Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath on the best new punk, hardcore and emo

We like new music. So when Tim McIlrath was in London recently for Rise Against​’s acoustic show, we sat down with him for a chat about just that. He gave us five recommendations for stuff you need to hear now. Tim, take it away… Sincere Engineer “Sincere Engineer are from Chicago. I’ve actually seen them a couple of times and it’s mostly Deanna [Belos] and her band. I’d seen their name bounced around a little bit, but I finally listened to them recently and it’s got a cool, Mid-west emo vibe – this sort of new wave of very confessional, post-emo stuff like Spanish Love Songs. They’re just great – the production is amazing and the songs are amazing. Listen to Bless My Psyche, it’s cool shit. It was funny because I met her – and I’ve known the guy she date...

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