Dreamwell did not have to go this hard; In My Saddest Dreams, I Am Beside You is a post-hardcore triumph that makes its already-great predecessor Modern Grotesque seem like a warm-up in comparison.

Pretty lovely lyrics, right? Maybe a bit self-conscious considering the kid singing them is about to wail his head off in the next verse. But I think we can agree that the white-hot angst of ...

Adam Young, a.k.a. Owl City, is best known for his twinkling, melodic and emotive electro-pop. His biggest single to date, 2009's "Fireflies," perfectly encapsulates Owl City's bright, charming ...

Screamo is a great soundtrack for dire times, so it makes sense that we’ve been in the midst of (another) screamo revival for a few years now, and the genre has very much been thriving in 2022. This ...

Stop shouting. Bob Bradley (formerly of Scars of Tomorrow and currently in Fake Figures) and I yelled at each other for about two hours straight and ranked the best screamo albums year-by-year from ...

Remember those studded belts and knee-high Converse you’ve been clinging onto for dear life as the last reminder of “the good ol’ days” – MySpace, damaged backcombed hair and an unorthodox amount of ...

Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated ...

A Taylor Swift Bandcamp page is up and running, but Swifties shouldn’t expect any of the pop star’s hits. James, 27, tweeted on April 25 that they had “secured the URL” to TaylorSwift.Bandcamp.com.

If you've never heard a "screamo" song, brace yourself before you search YouTube (I'm still recovering). As you might imagine, there's a lot of screaming. But there is also sometimes violence, blood, ...

The playlist took a break last week, so I've got some jams to catch up on. High on Fire has a barn-storming cover of Bad Brains' "Don't Bother Me" from its Bat Salad EP, Laurie Anderson explores the ...