Geek Girl Riot goes into speed rounds this week with Tan France from Next In Fashion, The Last of Us (the final episodes), Unprisoned, The Mandalorian S3 E2, Chang Can Dunk, Champions, and Luther: Fallen Sun. Hold on while we catch our breath, while you read the quotes below and the 1-graph reviews of Champions and Scream 6 too.
If you’re ready to have a nostalgia-inducing summer at Warped Tour and the idobi Radio Summer School Tour, you can supercharge the good vibes by celebrating these June album anniversaries. From blink-182‘s iconic Enema Of The State and Dude Ranch to My Chemical Romance‘s Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, there’s no shortage of alternative staples to play over and over again. Check out the 53 must-listen rock, emo, and pop-punk album anniversaries taking place in June below. blink-182 — Enema Of The State Released on: June 1, 1999, via MCA Records.Standout Tracks: “All The Small Things” & “What’s My Age… Read more »
Florida’s premier Nu Emocore act, GILT, has just announced their forthcoming new record, I Saw Myself In The Black Screen, due out June 26, via Smartpunk Records. After releasing “Seattle Day 2” in March, the group has revealed another taste of the LP with “How Do You Kill An Angel, Barry?” Vocalist and guitarist Tyler Fieldhouse says, “Taking its name from cult-classic film Dogma, where protagonist Bethany doesn’t realize she’s talking to the fallen angel she was sent to stop from destroying God, ‘Barry’ is a song of rebellion, about biting the hand that feeds.” Fieldhouse adds, “Is God jealous… Read more »
Celebrating 5 years at sea, the Emo’s Not Dead Cruise is taking off on January 22-26, 2027, and running from Miami, Florida, to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas. And excitingly, they just revealed a stacked lineup for the big event. Yellowcard will serve as the main headliner, alongside Mayday Parade and Dance Gavin Dance. Ticketholders can also see Enter Shikari, The Cab, Honey Revenge, The Paradox, The Wonder Years, and more iconic acts on board. Matt Cutshall, aka Emo’s Not Dead founder, says, “The E.N.D Cruise is legitimately the best vacation ever. Seeing all of our favorite bands up close and personal… Read more »
Hey audio erotica fans, if you finished Jamie Campbell Bower’s Quinn story, where he portrayed Theo in The Trials, a new tale is heading your way. This time, the celebrity voice in question is Tom Blyth, aka young Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. Here, he leads as William for the audio erotica series, The Muse, a sexy narrated period piece. Earlier this week, Quinn cheekily teased the forthcoming series, which is due out with its first two episodes on Thursday, July 24. Some eagle-eyed fans correctly guessed the actor based on his hands… Read more »
Music festival season is officially upon us. Coachella kicked off the start of massive summer concert events on April 11-13 and April 18-20, and Columbus’ Sonic Temple Festival closely followed up on May 8-11. Some attendee accounts from these fests have stirred up major controversy, which forces the question, “Are festivals getting worse?” For starters, Coachella opened their weekends with cars stuck in traffic for 12+ hours, as reported by ABC7 Chicago. “I’ve seen people pass out from heat exhaustion,” one interviewee said. Some cars even ran out of gas and needed to be pushed onto the grounds. This past… Read more »
For months, Underoath has been teasing us with a pending, at-the-time unnamed album, but the wait is finally over! Today, the Florida natives have unveiled their new album, The Place After This One, is scheduled to arrive on March 28 via MNRK Heavy. Leading up to the announcement, the band has given fans a glimpse of what to expect with three singles: “Teeth,” “Survivor’s Guilt,” and “Generation No Surrender.” You can preorder or presave The Place After This One here. Of their forthcoming collection, guitarist Tim McTague shares, “The Place After This One is a multi-faceted idea. The fact that… Read more »
Following the release of fall 2024 singles “lucky” and “Kiss My (Ah),” Zoe Ko is sprinting into the new year with a cheeky new track, “drop the man.” She explains how an all-too-relatable scenario inspired the song. “‘drop the man’ came to be because of my two best friends who were on a streak of having terrible taste in men,” Ko says. She adds, “It was basically a whole year of seeing another lame dude come in and out of their life and leave each time with a little piece of their heart. And I was not having it. The… Read more »
Hey Monday‘s Cassadee Pope took to Instagram to share that she will not appear at 2025’s Emo’s Not Dead Cruise kicking off in Miami, FL on February 4 and embarking on the sea to Nassau, Bahamas through February 8. Pope shared in an Instagram post, “Unfortunately, I will not be able to join the Emo’s Not Dead Cruise in February. I’m really sorry to anyone who’s disappointed by that, but I promise it’s for a good reason and I’ll be able to tell you soon.” Read more: 7 Female Punk Artists Leading The Genre She adds, “I just wanted to… Read more »
After releasing dazzling pop-rock bangers such as “High Horse” and “Greener,” Taylor Acorn‘s debut album Survival In Motion is finally here. Alongside the release, she dropped a new music video for “Nervous System.” Acorn notes, “‘Nervous System’ is just one of those songs where whenever I listen to it I can’t believe that it’s a song that I wrote. It’s so different from my usual style of writing but in the best way and it’s definitely one of those where you can just roll the windows down on a nice day and jam out. I love the way it feels… Read more »
