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Emo's Not Dead is live event and apparel brand inspired by emo nostalgia. Scene veteran and founder Matt Cutshall, who started the project as a YouTube channel, talks the evolution of the brand.

Taylor Swift’s affinity for emo music and culture is beyond any doubt. In preparation for her new album Midnights, here are her most emo songs of all time.

Dashboard Confessional made a special appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last Friday (Feb. 25). They performed “Everyone Else Is Just Noise.” Check out the performance below. Read more: Are the 2000s back? How Avril Lavigne, Chris Carrabba are uniting Gen Z and millennials “Everyone Else Is Just Noise” comes off the band's new album, All The Truth That I Can Tell, out now. Chris Carrabba recentl...

Dashboard Confessional has made a return with All The Truth That I Can Tell. Ahead of the release, Alternative Press interviewed band founder Chris Carrabba for our February 2022 issue. Read more: Are the 2000s back? How Avril Lavigne, Chris Carrabba are uniting Gen Z and millennials During the conversation, Carrabba explained the process and the inspiration that led to the new project... Read Mor

While it feels like the meteoric renewal of pop punk happened all at once, the subgenre had slowly been edging its way back into mainstream appeal since the days of mid-2010s emo rap. Rather than a general revamp of punk music, the years since Lil Peep’s passing instead saw the resurgence of a specific era in culture: the early 2000s. W...

Dashboard Confessional have shared the new single "Burning Heart," followed by a music video. The track comes from their forthcoming album All The Truth That I Can Tell, out Feb. 25 via Hidden Note Records/AWAL. The video was released at 12:00 p...

Dashboard Confessional shared that their ninth studio album will be released in 2022. The album, titled All The Truth That I Can Tell, sees founder and frontman Chris Carrabba returning to his roots while embracing a newfound sense of vulnerability...

It's truly mind-blowing to believe that 2001 was really 20 years ago. The beginning of the 2000s was a strange time. We had the beginning of Myspace, the golden age of pop punk and plenty of questionable fashion choices. Read more: 10 vocalists who brought a unique sound to the 2000s scene It's also crazy to think about all the albums from 2001 being two decades old already...

Whether we like it or not, Christmas is here again. And this year, it’s going to be an even weirder one. We're enduring a holiday season adulterated by limited celebrations with family and friends due to COVID-19. So we need a strong festive playlist to keep our minds off the unusual setting 2020 has handed us. Luckil...

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...

Taylor Swift recently surprise-dropped folklore, her eighth album, which is completely different from anything she’s ever released.  Swift, who’s known for country songs and pop hits, went alternative this time with the album she recorded while stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic.  Read more: Th... Read More ...

You’re welcome: We’ve made finding new songs by rising bands easy. Each week, we’re gathering the best from the underground and offering it to you in one concise list. Scroll below and check out our Spotify Discover playlist, featuring these tracks and more! In return, we...

By 2006, scene culture had grown roots in every mainstream area possible. Myspace took over as the primary mode of social media communication, and bands spread like wildfire once they uploaded music. It was a whirlwind year, as music became more accessible to a larger group of people, Hot Topic brightened its lights and studded belts were an essential accessory...

Dashboard Confessional frontman Chris Carrabba was involved in a motorcycle crash on Saturday, June 6. The frontman took to social media to announce that he has sustained severe, but non-life-threatening injuries and is currently recovering in the hospital...

The draw of belting out scene anthems is contagious, even to some of the biggest names in pop music. Sometimes, a song is just so good, you can’t contain yourself and have to sing in public, and these artists are just like us in this regard.  We’ve...

We’re well into this new temporary way of life of being stuck at home due to coronavirus. Retail stores, bars, restaurants and now movie theaters have closed their doors to the public. This means you’ve probably been sitting inside cycling through the same TV and movie options on Netflix and Hulu, as well as music playlists. However, t...

Dashboard Confessional are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, and it all started with The Swiss Army Romance at the turn of the century. The acclaimed record was released two decades ago today, harboring one of the best emo songs to ever grace our headphones in “Screaming Infidelities.” ...

Here at AltPress, we've learned a crucial lesson. Mainstream America doesn't understand that the concept of "emo" is over 30 years old. We know it wasn't invented in a Hot Topic store. But we also know that the Grammys don't have a category for "Best Emo Performance By A Duo Or Group With A Minimum Of Three Fascinating Haircuts...

We’ve all experienced heartbreak in one way or another over the years, but none compare to your first breakup and the scene songs that helped you through it.  Picture it: It's the 2000s, and you’re sitting at your family’s computer spilling your heart out to all of your friends on AOL Instant Messenger about your first breakup. You log on to Myspace...

One of the greatest feats of the emo genre is its ability to cross barriers, genres and fandoms to unite us all under the common denominator of music. Whether there’s a tinge of rap or a twist of pop-punk, the branches of emo music all extend from the same familiar source. Whil...