughts. The presence of[...]