emo

Some people thought the emo revival would be a passing fad after its rise to prominence in 2013, but alas, 2014 proved that your favorite heartbreak was here to stay. Some argue it never left, and others say that, like Refused, it could never really die, but one thing is certain: Emo and its twinkle daddy […]

UPDATED: December 9, at 7:11 p.m. EDT The site looks to be back up and running. UPDATED: December 9, at 6:31 p.m. EDT It looks like the site has crashed.  In the meantime while it's down, check out our list of 12 '90s emo bands that need to put down their Home Depot aprons and reunite […]

A recent study published by Stanford University looks at why cliques thrive in some schools more than others. Some schools are fiercely segregated by age, class, ethnic background, fashion choices—and others are not. What educational environment would, say, make the goth and the jock more likely to be friends and not segregated into cliques? The […]

Music can have all sorts of strange/interesting effects on the human brain. One of the more interesting effects is that sad music can actually make you feel better. Free University of Berlin Researchers Liila Taruffi and Stefan Koelsch surveyed 722 people from all over the world on the subject of sad songs. The survey “investigates the rewarding […]

Maybe you've heard of the Jazz June, maybe you haven't. The group formed in 1996 at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania and during that time, they released a handful of albums on Initial Records that had some attributes in common with their peers in the emo scene, while maintaining an off-kilter sensibility that was wholly unique. […]

Long-running Swedish emo-gone-indie pop band Last Days Of April have released a new single on iTunes titled “Someone For Everyone.” Earlier this year, LDOA's own Karl Larsson set out on a European tour with Garrett Klahn (Texas Is The Reason), who besides being old friends, just happen to be bandmates in the Felled Trees mega-project launched last year. Check out “Someone For […]

Disclaimer: This list will probably anger a few people, mainly because the factors I use to deem these cartoon characters “emo” will be seen as stereotypical. I mean, labeling people who keep journals, write songs on some sort of stringed instrument, wear thick-rimmed glasses and have an attitude that’s a little bit sad, a little […]

Earlier this week, influential emo band American Football announced their first shows in 15 years. Tickets to the band’s New York City date sold out almost instantly, so the band have added a second New York date at Webster Hall, on October 10.  Tickets are already on sale. (Grab them fast.) Check out the full list of […]

UPDATE: Into It. Over It. have been confirmed for tour support. After speculation yesterday that the band were up something, mid-1990s Texas emo group Mineral have announced today they are reuniting for their first shows in 17 years. The reunion will mark the 20th anniversary of the band’s formation. The group released two albums before disbanding in 1998: […]

It looks like prominent mid-’90s emo band Mineral are about to revive the emo revival. The band are up to something, having launched a new website (along with social media accounts) and posted a few suspicious pictures of instruments to their new Instagram account (“Holy shit! Mineral are on Instagram?” my editor asked earlier today.) Honestly, […]

Influential indie rock band American Football—Mike Kinsella (Cap’n Jazz), Steve Lamos and Steve Holmes—have reunited and will be playing their first live shows in 15 years this fall. The band will play September 28 at the Pygmalion Festival in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois. On October 11, the band will then play a show at Webster Hall in New […]

South Park is certainly known for lampooning pop cultural trends, and has never shied away from poking fun at musicians (we even recently brought you a list of AP cover stars who have appeared on the show). Last night, however, the long-running animated series decided to tackle “emo” as whole, in an episode titled “Goth Kids 3: Dawn […]

Sunday Driver Across The Sunshine State EP Even though they're more usually found in the hip-hop world than this scene, posthumous albums make a ton of sense. Think about it: At some point, a label commissioned (and paid for) a band to write and record a set of songs. Even if the band break up, […]

Certain People I Know Certain People I Know Originally formed in 2009, Certain People I Know were the new vehicle of former Braid/Hey Mercedes vocalist/guitarist Bob Nanna and drummer Damon Atkinson. They wrote a handful of songs and played a few shows in and around Chicago before sort of fading back into the darkness. Now, […]

Forever Came Calling Contender Let’s face it, New Found Glory and Senses Fail aren’t getting any younger, so there’s reason to celebrate a new crop of pop-punk heroes coming up through the all-ages clubs and local dive bars to take the throne of wagged tongues and youthful over-exuberance. Enter Handguns, Mixtapes, and, yes, Forever Came […]