Pop Punk
WAIVER.
WAIVER. is an independent five-piece emo and pop-punk band from Lindenhurst, Long Island, pairing heavy riffs and fast-paced drumming with melancholy, introspective lyric...
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Emo
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Pop Punk
Slow Joy
Slow Joy is a Dallas-based Chicano artist, leading a solo project that delves into loud, fuzzy alternative rock. With a series of singles and EPs, Slow Joy's music resona...
Indie Rock
Kill Gosling
Columbus, Ohio band Kill Gosling make fuzzy indie punk with the immediacy of Joyce Manor and Superchunk, layering sharp pop hooks with shoegaze texture and elements of se...
Indie Rock
Sleep In.
Sleep In. are an indie-emo band from Haddon Heights, New Jersey, pairing mathy guitar work and smooth harmonies with the direct pull of alternative rock. Their third full...
Pop Punk
Dan Keyes
Dan Keyes fronted Austin post-hardcore band Recover before moving to New York and turning the dance-rock project Young Love into an Island Records signing. Two decades on...
Emo
Sowing
Massachusetts rock band Sowing pair melodic emo and post-hardcore intensity with the heavy, emotionally frayed pull of Title Fight, Superheaven, Fiddlehead and label mate...
Indie
hey, nothing
hey, nothing are an Athens, Georgia-born best-friend duo made up of Tyler Mabry and Harlow Phillips. The two met in middle school and began writing together while navigat...
Grunge
Sunbleached
Brisbane five-piece Sunbleached channel ’90s grunge, alternative rock and emotionally charged emo in the vein of Citizen, Basement and Nothing. Their Fletcher Matthews-pr...
Emo
Gordon Withers
Maryland-based rock cellist Gordon Withers brings post-punk, post-hardcore and emo songs into a stripped-down cello setting. He performs with the J Robbins Band and New F...
Pop Punk
Tiny Voices
Tiny Voices is a Midwest emo and pop-punk band from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, formed by college roommates. Known for their energetic blend of nostalgic punk and modern emo, the...
Emo
MyVeronica
MyVeronica is a Los Angeles emotional rock band that began as the solo project of singer and guitarist Mia Lin before expanding into a four-piece. The group uses loud gui...
Emo
I Promised The World
I Promised The World are a Denton, Texas five-piece who make scream-sung, early-2000s post-hardcore that sounds beamed in from a MySpace-era basement — screamo, Midwest e...
Emo
A Static Lullaby
A Static Lullaby are a post-hardcore band from Chino Hills, California, formed in 2001 — one of the acts that hard-wired the scream-and-sing dynamic into early-2000s post...
Emo
Khamsin
Khamsin is a rock band from Nashville, Tennessee, centered around the songwriting of vocalist Jacob Curry. With bassist Cole Harrison, drummer Caleb Pierce, and guitarist...
Punk
Wavves x Say Anything
Wavves x Say Anything is the collaborative project from Wavves’ Nathan Williams and Say Anything’s Max Bemis. Together they fuse Nathan Williams’ fuzzed out garage-pop in...
Emo
ME.
ME. is a new independent rock band featuring former Taking Back Sunday members Mark O’Connell and Eddie Reyes, alongside vocalist/guitarist Mike Jansen and bassist Neal A...
Indie Rock
Seer Believer
Seer Believer is the solo project of Nick Manske — the Denver/Aurora, Colorado songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as a guitarist in emogaze band Gleemer. Bui...
Emo
Snag
Since their formation in 2016, Milwaukee trio Snag have quietly carved out their own unique space in the DIY underground, quickly becoming a favorite of listeners hungry...
Punk
3 Dollars
Hoboken, New Jersey’s 3 Dollars write scrappy, melodic post-emo punk built on sharp hooks, raw emotion, and a nostalgic streak that pulls from Title Fight, The One Step C...
Indie Rock
Riley!
Riley! are a South Texas emo band from the Rio Grande Valley, built around twinkly high-capo guitars, raucous rhythm-section energy, and Ryan Bluhm’s sharply personal son...