Adam Young, a.k.a. Owl City, is best known for his twinkling, melodic and emotive electro-pop. His biggest single to date, 2009's "Fireflies," perfectly encapsulates Owl City's bright, charming ...

Pretty lovely lyrics, right? Maybe a bit self-conscious considering the kid singing them is about to wail his head off in the next verse. But I think we can agree that the white-hot angst of ...

Remember those studded belts and knee-high Converse you’ve been clinging onto for dear life as the last reminder of “the good ol’ days” – MySpace, damaged backcombed hair and an unorthodox amount of ...

No matter how cringeworthy it sounds, pop-screamo is an incredibly accurate description of many bands who burst forth during post-hardcore’s surge in the early-to-mid-2000s. Metal-influenced riffs and ...

Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated ...

While the whole “blackened scramz” thing isn’t exactly new, what Infant Island bring to the style is a low-end chunkiness seldom heard in black metal or “real screamo”. No, this doesn’t mean metalcore ...