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Return to ‘Riot!’ with Paramore’s first major AltPress 2007 interview

Featured in the August 2007 issue (229), Hayley Williams made her Alternative Press cover debut ahead of Warped Tour 2007 before Paramore appeared on the cover of issue 235 as the Band Of The Year in February 2008. Following the release of their sophomore album in June 2007, ‘Riot!,’ the group were interviewed by Jonah […]

25 most influential albums that define what it means to be emo

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 not, the bands inspired by that initial breakthrough, including Rites Of Spring and […]

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 […]

QUIZ: Can you match these emo lyrics to the bands who sang them?

Any former emo kid remembers singing along to their favorite songs with eyeliner running in sheets down their cheeks. Honestly, were we really that sad, or did our iPods just suck us into a black hole of raw emotion? Regardless of what came first, the sad or the band, the lyrics of the 2000s hit […]

15 emo anthems that would suit Robert Pattinson’s Batman

R-Battz is finally here. We’ve waited a long time to visualize Robert Pattinson’s interpretation of the Dark Knight, and the first official trailer for next year’s The Batman gave us more emo vibes than we could handle. This is the first incarnation of the caped crusader to show the black eyeliner every Batman wears beneath […]

Here’s how to see Red Jumpsuit Apparatus play ‘Don’t You Fake It’ in full

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus recently released their The Emergency EP, and now the band are set to play the new tracks in a live setting. The audience can also expect to hear fan-favorite tracks as TRJA will be playing Don’t You Fake It in celebration of the album’s 14th anniversary. The discography-spanning performance will mark […]

Find out which scene classic best fits your zodiac sign

If you follow astrology, you’ve probably used it to analyze all aspects of your personality. Ever apply it to the early 2000s music scene? Thanks to zodiac signs, the universe has given us a way to find out which 2000s scene classic you are.  Your “sun” sign correlates to the day and month you were […]

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus decry religion's bigotry of LGBTQIA+ people

“I still love that music,” Ronnie Winter of the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus says. The singer is talking about his love of pop punk and post-hardcore. “I don’t ever want to lose it. I’m 37 years old, and I still listen to MxPx every day.” But even as he approaches his 40s, Winter isn’t afraid of […]

Must-See Music: new tracks from MIW, Juice WRLD, Poppy and more

You know what happened this week? An American goth-metal gang enlisted some international vocalists to boldly reinvent some fan favorites. Two post-hardcore artists traded loud guitars for melodic synths to explore new vistas. Britain’s finest punk band teamed up with a world-acclaimed video director used to hanging out with Jack White and Jim Carrey. We […]

These are 19 of the best music videos to come out of the scene

MTV launched Aug. 1, 1981, and eventually took over the planet as a youth authority and a music video jukebox that had the power to catapult an artist’s career to the stratosphere. As YouTube and other streaming platforms took flight in 2005, MTV slowly started becoming more obsolete and less meaningful as a video network, […]

16 scene albums from 2006 you built most of your iPod playlists from

History doesn’t lie. Consult sales charts. Ask Kevin Lyman what Warped Tour‘s box office receipts were like. For all intents and purposes, 2006 could be best described as “peak scene.” Careers were built. Fandoms became strong. The pool of Dudes Playing Guitars Quickly And Loudly grew exponentially. These are the scene albums from 2006 that […]

17 scene albums from 2006 you probably still listen to daily

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 […]

The Wildfires Projekt promote mental health with vulnerable new single

Mental health has become an outspoken topic in both the scene and our community. Music is an integral outlet that can tie everyone together and has the capability of making strangers into new friends. With music, we’re less alone, and the Wildfires Projekt aims to do just that. AltPress is teaming up with the band […]

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus pull from “the emo playbook” in new song—listen

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are kicking off 2020 with their first original new music since 2018. The band are teaming up exclusively with AltPress to transfer you to “A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Called LA.” The single marks their first new release since 2018’s The Awakening. However, the band weren’t totally quiet in […]

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus on troubling, joyful significance of “Face Down”

In 2006, Ronnie Winter, frontman for the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, wrote “Face Down,” his band’s first hit. More than just a radio staple, the song was a personal exorcism for Winter. On this APTV production, he explained all of the emotional heartache and joy that song represents to him. “We knew we were going to […]

‘Songs That Saved My Life Vol. 2’ drop State Champs cover, album details

State Champs released a new cover along with music video today. The cover is of Matchbox Twenty’s “Real World”. State Champs, along with many others are contributors to the second volume of Songs That Saved My Life—Hopeless Records and their non-profit organization’s Sub City compilation to benefit mental health and suicide prevention organizations. Read More: Bayside want […]

GARZI won’t let the scene die in new “Higher” video—watch

Even though the days of Warped Tour are gone, the festival’s significance continues to influence artists both mainstream and underground. For blossoming emo rapper GARZI, the scene that spawned his favorite day of summer is the same one that will carry him to the top.  The forces behind his latest single, “Higher,” are evident as […]

Emo band or Edgar Allan Poe: Can you figure out who wrote it?

From doodling lyrics across your Chucks to posting your favorites lines as your status, some of our favorite and most memorable lyrics have come from emo bands. We’ve dedicated many of these lines to memory, singing them again and again throughout the years. But how well does your knowledge of emo tracks hold up against […]

‘Sounds Of The Underground’ will help you find your next favorite band

To put it kindly, the music industry is a beast. However, in a cutthroat business that tends to swallow aspiring artists, Johnny Zirkel is combating the BS with Sounds Of The Underground. While some may scoff at tuning in to see small acts yet to ascend, putting them next to wily veterans just might be […]

Warped Tour: The only tour that mattered since 1995

Starting June 29-30 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Vans Warped Tour will hold its final high-decibel celebrations of punk rock and youth culture. Once the traveling roadshow returns to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, July 20 and 21, founder Kevin Lyman’s great touring experiment will become a part of rock ’n’ roll history, […]
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