Fifteen years ago, in her Punk Planet column, Jessica Hopper wrote a piece called “Emo: Where The Girls Aren’t.” The piece went about as viral as a zine column could in 2003, and it’s probably still ...

Valentine's Day playlists may traditionally be dominated by R&B jams and cheesy pop ballads, but rock fans know there are other — way better — options, which is why we've assembled 22 of our favorite ...

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 ...

Emo music is a subgenre of punk rock that is characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics, usually dealing with angst and social alienation. The music is sometimes raw, but almost always very ...

Matt Zutell, Dylan Swinson, Ryan Hanifin and Marc Voyer make fun covers of the music of their youth as Jerkweed | Credit: Provided During the summer of 2020, musicians Matt Zutell and Dylan Swinson ...

While pop divas and rock stars seem like they couldn’t be more different, sometimes we hear a lyric in a song on the radio that totally sounds like it could be from an emo banger. Just speaking ...

Fans of emo and pop-punk music can mark their calendars — Emo Nite is coming back to Cain’s Ballroom on Friday, June 27. The event, known for blending nostalgia with a high-energy party atmosphere, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Justin Pierre reflects on what he considers his band Motion City Soundtrack’s peak, his inability to remember most of it makes him sad. It’s almost too ...

Death Cab For Cutie‘s Ben Gibbard apparently has a bone to pick with early-2000s emo. He reduces most of the genre to “pop-punkers who heard [Weezer’s] Pinkerton and decided … to start talking about ...

Taking Back Emo hosted their infamous “Myspace Emo Prom” night at The Canopy Club last Thursday. Tickets were $10 online and $3 cover at the door for those under 18. Taking Back Emo is a Chicago ...