post-hardcore

This edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at 15 albums that defined the melodic style of post-hardcore that took off in the early 2000s thanks to bands like At the Drive-In, Thursday, and Glassjaw, many of whom are still breaking ground and/or influencing new bands today

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…

Jason Isbell @ Bowery Ballroom in 2011 (more by Chris La Putt) Former Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell, whose album Southeastern (streaming below) made it on a couple year-end and lists already, is currently on a tour overseas, but he’ll be returning to the U…

Circle Takes The Square‘s As the Roots Undo was a revelation in 2004. After years lying dormant, the band resurfaced a while back. As mentioned, the Decompositions​:​Volume Number One LP is their first effort in eight+ years, packing nine tracks onto a single LP that came quietly last year via Bandcamp…

Using a melange of post-rock, indie and hardcore, Louisville’s Xerxes are readying their new 7″, Would you understand?, for No Sleep Records…

As discussed at InvisibleOranges, the great post-hardcore/post-rock band Envy are celebrating twenty years as a band, and doing so with a massive boxset that will compile all of their recorded output: 95 songs in total, across 14 LPs…

Sludgy-prog Swedes Cult of Luna return with their new LP on January 29 via Density Records. The new effort features nine tracks from the band including “I, The Weapon,” which you can stream below…

Quicksand at Bowery Ballroom, Aug 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) As hypothesized, those just-announced Quicksand shows are, in fact, part of an actual tour…

Quicksand at MHoW, August 2012 (more by Rebecca Reed) Quicksand‘s recent reunion shows in NYC and LA (at Bowery & MHoW, and FYFest respectively), left the crowds itching for more. No…

Assuming this isn’t a joke, this copy of Title Fight‘s Floral Green currently has bids of $50k with less than 12 hours to go. The record was one of a run of 150 (#45 to be exact) and dropped less than two weeks ago at the band’s record release party on 10/19 in Warrior Run…