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Virginia screamo (and more) Infant Island will hit the road to belatedly celebrate their great 2020 releases 'Beneath' and 'Sepulcher,' and they'll be joined by some other likeminded bands...

...and no one knew is a screamo band fronted by Short Fictions' Alex Barkley that also features members of Massa Nera, Indisposed, and Coma Regalia, and they've just released the very good new EP 'debris' on Middle-Man Records...

In 2011, the new wave of post-hardcore came into full effect with seminal albums by Touche Amore, Pianos Become the Teeth, La Dispute, Defeater, Title Fight, and more. This edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks back on those albums for their 10th anniversary, the overall punk landscap…

Lacrima is the new band fronted by Funeral Diner vocalist Seth Babb and also featuring members of You and I, Hundreds of AU, Coma Regalia, Massa Nera, and more...

Lacrima aka the Tombs Await Outside is a new band with some familiar faces from the screamo world, and you can check out their first song ”Lineweight” and its video right now...

Massa Nera are also working on a new record, and here's a video of them playing a very promising new song from it...

New Brunswick, NJ screamo band You and I were around from 1996 and 1999, and they remain influential today (and members are active in the new band Hundreds of AU). We caught up with guitarist/vocalist Tom Schlatter to discuss their upcoming complete discography reissue, and more...

Screamo never really went away, but the screamo scene feels stronger and more unified right now than it has in a while, and 2019 birthed a slew of new great releases within the genre. Here are 12 of them.

Reunited ska-core vets Choking Victim just played two rare shows over the weekend, including one with The World/Inferno Friendship Society, and now both have been added to Punk Island...

Annual free, all-ages NYC punk festival Punk Island returns to Randalls Island on June 22 for its 2019 edition. We posted the initial lineup, and now a bunch of bands have been added.