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midwest emo
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Midwest emo is a style of indie rock music that originated in the Midwest United States in the mid-1990s. It is characterized by its use of complex guitar work, unconventional song structures, and introspective lyrics. The style often features twinkling, clean electric guitar lines paired with distorted power chords and intricate drumming. The vocals are usually soft and emotional, often featuring confessional and personal lyrics. Bands like American Football, The Promise Ring, and Cap'n Jazz are often considered pioneers of the genre.
100 chronological releases
| Place | Cover | Date | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 |  |
1993 | Bones | PushingUpDaisies |
| 17 |  |
1994-05-10 | Sunny Day Real Estate | Diary |
| 9 |  |
1995 | Bones | Champion |
| 59 |  |
1996-04-16 | Modest Mouse | This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About |
| 33 | 1996-08-06 | Modest Mouse | Interstate 8 | |
| 74 | 1997 | Everyone Asked About You | Everyone Asked About You | |
| 83 |  |
1997 | Far Apart | Hazel |
| 40 |  |
1997-01-28 | Mineral | The Power of Failing |
| 7 | 1997-06-10 | Joan of Arc | A Portable Model Of | |
| 50 |  |
1997-09-09 | Cursive | Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes |
| 64 |  |
1997-11-18 | Modest Mouse | The Lonesome Crowded West |
| 92 |  |
1998 | Sunny Day Real Estate | Diary (2009 Edition) |
| 65 | 1998-04-06 | Braid | Frame and Canvas | |
| 66 |  |
1998-04-07 | Braid | Frame & Canvas |
| 95 |  |
1998-09-08 | Sunny Day Real Estate | How It Feels to Be Something On |
| 20 |  |
1998-10-01 | American Football | American Football EP |
| 14 | 1998-10-27 | The Promise Ring | Boys + Girls | |
| 56 |  |
1998-10-27 | Jets to Brazil | Orange Rhyming Dictionary |
| 32 |  |
1999 | Kind of Like Spitting | Nothing Makes Sense Without It |
| 49 |  |
1999-04-13 | Rainer Maria | Look Now Look Again |
| 100 |  |
1999-09-14 | American Football | American Football |
| 55 |  |
2000 | Death Cab for Cutie | The Death Cab for Cutie Forbidden Love EP |
| 23 | 2000-01-18 | Modest Mouse | Building Nothing Out of Something | |
| 21 | 2000-05-16 | The Gloria Record | A Lull in Traffic | |
| 8 | 2000-08-07 | Silverstein | Summer's Stellar Gaze | |
| 1 |  |
2002 | The Wrens | The Meadowlands |
| 41 | 2002-03-04 | The Good Life | Black Out | |
| 60 |  |
2002-07-22 | DØVES | acoustic ep |
| 39 |  |
2006 | the cabs | Kaiki suru kokyu |
| 72 | |
2006 | the cabs | the first action |
| 46 | 2006-09-05 | Pinback | Nautical Antiques | |
| 13 | 2007 | arm's length | What's Mine Is Yours | |
| 85 | 2007-02-06 | Dear and the Headlights | Small Steps, Heavy Hooves | |
| 89 | 2008-05-24 | Algernon Cadwallader | Some Kind of Cadwallader | |
| 26 |  |
2009 | Brave Little Abacus | Masked Dancers: Concern in So Many Things You Forget Where You Are |
| 28 | 2009 | Midwest Pen Pals | Inside Jokes EP | |
| 54 | 2009 | Snowing | Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit | |
| 69 |  |
2009 | Midwest Pen Pals | Inside Jokes |
| 30 | 2009-01-27 | The One Up Downstairs | The One Up Downstairs Ep | |
| 58 | 2009-04-14 | Algernon Cadwallader | Fun | |
| 36 |  |
2010 | Everyone Everywhere | Everyone Everywhere (2012) |
| 81 |  |
2010 | Snowing | I Could Do Whatever I Wanted If I Wanted |
| 91 |  |
2010-07-08 | Merchant Ships | For Cameron |
| 15 |  |
2011-01-25 | Small Leaks Sink Ships | Oak Street Basement |
| 29 | 2011-04-01 | Crash Of Rhinos | Distal | |
| 63 | 2012-04-24 | You Blew It! | Grow Up, Dude | |
| 68 |  |
2012-07-10 | Glocca Morra | Just Married |
| 35 | 2012-08-14 | Such Gold | Misadventures | |
| 31 |  |
2012-09-02 | Heccra | The Last Weekend of Summer |
| 90 | 2012-11-27 | Modern Baseball | Sports | |
| 44 |  |
2013-06-18 | The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die | Whenever, If Ever |
| 10 |  |
2013-08 | Park Jefferson | Park Jefferson |
| 94 | 2013-10-21 | Marietta | Summer Death | |
| 80 | 2013-11-12 | Foxing | The Albatross | |
| 99 |  |
2014 | MCCAFFERTY | Beachboy |
| 4 |  |
2015 | Olde Pine | The EPs |
| 24 | 2015-03-22 | Foxtails | This Is Not for You | |
| 12 |  |
2015-07-31 | i hate sex | Circle Thinking |
| 61 |  |
2016 | knola | to the rhythm |
| 2 |  |
2016-11-25 | Arigarnon Friends | Boy to Man |
| 78 |  |
2017 | lil happy lil sad | let me die |
| 6 |  |
2017-03 | Foxtails | III |
| 37 |  |
2018-01-03 | awakebutstillinbed | what people call low self-esteem is really just seeing yourself the way that other people see you |
| 67 |  |
2018-01-26 | Tiny Moving Parts | Swell |
| 52 |  |
2018-04-06 | Attic Abasement | Dancing Is Depressing (Expanded Edition) |
| 27 |  |
2018-09-28 | Pinegrove | Skylight |
| 3 |  |
2018-10-01 | Guitar Fight from Fooly Cooly | Alpha, Omega, Murphy |
| 45 |  |
2018-12-13 | William Bonney | All Ten |
| 77 |  |
2019 | Origami Angel | Gen 3 |
| 57 |  |
2019-03-22 | American Football | American Football (LP3) |
| 84 | |
2019-03-22 | American Football | American Football (LP2) |
| 25 |  |
2019-04-29 | Weatherday | Only us and linger on |
| 96 |  |
2019-04-29 | Weatherday | Come In |
| 73 |  |
2019-08-16 | oso oso | Basking in the Glow |
| 98 |  |
2019-11-15 | Origami Angel | Somewhere City |
| 18 |  |
2020 | American Football | American Football [Deluxe Edition] |
| 70 |  |
2020-01-24 | Glass Beach | the first glass beach album |
| 97 |  |
2020-02-14 | Beach Bunny | Honeymoon |
| 43 |  |
2020-02-28 | Oolong | About Your Imaginary Friend |
| 47 |  |
2020-04-24 | Caroline | Dark blue |
| 53 |  |
2020-08-14 | Guitar Fight from Fooly Cooly | Soak |
| 22 |  |
2020-10-23 | home is where | the scientific classification of stingrays |
| 79 |  |
2021-01-11 | Black Country, New Road | Concorde |
| 76 |  |
2021-03-05 | home is where | I Became Birds |
| 75 |  |
2021-04-30 | Origami Angel | Gami Gang |
| 62 |  |
2021-06-24 | Newgrounds Death Rugby | Pictures of Your Pets |
| 42 |  |
2021-09-10 | Delta Sleep | Spring Island |
| 11 |  |
2021-10-30 | saturdays at your place | something worth celebrating |
| 34 |  |
First Day Back | Forward | |
| 48 | TTNG | 13.0.0.0.0 | ||
| 82 |  |
2021-12-09 | American Football | Rare Symmetry / Fade into You |
| 93 | Lil Big Stack | Skibidi Toilet | ||
| 16 |  |
2022 | Tiny Moving Parts | Tiny Moving Parts |
| 88 |  |
2022 | Sweet Pill | Where the Heart Is |
| 51 |  |
2022-07-22 | Pool Kids | Pool Kids |
| 38 |  |
2022-10-19 | Lil Ugly Mane | REDACTED FOG |
| 87 |  |
2023-04-28 | Brave Little Abacus | Just Got Back from the Discomfort We're Alright |
| 5 |  |
2023-08-04 | Summer 2000 | Ellie Kemper |
| 86 |  |
2023-08-04 | Summer 2000 | John Krasinski |
| 71 |  |
2023-12-02 | brakence | hypochondriac |