Love is Red

Members of Love Is Red, Sinking Ships & With Honor form Plague Mind, release debut LP

Members of three great 2000s melodic hardcore bands have formed a new band, Plague Mind, whose debut LP is a refreshing reminder of what these musicians do so well…

20 essential melodic hardcore albums from the 2000s

This edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at the type of dark, heavy, melodic hardcore defined in the 2000s by bands like American Nightmare, Modern Life Is War, and The Hope Conspiracy, which once again is having a comeback.

‘In Defense of the Genre’ June roundup (best songs of the month included)

The June roundup of punk column In Defense of the Genre includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.

Notable Releases of the Week (6/4)

This week’s very stacked Notable Releases include Japanese Breakfast’s expansive third album, ME REX’s uniquely stunning debut, Liz Phair’s comeback, We Are The Union’s instant landmark for new tone ska, and more…

Nashville melodic hardcore vets Love Is Red release first EP in 17 years, playing Furnace Fest

Love Is Red have finally released a followup to their underrated 2004 classic ‘The Hardest Fight,’ and it picks up right where that album left off, while sounding urgent, inspired, and very current.

Furnace Fest announces extremely stacked emo/post-hardcore/metalcore lineup (for 2021)

It features Taking Back Sunday, Underoath, Killswitch Engage, mewithoutYou, Thursday, Converge, Cave In, Every Time I Die, Zao, The Bled, Hopesfall, Touche Amore, Turnstile, Darkest Hour, Be Well, The Casket Lottery, Piebald, Knocked Loose, Further Seems Forever, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, and much more…