* May album reviews: Knocked Loose, The Hope Conspiracy, Hot Water Music, Into It. Over It., Usurp Synapse, Demersal, Shellac, and Lip Critic. We’ve also got new exclusive vinyl in the BV shop, ...

I’m accustomed to mainstream year-end lists providing a distorted reflection of my own experience. But, in a fitting coda to a frankly hallucinatory 2024, it feels like my own year-end list was lying ...

Emo already had enough trouble competing for your attention in recent years; the biggest names of the revival had eased into legacy mode, releasing remasters and reimaginings of their most beloved ...

Breakups are never easy. But whether you got dumped, were cheated on, simply lost feelings, or walked away on good terms, music is always there for you. What better genre of music to comfort you ...

The two genres actually have more in common than you might think since emo grew out of 1980s post-hardcore (which essentially added complexity, variety and experimentation to hardcore punk). While emo ...

The best Midwest emo albums of the 1990s were contained within the actual Midwest, for the most part. Fast forward to more recent years and we’ve seen bands from just about every corner of the U.S.

Ben Quad are the newest and least established band on the upcoming Hot Mulligan / Heart Attack Man / Spanish Love Songs tour, which is one of this fall’s most unmissable package tours for the newer ...