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In honor of its 20th anniversary, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks back on ‘Full Collapse,’ the most pivotal album of the post-hardcore/emo explosion.

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…

OTMOP drummer Chris Enriquez looks back on their classic, influential sophomore LP, the explosion of Long Island emo, and much more.

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…

With concerts still cancelled, we recommend these classic live videos of Jets To Brazil, Jimmy Eat World, Pedro the Lion, Rilo Kiley, Rainer Maria, Sunny Day Real Estate, and more…

From lifers like Envy and Owen to bright new voices like Infant Island and Stay Inside, here are 14 emo, screamo, and/or post-hardcore albums from this year that you need in your life.

The second volume of Tom Mullen’s (Washed Up Emo) ‘Anthology of Emo’ book series also features the final interview with the late Jon Bunch (Sense Field, Further Seems Forever) and interviews with members of Foxing, Karate, Piebald, and more…

In Defense of the Genre is a new column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, post-hardcore, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that weren’t always taken so seriously.

The decade’s best punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, screamo, and more, from Foxing to White Lung to Touché Amoré to Joyce Manor to Julien Baker to Camp Cope, and beyond…

Trump’s notes also got turned into a Ramones song, an emo song, plus renditions by Jonah Ray and Emperor X.