Emo Kids Anonymous

Welcome to EKA131! Today we are joined by Kevin Cappy, aka HummusVacuum. We knew this one was gonna be a great time but this truly exceed expectations. From his transition from The Grievance Club to HummusVacuum, to creating content, to how to properly pull one over on the self checkout machines, this interview was equally informative as it was entertaining. We talk about some of our mutual friend...

Welcome to another little mini episode! Today we're talking about Robb's weekend, more specifically his experience at the Savannah Banana's game doing work with Brotege and the Man-Nana's cheer squad. Okay idk why I started this in third person it's clearly me typing, yeah this was an awesome time and I am super excited for you to see more content to come from this but for now...

Welcome to EKA130! Today we are joined by Tyler Stodghill from Iowa emo icons Stars Hollow! If you are a regular EKA listener you definitely know Stars Hollow. They've been mentioned in Mt. Rushmores, multiple episodes, etc and today we find out what makes them so highly regarded. Tyler walks us through their origins, favorite emo bands both contemporary and classic, and the everlasting love f...

Welcome to EKA129! Today we are joined by Jake Davis from the San Diego band Ikana! When I interviewed Jake, he was one day removed from playing a show with Jake Langley of Handguns (this was before Handguns pt 2 ) so we had lots to talk about. Ikana have been laying claim to the term Southwest Emo and in this wide ranging conversation Jake Davis makes a strong case for Ikana to be considered THE...

Welcome to EKA128.5, a minisode celebrating the one year anniversary of this program. One year, 128 episodes, countless interviews, silly sketches, memories and magic. When we started this show I don't think either of us would have dreamed of being where we are today and this minisode is a celebration of all we have accomplished in that time. From interviewing our favorite bands to getting to...

Welcome to EKA128! Today we are joined by Dylan Hryciuk, a Canadian Filmmaker who recently released Our Last Days As Kids, a short film that is like Almost Famous and Mid90s took place in the late 2000s with scene kids. Dylan has also made music videos for artists like Spiritbox and Senses Fail. We discuss his filmmaking journey, the difficulties he faced licensing music for the film and more. Aft...

Welcome to a EKA127.5, a mini episode (minisode) about the future of music festivals. Among other things we discuss the future or not future of When We Were Young, Waterparks and the Vans Warped Tour, plus the financial side of things. Has the over corporatization of the major festivals made smaller ones more appealing? What if we put together our own festival featuring bands from our show and sce...

Welcome to EKA127! Today we are joined by Capture This, a pop punk band based out of Denver, CO. A couple months ago we asked who we should have on the show and no band was tagged more than Capture This so we had to see what the fuss was all about. Leah, Zach and Alex were an absolute pleasure to have on and they walked us through the history of their band. From their Craigslist origins to recordi...

Welcome to EKA126! Today we're joined by Chemical Sun out of Springfield Missouri. This band blends the best of early millennial rock music. Post hardcore, pop punk, emo, even a little butt rock. We talk about the bands origins and writing process as well as the difficulties of parenting (sorry Devon, kinda bit your whole thing). Kevin also owns a merch company that prints garments for many fr...

welcome to the interview I never thought would happen, nor wanted to. When we were joined by Handguns last fall we were expecting a routine interview with a veteran pop punk band. Instead, we were subjected to shenanigans, disrespect and downright unpalatable behavior at the hands of Handguns, most notably Jake Langley. "Never again" we vowed. Amanda was LIVID. Well, here we are six months later a...

Welcome to EKA 125! Today we are joined by Mitchell Jay aka Mitchell Kinn aka Mr. Yummy himself. When Berkeley from Thoughts on Bowling came on our show a few months ago and hinted at the identify of their new singer I went full tinfoil hat, so when they announced Mitchell as the new vocalist I knew we had to get him on the show to learn more. We dive into how he became the new frontman for one of...

Welcome to EKA124! Today we are joined by Cam, Gardner and Will from Primrose, an emo band from Maine (not to be confused with an emo band called The Maine, who they had a strong message for!). The fellas took us through the history of Primrose, from Cam and Gardner recording the record in their pandemic pod with two mics, to expanding the band, to recording Sad In The Northeast! We talk about The...

Welcome to EKA123! Today I am joined by Kieffer and Joe from Tequila Mockingbird and we are celebrating the release of their new album "You Always Felt Lost", available as of today March 13! I knew this was going to be a special episode before we started because these mfs have been raved about in multiple episodes. If a band is from Michigan and they've been on our show, chances are...

Welcome to EKA122! Today we are joined by Kayla Moreno, a journalist and photographer from the Bay Area. Kayla runs a quarterly zine as well as a substack and is also part of punkaganda press. Kayla and Amanda go way back in the Fall Out Boy community and we have been running in similar circles for a while so it was only a matter of time before we all sat down. Kayla interviewed Fred from Cute is...

Welcome to EKA121! Today we are joined by Margaret's Sick, a queer emo band out of the pacific northwest. I had a great time chatting with the band as well as their manager Jocelyn about emo and everything else. We talked about Gonzaga basketball, great bands from the Seattle area and so much more. From the songwriting process, to the power of friendship to the importance of community within t...

Welcome to EKA120! Today we not only welcome Amanda back to the show, but we also welcome MJ Kramer from Latenightsinmycar. to the show! MJ gives us the full band lore plus so many other fun stories. She tells us how she was able to get Kellin Quinn on a track, singing on stage with State Champs and so much more. Also, a Never! Shout! Never! reference on the pod? about time! Lowkey yall, at one po...

Welcome to a super special bonus edition of EKA! This is EKA119.5! What's the occasion? Well as you may have seen, not only is Amanda back but Fall Out Boy have also recently released the famous FUCT demos by sending out copies to some random fans. Is there still more demos to come? Is the band behind this? Was it HeyChris? Johnny Minardi? Who knows! Amanda walks us through all of the details....

Welcome to EKA 119! Today we're joined by Matthew Ellis and Ricky Gonzalez from the Ohio emo band Surrender The Ghost! From DIY to Deshaun Watson to Warped Tour to 2000's emo, this one has a little bit of everything for you. Hawthorne Heights, Palette Knife, Brandtson, we cover a lot of eras of emo, plus there is even a Mike Gundy moment! Are you surprised Hilary Duff is playing such large...

Welcome to EKA 118! Today we're joined by Atlanta emo band We Hate Rowan! What started out as a side project for Rowan has turned into a full band with Ethan and Voss rounding out the group. Full disclosure, these mfs are HILARIOUS. I hate to say it but I'm not sure I hate Rowan after all. We talk about everything from Fall Out Boy to Michael Cera Palin to Thoughts on Bowling to Adjust The...

Welcome to EKA 117! Today we are joined by Fred Cimato from 2000's emo scene stalwarts Cute Is What We Aim For. Fred has been making headlines this week thanks to a few tiktok videos but as we know, tiktok is no place for nuance so I thought it was only fair to give Fred the chance to expand on his statements but more importantly, tell his side of the story and control his narrative. Does he reall...

Welcome to EKA 116! Today we are joined by Wayne Snow of Howling At The Earth for a wide ranging conversation that covers a little bit of everything. From anime to Coheed and Cambria to his local community, Wayne was an open book and we had one of the more intelligent conversations in EKA history. We discuss his emo origins, the pandemic, sick wolf blankets and so much more. Wayne is an incredibly...

Welcome to EKA115! Today we are joined by a highly requested guest, Dear Maryanne, Freddy and the fellas have been putting in work the last few years and it's been beautiful to see this band grow from the outside but getting to chat with them and learn about their backstory made me fall in love with Dear Maryanne even more. In this interview (conducted from their tour van outside of Mike from...

Welcome to EKA114! Thanks for tuning in to another episode of emo kids anonymous. Today we're joined by Allmondsville! If you've been anywhere on the internet lately, you've seen Jake pop up on your feed impersonating emo singers, and now here we are on EKA where I impersonate a credible journalist! During this interview we discuss their emo origins, the bands history and so much more....

Welcome to EKA113! This is a very special one, our first live and in person interview and we couldn't have asked for a better first guest in Gabe Saporta! Influential artist, fashion icon, entrepreneur, Gabe has done it all and he was cool enough to discuss it all with us. From Humble Beginnings to Midtown to Cobra Starship to Brotege and everything in between. Where did Gabe learn how to sing...

Welcome to EKA 112! Today I am joined by Quartz Morrigan aka Quincy Motorola aka Taylor Swift Band aka Madison James of Ogbert The Nerd, No Good With Secrets, Shutty and so many more projects and ventures. We talk about quite literally everything. From the very beginning when Madison was macking on premade meatwiches I knew this was gonna be a great time. We discuss DIY, emo and everything else. W...