By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorThough they're probably best known for of Montreal's high-gloss psych-pop and Mates of State's irresistible choruses, Polyvinyl Records have been responsible for some of the more singular and engaging records in all of indie rock.… more »
By Sujan Hong-Raphael, Director, Label RelationsPolyvinyl Records was born out of a fanzine its founders Matt Lunsford and Darcie Knight created in high school to review albums and document the emerging Champaign-Urbana, IL, music scene. The label's first release? A… more »
By Jonah Bayer, eMusic ContributorEmo is a difficult genre to define - namely because so few bands openly cop to being an "emo band." Certainly not Cloud Nothings, whose latest album, Attack on Memory shares so much DNA with… more »
By Matthew Fritch, eMusic ContributorThis four-song EP from Braid — the Champaign, Illinois, group's first new material in 13 years — was intended for release on Record Store Day in April. Clearly, however, this is a band with little… more »
By Matthew Fritch, eMusic ContributorThis four-song EP from Braid — the Champaign, Illinois, group's first new material in 13 years — was intended for release on Record Store Day in April. Clearly, however, this is a band with little… more »
By Yancey Strickler, eMusic ContributorIf Braid hadn't split in 1999, there's no telling the millions they would be counting in the mainstremo era. Frame and Canvas is a near-perfect distillation of late-'90s emo, a mass of fist pumps, slow… more »
By Jess Harvell, eMusic ContributorHas any genre suffered more disrespect than emo? Long before it became mainstream rock's default option when it came to loud and fast - back when it was still linked to hardcore, small-run vinyl singles,… more »