Emo Kids Anonymous

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...

Welcome to EKA 111! Today we are joined by Canadian duo PONY. Sam and Matty are a couple of good ol' Canadian kids with a serious AOTY contender dropping in a couple of days (Clearly Cursed out Feb 13 via Take This To Heart Records), and we were lucky enough to be joined by them to talk about everything under the northern sun. Detroit Pistons, Rick Campanelli, we covered it all. Sam told us th...

Welcome to EKA110! Today we are joined by canadian pop punk princess LØLØ! With a string of shows on this summers Vans Warped Tour and a new album dropping in April, LØLØ had a lot to fill us in on. We talk canadian roots and TV shows, her growth as an artist and embracing the sad girl stuff. Much to the chagrin of her PR team I'm sure, we also discuss the grooming storylines from Canadian TV...

Welcome to EKA 109! Today we're joined by Jason Call of Daphne Loves Derby. If you grew up in the early 2000s and you were the 2000s equivalent of terminally online, you knew about Daphne Loves Derby. Formed in Kent, Washington by three pals, Daphne were the first band to ever hit a million plays on PureVolume. This led to them getting signed by Trevor Pryce of the Denver Broncos (WTF?) while...

Welcome to EKA 108! On todays classic Wednesday one on one with Robb and Amanda, the gang discusses the major current events of the music world. That's right, we're talking about The Grammys, The Super Bowl halftime show and the Vans Warped Tour lineup reveal Are the grammys irrelevant? Should we be stoked that Turnstile won some awards? Or is this a broken clock being right twice in a day...

Welcome to EKA107! Today we are joined by Thanks! I Hate It from Hollister, CA, but they are midwesternites at heart. With appearances at both Stoop Fest and XLNC this year, these California kids sure have an affinity for the flyover states and we discuss it at length. We also dive into the bands origin story, some bandmembers family infidelity, the current state of america and so much more. Oh ye...

Welcome to EKA 106! Today I am joined by Walking Blue, a band out of Orlando Florida who you may recognize from the mainstage at the Orlando date of the 2025 Vans Warped Tour. If you didn't catch them there I'm sure they've popped up on your algorithm because these boys been putting in the work. We dive into the bands personal and collective emo origin stories, as well as the full stor...

Welcome to episode 105 of Emo Kids Anonymous! Today we are joined by Gary Cioni. You may know Gary for his time in legendary Long Island band Crime in Stereo. You may know Gary for his work as a producer and engineer, working out of Sound Acres , the studio he owns. Either way, Gary has been engrained in our scene and culture for 20+ years and it was an honor to be joined by him. We talk about mus...

Hey divas, welcome to EKA Episode 104! Emo Kids Anonymous is about to get real fabulous as we are joined by Karl Kuehn, also known as Gay Meat! Mr. Meat has been in our scene for a while, first with Museum Mouth and later as a member of Say Anything. However in 2018 when his mother Karen got sick, he moved home and stayed by her side until he lost her in 2021. During that time, Karl turned back to...

Welcome to episode 103 of Emo Kids Anonymous. On todays episode, I'm joined by The Bald. Who is The Bald you may ask? Well, I'm still not totally sure to be honest. You guys remember our friends No Problemo! right? The interview where I laughed so hard I cried? Well, a few weeks ago Dane from No Problemo! messaged me and asked if his other band The Bald could come on I immediately said yes...

Welcome to episode 102 of EKA! Today we are joined by Ms. Town, Tori of Tori Town. She tells us about her recent legal battles involving the town of Holyoake and her fight to keep hosting house shows, a cause we wholeheartedly approve. Tori Town has hosted over 60 shows since it's inception and the police are doing all they can to stop the fun, and she tells us the whole tale. She gives us a d...

Welcome to episode 101 of Emo Kids Anonymous! Today we are joined by 2000's power pop sensations The Click Five. Joe, Kyle and Ethan were kind enough to dive deep into the history of the band. We talk about the early days and their experience working with Paul Stanley and Adam Schlesinger, touring with pop stars and so much more. They even told us how they ended up as surprise guests during th...

Welcome to the 100th episode of Emo Kids Anonymous! What started in March between two strangers has evolved into the show you see today! We have been blessed to be joined by such a cool array of guests over the last 100 episodes and we are so excited to see what comes in the next 100 episodes. From our black emo hearts to yours, thank you for following along. In todays episode, we celebrate the pa...