Hosted by Matt Buck & James Reekie · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 69 episodes
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The Emo Dad Podcast is a presented by Matt Buck and James Reekie, focusing primarily, but by no means exclusively, on emo/punk/post hardcore and alternative music, including the mad world that surrounds it. We have interviews with some of your favourite musicians, deep dives into different eras of emo music and lots of special episodes. For fans of bands such as Thursday, Glassjaw, Deftones, Mineral, The Early November, The Get Up Kids, Far, Jimmy Eat World, Funeral for a Friend, Letlive, The Used, Taking Back Sunday etc. Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/emodadpodcast
Matt Buck & James Reekie hosts Emo Dad Podcast, a music show with 69 episodes published.
Season 10 Episode 11: Slam Dunk Festival review (Feat. Unpeople, Dashboard Confessional, ‘A’ and more) Matt went to Slam Dunk and have a lovely time! Want to hear his thoughts, of course you do! Join us and we discuss th
Season 10 Episode 10: Slam Dunk Festival preview (Feat. Static Dress, Taking Back Sunday, Goldfinger and more) Matt and James sit down to discuss this year’s exciting edition of the mighty Slam Dunk Festival. Matt will b
Season 10 Episode 9: Time is running out (Feat. Like Roses, Future Teens, Angine de Poitrine and more) As Matt Bellamy once said, time is running out. We’re backs against the wall at Emo Dad HQ so we thought we’d do a qu
Season 10 Episode 8: Emo Dad talks to LØLØ Matt and James were delighted to sit down for a lovely chat with pop-rock trailblazer LØLØ. If you aren’t already familiar with LØLØ from her collaborations with Simple Plan and
Season 10 Episode 7: Small gigs, big gigs and new music (Feat. Shoreline, Deftones, Ben Quad and more) After a very mini break, because life got in the way, Matt and James are back to have a little catch up. We discuss o
Season 10 Episode 6: Emo Dad talks to Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour Founder) Matt and James were super excited to sit down with Kevin Lyman, the legendary founder of the greatest punk rock festival on earth, Warped Tour. We d
Season 10 Episode 5: Emo Dad talks to Aaron Bruno (AWOLNATION, Barbarians of California) Matt and James were delighted to catch a quick chat (during a break in band practice) with the man behind megastars AWOLNATION and
Season 10 Episode 4: Arcane Roots deep dive (Feat. Arcane Roots, Biffy Clyro, Muse and more) Matt and James are a bit tired this week, but we battle on to bring you an episode that we’ve been meaning to do for actual yea
Season 10 Episode 3: Emo Dad talks to As It Is Matt and James are buzzing to bring you a truly special interview with the lovely lads from British-American rock band As It Is. We had an absolute blast chatting with them
Season 10 Episode 2: Emo Dad talks to The Click Five Matt and James were excited to sit down with Kyle, Ethan and Joe from The Click Five. The Click Five are a pop rock band who burst onto the scene in the mid 2000’s, qu
Season 10 Episode 1: Preseason (10) Training (Feat. Jerry Built, First Day Back, Prodigal and more) Emo Dad are back!! That’s right, after a little Christmas break, Matt and James are back to entertain you with more poin
Season 9 Episode 10: End of year review (Feat. Bloom, Novalists, Higher Power and more) Matt and James finish season 9 with a look back at 2025. As is tradition on all podcasts… we take a moment to reflect on what the ye
Season 9 Episode 9: Silly Goose live review (Feat. Silly Goose, Brutus, Excide and more) Matt and James sit down for a long overdue catch up. We discuss how the new Brutus live record is so good that it should almost be
Season 9 Episode 8: NO SAFE HAVEN update (Feat. NO SAFE HAVEN, Predisposed. and Riley!) Matt and James are finally ready to give the world what they have (not) been waiting for… a NO SAFE HAVEN update. We share progress
Season 9 Episode 7: Emo Dad chats to Alex Shipman (Producer/Director - P-Rock The Doc) Matt and James are delighted to be joined by producer and director, Alex Shipman, to discuss her new documentary about the infamous P
Season 9 Episode 6: Being led by ChatGPT (Feat. The Offspring, Halifax, Elliot Minor and more) Matt and James are totally unprepared for today’s episode, so like all experts these days, they ask ChatGPT to create some co
Season 9 Episode 5: Bananas and secret shows (Feat. Sum 41, Silly Goose, AFI and more) Matt and James are back for an episode of music chat and nonsense. This week, Matt has to explain his facial hair change before we di
Season 9 Episode 4: Blind ranking emo bands (Feat. Thursday, Glassjaw, Funeral for a Friend and more) This week, Matt has a fun blind ranking game for James to play, much to James’ dismay! This takes way longer than you
Season 9 Episode 3: Basement deep dive (Feat. Basement, Title Fight, Fiddlehead and more) Fresh back from being blown away from them at a show in London, Matt and James sit down to discuss WHY Basement are so good. We lo
Season 9 Episode 2: Avoiding THAT band, with other bands (Feat. Seahaven, Good Hangs, Daisyhead and more) Matt and James are offering a public service this week. Our aim? To fill your ears with awesome bands that sound l
Kevin Lyman
Founder of Warped Tour · Vans Warped Tour
1 appearance on this show
Aaron Bruno
songwriter/musician · The Barbarians of California
1 appearance on this show
Joe
lawyer-dad · Cornerstone City Church
1 appearance on this show
Ethan
Gen Z · Amanaki
1 appearance on this show
Kyle
Pastor · RadioSEGA
1 appearance on this show
Riley
first-year staffer · Midwest Mythos
1 appearance on this show
James
US Army Veteran and Historian · Wilderness Brewery
1 appearance on this show
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