The February roundup of our punk column ‘In Defense of the Genre’ includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.

Some of the songs are celebratory, some are sad, and some are angry, but all of them are pure emo and pop punk energy. Honestly, no time is ever really wasted – you can learn something from your ...

Break out the smelling salts, emo/indie rock fans. Best Friends Forever is back. After debuting at the Downtown Las Vegas ...

The last run of emo music left a mark on the 2000s and 2010s. One can't help but wonder: Do Millennials and Gen Z think emo is gone for good?

Falling asleep at school? If you're in this professor's class, he'll wake you up by singing emo songs. 'You F***ed Up And Picked The Wrong Psychopath On The Spectrum,' Says Joe Rogan, Claiming He ...

Will Thatcher Demko ever be healthy? Emo bands of British Columbia, you’ve got a lot of fodder for songs here. Everyone moved on awfully quick from that Stan Bowman hiring, didn’t they?

The music biz veteran has certainly written some sad songs, but I don’t think she’s written any emo songs. And yet, she’s mistakenly credited as a writer on Football, Etc.’s most popular ...

Best Friends Forever will feature Rilo Kiley, Superchunk, Jawbreaker, Minus The Bear, and the final performance ever by Mineral.