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.

A look back on 30 emo, post-hardcore, and emo-adjacent albums from 2014, including The Hotelier, Modern Baseball, Pianos Become the Teeth, Cayetana, The Menzingers, La Dispute, and more.

These emo and pop punk love songs from the early 2000s are the perfect soundtrack for those 'butterfly in my tummy' feels. A little bit of pop punk, a bit of electronica, a lot of heart ...

Ruston Kelly has released Dirt Emo Vol. 2 via Rounder Records. Kelly continues to reimagine the genre and more with Dirt Emo, ...

Earlier this year, Palmyra announced a new album, Restless ... damn lonely tonight” — finds the Virginia trio leaning into emo; fans of Bright Eyes and Modern Baseball will enjoy this one.

If sad songs say so much, emo’s a real Chatty Cathy. Best Friends Forever, which continues on Saturday and Sunday, serves as a kind of genome map for the genre, tracing the music’s DNA back to ...