‘In Defense of the Genre’: Best Punk & Emo Songs of April
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 weren’t always taken so seriously. April is a wrap, and here in In Defense of the Genre land, technically the biggest news of this month is probably Taylor Swift namedropping The Starting Line in a song? Assuming Swifties are now on the hunt for more great punk & emo bands to listen to, you’re in luck! I highlight 10 new songs in that realm below. But first, some recent features and reviews: * The latest cover story in the free BrooklynVegan digital magazine is an interview with (Taylor Swift’s imminent tourmates) Paramore about going independent, becoming this year’s R...
