• The 1984 Draft

    Dayton, Ohio

    RIYL: Sugar, The Hold Steady, Jawbreaker

  • Arms Race

    Dayton, Ohio

    RIYL: John Hughes movies, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Shout-along song endings

  • Box Elder

    Salt Lake City, Utah

    RIYL: The Anniversary, Spanish Love Songs, The Wonder Years

  • Broken Hearts Are Blue

    Kalamazoo, Michigan

    RIYL: Midwest Emo, Caufield Records, Council Records

  • Chris Broach

    Chicago, Illinois

    RIYL: Braid, At The Drive-In, Jawbox

  • Christopher Lee Lewis

    Los Angeles, California

    RIYL: The Beatles' Esher Demos, Roky Erickson's "For You," and Kurt Cobain's "Do Re Mi" from the home recordings

  • Cold Equations

    Nashville, Tennessee

    RIYL: The Smiths, Radiohead, The Replacements

  • FVRMN

    Tokyo, Japan

    RIYL: Jawbreaker, Leatherface, Bob Mould, Dinosaur Jr.

  • The Kinison

    Los Angeles, California

    RIYL: At The Drive-In, The Blood Brothers, Refused

  • MK Naomi

    Boston, Massachusetts

    RIYL: Emo Pop Hallucinations, Bubble Grunge, The Ten Things I Hate About You Soundtrack

  • Palm Ghosts

    Nashville, Tennessee

    RIYL: Peter Gabriel, Chameleons, The Cure

  • Spectres Of Desire

    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    RIYL: The Cure, Cold Cave, VNV Nation

  • Spoils System

    Hudson Valley, New York

    RIYL: Power Pop, Shoegaze, Death Cab For Cutie

  • Toilet Rats

    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    RIYL: Minimalist electronic post-punk, ‘80s Factory Records, The Manchester scene

  • Upset Boy and the Queens

    Nashville, Tennessee

    RIYL: Early College Radio, MTV’s 120 Minutes, Garage Rock (Circa the ‘00s)

  • Wagemaker

    Los Angeles, California

    RIYL: Big Black, Shellac, The Jesus Lizard

  • Will Romeo

    Bronx, New York

    RIYL: Neckscars, American Thrills, Sponge

  • Zach Barocas New Freedom Sound

    New York, New York

    RIYL: Sephardic Songs, Contemporary Classical, Free Jazz, LatinX, Afro-Cuban Music, Chamber Music