The crowd at Emo Nite's Grave Rave was made up of a wide variety of ages. The line, long and winding but orderly, stretched around the corner from the venue, with concertgoers dressed in everything ...

TopOppGen in “Petty $hit,” directed by AkilsPOV. Graphic by Chris Panicker. Nowadays, I look back on it all as a cautionary tale of how fast things go south when ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

Over the last several decades, emo music has experienced moments of mainstream popularity. Dashboard Confessional won a VMA in 2002, and more recently, Paramore won two Grammys in 2024. But the vast ...

Emo music is a subgenre of punk rock that is characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics, usually dealing with angst and social alienation. The music is sometimes raw, but almost always very ...

While the last solid wave of emo music ended in the 2000s, that era of angsty rock music will never truly die. In fact, quite a few albums from that era are starting to get discovered by the new ...

What a night to fight for the right to say "it was never a phase!" A Very Emo Valentines Music Fest took over Guadalupe Plaza in San Antonio on Saturday night, February 1 in what was a night to never ...

With a nice, long break in the NHL schedule and your favorite team pretty firmly on track to make you either fully emo (nervous, excited, scream until you cry) or fully punk (full of vinegar, in ...

The line, long and winding but orderly, stretched around the corner from the venue, with concertgoers dressed in everything from rave apparel to dad sneakers. Young women with glittery eyelids and ...

In underground emo circles, awakebutstillinbed have reached Frank Ocean status in terms of fans clamoring for them to drop the album, and it’s finally going to happen on October 20 via the ...

Louis Posen founded Hopeless Records 30 years ago and has seen emo music evolve. Dustin Franz for NPR Over the last several decades, emo music has experienced moments of mainstream popularity.

If you had any doubts, we can clear them up now. Emo music not only still exists — it's thriving. Emo music not only still exists — it's thriving Over the last several decades, emo music has ...