Geoff Rickly

Tune in live to Vans.com/Channel66 on Thursday (4/15) at 11 AM to see us discuss the 20th anniversary of Thursday’s ‘Full Collapse’ & the ensuing emo boom, plus the first live set in over a year from one of our favorite newer emo bands, Stay Inside!

Plus Stay Inside, The Decemberists, Dead and Company, Mt. Westmore, Roadburn Fest, Puscifer, and more livestreams you can watch this week.

Members of Saves The Day, Texas Is The Reason, Pianos Become the Teeth, For Your Health, Stay Inside, Bartees Strange, and more also spoke to us about the classic album’s impact for its 20th anniversary.

In honor of its 20th anniversary, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks back on ‘Full Collapse,’ the most pivotal album of the post-hardcore/emo explosion.

Shamir, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, TOKiMONSTA, Kelly Lee Owens, Daniel Avery, Rina Sawayama, Tkay Maidza, Ryan Hemsworth, Zola Jesus, JD Samson, Jlin, The Blessed Madonna, Sam Smith, Boys Noize, and more also paid tribute to the influential producer, who passed away at 34.

Thursday are also doing a livestream this month, and one of Geoff’s picks are opening.

’No Sleep Til Christmas 8’ also features GILT covering Joyce Manor, as well as holiday-themed songs from Best Ex, Cinema Stare, Cliffdiver, Cloaker, Hate Club, Hornbill, Laughingstock, Michael Malarkey, No Better, Odd Robot, Palette Knife, p.s.you’redead, Riverby, Sarah and the Safe Word, The Weekend Run Club, and more.

Plus: Swervedriver, The Mountain Goats, Lingua Ignota, Lucy Dacus, Charly Bliss, Wylde Ratttz (Sonic Youth, Stooges, Minutemen), Petrol Girls, Fleet Foxes, Lakes (Glassjaw cover), and more.

The late Alex Trebek had a long history with music, from his time hosting Canadian music television series Music Hop in the 1960s to reciting Drake lyrics on ‘Jeopardy!’.

Tributes to Riley have been pouring in from all over the metal and hardcore communities, including from Converge, Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Thursday, La Dispute, Overkill, Kreator, Harms Way, Fucked Up, Trash Talk, Coheed, Full of Hell, Turnstile, and still many, many more…