Gossip Wolf isn’t the biggest fan of Emo Nite LA. The widely publicized DJ monthly doesn’t seem to be good for much except using nostalgia for 2000s emo to sell gimmicky shirts (maybe you’ve seen their “Sad as Fuck” tees). The series’s organizers are bringing their laptops to town on Wednesday, April 19, but why spend $10 to watch mass marketers sing along to old Billboard hits when you can go to a homegrown emo night for free? On Thursday, April 20, the Burlington hosts its emo monthly, with regulars Brent Cayson and Justin Watt DJing in the front room (with no admission charge) and cover bands playing in the back room for a measly $5. Salt Sweat Sugar perform as Jimmy Eat World, Band From the Back Porch perform as Saves the Day, and Hi Ho perform as Avril Lavigne—proving that some folks consider eye makeup “emo.”
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