I bet a whole lot of memories come flooding back when I mention the term ’emo music’. Although the genre has since evolved into an alternative/pop sound, ten years ago acts such as Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance and many more dominated both radio and album charts. The genre was incredibly popular with teens all around the world and is now something quite uncommon in today’s music space. However, if you’re dying to hear some of the best the genre has to offer, you’re in luck! Emo Night returns to Mercury Live in Cape Town on the 17th of February.
The event came to life in July last year and will be celebrating its fourth event with indie-punks Young Hands, experimental rock outfit Dustland Express, and it shall mark a return of the Omar Morto to the decks for a special guest DJ slot.
So what is Emo Night exactly? At its core, the event is a desire to recapture the nostalgia that surrounded the mid-2000s emo subculture by playing all the music that was once, and still is, associated with the subculture. It is the kind of event that you can attend confident that you will know nearly all the songs playing because let’s face it – the mid-2000s were dominated by the music of the emo subculture. You couldn’t go anywhere without hearing a Blink 182 chorus, the soaring rock opera of My Chemical Romance or a snarling Sum 41 guitar riff. You can step through the doors and enter an environment in which pop punk, alternative rock, metalcore and everything in-between is blaring while former and current emo kids lose their voices screaming each and every single lyric.
This edition of the event, titled “From Under The Emo Tree” will see Dustland Express and Young Hands performing a plethora of covers alongside their original material. The event promises good music and, more importantly, a good time. So, if you were consumed by the emo phenomenon which took place in music a decade ago or you’re just looking for a fun night out, Emo Night is the answer.
Event Details:
Line up: Dustland Express, Omar Morto, Young Hands and Emo Night DJs
Date: 17 February 2017
Cover fee: R50
Location: Mercury Live, Cape Town
Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1397514406934923/
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