1 SWEET EMO-TION
Paramore’s Hayley Williams has started a 20-part podcast series called Everything Is Emo. The new weekly show is part of BBC Sounds’ Back To Back series, and the first episode – titled All Music Is Emotional – is available to listen to now and includes tracks by the Postal Service, My Chemical Romance, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Wet Leg.
“Not long ago, people started calling me a ‘veteran’ of my scene and of the music industry,” Williams said. “It sounds so funny to me because most of the time I still feel like a fan…. I’m really excited to have the opportunity to publicly nerd out about bands and songs that make my favourite subgenre feel like home to me.”
Old boys network
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Core values
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System matching
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Game on!
At times the hi-fi and gaming industries might seem like they’re worlds apart, but Cliff Joseph reckons they both share a love of high-quality sound
