A newsletter on punk, emo, hardcore, indie & more
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Meet Holidays In United States, the band leading NYC’s second-wave emo revival
Ahead of their debut full-length and first release with lead vocalist Annika Haakonsen, I caught up with one of NYC’s most exciting new emo bands.
Hell hath apparently frozen over, because there’s an emo scene in New York City. Well, there...
Conor Murphy on Foxing’s hiatus, Smidley’s poppy new album, and more
The first Smidley album since Foxing’s hiatus is a “spiritual successor” to Foxing’s poppy, divisive ‘Draw Down the Moon.’
When Foxing were doing interviews for 2021’s pop-oriented Draw Down the Moon, guitarist Eric Hudson would say that N...
My 8 favorite new songs across punk, emo, indie & more
“And more” ranges from hip hop to death metal. Lambrini Girls, 200 Stab Wounds, and MooseCreek Park are some of the bands on the list.
I haven’t even started thinking too seriously about my top albums of 2026 list and I’m already getting s...
6 new albums I think are great
Read my reviews of emo revival vets Deer Leap’s first album in 10 years, The Drin’s DIY psych-rock epic, and more.
Here are some things I’m excited about from this week:
10 great screamo albums from the emo revival (or adjacent to it)
Screamo and emo revival have gone hand in hand from the start. Here are 10 of my favorite screamo albums from the revival era, with an emphasis on overlooked ones.
Screamo and emo revival have gone hand in hand from the start. When the ear...
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Longtime music journalist, ex-BrooklynVegan, author of EMO REVIVAL (coming 9.8.2026 via CLASH Books)
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