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Pop-Punk and Emo

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Q&A: The Promise Ring's Dan Didier On Getting The Band Back Together And Wood/Water

    Mid-'90s emo institution The Promise Ring announced last year that they'd reunite to play a few scattered shows throughout 2012. The band, in its early days, combined the noisy and particulate ideas of guitarist/singer Davey von Bohlen's previous band Cap'n Jazz with more traditional punk constructi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Jones Beach Theater And PNC Bank Arts Center Schedules Announced: Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Kelly Clarkson, And More

    Ah, the summer, the time of year when one can enjoy a concert in the glorious out of doors. This morning Live Nation announced the full lineups for its two local amphitheaters—the PNC Bank Arts Center in bucolic Holmdel, N.J. and the Jones Beach Theater, out on the South Shore of Nassau County ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 11, 2012

    'Where's the Band?'

    Ah, the summer, the time of year when one can enjoy a concert in the glorious out of doors. This morning Live Nation announced the full lineups for its two local amphitheaters—the PNC Bank Arts Center in bucolic Holmdel, N.J. and the Jones Beach Theater, out on the South Shore of Nassau County ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    The Bamboozle: Moving Back To Asbury Park (!), Headlined By Bon Jovi (?)

    The 2012 edition of The Bamboozle—the weekend-long festival of complete and utter overstimulation in the name of music and carnival rides—will take place May 18 through 20, and instead of being held in the parking lot of the Meadowlands' football stadium, as it has been for the past cou ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 2, 2011

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    The 2012 edition of The Bamboozle—the weekend-long festival of complete and utter overstimulation in the name of music and carnival rides—will take place May 18 through 20, and instead of being held in the parking lot of the Meadowlands' football stadium, as it has been for the past cou ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 2, 2011

    Saves the Day

    The 2012 edition of The Bamboozle—the weekend-long festival of complete and utter overstimulation in the name of music and carnival rides—will take place May 18 through 20, and instead of being held in the parking lot of the Meadowlands' football stadium, as it has been for the past cou ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 26, 2011

    Panic! at the Disco

    The 2012 edition of The Bamboozle—the weekend-long festival of complete and utter overstimulation in the name of music and carnival rides—will take place May 18 through 20, and instead of being held in the parking lot of the Meadowlands' football stadium, as it has been for the past cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Live: Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, And The Academy Is... Sweat It Out At Terminal 5

    Cobra Starship w/ Gym Class Heroes, The Academy Is..., Versa Emerge and A Rocket To The Moon Terminal 5 Friday, September 9 Better than: Facing the Fashion Week crowds. Fueled By Ramen—the label that brought its particular brand of emo to the MTV mainstream in the mid-aughts thanks to the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Live: Paramore Ends Their Year And Celebrates Their Label At Terminal 5

    Paramore w/ fun., The Stereo, The Swellers, and This Providence Terminal 5 Wednesday, September 8 Better than: Getting soaked on the long walk back to the subway. In one of the many shoutouts Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams directed toward her record label Fueled By Ramen—the emo-pop ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Live: blink-182 Like It Hot And Wet At Jones Beach

    Honda Civic Tour: Blink 182/My Chemical Romance w/Alkaline Trio Nikon At Jones Beach Theater Sunday, August 7 Better than: A five percent chance of rain. On the way to Jones Beach last night, leery of the weather that had cut short the final day of Escape To New York some 70 miles east, I checke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Live: Taking Back Sunday Bring It Back Together At The Best Buy Theater

    Taking Back Sunday w/Thursday Best Buy Theater Sunday, July 17 Better than: Breaking up. The Best Buy Theater seems hermetically sealed from Times Square—to enter it is to completely remove yourself from the heat, which, in July, introduces stasis to the blood. You are rewarded inside with ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 1, 2011

    Coheed & Cambria

    Taking Back Sunday w/Thursday Best Buy Theater Sunday, July 17 Better than: Breaking up. The Best Buy Theater seems hermetically sealed from Times Square—to enter it is to completely remove yourself from the heat, which, in July, introduces stasis to the blood. You are rewarded inside with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Live: Bamboozle Stimulates Every Sense (And Then Some)

    So much to see, everywhere. ​The Bamboozle Meadowlands April 29-May 1, 2011 Better than: Watching scene reports scroll by on Twitter. In a lot of ways, the Bamboozle is a festival tailor-made for the current moment of constant distraction. The festival's running time over three days totals ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Live: Patrick Stump Gets Soulful At Joe's Pub

    Patrick Stump, Om'Mas Keith Joe's Pub Sunday, April 10 Better than: Watching

  • Voice Choices

    March 23, 2011

    City & Colour

    Patrick Stump, Om'Mas Keith Joe's Pub Sunday, April 10 Better than: Watching

  • Voice Choices

    February 23, 2011

    Good Charlotte

    Patrick Stump, Om'Mas Keith Joe's Pub Sunday, April 10 Better than: Watching

  • Voice Choices

    January 19, 2011

    Joan of Arc

    Patrick Stump, Om'Mas Keith Joe's Pub Sunday, April 10 Better than: Watching

  • Voice Choices

    October 13, 2010

    ALTERNATIVE ART

    Rock stars can do more than just rock

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    Ten Bands From The '90s That Haven't Reunited

    Mark Ibold, still happier about the Pavement reunion than you are​So Chavez is reuniting, or whatever you want to call it. A Pavement reunion just dominated most of last week in New York City. Before that, it was a never-dissolved-but-certainly-largely-inactive Superchunk. In the past few year ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 27, 2010

    Secondhand Serenade

    Mark Ibold, still happier about the Pavement reunion than you are​So Chavez is reuniting, or whatever you want to call it. A Pavement reunion just dominated most of last week in New York City. Before that, it was a never-dissolved-but-certainly-largely-inactive Superchunk. In the past few year ... More >>

  • Music

    May 25, 2010

    Summer Guide: Kelis Tries For A Rebound

    With her new album Flesh Tone, the "Milkshake" singer tries on some club-pop

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Live From the Bamboozle, Where the Most Emo Act Was A Rapper, and the Only Grownups in Sight Were the Five Kids in Paramore

    The Bamboozle Meadowlands Parking Lot Saturday, May 1 The Bamboozle is the circus-themed mainstream punk/pop/whatever blowout where the line for Mrs. Field's ice cream and cookies dwarfs the one for $10 Miller Lites. It's the sunburn factory with a kid sporting an irony-free Snapple tattoo. A mor ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 9, 2010

    Alkaline Trio

    The Bamboozle Meadowlands Parking Lot Saturday, May 1 The Bamboozle is the circus-themed mainstream punk/pop/whatever blowout where the line for Mrs. Field's ice cream and cookies dwarfs the one for $10 Miller Lites. It's the sunburn factory with a kid sporting an irony-free Snapple tattoo. A mor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s, F2K No. 17: Simple Plan, "Perfect"

    F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. A fine whine imported from Canada.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s, F2K No. 20: Gym Class Heroes, "Taxi Driver"

    F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. Since emo already ruined rock music for a generation, why not just take rap too?

  • Voice Choices

    November 24, 2009

    Brand New+Glassjaw+Thrice

    F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. Since emo already ruined rock music for a generation, why not just take rap too?

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2009

    Live: Paramore Reduce Your CMJ Showcase To Ashes at Hammerstein

    Paramore Hammerstein Ballroom Wednesday, October 21 Paramore's Hayley Williams is 20-years-old, about five feet tall, and when she walks out in front of three or four thousand people she's serenely calm. On Tuesday, somebody gave her a gold plaque, for a record her band released four years ago, w ... More >>

  • Music

    October 6, 2009

    Paramore Finally Bust Up the Lonely Tears Boys Club

    Emo's Femme Fatale, Hayley Williams

  • Music

    December 17, 2008
  • Voice Choices

    April 29, 2008

    RITES OF SPRING

    Emo takes flight in the Meadowlands

  • Music

    October 16, 2007

    Emo "Elder" Statesmen Jimmy Eat World and Thrice

    Emo "elder" statesmen are dependably accessible, or not

  • Music

    May 22, 2007

    The Used's Lies for the Liars

    An ambitious step forward that coulda been, but ain't

  • Music

    March 6, 2007

    In Defense of Ultragrrrl

    Sarah Lewitinn has become New York’s premier tastemaker—and that's what makes the haterati squirm

  • Music

    February 13, 2007

    Pop Music of the Future

    Turn off your Boris or whatever and let's get retarded

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    January 30, 2007

    How to Be an American Idiot

    The Internet may eventually kill "the album" as a concept, but 2006 kept the concept album alive

  • Music

    August 15, 2006

    Bleat on the Brats

    Emo-goth bill isn't exactly Top-8 material

  • Music

    March 14, 2006

    Showbiz Kids

    Emo-metal extravaganza opts for spectacle over substance

  • Music

    June 21, 2005

    Emo guys insult selves, discover porpoise in life

    Emo-metal extravaganza opts for spectacle over substance

  • Music

    January 11, 2005

    Emo Band From Florida Embraces '80s Corporate Rock With Open Arms

    Emo-metal extravaganza opts for spectacle over substance

  • Music

    January 11, 2005

    Ohio-Bred Pop-Punk Christians More Gallant Than Goofus

    Emo-metal extravaganza opts for spectacle over substance

  • Music

    August 3, 2004

    Music

    Emo-metal extravaganza opts for spectacle over substance

  • Music

    July 27, 2004

    Man Your Battle Stations

    Conceptually inclined emo kids' seriously absurd prog-metal fantasies hit the big time

  • Music

    July 27, 2004

    Battle of the Bad

    Rhyming shit with itself vs. whining about your ex-girlfriend

  • Music

    December 2, 2003

    What's Their Age Again?

    Anticipatory asthenia bogart conundrum criminally spazzy zing: Look 'em up, suckers!

  • Music

    October 7, 2003

    Sensitively Stringed Soundtrack for a Self-Circumcision

    Anticipatory asthenia bogart conundrum criminally spazzy zing: Look 'em up, suckers!

  • Books

    September 30, 2003

    Books

    Anticipatory asthenia bogart conundrum criminally spazzy zing: Look 'em up, suckers!

  • Music

    July 10, 2001

    What's My Age Again?

    Anticipatory asthenia bogart conundrum criminally spazzy zing: Look 'em up, suckers!

  • Music

    September 26, 2000

    Emotional Rescue

    Sad Emo-Punk Boys Pull on Strings, Unravel Sweaters, Shiver ’Til Spring

  • Music

    September 7, 1999

    As Not Seen on TV!

    Sad Emo-Punk Boys Pull on Strings, Unravel Sweaters, Shiver ’Til Spring

  • Film

    December 8, 1998

    Desperate Measures

    Sad Emo-Punk Boys Pull on Strings, Unravel Sweaters, Shiver ’Til Spring

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