Pop-Punk and Emo

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First Listens: Blink-182's Neighborhoods

​ Any energy-based band returning to the fray after eight years -- especially one whose calling card was its immaturity -- will be a nervous prospect. Yet here is Blink-182, out today with Neighborhoods. Let's see how it goes. Stream the album on Blink-182's website here. Ghost on the Dance ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World on the Success of "Bleed American"

​ Any energy-based band returning to the fray after eight years -- especially one whose calling card was its immaturity -- will be a nervous prospect. Yet here is Blink-182, out today with Neighborhoods. Let's see how it goes. Stream the album on Blink-182's website here. Ghost on the Dance ... More >>

In Print: Jimmy Eat World Revisits Bleed American, and More

Jimmy Eat World​Jimmy Eat World: In 2001, four friends from Mesa, Ariz., made an album called Bleed American -- a set of sentimental, earnest, and immensely relatable pop-punk anthems. Teenagers everywhere shoved the CD into their car stereos as they snuck out past curfew; the album went plati ... More >>

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Jimmy Eat World​Jimmy Eat World: In 2001, four friends from Mesa, Ariz., made an album called Bleed American -- a set of sentimental, earnest, and immensely relatable pop-punk anthems. Teenagers everywhere shoved the CD into their car stereos as they snuck out past curfew; the album went plati ... More >>

Sunday: Alkaline Trio Plays Third S.F. Show in a Month; Remains Compulsive Viewing

Bri DeLibertisAlkaline Trio at Bottom of the Hill Sunday night.​Alkaline TrioJuly 17, 2011@ Bottom Of The HillBetter than: Sitting at home and reminiscing about how great music was ten years ago.Back in 2003, Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba did a last-minute acoustic set in the back room of SOMA ... More >>

Oops! Coheed and Cambria's Michael Todd Goes to Jail Instead of His Gig

The Salt Lake Tribune​Things not to do before your gig: cut off your fingers, get lost backstage, get arrested. The list is short, but Coheed and Cambria bassist Michael Todd allegedly forgot to follow the rules before his band was scheduled to open for Soundgarden last night in Massachusett ... More >>

The Man in Blatz

The Salt Lake Tribune​Things not to do before your gig: cut off your fingers, get lost backstage, get arrested. The list is short, but Coheed and Cambria bassist Michael Todd allegedly forgot to follow the rules before his band was scheduled to open for Soundgarden last night in Massachusett ... More >>

Saturday Night: Coheed and Cambria Perform Two Possibly Magical Sets at the Fox Theater

Romana MachadoClaudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria​Coheed and CambriaThe Second Stage Turbine Blade TourMay 7, 2011@ Fox Theater, OaklandBetter than: The next three fiftysomething chuckleheads you hear pronounce rock dead. The scene outside Oakland's Fox Theater last Saturday night was as old as ... More >>

Check Out a Free Mini-Mix From the Diary Emo/Pop-Punk Party at Pop's Bar

​Diary is a monthly party at the inimitable Pop's Bar featuring the best in late-'90s and early-'00s emo, pop-punk, and screamo. Starting this week, Diary -- which is put on by Patric Fallon, an occasional SF Weekly contributor and expert blogger over at XLR8R, along with Kristopher Hannum -- will ... More >>

The Frustrators Fire Up

With Green Day on pause, Mike Dirnt's other band hits the punk dive circuit.

Forgetters Reignite Jawbreaker-Caliber Angst at Bottom of the Hill

The Forgetters at Bottom of the Hill last night. Pics by Rae, whose camera broke upon arrival, leaving us no choice but to subject you to Blackberry photos.​Forgetters January 27, 2011 @ Bottom Of The Hill Better than: Living under the false hope that Jawbreaker are going to reform one day. The ... More >>

Friday Night: Phenomenauts Lead a Locally Grown Geek-Punk Freakshow at Rickshaw Stop

Phenomenauts at Rickshaw on Friday. Pics by Chris Trenchard.​PhenomenautsTornado RiderManzanitaBobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggetsJanuary 7, 2010@ Rickshaw StopBetter than: Middle Earth's music scene.The upshot of the live music malaise in early January is without a doubt the spotlight inh ... More >>

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Phenomenauts at Rickshaw on Friday. Pics by Chris Trenchard.​PhenomenautsTornado RiderManzanitaBobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggetsJanuary 7, 2010@ Rickshaw StopBetter than: Middle Earth's music scene.The upshot of the live music malaise in early January is without a doubt the spotlight inh ... More >>

Jimmy Eat World's Timeless Emo Inspires Flashbacks of Lost Youth at the Warfield

Richard Haick​Jimmy Eat World September 30, 2010 @ The Warfield Better than: all those dudes in eyeliner that people think are emo now. In an attic in Arizona somewhere, there are four hideously deformed paintings, getting old, Dorian Gray style, because the members of Jim ... More >>

Cap’n Jazz reunites for a tour of self-discovery

Richard Haick​Jimmy Eat World September 30, 2010 @ The Warfield Better than: all those dudes in eyeliner that people think are emo now. In an attic in Arizona somewhere, there are four hideously deformed paintings, getting old, Dorian Gray style, because the members of Jim ... More >>

In Print: Cap'n Jazz Reunion, Jewish Black Music, and the Significance of Freddie Gibbs

​Does anyone else feel like 2010 has been particularly flush with big-name indie-rock bands getting back together? Pavement and Guided By Voices aside, another seminal outfit reassembling for a tour this year is Cap'n Jazz, a midwestern group that helped establish emo back in the early '90s. ... More >>

Show preview: Jonathan Lefler

​Does anyone else feel like 2010 has been particularly flush with big-name indie-rock bands getting back together? Pavement and Guided By Voices aside, another seminal outfit reassembling for a tour this year is Cap'n Jazz, a midwestern group that helped establish emo back in the early '90s. ... More >>

Show preview: Danzig

​Does anyone else feel like 2010 has been particularly flush with big-name indie-rock bands getting back together? Pavement and Guided By Voices aside, another seminal outfit reassembling for a tour this year is Cap'n Jazz, a midwestern group that helped establish emo back in the early '90s. ... More >>

Last Night: 30 Seconds to Mars, Mute Math & Neon Trees at the Fox

​30 Seconds to Mars, Mute Math, Neon Trees  Thursday, May 13, 2010 The Fox Theater Better than: seeing a Billy Idol tribute band The audience at last night's 30 Seconds to Mars show at the Fox Theater was overwhelmingly young. Even the lead singer in the opening band, Neon Trees, notic ... More >>

The Black Lips

​30 Seconds to Mars, Mute Math, Neon Trees  Thursday, May 13, 2010 The Fox Theater Better than: seeing a Billy Idol tribute band The audience at last night's 30 Seconds to Mars show at the Fox Theater was overwhelmingly young. Even the lead singer in the opening band, Neon Trees, notic ... More >>

You Brut!

​30 Seconds to Mars, Mute Math, Neon Trees  Thursday, May 13, 2010 The Fox Theater Better than: seeing a Billy Idol tribute band The audience at last night's 30 Seconds to Mars show at the Fox Theater was overwhelmingly young. Even the lead singer in the opening band, Neon Trees, notic ... More >>