portrayal of guilt

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

This week's playlist includes new music by Sad13, Cloud Nothings, Phoebe Bridgers, Portrayal of Guilt, Arlo Parks, Saba, Cordae, Miley Cyrus ft. Billy Idol, Statik Selektah ft. Joey Bada$$, Lars Finberg, Bad Bunny ft. Rosalia, Black Thought, and more.

Listen to new songs by Portrayal of Guilt, Palm Reader, Osees, Flohio, Skatune Network (PUP cover), The Lounge Society, and more.

The Texas screamo/hardcore/black metal blenders are back with two furious new songs.

Knocked Loose, Touche Amore, Nothing, Angel Du$t, Jesus Piece, Portrayal of Guilt, Superheaven, and more are playing the annual LA hardcore fest.

The music portion of SXSW (including two BrooklynVegan day parties) would've been happening this week, but like basically every concert in the world, it's cancelled. Here are ten of the artists we were most hoping to see...

Two very different and very good screamo bands, Portrayal of Guilt and Slow Fire Pistol, have teamed up for a new split that's out today...

The insanely stacked Austin festival also includes Swans, Vio-lence, Zola Jesus, Autopsy, Repulsion, Windhand, MIKE, Anna Von Hausswolff, Kool Keith, Thou, Fury, 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.

Also inside: a new Sepultura song and the news that apparently The Acacia Strain have a new album coming next week.