Weekend Warm-Up No. 10: Post-Hardcore

–Words and list by Michael Hogan

A while ago I tried to explain post-hardcore to someone who had literally never heard of the genre or any of its bands before. Even though I am a self-proclaimed expert on the subject – someone who played in a post-hardcore band with a couple minor, unsuccessful tours, a pretty good album, and an overly-pretentious view of musicianship under its belt – I actually failed quite miserably. I still have no idea what to say. If I had called it rock, or god forbid “alternative”, he would just think I was talking about Linkin Park (which is exactly what he thought). I couldn’t call it hardcore with singing either, because that wasn’t really right either. So I gave up and decided to just show him, and that’s precisely what I’m going to do right here. Enjoy your weekend.

Tracklist:

Hands Like Houses – Introduced Species
Emarosa – A Toast to the Future Kids!
Dance Gavin Dance – The Robot With Human Hands pt.4
Our Last Night – Elephants
Dance Gavin Dance – And I Told Them I Invented Times New Roman
Tides of Man – Knowing That You’ve Already Arrived
Secret & Whisper – XOXOXO
The Receiving End of Sirens – Planning A Prison Break
The Fall of Troy – I Just Got This Symphony Goin’
Chiodos – Is it Progression if a Cannibal Uses a Fork?