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Pioneers of emo’s third wave, which took hold of underground music and began to edge into the mainstream in the late ’90s and early ’00s, New Jersey’s Saves the Day had already changed the scene irreparably by the time frontman Chris Conely was barely out of high school. Mind you, this was still a time…
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New Jersey indie rockers The Front Bottoms have been reviving emo since before it was cool, composing criminally-underrated tunes across six fantastic full-lengths (four with label backing) and just as many EPs, most recently 2017 full-length effort Going Grey, and brand new EP Ann, both through Fueled By Ramen. The group’s earnest, energetic songs are overshadowed only by their magnetic live show,…