Pop-Punk and Emo

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The Many, Many Weird Guest Appearances of Sir Elton John

Elton John may be one of the most silently pervasive artists ever. At award shows, tribute concerts, and even on random albums, including his most recent stint on Fall Out Boy's currently #1 Save Rock and Roll, the "Candle in the Wind" crooner knows how to steal the spotlight from whichever star is ... More >>

Ten Things My Chemical Romance Fans Can Do RIGHT NOW to Cope With the Band's Breakup

In the wake of what, apparently, was the greatest band of all time -- My Chemical Romance -- breaking up, hundreds upon hundreds of unstable fans are currently struggling to put the pieces of their broken lives back together. There's a change.org petition requesting that MCR provide a proper worldwi ... More >>

HERE'S YOUR FUTURE

The Thermals hit 285 Kent

The Six Coolest Members of Otherwise Uncool Bands

By Ryan Wasoba Bands are collections of people. In any such group, some people will be cooler than others. Even in an uncool rock band, there will be cool people. Here are the six coolest members of uncool bands. Cool? Cool. See also: Top 10 Douchiest Guitarists of All Time

The Promise Ring

Cloud Nothings

Cursive+Cymabls Eat Guitars

Radio Hits One: fun.'s "We Are Young" Brings Indie Pop To The Super Bowl And The Hot 100

Last week Billboard published the Hot 100 chart covering the post-Super Bowl week, and unsurprisingly the most notable leap on the chart was made by a song featured on the telecast. The surprise was that it wasn't "Give Me All Your Luvin'," Madonna's new single, performed during her halftime show pe ... More >>

Dashboard Confessional

THE POISONOUS KIND

Hot Snakes slither into Brooklyn

The Descendents

Paramore

Okkervil River+Titus Andronicus

Jimmy Eat World

RIOT RHYTHM

Sleigh Bells will treat you right

DEATH BECOMES THEM

The Obits rock the Bell House

Bright Eyes

Underoath+Thursday

Lil Wayne, Mötley Crüe, Gaslight Anthem, Das Racist, And Insane Clown Posse Are Playing Bamboozle 2011

​The annual multi-day Bamboozle Festival, held every spring in a lovely parking lot or three out at the New Meadowlands Sports Complex, mingles emo punks with metal dudes and crossover-minded rappers, to often hilariously uncomfortable effect: The first day of last year's version was co-headli ... More >>

This Week's Voice: AraabMuzik, My Chemical Romance, Orange Juice, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, and More

My Chemical Romance go . . . Styx. Photo by Neil Krug.​In this week's Village Voice, Brandon Soderberg profiles the 21-year-old rap producer AraabMuzik, Christopher R. Weingarten is not impressed with the new record from My Chemical Romance, Francis Davis praises new efforts from Bill Frisell, ... More >>

'101.9 RXP Yule Rock Presents My Chemical Romance'

Circa Survive

The Gaslight Anthem And My Chemical Romance, Together At Last, At Roseland

Not My Chemical Romance​'Tis the season for super-goofy, radio-station-helmed holiday shows that corral together often wildly disparate acts in the name of yuletide cheer and forced promotion, and while Z100's Jingle Ball is the mother of them all (could a preview of the Dream/Kardashian music ... More >>

The French Horn of Sadness Plays For Thee: A Word About All Those People Who Didn't Get Into the Cap'n Jazz Show Yesterday

Nostalgia was the order of the day in Williamsburg yesterday, as packs of suspiciously old ex-hardcore kids roamed the pastures of Brooklyn to see the iconic '90s indie band Cap'n Jazz reunite at the Williamsburg Waterfront and then, later, to watch the mighty Universal Order of Armageddon reassem ... More >>

'VANS Warped Tour'

WRITE ON

Bringing up the next generation of female authors

Math the Band+Peelander Z+Uncle Monsterface

ROCKY VI

Folk wonder's latest album still walks a narrow path

HARD LINES

Rick Froberg opens his solo show and then plays a show

GARDEN SLATE

Rockers across both rivers converge

Interview: JEFF The Brotherhood's Jake Orrall on Leather Pants, the Nashville Scene, and Almost Breaking His Neck

Bekah CopeJamin and Jake With their savage follicles and beer-soaked, bruised take on punk, Nashville's JEFF The Brotherhood seem like the type of boys that would steal both your whiskey and your sister's virtue, and still earn a standing invitation to play your basement. But this might be an unfai ... More >>

Good Morning, Lovesick Paramore Fan

​That right there is a still from this video of Paramore performing "Brick by Boring Brick" at MTV's Ulalume Festival in Columbia, Maryland (it's Halloween themed--hence the spooky tree). We are not ashamed to say we feel the same way. [AP]

BRIGHT EYES

Seattle scene beacons bury the hatchet

So Who Should Cover What at This John Hughes Tribute at the Cake Shop on Saturday?

This, of course, could be really good, or really bad. "An original," in particular, sounds ominous. But it did get us thinking about our dream version of this show. What kind of New York talent is available to do covers of songs from John Hughes soundtracks?

'Stew & Heidi Present the Broadway Problem'+Tanya Tagaq

EMO PRESIDENCY

Andrew Jackson like you've never seen him

Young Love

Butch Walker

Slipknot

SONIC BOOM

John Reis stomps his way to Santos'

ALL HE KNOWS

Don't mess with Jay Reatard

MISERY BUSINESS

Unlikely industry darlings Paramore kick out the jams

The Polyphonic We

Critics were simply flabbergasted by harmonies in 2006, but we all needed them

"Alt-dude from last century fails to embarrass himself."

Evan Dando returns as an immaculate powerpop elder statesman

Noise from the Front

Actual audio from the Voice music section, October 25 through 31, 2006

Good Clean Fun

Teen punks the Jonas Bros. stay home from the prom

Irony Man Lives Again

Sparkler

Bowery Mission