Tracing the whole genre from its proto years to the present day. Out March 30, 2027 via St. Martin's Press.

A long talk with Jonah Paz and Yaelle Avtan about indulgence, ambiguity, manifesting, and 'Rumspringa.'

Live punk, recorded pop, loud rock, emotive electronica, and an interview with some talkative shoegazers.

Hyperpop vs. indie sleaze, hardcore vs. hip-hop, shoegaze vs. emo. Or something like that.

Beep beeeeeeep speed week continues at a blistering pace. Today we've got the favorite songs of some of my favorite writers (and one of my favorite graphic designers) about music! All of whom you can ...

Surveying rap's underground, checking in on hardcore, and going deep with a witch house scene report.

Howdy folks! The new year has kicked off with a wealth of great music writing. This month’s selections have put me in a time machine or some kind of liminal,...

Are two crazy girls from London indie-pop's new vanguard? Is indie-rock still great? Does Madchester's spirit live on? Lemme tell ya.

Are two crazy girls from London indie-pop's new vanguard? Is indie-rock still great? Does Madchester's spirit live on? Lemme tell ya.

"This machine kind of plucked my music, without my knowing, and used it to create these weird pockets that I feel feed on depressed youth."

Read Eli Enis’ review of the album.

On internet-native emo, brutal death metal infiltrating hardcore, and good bands with dumb names.

Real music criticism, essays, and interviews.

"It was a sad realization, but I think it’s unfortunately true in this industry: at the end of the day, no one's looking out for you except for you."

"It was a sad realization, but I think it’s unfortunately true in this industry: at the end of the day, no one's looking out for you except for you."

Rage-rap, Ratboys, Rate Your Music-core, and more.

Plus: torqued shoegaze, icy electro-pop, slugging hardcore, swagged-out rap, frigid slowcore, etc.

Block Communications just closed its Pulitzer Prize–winning newspaper, but its workers hope to keep local journalism alive, with their strike paper in hand and support from residents and officials

Reporting from the frontlines of a NYD hardcore matinee. Also: good punk, bad rock, nice dream-pop, and interviewing Sign Crushes Motorist's cloud-rap alter ego.

"I don't want to get more singer-songwritery. I want to curate a space for people to go nuts at a show."

Music is so good

"I don't want to get more singer-songwritery. I want to curate a space for people to go nuts at a show."

"I think if I thought about myself the way that people talk to me sometimes, I'd be insufferable."

Why Emmure -- nihilistic, violent, extreme -- are the 21st century's most prescient band.