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

Angular, dissonant guitars dominate Flu Thirteen's 1998 sophomore album in the post-hardcore territory of At The Drive-in, Cursive, and more

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

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

One album, that's all! Our roundtable discusses favorite, overlooked, forgotten bands and artists that only managed one album in the 1990s

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

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

We were unfamiliar with Braid and their much acclaimed 1998 album Frame and Canvas. Does it live up to the hype?

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?