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Chris Carrabba is stoked for new Chamberlain music and here's why

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 […]

20 emo classics that helped define today's scene, from 1985 to 1997

Has it really been 35 years since a group of well-intentioned Washington, D.C. punk scenesters coined the term “emo”? Because hardcore was cemented in its own realm, new bands and fans were looking for some kind of vernacular to describe a new sense of introspection. But it’s pretty safe to assume that back then, nobody […]

See This Curse's new video featuring Sharptooth's Lauren Kashan and other news you might have missed

[Photo by: Rozwell Kid/Nick DiNatale] Watch new music videos from Rozwell Kid, This Curse and more—plus, don’t miss Chamberlain on tour. Check out the news you might have missed today below! Read more: Panic! At The Disco announce next intimate pop-up show 1. This Curse shared a music video starring Lauren Kashan of Sharptooth This […]

Album Premiere: Adam Rubenstein, 'Excavator'

Adam Rubenstein, guitarist of Chamberlain, releases Excavator, his second solo album tomorrow, April 23. The album is a diverse collection of songs Rubenstein had written but never recorded over the years and recently rediscovered. “I often equate being a songwriter to having some inoperable disease, where ideas just keep rapidly proliferating beyond your conscious control,” […]

Dear Lions - Dear Lions EP

Dear Lions Dear Lions EP Interesting how you can suddenly throw two random musicians together, in this case vocalist Ricky Lewis and guitarist Adam Rubenstein, and it sounds like they’ve been playing together for years. Lewis and Rubenstein (sounds like the name of a law firm) were introduced by a common friend last year and […]