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The Blood Brothers’ ‘Crimes’ Retains Its Malevolent Relevance

The Blood Brothers’ ‘Crimes’ Retains Its Malevolent Relevance

The Blood Brothers Crimes is a pitch-black satire and critique of its time showing how little has changed. It would be depressing if the music weren’t thrilling.

Digging Deeper with Denver Emo Band A Place For Owls

Digging Deeper with Denver Emo Band A Place For Owls

Denver’s A Place For Owls discuss their new album, their relationship to emo, and the dual forces of suffering and hope in life and creative work.

Everything Feels Alright: The Promise Ring’s ‘Very Emergency’

Everything Feels Alright: The Promise Ring’s ‘Very Emergency’

The Promise Ring’s Very Emergency succeeds by subverting expectations but delivering ten nuggets of power pop and a rebuke of the emerging emo tropes.

Cursive’s Tim Kasher Discusses the Artist’s Life and ‘Devourer’

Cursive’s Tim Kasher Discusses the Artist’s Life and ‘Devourer’

“I fit through a pinhole of success,” notes indie rock titan Tim Kasher on Cursive’s ninth full-length album. “I’m lucky as hell that I’m able to do this.”

Cursive Soundtrack Your Existential Dread on ‘Devourer’

Cursive Soundtrack Your Existential Dread on ‘Devourer’

Devourer‘s songs are the best Cursive have released since 2003, balancing a noisy attack and withering lyrics with some of their prettiest, accessible tracks.

Emo’s Ogbert the Nerd Deliver ‘What You Want’ on New LP

Emo’s Ogbert the Nerd Deliver ‘What You Want’ on New LP

Ogbert the Nerd sound exuberant. There is a beating heart and pathos under the hooks, and they have much to offer listeners outside of emo’s ardent fans.

Los Campesinos! Deliver Their Definitive Statement on ‘All Hell’

Los Campesinos! Deliver Their Definitive Statement on ‘All Hell’

That All Hell is another high-quality release is not the least bit surprising; it’s Los Campesinos!’s best record and likely one of the finest of the year.

Joyce Manor’s ‘Never Hungover Again’ Is a Timeless Snapshot of Fading Youth

Joyce Manor’s ‘Never Hungover Again’ Is a Timeless Snapshot of Fading Youth

Joyce Manor’s ‘Never Hungover Again’ still sounds urgent and endlessly replayable cranked up loud with the windows down, and it will stay that way.

Joan of Arc Are Resurrected at Last (Just Ask Tim Kinsella)

Joan of Arc Are Resurrected at Last (Just Ask Tim Kinsella)

By putting Joan of Arc’s collected works in a dynamic box set, Tim Kinsella gauges how fans and critics are reconciling with the band’s work with modern ears.

Sunny Day Real Estate’s Emo Classic ‘Diary’ Turns 30

Sunny Day Real Estate’s Emo Classic ‘Diary’ Turns 30

When Sunny Day Real Estate released Diary 30 years ago, they inadvertently cemented the personalized and sympathetic elements of emo.

Snarls Wear Their Hearts on Their Sleeves on ‘With Love’

Snarls Wear Their Hearts on Their Sleeves on ‘With Love’

There are few things more thrilling in music than hearing a band reach another level of mastery of their craft, and Snarls sound positively inspired on With Love.

The Hotelier’s ‘Home, Like Noplace Is There’ Is Peak Emo Revival

The Hotelier’s ‘Home, Like Noplace Is There’ Is Peak Emo Revival

The Hotelier’s harrowing Home, Like Noplace Is There is a defining record of the emo revival. It can make us feel less alone in our darkest moments.