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Anybody who claims to be well-versed in emo culture knows how crucial Chamberlain are to the genre. The Indianapolis, Indiana, outfit started as Split Lip, a hardcore band with bigger musical visions than their contemporaries. Their desire to add everything from melodic singing to acoustic guitars helped build the foundation of the post-hardcore genre. After […]

Chaka Malik is best known as a superhuman hardcore singer—both during NYHC's heydey in Burn and after in Orange 9mm, who rode the alternative and post-hardcore wave of the mid-'90s. This year, not only have Burn reunited after a decade-plus dormancy, but Malik has gone synth, debuting his solo self under Ghost Decibels. Freddy Alva of […]