ALL EMO IS LOCAL: Five Scenes That Developed Organically
A reflection on America’s emo capitals by Liz Pelly for the Boston Phoenix’s February 10th Emo Issue
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OMAHA, NEBRASKA | MID ’90s TO MID ’00s | Omaha label Saddle Creek surfaced in the mid-’90s — started in 1993 as a project for a college entrepreneurship class by Justin Oberst, the brother of Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst, and Mike Mogis, who would go on to become a star emo producer. The label maintained a twangy Nebraskan sound where emo, indie rock, and Americana intersected, but Conor’s self-loathing poetry got the label its rep for being hyper-emo. Other notable Saddle Creek outfits were the Faint — one of the few emo bands to incorporate bits of goth and New Wave— as well as emo legends Cursive. [Read more.]
