Jesse Richman

It’s 10:30 a.m. on a Thursday morning, Cole Becker has just woken up next to his brother and SWMRS bandmate Max at their sister’s New York apartment and he is on one. “We breed this violence, and it’s so American, and it’s super-fucked,” the frontman begins, leaning into a screed that’s half dispassionate analysis and […]

Emo. All of us have heard, embraced, quoted and lived by the music. Many of its practitioners have welcomed and flat out rebuked the term. But nobody has really nailed down a diehard definition of “emo.” Until now.  What does “emo” even mean, yo? All music is emotional, bruh! Well, sure, I guess. Bruno Mars […]

The Maine Lovely, Little, Lonely OUR PICK: “How Do You Feel?” After five albums and nearly twice as many EPs full of left turns sharp enough to keep the band’s reverent fans on the edges of their seats without shaking them loose, Lovely, Little, Lonely marks the point where everything comes together for the Maine. […]

Ryan Adams Prisoner FILE UNDER: Ryan Adams-core ROCKS LIKE: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Ryan Adams WHAT'S DIFFERENT: His dalliance with the Taylor Swift oeuvre complete, Ryan Adams returns to the business of Being Ryan Adams on his 16th studio album. He stretches his range at times, with moments that play with Springsteen-esque world building and lax Petty jangle. WHY YOU […]

Today, we’re excited to premiere “Escape,” the first single by VadaWave, a new project from former Used guitarist Quinn Allman and singer-songwriter (and American Idol season eight contestant) Megan Joy. The husband-wife duo will be releasing their self-produced debut EP, Out Of Body, on December 9. Read more: Andy Black forms emo supergroup with ex-My Chemical […]

Against Me! Shape Shift With Me Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Against Me!’s 2014 career-defining masterwork and the best punk LP of the decade, was an album about inflection points, a conceptual piece by the newly female-presenting Laura Jane Grace on the terrifying rush of the moments on which everything hinges. Two years later (and two more […]

For 25 years now, San Francisco’s Pansy Division have been kicking down musical walls with a message of radical “out”-ness couched in undeniable (and undeniably catchy) songs—hyper-poppy punk rave-ups with titles like “Fem In A Black Leather Jacket,” “Dick Of Death” and “I’m Gonna Be A Slut.” Tours with bands like one-time labelmates Green Day […]

It’s been six years since beloved Long Island post-hardcore outfit Envy On The Coast shambled to an end, but with Tuesday’s announcement of three reunion shows, it appears their long-waiting legion of die-hard fans will be sated once again. We caught up with vocalist Ryan Hunter and guitarist Brian Byrne to get the inside scoop […]

The podcast has been around for over a decade, and for most of that decade, they were primarily the domain of hobbyists, amateurs and public radio junkies. But thanks to recent shows like the runaway hit Serial and signature events like President Obama’s appearance on Marc Maron’s WTF, podcasts are having a moment. Matt Pryor […]