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American Football: The One With The Feelings

Many moons — The Midwest emo architects transformed a college experiment into a coming-of-age soundtrack. 25 years on, their latest iteration sees them bottle the same magic for the ups and downs of middle life.

Written by: Tracy Kawalik
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Memories of Seattle’s ’90s & ’00s musical underground

MAKiNG iT — In the wake of the grunge explosion, a new scene began to bubble in the Pacific Northwest, as indie, emo and alt-rock blossomed. Bootsy Holler was one of its key documentarians, photographing the likes of Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes on the ascent, and her debut photobook is a nostalgic trip to the past. 

Written by: Isaac Muk
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Joy, sweat and tears at Fall Out Boy's intimate UK shows

Photographer Aiyush Pachnanda captures everything that went down when the emo legends came to London to play their smallest UK show in years at one of the city's most historic LGBTQ+ venues.

Written by: Emma Garland

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