In Oct I went to Fest, and was surprised that midwest emo actually goes pretty hard live.. definitely a lot more rage and angst than the studio sound.. not that any of these are midwest emo but just some stand outs.. best live show was 100% The Eradicators.
bunch of others, like Streetlights secondary band.. and some midwest emo types. Saw bane.. uhh the only other standout worth mentioning maybe would be Zeta.. some mars volta type band from mexico. Propagandhi and Fucked Up were the ones I was most looking toward and both of em cancelled.