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Best Friends Forever is a new Vegas emo fest with Bright Eyes, Sunny Day Real Estate, and more

The lineup also includes American Football, Drug Church, Mannequin Pussy, and more.

25 most influential emo bands who made the genre what it is today

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. Of course, the one precursor to belonging to […]

12 ’90s Emo Bands That Need To Reunite Already

 It’s all the rage nowadays: All the punk and emo bands the current generation of music fans didn’t get to see in their prime are being pulled out of retirement. Some do a full tour or two (Mineral, Sunny Day Real Estate); others play shows here and there (Refused, At The Drive-In, Cap’n Jazz, the […]

Exclusive: Caithlin De Marrais of Rainer Maria announces second solo album details

(Photo: Justin William Lin) Caithlin De Marrais, ex-frontwoman of indie-emo trailblazers Rainer Maria, will release her second solo album, Red Coats, on Nov. 8 via End Up Records. The album was co-produced by Steve Salett and Josh Kaufman, and recorded in Brooklyn’s the Saltmines, which is an underground enclave with a recording studio and band […]