Texas-sized episode. Record Setter guests on the episode to talk about their discography, Denton, Two Knights, Topshelf Records, deathcore, Myspace songs, and some new emo happenings.

EPISODE 63 | IS THAT A KAZOO? with Home Is Where

Mar 23rd, 2021 1h 56m

Big show. Brandon, front person of emo's latest breakout act Home Is Where, joins us to talk about the band's origin, their success, their misconceptions, their future, and Bob Dylan. As CEO of 5th Wave Emo, Brandon also explains 5th wave emo w

EPISODE 62 | How's Emo?

Mar 16th, 2021 1h 28m

Ellie survived the Texas apocalypse and Kyle survived his twenties. How's emo? We talk about Q1 of 2021 for emo and the culture. We then dip into our mailbag to talk about music criticism and emo content creators. Already got another episode OT

EPISODE 61 | HOTTEST MOTHERFUCKER IN EMO with Camp Trash

Jan 13th, 2021 2h 8m

Pardon the absence. We're back. 2021 begins with Camp Trash on the show. We talk their ascent from Twitter from CYLS and Florida's emo clout. The main chunk of the episode is previewing 2021 for emo and beyond. We talk about our most anticipate

EPISODE 60 | 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL w/ Ian Cohen, David Anthony, Eric Grubbs

Nov 25th, 2020 2h

3 years down the drain. To celebrate, we brought back the concept of Episode 0 to play "Is This Band Emo" with emo writers and friends of the pod Ian Cohen, David Anthony and Eric Grubbs. A very appropriate culmination of how far we've gotten i

EPISODE 59 | WE SOLVED THE SCREAMO CRISIS with For Your Health

Nov 17th, 2020 1h 50m

Hayden and Damian from For Your Health finally get on the pod to detail their debut LP, give us the crash-course history of FYH, talk Twitter and more. We dedicate some pod time to react to the election. We end by talking about Title Fight and

EPISODE 58 | JUGGALO ALLY with Welp it's 2 am and i'm listening to cap'n jazz again

Oct 27th, 2020 1h 46m

Episode 58 | JUGGALO ALLYwith Welp it's 2 am and i'm listening to cap'n jazz againJenkin, who runs Facebook's best emo page, Welp it's 2 am, joins us to give us the greatest hits of making fun of your favorite band on the internet. We wrap up b

EPISODE 57 | SWAG & PROWESS with Oolong

Oct 14th, 2020 2h 1m

Vinny (guitar and vox) and Robby (manager) from Oolong hop on the pod. We get an intimate look into Oolong's short history before talking about the latest mind-numbing DIY tantrums (cover comps! youtubers! DIY2!) and emo news (They're/There/The

EPISODE 56 | STOLEN VALOR with Tim Crisp of Better Yet Podcast

Sep 29th, 2020 2h 1m

With very little on the agenda, podcast superstar Tim Crisp (Better Yet, As You Were, Road to Skeleton Coast, Life’s Work) joins us to talk political doom, his relationship with emo + DIY, podcast longevity, music industry facades, and lots mor

EPISODE 55 | Third Eye Blind Invented Open Tunings with Jail Socks + Guitar Fight From Fooly Cooly

Sep 8th, 2020 1h 19m

6 mics on the pod! We are joined by Aidan from Jail Socks and all of Guitar Fight From Fooly Cooly. We chop through the happenings in DIY and hardcore since we went on our summer hiatus. Plus lots of talk on what bands are doing in COVID times.

EPISODE 54 | HOW DOES DIY MOVE FORWARD? WITH SOLIDARITY CLUB RECORDS

Aug 28th, 2020 1h 23m

The E Word's summer vacation of shutting up is over. We kept our promise of returning to have a conversation about how DIY moves forward now that we've responded to the ongoing racial injustice. We welcome Greg, co-owner of Solidarity Club Reco

PAYWALL PREVIEW: EPISODE 53 - The Twinkledork's Guide to Hip-Hop w/ Foxtails

Jun 30th, 2020 15m 5s

THIS A PREVIEW OF AN EPISODE THAT IS BEHIND A PAYWALL TO RAISE MONEY FOR NATIONAL BAILFUNDS! THE FULL 2 HR 30 MIN EPISODE WILL NEVER BE PUBLIC!Make a minimum donation of $3 to the link below and we'll send a private streaming link to the full e

BONUS EPISODE | MacGuffin Podcast: Donnie Darko & Emo: The Musical

Jun 3rd, 2020 1h 28m

The E Word invades The MacGuffin Podcast, a film podcast run by an OG E Word listener, Cassidy. We talked about Donnie Darko and Emo: The Musical, and emo in the media in general. Great chat that you'll enjoy if you fuck with our podcast. Pleas

EPISODE 52 | 10 Year Anniversary of The Brave Little Abacus "Just Got Back From the Discomfort...." w/ The Brave Little Abacus

May 26th, 2020 2h 48m

On May 29, 2020, The Brave Little Abacus' sophomore LP, "Just Got Back From the Discomfort—We're Alright" celebrates it's 10 year anniversary. Actually they weren't going to celebrate... we made them aware of the anniversary that they were abou

EPISODE 51 | The Twinkledork Guide to Hardcore w/ Grey Gordon

May 19th, 2020 1h 49m

With emo's stock plummeting and hardcore's rising, we called up Grey Gordon (whose qualifications in hardcore, emo, and podcasts run deep) to bring you emos an accessible guide to get you into hardcore.

EPISODE 50 | THE E WORD'S EMO FRESHMAN CLASS 2020 w/ Charmer & niiice.

May 11th, 2020 1h 19m

Here is your Emo Freshman Class 2020. This year we're joined by two alumni, David from Charmer and Roddie from niiice., to bring you the list. Thank you all for voting in such a diverse and excellent class this year.

EPISODE 49 | A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE SERIES WRAP-UP + MAILBAG with INFANT ISLAND

May 1st, 2020 1h 42m

A cool down episode. ADUTI is done --- what did we learn? What did we miss? Where does The E Word go from here? Alex from INFANT ISLAND joins us to talk about it. We also asked for your questions and we answered most of those.

EPISODE 48 | A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE: The Rest of 2019 with Shin Guard + Short Fictions

Apr 20th, 2020 2h 2m

The end of ADUTI. It's the Steel City Special. Owen from Shin Guard + Alex and Ryan from Short Fictions join us to wrap up 2019. Thanks for joining us on this series.

EPISODE 47 | Part 2: 100 Best Emo Songs of All Time w/ Closure. + Repeater Records

Apr 13th, 2020 2h 40m

We return to finish off our dissection of Vulture's 100 Greatest Emo Songs list. We run thru the heavy-hitters and the head-scratchers on the spots at #50 and up.

EPISODE 46 | A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE: 2019 - Origami Angel - "Somewhere City" w/ Ryland from Origami Angel

Mar 30th, 2020 2h 5m

The final ADUTI album episode. Ryland returns to the podcast for the third time. This time as our winner for 2019. We deep dive "Somewhere City" via Gami's epic journey to the album release and then we dig into the music and lyrics behind the n

EPISODE 45 | Part 1: 100 Best Emo Songs of All Time w/ closure. + Repeater Records

Mar 16th, 2020 2h 9m

Vulture published the list 100 Best Emo Songs of All Time by David Anthony, Nina Corcoran, Emma Garland, and Brad Nelson. Of course we are dissecting it. We invited Collins from the band closure. and Seth from Repeater Records to break down the

EPISODE 44 | A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE: 2018 with Kory from Prince Daddy

Mar 4th, 2020 1h 55m

Like every other podcast in the past month, we got Kory Gregory from Prince Daddy & The Hyena on the podcast. We made Kory talk about all the records that came out in 2018. Two more episodes left in the A Decade Under The Influence series.

Episode 43 | Terminally Online w/ Claudio (Commander Salamander)

Jan 20th, 2020 1h 43m

back in this shit in 2020. claudio from commander salamander joins us for a chatty episode. we talk where emo is at right now. we talk about ellie's piece on emo twitter politics. we talk the tiny engines v adult mom. we talk fredo disco. we ta

Episode 42 | THE BEST OF 2019 WITH STARS HOLLOW

Dec 27th, 2019 2h 24m

Tyler from Stars Hollow is back to wrap up 2019. Top 10 albums of 2019. Ellie has 30 minutes of honorable mentions. r/emo awards. Our personal highlights of 2019 and looking forward to 2020.

EPISODE 41 | A DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE: The Rest of 2017 with David Anthony

Dec 12th, 2019 1h 12m

We're going out of order. We talk about 2017 with punk journalist David Anthony (ex- AV Club, Noisey, As You Were Podcast, etc. etc. etc.) This way y'all voted on this one, coupled with the vast amount of releases, made it quite an interesting