The Van Pelt

This week's show includes songs by boygenius, The National, Wednesday, Sleaford Mods, Algiers, Beck, Jesus Piece, Screaming Females, plus a tribute to David Crosby, and more

This week's playlist includes new music by boygenius, Wednesday, Yaeji, MSPAINT (ft. Militarie Gun's Ian Shelton), Screaming Females, The National, and more.

Here's the first taste of NYC indie/post-hardcore/emo vets The Van Pelt's first album in 26 years, which features Ted Leo, Nate Kinsella, and more...

Friday’s NYC-area shows include Florence + The Machine, Clutch, Gibby Haynes, Julia Jacklin, Kenny Beats, and more.

1996 was a historic year for emo. This edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at 18 landmark emo (and emo-adjacent post-hardcore) albums from that year in honor of their 25th anniversaries...

Calvin Johnson, Kimya Dawson, The Van Pelt, Dan Friel, and others have paid tribute as well...

Popgun's multi-room Bushwick venue Elsewhere opened last year on Halloween, and to celebrate their first anniversary, we're giving away tickets to 12 big upcoming shows at the venue.

Rainer Maria returned in 2017 with their first album in 11 years, the great S/T (released on their longtime label home of Polyvinyl), and after quieting down for the past few months, they returned to the stage at Brooklyn's Elsewhere on Thursday (2/22)...

The playlist includes fellow indie/emo vets The Van Pelt (who open Rainer Maria's Brooklyn show), as well as Limp Wrist, EMA, Flasher, Sade, Aye Nako, and more.

Rainer Maria returned last year with the great S/T, their first album in 11 years, and they're keeping the momentum going with a hometown one-off in February. Two great openers were added to that show...