The story of Sunny Day Real Estate is one of serendipity and missed opportunities. In 1992, guitarist/singer Dan Hoerner, ...

What are most bands if not a group of “people who have been through the ups and downs of music and life together”? If that description is anything to go by, Sick Love seem not to subscribe to big ...

Late last year, Paris Hilton gave us an insight into what life would be like had she taken the Wednesday aesthetic route. (Spoiler: for you and I, life would have been dramatically impacted... no, ...

In many ways, 2012 was a stop-gap year for emo. While there were several compelling releases from major artists and newcomers, perhaps fears of the looming Mayan Apocalypse or the potential election ...

Four years ago in Austin, Texas, at a teenage punk show featuring the all-girl band, Cat Scratch, none of the members looked old enough to drive. A girl in the audience, maybe 13 or 14, wore choppy ...

Our friends Washed Up Emo launched this site IsThisBandEmo.com where you can type in a band’s name and get the “emo council”‘s verdict on whether or not said band is emo. It’s a fun/funny site with ...

In honor of the 20th anniversary of emo’s breakout year, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at the 20 best emo albums of 2001. Emo started in the 1980s and really came to be a widespread ...