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I just got the new Dashboard Confessional CD yesTURDay, I like it and all, and was wanting to know of some other bands in that genre.

costello

i dont personally listen to emo anymore, but many of my friends listen to some of these bands ...

as far as emocore goes theres bands like Rites of Spring, Embrace, Gray Matter, Ignition, Dag Nasty, Monsula, Samiam, Jawbreaker, Elliot, Friction, and Soulside

dashboard like emo would prolly be associated with bands like Sunny Day Real Estate, Christie Front Drive, Promise Ring, Mineral, Sideshow, Get-Up Kids, Further Seems Forever, Braid, Cap'n Jazz, Jets To Brazil.

the only band i really got into was noise ratchet. theyre a california band that i really dug. check out the album until we have faces.

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Averett

Dashboard is my favorite band. By far.

I adore them!!!

I dont know if I like other "Emo" music. I hate labeling music as it is.

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h2ogo69

i liek emo/ post hardcore/screamo/metalcore/ post rock/ w/e the fuck u wanna call it
emo does not equal pop punk

emo = taking back sunday, dashboard, piebald, rufio, postal service, fugazi, sparta, steel train...

post hardcore = thursday, dead poetic, boy sets fire, rites of spring, the refused, glassjaw...

screamo = finch, the used, senses fail, coheed and cambria, thrice...

metal core = poison the well, from autumn to ashes, 18 visions, a static lullaby, atreyu...

post rock = at the drive in, mars volta, trail of dead

thats the type of emo i listen to

maximus

some of these bands are emo and some are just great bands to check out: small brown bike, the lyndsay diaries, the get up kids, the rocking horse winner, spring heeled jack, vendetta red, the mars volta, coldplay, the impossibles, the juliana theory

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numberfive

I just end up calling Finch and Thrice rock. My definition of Emo is usually whining about how your girlfriend left you, or how you're still a virgin at 28, stuff like that. Ataris are a great example.

TBS is a great band though, 'specially since they don't sing about the above stuff.

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anti fishstick

i don't really like emo as much as i used to. not a big fan. but i find myself listening to my more 'emo' albums lately (saves the day, get up kids, weezer). what's wrong with me? ahhhh.

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Averett

Would Something Corporate fit in this category?

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BigDonkey2

i like Abandoned Pools and Porcupine Tree

World's King

Death Cab for Cutie
The Postal Service

You must buy these now.

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Spektr

The Postal Service fucking rules. I love their debut CD. As far as other emo groups go, I like The Anniversary, Death Cab for Cutie, and Thursday.

mrcraptastic

i would say so. i've got a few of their songs and they're all emo to me, but then again, i get lost in all the labels in the whole 'punk' genre

sadatx

I'm gonna say that you'd probably like Jimmy Eat World. Yes they're pop but so is Dashboard.

Here's the All Music Guide's (www.allmusic.com) definition of emo:

Originally an arty outgrowth of hardcore punk, emo became an important force in underground rock by the late '90s, appealing to modern-day punks and indie-rockers alike. Some emo leans toward the progressive side, full of complex guitar work, unorthodox song structures, arty noise, and extreme dynamic shifts; some emo is much closer to punk-pop, though it's a bit more intricate. Emo lyrics are deeply personal, usually either free-associative poetry or intimate confessionals. Though it's far less macho, emo is a direct descendant of hardcore's preoccupations with authenticity and anti-commercialism; it grew out of the conviction that commercially oriented music was too artificial and calculated to express any genuine emotion. Because the emo ideal is authentic, deeply felt emotion that defies rational analysis, the style can be prone to excess in its quest for ever-bigger peaks and releases. But at its best, emo has a sweeping power that manages to be visceral, challenging, and intimate all at once. The groundwork for emo was laid by Hüsker Dü's 1984 landmark Zen Arcade, which made it possible for hardcore bands to tackle more personal subject matter and write more tuneful and technically demanding songs. Emo emerged in Washington, D.C. not long after, amidst the remnants of the hardcore scene that had produced Minor Threat and Bad Brains. The term "emo" (sometimes lengthened to "emocore") was initially used to describe hardcore bands who favored expressive vocals over the typical barking rants; the first true emo band was Rites of Spring, followed by ex-Minor Threat singer Ian MacKaye's short-lived Embrace. MacKaye's Dischord label became the center for D.C.'s growing emo scene, releasing work by Rites of Spring, Dag Nasty, Nation of Ulysses, and MacKaye's collaboration with members of Rites of Spring, Fugazi. Fugazi became the definitive early emo band, crossing over to alternative rock listeners and getting press for their uncompromisingly anti-commercial attitudes. Aside from the Dischord stable, most early emo was deeply underground, recorded by extremely short-lived bands and released on vinyl in small quantities by small labels; some vocalists literally wept onstage during song climaxes, earning derision from hardcore purists. Fugazi notwithstanding, emo didn't really break out of obscurity until the mid-'90s emergence of Sunny Day Real Estate, whose early work defined the style in the minds of many. Tempering Fugazi's gnarled guitar webs with Seattle grunge, straight-up prog-rock, and crooned vocals, SDRE launched a thousand imitators who connected with their dramatic melodies and introspective mysticism. Some of this new generation connected equally with the wry, geeky introspection and catchy punk-pop of Weezer's Pinkerton album. While several artists continued to build on Fugazi's innovations (including Quicksand and Drive Like Jehu), most '90s emo bands borrowed from some combination of Fugazi, Sunny Day Real Estate, and Weezer. Groups like the Promise Ring, the Get Up Kids, Braid, Texas Is the Reason, Jimmy Eat World, Joan of Arc, and Jets to Brazil earned substantial followings in the indie-rock world, making emo one of the more popular underground rock styles at the turn of the millennium.

h2ogo69

thats what i mean... thats pop punk not emo

costello

Thrice is not pop punk. pop punk = bands with stupid, senseless lyrics using the same four guitar chords resulting in meaningless and repetivite music. Thrice has encompassed so many genre's of music its incredible. Their latest album The Artist In the Ambulence is incredible. not only do they cover all these genre's, the can even include them all into one song. everything from metal, punk, "emo", whatever you want to call it. emo is the stupidest term for a genre of music. why are you making music if you dont put emotion in it? are "emo" bands just more emotional? :P

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h2ogo69

i know thrice is not pop punk...i was referrimng to his comment about emo being bands leik the ataris