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Foo Fighters, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, The Breeders, Braid, Ani DiFranco and Screaming Females highlight day one as Riot Fest kicks off in Chicago.

With Braid heading out on the 25th anniversary tour of their 1998 album Frame & Canvas, we're diving into the oral history of the emo landmark.

On a remastered and remixed edition, the brilliant third record by the Champaign, Illinois band represents the platonic ideal for what Midwest emo has to offer.

On the eve of the albums 25th anniversary, Braids guitarists untangle the spidery web of six-strings that defined Frame & Canvas, an album that informed the guitar approach of Yvette Young and count

At the beginning of Hey Mercedes, we (being in Braid obviously) wanted to find someone to fit the spot and who we thought could be with us for a while. We tried out a couple people, I mean, it wasn’t like this huge search. I had been friends with Mark

At the beginning of Hey Mercedes, we (being in Braid obviously) wanted to find someone to fit the spot and who we thought could be with us for a while. We tried out a couple people, I mean, it wasn’t like this huge search. I had been friends with Mark

Interview: Braid – interview by pr!   Before everyone had a white belt and played semi-pop indie rock, there was Braid. Emotional lyrics with technical music. And before I could even have a chance to really enjoy them, the Braid bubble popped and the band members moved on. Bob Nanna (vocalist/guitarist), Damon Atkinson (drummer) and Todd Bell (bassist) joined up with guitarist Mark Dawursk (shortly replaced by Michael Shumaker) to form Hey Mercedes, while Chris Broach teamed up with Andrew J...

Minus The Bear’s Erin Tate started the Indie Drummer Collective as a way for friends and musicians to share the love of their craft and has since spawned three clips featuring a wide array of artists from bands near and far. The collective’s latest take, 1985s USA for Africa benefit single “We Are The World,” was handled by 27 Indie, Punk, and Emo drummers specifically for the 2021 Inauguration celebration of President