The history of Midwest emo in two minutes 

Love how it went from American Football to just Sports. They just couldn't be bothered to pick one so they went with all of them

I took a trip to the American Football house and saw it at like 4 in the morning after a night of driving. Nobody seems to get it when I show them the picture but that trip to get there will always be one of my most unique memories.

I actually didn't know any of the band that appear in this video, and to me their names sounded pretty much made up on the spot whitout any serious effort involved. Which made me believe that this was a 2 minute parody of some genre, until I saw that comment around 1:57 mention Sunny Day Real Estate and I went "oh shit, they are real?!". Then I looked up American Football and the other bands on Google. I must say, this turned out to be an intense 5 minute emotional rollercoaster, thank you.

So all the emo bands I like aren’t actually emo according to that one basement goblin on Reddit

Didn't realize that Title Fight brought the shoegaze/ noise pop "wall of sound" to the midwest emo genre, but I noticed a lot of bands make that switch in the 2010's. Turnover is the one that comes to mind, but there are definitely more. Midwest emo kind of moved to the coasts in the 2010's especially in the Pennsylvania (Philly) scene.

in the video it says midwest emo in three minutes, forgot to change it so i guess take the last minute to reflect or something

Growing up I was influenced by my dad's country and bluegrass, mom's classic 70s and 80s rock, my sister's screamo, hip hop, punk, and pop punk, and whatever else (she likes a lot). Midwest Emo is kind of like the first genre I feel like I discovered for myself and has become my favorite daily listen.

As someone who doesn’t listen to nearly enough midwestern emo to comment on anything, one thing I would definitely agree on is the slight shoegaze influence of the genre since many of the songs that i’ve always believed were Midwest emo, were actually shoegaze. Regardless, I’ll definitely check out some of the bands mentioned. Really love Title Fight, too. Great vid

It's funny when I was growing up Midwest emo were the more aggressive and poppy bands like The Get Up Kids, The Anniversary, Casket Lottery, and so on. It feels like when the revival happened history was rewritten to shift the genre towards the more euphoric twinkly bands. I'm not mad about it, I love those bands.

i’ve been trying to broaden my music taste this year but holy shit there are so many genres and subgenres i have never heard before 😭 anyways nice video hoping to see more

also wanna say that in russia midwest emo is very popular genre in the underground scene. such bands as bird bone, Medoed, пекинский велосипед, bicycles for afghanistan, флорист, and others have big popularity

I don't know how I ended up in such a niche part of music but I love it, if I could recommand some more underground stuff (mostly russian midwest emo) you should try giving a shot to these bands: Fakeholder, cats among us, Пекинский Велосипед, macseal, plainclothes and aesthetics across the colorline

The Emo Diaries was a series of compilation albums on Deep Elm Records with different artists that was first released in 1997 up until 2011, if I'm not mistaken. I've only heard the first couple of albums, but they're definitely definitely worth checking out.

Im glad sunny day real estate is getting a mention here. They often don't get the recognition they deserve.

0:25 Movements 0:25 Modern Baseball 0:25 Glocca Morra 0:42 American Football 0:56 Cap'n Jazz 1:00 Rites of Spring 1:04 Weezer 1:05 The Promise Ring 1:07 Sunny Day Real Estate 1:19 CSTVT 1:21 Algernon Cadwallader 1:23 Snowing 1:25 Midwest Pen Pals 1:31 Title Fight 2:00 Hot Mulligan 2:01 Charmer 2:02 Oso Oso 2:03 Free Throw 2:04 sports.

Thanks for helping me discover new good bands!

Good video you have a pretty good deadpan delivery at times nice job!

I love me some Marietta. Summer Death will leave me broken for days and their split EP with Modern Baseball is excellent 🖤

YES BRO. Nobodu ever wants to talk about Midwest Penpals and their so good

Nice video I really like this type of thing. short but sweet, daily dose of internet kind of vibe almost. Keep it up yo youtube algorithm on your side here

Great list thank you for putting this together, I don't know all this bands in this list but I do know that "In Circles" by Sunny Day Real Estate is sonically and lyrically one of the most sentimental sounding songs I've ever heard in my life. Way ahead of it's time.

I really enjoyed this and the shoegaze video (I'm sure other videos are good too but haven't checked them out yet) learned a lot of cool history and found good music can see you're interested in making videos on a variety of topics but I'm keen to absorb more of your music knowledge [this was weird, usually i try to type comments in a way that they are just general statements rather than messages directly to the uploader ]

Bro soon as you said it went from teenagers sad over a break up to 40 yr old dude sad over his divorce......so true brother, this music applies yo all steps in life and im glad to say even though ive been out the scene since my 20s its always been good to me

I loved that you mentioned Oso Oso and SDRE

Thanks, I will now be listening to title fight. They sound like they have Deftones infuluence with the whole shoegaze thing, and it sounds sick

That first song will always put on a light in my brain lol, that video was recorded on my birthday too.

Went on a exchange student trip to Denver, CO (I'm from Argentina) for over a year during high school, a girl that I liked showed me Modern Baseball and ended up going to one of their shows, never heard of midwest emo before that, but I found it amazing, after many years it's still one of my favorites bands

Watching this while I poop. Two minutes was the perfect length, three would have been far too much for my body and mind to handle. Thanks for the video, mate.

Ay sick video. Turned me onto a couple bands

If you didn't know one of the guys from sports is in a band called snack'd out now. They just released a new album and while it's no demon daze it's pretty damn good.

title fight really just changed the whole game huh. shoegaze influence in emo is honestly my favorite thing now

Title fight may have had a few songs with midwest emo influence but but they lean more hardcore/ post hardcore to me. Then they just shifted straight to shoe gaze halfway through Floral Green

absolutely based video mentioning Sports. i love them so much

Nice, new band to check out. Haven't heard of Glocca Morra yet.

It's funny to me that a band from Eastern Washington is an icon of Midwest EMO. (Sunny Day Real Estate)

what a strange video shoutout to the 4th wave, holding it down! I'm mostly talking about Snowing, Sweet Pill, & Marietta, blowing my mind with how catchy & cool they are

I was confused until I saw 0:25. I was going to say, there was not an emo kid in all of the 1200 kids in my school system.

This guy writes and replies and has the sense of humour of a tumblr gothic girl

I would die to see a sports. or Midwest pen pals show, and also camp edwards is so good too

this is me realizing my dad has always been into midwestern emo so now so am i

this video is a certified hood classic

Please dont stop making vids. New subscriber

I dont recognize any of these bands but this video and comment section remind me of great times listening to unknown indie rock in the early 2000s in ohio

lowkey i like shoe gaze. It does kinda bum me out that every band needs to have a shoe gaze song though. Never Before Seen, Never again found by Arms Length is an absolute banger of an album, but they have a song on there called "Family and Friends" and don't get me wrong I love that fuckin song, but it just feels the most off when I listen to that album in full. I guess I never chalked it up to Title Fight though. To me it was Turnovers fault but I still love them too. Edit: i made this before i got to the end. Thank you for mentioning Oso Oso that dude is insanely talented and I'm genuinely thankful to the universe for putting him on the spotify weekly recommended 5 years ago.

Midwest Emo got me a black guy into Emo as a genre

I didn't get the video completely so I don't know if it was trying to bring hate, but Midwest and post punk are probably my favorite genres, ever. The vocals, the melodies, and, above all, the lyrics, made me who I am.

I hear movies like Juno, it becomes me sad, and so... I am crying, again (((

Algorithm sent me here. Is this the start of new series? I’d be down for quick history lessons on /mu/-core nerd genres like post-rock, shoe gaze, or whatever.

Fun fact: much like how TTNG used to go by This Town Needs Guns, CSTVT used to go by Castevet. Not really THAT interesting, but it helps with pronouncing the name.

This was a great video

I was waiting for Title Fight 😊 glad you put their best song in here! Also early modest mouse/ugly Casanova is actually the OG

shoulda talked abt late 90s bands like jejune lazarus plot and watershed down and others

Its wild that I was a teenager born and raised in Michigan in the 2000s who by16(2017) started listening to more punk and emo because of freinds and someone I was with and I've never heard of any of these bands. Was I too young or too old?

I still remember listening to American Football with my ex gf (the one I should have married instead of my ex wife) back in the day. me and my ex from 2003-2010 are still friends 21 years later! we were just hanging out on her porch last night! and we were listening to American Football lol

The recs I would give someone now are Modern baseball (RIP), Mom Jeans, Pool Kids, Tiny Moving Parts, Anxious, and Marietta (RIP). Also, the Get- up kids should be in the founders conversation too.

The guy from Sports is in a new band called Snack'd Out

So like Explosions in the Sky isn't considred "Midwest" emo since they're from Texas, but I can't ignore the similiarites when I watch Friday Night Lights

almost every 90s midwest emo band was either started by a Kinsella or someone who played with a Kinsella. capn jazz, owls, promise ring, american football, joan of arc. that's the secret seed of emo; a family of middle class italian americans from chicago

The Forecast doesn't get a mention?

i like title fight i like drink driving

No mention of tiny moving parts?

i have no idea if they’re midwest emo but the front bottoms are pretty epic

I enjoyed this

Ok ok people - what are your thoughts on tiny moving parts?

i wonder why you haven't thrown Delta Sleep in this

Ian Connor is the only reason why I ever gave American football a chance lol

Man all these videos on emo by younger folk make me feel so old

SDRE gets a mention but not Mineral. So sad :(

My girlfriend doesn't know it yet. But, but we're going on a pilgrimage to Urbana to see the house.

When Minus the Bear disbanded, I quit the genre and went back to metal

fr complaning about title fight being so influential while simping for title fight for being so influential while crying to all your friends who have no idea what youre talking about because you miss title fight(none of my friends listen to emo help)

Ah Title Fight.... Used to listen to them religiously in high school. Good times.... Good times.

Wait... but California and Florida are not on the map you showed me just seconds ago. System error 🤖 ⁉⁉⁉

What's the second song after never meant from this video?

You kids should check out Meat Puppets "Up on the Sun" album and Meat Puppets II Those albums remind of this music kinda

Whats the song that he played at 1:39?

Is TFB considered Midwest emo or are they better classified as other labels like folk punk and stuff.

what’s the second song you played? i recognize it but i can’t remember what it’s called

yes sir

hey! i don't write emo songs with vague shoegaze influence because of title fight. i write music with vague shoegaze influence because of spirit of the beehive

yeah boss ima need more videos like these of you breaking down music

Do you mean Capn Jazz are an older band or the guys are older? I’m sure it’s the former

you forgot Japanese Floorball

Guys , this is Math Rock.

But no Hawthorne Heights mention??

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!! What's the song that starts playing at 0:34 ?

Bro... the SMOKING POPES ?????

I had a flicker of happiness and excitement when I heard Movies like Juno playing only to be shot in the gut by the sentence "title fight fucked everything up", you can diss me, my momma, and everything I stand for, but you will not, and I repeat, you will not, diss. Title fight

my dumbass can't choose a genre so my band will be literally everything 😭

Will I ever go out of my way to look up midwest emo stuff? No, not really. But will I turn it up every time it comes on? Absolutely

Sick

Sunny Day Real Estate......a very good midwest emo band.....from Seattle, WA. lolll

Why is Appleseed cast not mentioned?

Eww I'm fkn old now lol. I never heard the term "midwest emo" before and I listened to, played shows with and saw a lot of the old bands from out that way back in the day.

Rites of Spring & The Promise Ring.

that tl:dr is amazing lmfao

0:48 YOOOOOO I WAS BORN THERE live in san diego now tho. btu im going back for college

capn jazz while introing american football?

thanks i didnt need this🥵

nice vid yt algorithm