Newsday.com has posted an article featuring Head Automatica, Men, Women & Children on the $2 Bill Tour. Here’s a transcript of the article:

After years of sticking safely to the middle ground, Long Island is suddenly ahead of the musical curve.

Last Friday night, two terrific groups - Head Automatica and Men Women and Children, both dance-rock acts spun off from the unlikely Long Island punk band Glassjaw - helped anchor a five-band bill at Roseland Ballroom that offered a glimpse of rock’s future. The headliner was Jared Leto’s clattery rock outfit 30 Seconds to Mars, and the lineup included the three-chord revivalists The Pink Spiders. But one of the biggest draws was Cobra Starship, an ostensibly novel act that combines dance rhythms, pop melodies and emo-style aggression.

That concept is catching on. Cobra Starship is enjoying a hit single, “Snakes on a Plane (Bring It),” from the much-hyped Samuel L. Jackson flick, but it’s just one of a wave of danceable emo bands including Panic! At The Disco and Gym Class Heroes. It’s a welcome trend in which bands are attempting (and sometimes succeeding) in leavening the dead-serious emo genre with the light sparkle of dance music.

But wait: Head Automatica and Men Women and Children have been doing this for years. At Friday’s show, both bands looked like polished veterans compared to clumsy Cobra. Despite having been robbed of most of its equipment recently, Men Women and Children proved even without its lighting rig and bubble machine, it could deliver the flash. (Others are noticing: “Dance in My Blood” was featured prominently during the after-party scene on NBC’s “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” last week.)

As for Head Automatica, Daryl Palumbo led it (with drummer Jerry Rowe replacing Larry Gorman) through another well-crafted set of aggressive, hopped-up disco. The band continues to improve: Springy-legged bassist Jarvis Morgan Holden anchored the grooves, keyboardist Jesse Nelson dolloped sweet melodies atop the pop songs, and Rowe proved a powerhouse drummer. Cobra Starship couldn’t hold a candle to either band, but let’s be fair: The Long Islanders had a head start.

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Since when did HA and MW&C become Emo?