Screamo. Probably the most underrated, misjudged genre in the expanding world of music. Also known as metalcore, screamo is a subgenre combination of metal and emo that has been on the rise since the ...

Los Angeles screamo trio Knumears take their name from “You and Me, Screaming Numb Ears,” a thrashing monster of a track by 90s emoviolence pioneers Honeywell. Their wonky spelling of the title nods ...

Under His Eye’s killer new album is out today via Acrobat Unstable. Speaking about one of its singles in in the February edition of In Defense of the Genre, I said: If you like screamo with an ...

In Loving Memory also have a few East Coast shows coming up with fellow screamo vets The Spirit of Versailles and rising ...

On Saturday, Sept. 20, Hampshire College-based screamo quartet I Have No Mouth released its first, eponymous, EP. The album opens to “And I Must Scream,” with Ben Becker’s drums almost convulsing with ...

Pretty lovely lyrics, right? Maybe a bit self-conscious considering the kid singing them is about to wail his head off in the next verse. But I think we can agree that the white-hot angst of ...

Adam Young, a.k.a. Owl City, is best known for his twinkling, melodic and emotive electro-pop. His biggest single to date, 2009's "Fireflies," perfectly encapsulates Owl City's bright, charming ...

The playlist took a break last week, so I've got some jams to catch up on. High on Fire has a barn-storming cover of Bad Brains' "Don't Bother Me" from its Bat Salad EP, Laurie Anderson explores the ...

High school bands come and go, and very few make an impact that lasts for decades. Screamo group Frail formed in Philadelphia’s northern suburbs in 1993, when four of the five members were sophomores, ...

Fresh in the indie scene, Nolie is a charming singer-songwriter and creative mastermind with a DIY perspective on both life and his work. With roots in hardcore and screamo music, his reinvention into ...