Pop punk and emo bands like Gym Class Heroes, Motion City Soundtrack, and Cartel took over in 2005. Now, they're back and ...

Fans of early 2000s punk and emo have found a true friend in The Blue Note. This month, the Columbia venue will host its sixth edition of Emo Royale, a themed show in which local and regional bands ...

If you paint those fingernails black, if you your jean jacket is covered in pins from the used or Stroke 9, if you are a product of the early 2000s pop punk/emo music movement, you are going to love ...

As the singer of one of the most beloved pop-punk/emo bands of the last 20 years – Paramore – Hayley Williams has plenty to say about the golden age of those styles. For instance, she recently ...

After a six-year hiatus, Warped Tour is making a long-awaited return — and it’s coming home. On July 26-27, the Vans Warped Tour will take over Long Beach’s Shoreline Waterfront, bringing back its ...

Emerging from the gritty underground of New Jersey’s late ‘90s music scene, No Tomorrow. is more than just a band name—it’s a reflection of two decades of creativity and emotional expression. As the ...

We've put together a quiz with some of the most popular emo and pop-punk videos of the '90s and early 2000s when both genres were really thriving in the rock world. It was an era that kicked off with ...

Punk wasn’t supposed to be pop. But no one told the Ramones, who mined girl groups like The Ronettes and The Shangri-Las for catchy hooks to sit atop the loud and fast guitar riffs. Pop is short for ...

Locally, the latest sign of that revival comes from a familiar lineage. Ultra Q is fronted by Jakob Armstrong, the son of one of Bay Area punk’s biggest stars, Green Day lead singer Billie Joe ...

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 ...