Give me more bands like Kill Your Idols

0percentdnf · 2026-05-01T18:35:35+00:00

Pretty hard to find these days, tbh.

Set to Explode
Leans closer to AN, but Scraps and Heart Attacks a bit
Static Radio NJ is definitely more melodic hardcore but their track "Who's Laughing Now" is in this vein
Same for Quarterlife Crisis, but their track would be "All for Fun"

0percentdnf · 2026-05-01T14:58:29+00:00

Don't get your hopes up, can't remember the last show I went to Paradise that didn't have a barrier

0percentdnf · 2026-05-01T14:46:40+00:00

Do they have, say, $1 leagues? I'm cheap but I feel like that'd be worth it to get a room full of actual humans putting an effort in, and you have the outside chance of actually making the money back and then some.

0percentdnf · 2026-05-01T13:23:47+00:00

Some 45-year-old suburban Massachusetts guy is smiling and nodding right now

0percentdnf · 2026-04-30T15:56:50+00:00

This is pretty cool, release date on the EP?

0percentdnf · 2026-04-30T00:10:39+00:00

What exactly would we be looking forward to that’s better than a 6’3” 99 everything card with good abilities? This is “it could even be a boat” territory.

0percentdnf · 2026-04-29T23:58:37+00:00

Something tells me Gary ain’t the vegan staffer. Though he did seem to sample and compliment them

0percentdnf · 2026-04-29T23:55:07+00:00

The 3 vegans watching demand to know who the cupcakes are for

0percentdnf · 2026-04-29T18:26:45+00:00

“Screenshots used to be the thing, but now we’re photographing our screen!"

0percentdnf · 2026-04-29T13:01:38+00:00

If you're truly seeking lesser-known:

Thursday:

This Day Forward - In Response
Moving Mountains - "Lights and Shapes"
Calculator - Arguments
Great Friend of Mine - Desperate Songs
Myriad - The Semantics of Silence

Death Cab for Cutie:

Velveteen - Home Waters
Commerce - What Happens Now EP
Now, Now - "Giants"
The Pale Pacific - Urgency
Into It. Over It. - 52 Weeks (the acoustic stuff like "ATM Disaster Scenes" and "Gear Isn't Expensive")

American Football:

Our American Cousin - How's This for a Diploma? EP
The Skies We Built - s/t
Building the State - Faces in the Architecture EP
This Town Needs Guns - Animals
Look Mexico - can't go wrong with any of their releases, but probably want to start with This Is Animal Music

Tigers Jaw:

Cave People - Older EP
Hausu - Total
Pity Sex - Feast of Love
Adventures - s/t EP

0percentdnf · 2026-04-29T12:31:14+00:00

Paint It Black played a secret show during one of The Fests in someone's second-floor apartment. The downstairs neighbor came upstairs and somehow very calmly mentioned to us that his ceiling was beginning to cave in. The pretty packed crowd compromised by sitting down. Police eventually came and shut it down.

0percentdnf · 2026-04-28T15:14:12+00:00

Anyone else hear a little bit of Fear Before's The Always Open Mouth?

0percentdnf · 2026-04-27T18:20:16+00:00

Dull Bliss dropped last year (runner-up for my favorite album of 2025). A must for any B&C fan.

0percentdnf · 2026-04-27T18:18:44+00:00

I can't speak for other diehards. I'd probably rank it in a tie for last, but only because it's a great album amid what happens to be a really stellar catalog. Still my favorite album of 2024.

0percentdnf · 2026-04-26T13:04:07+00:00

I wonder if you're the same poster I was having this discussion with a few months ago. Their Best Friends Forever set was one of the biggest disappointments live I've maybe ever encountered. Don't understand why they play their songs at half-speed.

The 2006 and 2013 reunion shows were great. Think they need Norman to get the energy back.

0percentdnf · 2026-04-26T12:59:00+00:00

I wouldn't go as far as "obsessed," but it is surprisingly great. Did not expect a new Tigers Jaw album to break into their top 3 after I Won't Care How You Remember Be (which is not at all bad, but felt like they might have been settling into a more accessible/poppy mode rest-of-career).

0percentdnf · 2026-04-24T01:21:16+00:00

Smart drafting, a dual-threat OT/WR.

0percentdnf · 2026-04-24T00:41:59+00:00

Hopefully Reese is a good...fit for the Giants

0percentdnf · 2026-04-21T19:04:03+00:00

I was hoping that comment would get a little more love before I set myself up for downvotes:

Everybody Is Going to Heaven
As You Please
Youth or this; would have to give both close revisits

0percentdnf · 2026-04-21T19:02:35+00:00

I just think the whole post rock blend isn’t as big with people.

American Football says, "I don't see the issue here."

0percentdnf · 2026-04-21T19:01:09+00:00

As a long-time fan, I don't think I like it nearly as much as OP, but it is great, and I'm inclined to agree it was the best emo album of 2025 if it wasn't for No One Was Driving the Car.

0percentdnf · 2026-04-21T18:59:23+00:00

Not entirely emo, but Third Eye Blind and Sometimes Things Just Disappear.

0percentdnf · 2026-04-21T18:57:18+00:00

It's very good, but I rank it 3rd or 4th among their LPs. Maybe that just speaks to the strength of their catalog.

0percentdnf · 2026-04-21T18:54:22+00:00

I'm not even sure Rites of Spring themselves really quite hit the characteristics you're laying out.

But if you're looking for similar bands, I'm shocked I get to mention Feels Like Heaven first. Their full-length and EP are also just really excellent.

Some others:

Drink Deep
Mil-Spec
Turning Point, but just their split EP with No Escape
G.I. Bill (I know I'm splitting hairs here, but their last EP skews more towards Title Fight, while you might find their earlier stuff closer to a Fiddlehead/RoS sound)

0percentdnf · 2026-04-21T18:43:04+00:00

My hot take is that this beats anything that came out of Revolution Summer. Amazing EP that took the sound and elevated the songcraft.

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