Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As far as TikTok is concerned, it’s officially the season of fully embracing that we’ve entered cooler months and bid adieu to ...

The “American Football house” in Urbana is the most memed image in midwest emo. This photo appeared on the cover of American Football’s 1999 debut album, and it’s since been re-created and parodied ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

Music YouTuber Mic The Snare and punk scholar Kyle Fulford join Payton to break down the history of the music genre that took TikTok by storm (and by sick guitar riff).

Released in 1999, indie rock band American Football’s self-titled debut album “American Football” was a landmark moment for the emerging genre of Midwest emo. Characterized by its distinct ‘emo’ voice ...

Emo (noun): a hotly contested music genre where bands and fans alike refuse to agree on who qualifies for a place in the rankings for all eternity, where no band admits to falling into the criteria of ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...