The February roundup of our punk column ‘In Defense of the Genre’ includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world might look a little different than it did in the early 2000s — OK, a lot different — but the music that defined a ...

If you see someone in a My Chemical Romance t-shirt these days, be sure to give them a hug. The term "emo" is now 40 years old, according to the man who claims he invented it: Brian Baker. Baker, 60, ...

From CBGB to the LIE. Just when you thought it was “so last summer,” the iconic punk rock/emo and hardcore scene is still moshing hard on Long Island. The Big Apple’s far east neighbor is home to ...

Welcome to Emo Night Brooklyn, a late-night, DJ-driven dance party blasting the best emo and pop punk jams that raised ...

Upstate NY emo/post punk band Joshua has re-emerged with a whole new LP of old classics. The band formed in 1996, toured ...

Two pop-punk/emo bands are hitting the road together. Motion City Soundtrack announced new tour dates with Say Anything this week, including one Upstate New York concert. The two groups will perform ...

The pop-punk, emo, and metalcore festival When We Were Young has spent the past decade catering to former Warped Tour kids with disposable income. They won’t be doing that this year. The WWWY team ...

From there, he was in the original lineup of Samhain, Glen Danzig's first band after the Misfits split. Baker later played on The Meatmen'sWar of the Superbikes, formed Dag Nasty, and since 1994, he's ...