10 Greatest Midwest Emo Riffs PART II

[@jett6423]

this whole genre is underrated. so happy to be from the Midwest ✊🏼

[@trebmaster]

Take THAT, coast states!

[@NevilleLawson0429]

the genre is experiencing some kind of revival? :) i love it

[@cashmoneykurwa7137]

@@trebmaster hey we got a pretty dope Post-Hardcore scene on the east so it’s okay

[@33savage70]

@@cashmoneykurwa7137 agreed, being from the Midwest in all.

[@joshperry7236]

I’m from Pennsylvania so title fight is like the theme song band here lol

[@Saltedmeatconsumer]

I'm convinced there will never be a genre that overtakes Midwest emo for me. I used to think just pure math rock was the pinnacle of music for me but god damn midwest emo hits me so hard. (being from the midwest also helps)

[@bugsareeverywhere9016]

I think it’s the fact that we relate to it so much, notice how math rock is played by people who look happy with their lives LOL

[@clyski]

what baffles me even more aren't the choices of songs, but how our guy plays it perfectly.

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

The beginning of the Empire! Empire! song reminds me of my all time favorite emo song, Mineral “if I could”

[@Scott_Raynor]

0:03 American Football - The Summer Ends 0:24 Midwest Pen Pals - My Castle, Your Castle 0:34 Dowsing - Midwest Living 0:59 Algernon Cadwallader - Casual Discussion in a Dome Between Two Temples 1:34 Castevet - Narrow Hallways 1:55 Modern Baseball - Two Good Things 2:30 Misser - Just Say It 2:57 Empire! Empire! - Documenting Thirty Days 3:26 Brave Bird - Scared Enough 4:01 Park Jefferson - Childhood

[@JackFlower]

Casual Discussion and Scared Enough are big tunes - great playing man!

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

Thanx ;)

[@FlavioPereira-tc5dj]

mobo is the band that got me into all of this, seeing them here feels like hom

[@Zabble929]

officially requesting a snowing riff in the next vid. sam rudich? pump fake? outro to methuselah rookie card?

[@ViniciosHC2010]

I just created a Playlist on Spotify based on these two videos of yours. It will help a lot in these quarantine times. Thanks!

[@noobelgamerliker6242]

Marlus Vinicios whats the playlist??

[@Icynova]

On Spotify?

[@chadwickmcfaggins9734]

Could you link the playlist?

[@ViniciosHC2010]

Sorry, guys, I created the playlist but I already deleted it. Anyway, most of the songs that are in these two videos are also available on Spotify.

[@ViniciosHC2010]

Well, I created the playlist again to reduce the work of you searching for the songs one by one. Note that some songs are not available. 2 or 3, I'm not sure. That's it, enjoy! open.spotify.com/playlist/1wUoS289NPxMEEAmhLKUA5?si=Cj9Xc1p8TG6eMqZz2zyk4Q

[@zackp1717]

Reporting from Michigan. Its gnarly to see Brave Bird getting love. I saw them with E!E! In Ann Arbor in a frat house, where the record was recorded. I believe it was called The Metal Frat. Sick shit my dude. Stay healthy.

[@Callibretto]

been to metal frat a bunch of times but never got to see brave bird there :(( love them so much

[@KellyKachowski]

The summer ends is so underrated

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

One of my favourite songs

[@southerndiscomfort171]

@@thelastwordisrejoice9440 when they played it live it was probably one of the best bits of live music ever, the trumpet could have made anyone in the place start crying when it kicked in

[@auri8810]

I prefer stay home ngl

[@enotfriend1993]

Thanks. I'm going to remember the old riffs of Christie Front Drive, etc.

[@seinmstudio3646]

Tracklist: 0:03 American Football - The Summer Ends 0:24 Midwest Pen Pals - My Castle, Your Castle 0:35 Dowsing - Midwest Living 0:59 Algernon Cadwallader - Casual Discussion in a Dome Between Two Temples 1:25 Castevet - Narrow Hallways 1:56 Modern Baseball - Two Good Things 2:29 Misser - Just Say It 2:57 Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) - Documenting Thirty Days 3:27 Brave Bird - Scared Enough 4:01 Park Jefferson - Childhood

[@jaytee4431]

Algernon Cadwallader!!

[@nachocheese132]

Everything about the tones you get right every time

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

Oh thanks

[@zacefren1575]

"Better Half" by The Get Up Kids has my favorite Midwest emo riff and I feel like it's severely underrated.

[@jomardesoloc880]

I remember seeing your part I last month and then yt recommended this. Couldn't be more happy. Nice choice of songs

[@Icynova]

Rip Tim Landers. That Misser song is such a bop

[@ИнгаШу]

I can't believe there's no Minerals covers on your channel named "Thelastwordisrejoice" :-) I-iii long to heeear this sooong at least :)

[@sarahbiernat3630]

I was born and raised in northern Illinois. A good friend of mine recently moved down to Champaign Urbana and pays tribute to the American football house quite frequently. One of the few times I’m proud to say I’m from Illinois

[@ecclesiaandune687]

Literally any E!E! Song can fit on here. They’re not as twinkly and fast as others, but they carry so much weight

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

in sound they are closer to the old school, and I really like it.

[@airanmilian]

Can u recommend a song by them? Cant seem to find them

[@x0scimy0x]

2:56 That part may be simple, but the way the notes lay over each other just sounds so nice.

[@712toaster]

in this time of isolation and death im glad others are getting down and shreddin in their rooms hard core. sick shit dude.

[@brownpunk1794]

Love ur way of thinking🤘

[@CasonWomack300]

Drummer from Montana here. How I will never go away from this genre. Want to start a Midwest emo band so bad.

[@yoshiurias2599]

That park jefferson riff gave me chills every time

[@kintaro_f]

1:56 Two Good Things is very beautiful!

[@kostonforever2005]

ha that 2nd just sounds like going away to college

[@SandalwoodBros]

A lot of these bands were probably influenced by blink

[@tracy1210]

blink is one of the mainstream pop punk band which has a lot of very emo songs /riffs

[@EvaBummer]

@@SandalwoodBros "The First Time I Got Fucked Up Was to The Party Song by Blink-182" by merchant ships comes to mind.

[@deaddoomed2380]

I bought a Ibanez telecaster just to play midwest emo, it's such a beautiful genre

[@EntryLevelLuxury]

The Get up Kids was like.. my absolute favorite band in High SChool. If only I knew there was a whole world beyond that.

[@Shpooptypants13]

Wish I could like this video twice for CSTVT, AC and E!E!IWALE. Awesome work man.

[@1thess523]

You got yourself a new fan and sub from Texas 👍, my son and I play mid 90's era pop punk and emo original tunes.

[@WrestlingGames101]

You have such good fucking taste man. Documenting Thirty Days & Childhood are my faves from this video for sure

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

thank you;)

[@wileyisweird5842]

Midwest Living is the only Midwest Emo song that somehow makes me happy, idk why.

[@nathanluke4451]

Did not want to listen to "the summer ends" today. While it used to bring comfort, it now brings me back to one of the most painful times in my life. A developing teen still unsure of what love is, or if it even exists. Making mistakes and being willing to do anything to go back and fix them. Losing people, and pieces of myself. Beautiful rendition btw.

[@tybishop8478]

Thank you so much for getting me into the genre within your first video

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

I am glad to help you

[@michaelannetts5839]

How does anyone even come up with this stuff - so good

[@nosleep501]

hey i just started playing math rock. how are you getting most of these tones with your squire? types of pedals etc? thanks man keep up the good work

[@pitergaevoy8806]

Upvote

[@enternamehere3052]

i think hes using amp sims bro

[@sethmyers174]

_jjonez get a tube amp with reverb and you’ll get mostly close

[@ketsuppi1984]

there is a great channel called Let's Talk About Math Rock, he has a video about gear too

[@nosleep501]

@@ketsuppi1984 Steve uses pedals and guitars worth thousands of dollars. doesn't go into much how about how to get tone on a budget. hence was wondering how this guy gets his tone on his squire

[@TheMac2470]

Holy shit thank you for doing park Jefferson I’ve never herd anyone else cover it

[@oofergang304]

Yesssss, these videos make me so happy I feel like someone gets it ya know

[@Icynova]

There's an Algernon Caldwaller live set on Hate5six's youtube channel, and it makes my soul so happy.

[@smoshbooz]

Wow. That Empire! Empire! song reminded me so much of Violent Soho

[@bloomersound]

Amazing! Favorite new channel right here.

[@andrewellis712]

I Already loved what Midwest emo I knew, but thanks to you I’ve found so much more

[@actuallycatt5634]

Brave Bird - Thick Skin needs to be on the next one

[@unnst1774]

Thanks for the title of a great song!

[@MiyuMirai]

i love you from the bottom of my pure heart this is the genre that will never vanish out of our hearts!

[@pthfan712]

Narrow hallways!! Hell Yeah man. Awesome video

[@samuelecongiu6828]

I actually love these videos!

[@tracy1210]

I love sooo much midwest emo and these videos!!!!! Thanks to make them, long life to music

[@Yuckod]

midwest emo is the best genre and you cant convince me otherwise

[@brownpunk1794]

Misser is a fucking sick band..sad what happened..loved them

[@mattasticmattattack8546]

I love how your a psychopath and put stickers on your guitar, innovative

[@alecoram7874]

I'm curious to hear how those of you out there discovered this genre. For me it was Fall of Troy in high school - found CHON after - then Covet - then Toe which eventually led me to this rabbit hole

[@lentodistante]

Discovered the song "Never Meant" by American Football through a meme, did a little research and came across the Midwest emo genre. Its kind of a lame way to discover such an amazing genre ngl lol

[@glitchthehuman2750]

Great stuff!! Maybe in the next one throw in some Glocca Morra, Tommy Boys, You Blew It, Into It. Over It. !! Loved seeing CSTVT on here though

[@lilferry2976]

Glitch Ghost tommy boys>>>

[@matthewryan9283]

ahhh i really want your shirt man! so cuteee

[@Finngrinder]

Castevet and Cadwallader

[@luizpdrnogueira]

The fuck? The Summer Ends is in standard tuning? Great job mate

[@atticusfinch3989]

Hell yeah, Castevet.

[@marauderofdeath6401]

Very cool man! Love the riffs! #E

[@jameshogg633]

I’m from the north of England but it’s nice to be here anyway 😂😂😂😂

[@aw2584]

Technically UK IS Midwest of Europe... think about it

[@ssparkeyy]

Beautiful

[@TechnoRaabe]

Please do another one with "Real Friends - I've Given Up On You"

[@seandavidson2167]

Could you do a full cover of Castevet's Narrow Hallway?

[@ljisvdubbin2577]

Definitely subbed new fav channel!

[@mikeverzosa2061]

Liking the pick guard

[@kainiindustries4687]

WHERE IS LOVELETTERTYPEWRITER

[@prettygoodjuju5797]

thanks for the castevet riff... band needs more love tabwise!! feel free to do more fro m summer fences anytime ; )

[@augustrush6957]

отлично! чайлдхуд неплохо разобрал, сам недавно запил оттуда разобрал, ты молодец)

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

Спасибо, стараюсь)

[@neonriot8614]

damn your spider-man stickers are cool also great vid!!

[@marcelloestemiele]

Perfect tone!!

[@christianwilliams8034]

You should do some this town needs guns covers

[@GreyPlaysTunes]

If only I hadn’t gotten into the Midwest Emo scene too late

[@leavewe]

i wanna play like this..

[@tommoelbommo]

Awesome - keep up the good work! stapleton our returning champion :)

[@thegreentraceur]

we have very similar tastes in riffs.. jam on my dude.

[@inkorea1390]

Awesome stuff. ✌🏼Looks like this'll be a series, eh? 😎

[@bumbleeistheequeen4052]

That riff on Two Good Things reminds me of the one on Travis Scott’s Yosemite

[@ГоловкоВладимир-у6м]

о боже. очень крутые риффы. можно побольше таких видео?

[@flowergirl8505]

Which software do you use to make the drumtrack if I may ask? Sounds incredibly good! btw. Where'd you learn these riffs from? I'd really wanna learn some Castevet (CSTVT lol) riffs but can't find any reliable tabs.

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

did it by addictive drums. I picked up a cstvt riff by ear, because I didn't find tabs on the Internet

[@flowergirl8505]

@@thelastwordisrejoice9440 How do you figure out the particular tuning and chords like that? I mean do you just take a guess and see if it sounds right?

[@Callibretto]

dude ... empire empire! and brave bird..... are you from michigan ???? 2 of the best emo bands of all time

[@zolin6840]

I’m new to this style but really loving the guitar work in the songs. That Algernon Cadwallader riff is just perfect. The only thing really irritating me are these vocals many bands have with the intentional voice cracks and so on. I guess it fits the image but I don’t really like it. I would love some suggestions of albums which have “normal” vocals and these cool guitar lines.

[@kennylopezz]

check out this band called Tommy Boys

[@applec1657]

@@kennylopezz oh man what i wouldn't do for another tommy boys album

[@NickyD626]

Zoli Reedcourt SAME!

[@austindimaria6708]

free throw. does more yells and cleans but no voice cracks. also hot mulligan and tiny moving parts

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

Haha the Cranberries are my favorite band and Dolores wouldn’t have been as awesome as she was if she didn’t do the distinctive voice cracks and yodeling. I do think a lot of guy singers in math-rock bands that do the voice cracks can be pretty annoying though, but an expert like Dolores made it so cool in songs like “So cold in Ireland.”

[@PointerMusician]

Good stuff

[@TTR_Ricky]

ttng for the next vid is a must!

[@horrornarrativereddit]

Thanks youtube for showing me this.

[@mr.patrick6392]

Dude in the next one please Estate Sale by Tommy Boys

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

Maybe Thanks for recommendation

[@grandsuburbia4436]

What amp do you use?

[@silencedgrave]

I like your shirt :)

[@mangeler578]

How do you do drums on your videos? Do you electronically program them?

[@krystofzobacek9206]

Super!

[@vesperschake6241]

You should check out Surely Temple

[@misterjohnlove]

A little Snowing, Native, or My Heart To Joy would be neaaaat

[@deniskorablev2648]

OHUENNO i love it

[@tooyoungtolove]

спасибо

[@jcurry094]

Midwest Pen Pals!

[@jamesharris3057]

Hot Mulligan in the next one, please?

[@riverkidsband4318]

Where can I buy that shirt

[@leonkennedy8259]

Cool guitar bro

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

Thanx;)

[@leonkennedy8259]

@@thelastwordisrejoice9440 i hope you dont stop doing this , u freaking cool (and sorry for my bad english(maby))

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

@@leonkennedy8259 don't plan to stop it) my english is bad too

[@gumgumded5598]

@@leonkennedy8259 чувак, он из нашей великой державы имо))

[@leonkennedy8259]

@@gumgumded5598 сбалансированный мем немного ржаки немного смысла

[@ps1411]

what software are you using for the drum parts? Sounds great.

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

addictive drums

[@parsanouran9378]

Nice video. Can you add some Cap'n Jazz riffs?

[@thelastwordisrejoice9440]

it is in my plans

[@cleverestx]

Great videos, but nothing from Mineral earned the cut? (sad)

[@j357910]

Any chance for some Marietta? Lol.