35 Best Emo & Post-Hardcore Albums of 2002
The emo floodgates opened in 2002. In honor of their 20th anniversaries, this edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at the best emo and post-hardcore albums from that year.
The Anniversary
Vagrant doing 25th anniversary shows w/ Dashboard Confessional, TGUK, Thrice, more (BV presale)
Alkaline Trio, The Anniversary, and Hot Rod Circuit are also playing, and you can get tickets early in today's BrooklynVegan presale. Password here...
Vagrant Records launches 25th anniversary campaign w/ reissues, a podcast & more
The label's 25th anniversary campaign includes reissues of classics by Alkaline Trio, The Anniversary, Thrice, and more, and a podcast hosted by The Get Up Kids' Matt Pryor featuring Chris Carrabba, Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Andy Hull, Craig Finn, and more...
The Anniversary’s Josh Berwanger encourages you to vote with new song/video, “Change the Season”
”Can you take four more years of this?” he writes. ”Can you take four more years of having someone in charge who doesn't give a shit about you?”
The Anniversary announce ‘Designing A Nervous Breakdown’ 20th anniversary shows
The Anniversary will play their first shows in three years to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their classic debut album.
The Anniversary’s Josh Berwanger preps new solo LP (stream “Bad Vibrations”)
The Anniversary's Josh Berwanger has been having a busy year. He already released the debut album by his band Radar State (a supergroup with both singers of The Get Up Kids) and a split with Casey James Prestwood (of Hot Rod Circuit), and now he's gearing up for a new Berwanger album...
Josh Berwanger & Casey James Prestwood releasing split 7″ (stream it)
You can also get 10% off vinyl copies of the single with the BrooklynVegan discount code...
Five Notable Releases of the Week (1/11)
This week's Notable Releases include The Get Up Kids/The Anniversary offshoot Radar State, Bay Area hardcore band Torso, the new Krallice EP, and more.
Radar State (Get Up Kids, Anniversary) prep debut album ‘Strays,’ going on tour
Radar State, the supergroup with Get Up Kids co-frontmen Matt Pryor and Jim Suptic and The Anniversary frontman Josh Berwanger, are set to release their first full-length and go on their first headlining tour...
Get Up Kids & Anniversary members form Radar State (listen to “Spinning Wheel”)
Matt Pryor, Jim Suptic, Josh Berwanger, and Adam Phillips (The Architects, The Gadjits) are Radar State, and their debut single "Spinning Wheel" is very promising.