Trail of Dead

”I started playing in bands as a freshman in high school, and since some of the lyrics on Rabbit Rabbit relayed my early connections with music, it felt appropriate to dive into the 20-year nostalgia cycle and channel my heroes from that time.”

We dive deeper into our recently-published list of the best emo & post-hardcore albums of 2002 with a podcast episode that dives into the making of the list, the albums on it, some albums that were left off, and more…

Austin’s Levitation festival runs October 27-30 with OSEES, King Gizzard, JAMC, The Black Angels, Trail of Dead, Godspeed, Protomartyr, Os Mutantes, Moon Duo and lots more.

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.

OFF! have announced their first album in eight years and first with their new lineup (including jazz drummer Justin Brown and Trail of Dead’s Autry Fulbright II), and you can get their new album and their new reissues on translucent color vinyl…

Listen to new songs by Rico Nasty, Amanda Shires/Maren Morris, High Vis, Zach Bryan, Friendship, Looming, The Black Angels, Courtney Marie Andrews, Chris Forsyth, and more…

Listen to new songs from Lizzo, Halsey, Pharrell / 21 Savage / Tyler the Creator, Taking Back Sunday, Greentea Peng, Ogbert the Nerd, Steve Aoki & Taking Back Sunday, Miya Folick, Trail of Dead, Imperial Triumphant, Satyricon, and more

Plus: Lamb of God, The Fest additions, No Devotion / Jeremy Enigk, Creeping Death, Woodsist fest, Fontaines DC and more tour and festival news.

They made the album in quadrophonic surround sound and took inspiration from big, classic, ’70s rock albums.

”It is a vision quest, A fever dream of sorts. A shadowy figure wanders the shadow plane and stumbles upon a hedonistic occult who seem to be having a really good time with a wonderful meal of amazing delights and flowing wine.”