Majority Rule

Following our recent lists on 2000s post-hardcore and '90s metalcore, this edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' is about 25 albums that defined screamo in the '90s and '00s, and remain influential on the current scene today.

Virginia screamo up and comers Infant Island have released the second single from their upcoming album, along with a surprise new mini-LP, and both are great.

Plus: Feels, Underdog, Hirs, Stereolab's first US tour in a decade, The Lonely Island's first-ever tour, Craig Finn, Stephen Malkmus, and more tour-related news.

The lineup for Toronto's annual all ages, DIY hardcore/screamo festival New Friends Fest has been announced...

Plus: Cincinnati's Bunbury Festival 2019 lineup, Sid Sriram, The Specials, and more tour-related news.

Texas hardcore crushers Portrayal of Guilt recently released their killer new album Let Pain Be Your Guide, a genre-defying blend of screamo, black metal, death metal, grindcore, powerviolence, and more, and now they've announced a 2019 tour in support of it...

This week's Notable Releases include Anderson .Paak's highly anticipated return, Portrayal of Guilt's refreshing hardcore debut, Leikeli47's genre-defying sophomore album, and more.

NØ MAN = all three members of Majority Rule plus vocalist Maha Shami (who sang guest vocals on Majority Rule's classic split with pg.99). Their debut album is out now and their tour with Darkest Hour begins tonight...

Tons of great punk and punk-related bands are playing Gainesville's The Fest at the end of the month. We picked 16 that, for one reason or another, feel really exciting to us right now.

Grade's show at The Fest is with fellow reunited bands Hum, City of Caterpillar, Majority Rule, and Career Suicide. After that, they play the Slip Productions 20th anniversary in NYC...