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New emo photobook coming w/ over 80 bands from the '90s & 2000s (get a sneak peek)

Fiddler Records founder Amy Fleisher Madden’s new book ’Negatives: A Photographic Archive of Emo (1996-2006)’ features essays by members of My Chemical Romance, Thursday, Something Corporate, The Get Up Kids, Motion City Soundtrack, Texas Is The Reason, and Braid, and a foreword by Chris Carrabba.

2002's best emo & post-hardcore albums, discussed and debated

We dive deeper into our recently-published list of the best emo & post-hardcore albums of 2002 with a podcast episode that dives into the making of the list, the albums on it, some albums that were left off, and more…

13 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by Coma Regalia (Promise Ring & Texas Is The Reason covers), Old Fire (ft Bill Callahan), Vatican Voss, Sanguisugabogg, fanclubwallet, Kóboykex, and more…

35 Best Emo & Post-Hardcore Albums of 2002

The emo floodgates opened in 2002. In honor of their 20th anniversaries, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at the best emo and post-hardcore albums from that year.

Watch unearthed footage of '90s punk/emo Chicago shows: Braid, Alkaline Trio, Unwound, Mineral, more

Ben Geier has been digitizing and uploading footage shot at Chicago’s Fireside Bowl in the late ’90s, including full sets of The Promise Ring, Mineral, Rainer Maria, The Get Up Kids, Los Crudos, Joan of Arc, and more…

27 punk drummers cover "We Are The World" for Inauguration Day

Members of Minus The Bear, Thursday, Braid, The Promise Ring, Small Brown Bike, Helmet, Christie Front Drive, Government Issue, Planes Mistaken For Stars, and more come together on this almost-definitely-ironic drum playthrough video…

18 landmark emo & post-hardcore albums from 1996

1996 was a historic year for emo. This edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at 18 landmark emo (and emo-adjacent post-hardcore) albums from that year in honor of their 25th anniversaries…

Stream No Thank You's 'Embroidered Foliage' and read a track-by-track breakdown

The Philly indie-punk band spoke to us about every song on their new album ‘Embroidered Foliage,’ and spoke about the influence of Pedro The Lion, Hum, Bikini Kill, and more…

watch unearthed '90s footage of Jimmy Eat World, Mineral, Orchid, June of 44, Piebald, AVAIL & more

Tons more footage shot by the late Tim Morris in the ’90s has been unearthed, also including videos of Ted Leo’s band Chisel, Converge, Deadguy, Kiss It Goodbye, Lifetime, and more…

Bob Nanna, Ben of Tigers Jaw, Jeff Rosenstock/PUP, Queen of Jeans, Brian Fallon, tons more on new covers comp

It’s got Braid’s Bob Nanna covering The Promise Ring, Tigers Jaw’s Ben Walsh covering Mount Eerie, Jeff Rosenstock & PUP’s Stefan Babcock covering Belle and Sebastian, Harmony Woods covering Death Cab For Cutie, and so much more…
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