Dashboard Confessional

Zoe Reynolds discusses the influence of Bruce Springsteen, Cat Power, Dashboard Confessional, and more…

Plus: Steely Dan, Kamasi Washington, The Jayhawks, Frozen Soul, Punk in Drublic Pittsburgh, Vivien Goldman, GZA, and more tour and festival news.

The label’s 25th anniversary campaign includes reissues of classics by Alkaline Trio, The Anniversary, Thrice, and more, and a podcast hosted by The Get Up Kids’ Matt Pryor featuring Chris Carrabba, Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Andy Hull, Craig Finn, and more…

The tour goes down after Dashboard’s set at Bonnaroo and it includes some pretty intimate venues.

Organized by Fountains of Wayne’s Jody Porter, the event will also feature performances and stories from Mickey Dolenz, Chris Carrabba, James Iha, Ben Kweller, Patrick Carney, and more.

Plus Tyler, the Creator, Lana Del Rey, Run the Jewels, Phoebe Bridgers, Jason Isbell, My Morning Jacket, Deftones, Janelle Monae, and many more.

Further Seems Forever’s debut album helped bridge the gap between emo’s second and third waves, and it remains one of the strongest albums of Chris Carrabba’s career. This edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks back on the album, in honor of its 20th anniversary…

It’ll be Chris Carrabba’s first virtual performance since his serious motorcycle accident.

For Giving Tuesday, you can donate to the Jack and Rachel Antonoff-founded LGBTQ equality organization and virtually meet your choice of bands, as well as enter to win concert tickets and a prize package.

On choosing ”Dreamers Holiday,” Julien Baker said, ”It’s a very understated song- both lyrically and musically; while it’s technically about a ‘holiday,’ it doesn’t directly reference any specific holiday theme, it leaves the lyrics a bit more open-ended.”