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Has any word been more misappropriated than emo? It’s been used to describe everything from people to events to films to clothing, but when it comes to encapsulating the specific music that inspired the name, no one can agree what actually constitutes it. S...

Featured in the August 2004 issue 193, My Chemical Romance made their major Alternative Press feature debut before appearing on the cover of issue 197 in December 2004. Following the release of their sophomore album in June 2004, ‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge,’ the group were interviewed by Leslie Simon and shot by Anthony Saint James. To celebra...

The genre affectionately known as emo started out as a wave of internalized rage bubbling under the surface of Washington, D.C.’s Revolution Summer in the mid-’80s. Within three decades, it had permeated the mainstream and changed beyond all recognition. Like it or...

Emo (noun): a hotly contested music genre where bands and fans alike refuse to agree on who qualifies for a place in the rankings for all eternity, where no band admits to falling into the criteria of emo, and no fans admit to listening to it either...

Remember the days when an eight-minute song felt like a gift sent by the alt-rock gods? Back when we had to buy music by the track, and not through a monthly subscription, these long ones were like a gold mine.  Of course, times have changed since our iPod-centric scene years. Now...

Siblings Richard and Stefanie Reines changed the course of popular aggressive music when they started their own label called Drive-Thru Records in the late ’90s. Although it started as a small family affair, Drive-Thru Records became synonymous with early 2000s pop punk, emo and post-hardcore. B...

They say you have your entire life to create your debut album, but they’re usually pretty terrible. However, these scene acts went above and beyond the call of duty, making bona fide masterpieces from the very start. There’s hardly any filler on these records, and many of the albums mentioned here are fan favorites to this day, many years and albums later. Just don’t...

As 1999 came to a close, boy bands and nü-metal acts were at the top of the charts. Trends in mainstream culture changed the following century, as pop punk, screamo and other Warped Tour acts smashed through the charts. Which band do you most associate with the time period between 2000-2009? Is ...

Post-hardcore broke out as a movement in a huge way during the first decade of the 2000s while shaping how people view the genre today. Countless others had pioneered the genre throughout the ’80s and ’90s, but bands such as Glassjaw, At The Drive-In and Boysetsfire helped push it to new heights. Take a ...

A Stranger Things-themed music video from Speak The Truth... Even If Your Voice Shakes? We're all in. The new supergroup from Senses Fail singer Buddy Nielsen and members of Finch have dropped a music video for "Drowning On The Sidewalk Or Dying Inside," directed by Peter John and off their recently released debut album, Everyone You Love Will Slip Away From You.  Read more: Daniel Wona

Speak The Truth... Even If Your Voice Shakes Everyone You Love Will Slip Away From You Happily, this album is pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a Finch/Senses Fail collaboration. While Everyone You Love Will Slip Away From You is a contemporary work in its own right, it does tap into the beloved sounds of early 2000s emo, pop punk and post-hardcore and will surely leave longtime fans more

More than a decade ago, Finch and Senses Fail’s debut records appeared on the scene within just two years of each other. Each record, What It Is To Burn (2002) and Let It Enfold You (2004), respectively, made big waves in the emo, screamo and post-hardcore genres. The major ...

Speak The Truth... Even If Your Voice Shakes, the new supergroup from Senses Fail singer Buddy Nielsen and members of Finch, have dropped a powerful new song called "Drowning On The Sidewalk Or Dying Inside." Hear it below. Read more: Senses Fail singer's new band with Finch "sounds like 2002" As we previously reported, the band's debut album, Everyone You Love Will Slip Away F

Senses Fail’s Buddy Neilsen and Finch’s Alex Linares, Daniel Wonacott and Alex Pappas alt rock supergroup Speak The Truth...Even If Your Voice Shakes have announced their debut full-length record, Everyone You Love Will Slip Away From You—and we're stoked. Read more: Senses F... Read More ... Read More ...

UPDATE: Thursday, Oct. 20 at 2:20 p.m. EST Finch has posted a statement to Facebook that changes the story of frontman Nate Barcalow's statement. Instead of the band disbanding, Finch says that "Nate quit again, for the third time in the bands history." They a ...

Senses Fail frontman Buddy Nielsen piqued the interest of many back in May when he tweeted that he and members of Finch had formed a new band, Speak The Truth, that “sounds like 2002.” Well, now we can all finally hear for ourselves. The world ...

Senses Fail frontman Buddy Nielsen has tweeted that he and members of Finch have formed a new band, Speak The Truth. Their music “sounds like 2002,” he added  Read more: Buddy Nielsen talks sexuality, addiction and the new (heavier) Senses Fail No further information on the group has been revealed as of yet, though they do have a Twitter account. Yes it's with memb ...

The Downtown Fiction is set to release their new EP Alligator Tears on Feb. 26. The band teamed up with AltPress to exclusively premiere the music video for the album opener “Let’s Fade Away.” “Alligator Tears. The realities we choose to see. The people we re-inven ...

Photo credit: Adam Elmakias   As most of the athletically disinclined already know, finding the motivation to get to the gym can be a challenge in and of itself. The fact that most of what you hear at fitness clubs favor genres for another market certainly doesn’t add much incentive, but since an effective workout is almost always contingent upon the right music, we compiled an alternative gym pla

APTV Correspondent Nick Major breaks down why Taste Of Chaos this year is going to be especially awesome in his second weekly vlog!  Learn about all the bands playing, why they're awesome, the history of "Winter Warped Tour" and how it's switching things up for its grand return! Be sure to ...