- Can you guess which “emo night” this flyer is for?
On Thursday the front room in Logan Square bar the Burlington debuts a DJ night geared toward emo from the late 90s and early 2000s, and it’s called, well, Chicago Emo Night. It’s not the only genre-specific DJ event focused on the evolving punk subgenre—Tom Mullen, who hosts his own DJ night in New York City, put together a handy map of many of the emo nights in the U.S. on his blog, Washed Up Emo (and, as Noisey recently reported, a few people behind one event in LA are trying to trademark the term “emo night”).
Emo Night ended up being one of the ideas Deia had that stuck. He partnered up with Maloney—Deia knew his Reckless coworker had built up a collection of emo records from their days at the Fireside—and together they made Emo Night a monthly event. “It’s kind of loosely based on emo where we would also play hardcore and pop-punk,” Maloney says. “It was basically a Fireside show wrapped up into a night.”
Tour life lacked stability, and Cayson eventually wanted out in search of something more secure. These days he works for Raise, a digital start-up in which users can buy and sell gift cards, but recently he’s found himself behind the merch booth on occasion—he’s worked at last year’s Riot Fest, American Football’s string of Chicago reunion shows, and Joan of Arc’s current residency at the Hideout.
