Hot Mulligan is a ride-or-die testament to staying true to yourself. When the emo band formed in 2014 and cut their teeth playing house shows and naming songs by closing their eyes and typing into auto-correct on their phones, no one expected they’d be selling out thousand-cap venues, one of their scene’s most respected bands a decade later. But as Hot Mully readies their phenomenal fourth LP The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still , that’s exactly where they’re at.

Chicago-based punk band Watermelon is gearing up to release their sophomore album, 'No Laughing, No Crying,' on vinyl via What’s for Breakfast? Records this October.

Watermelon writes three-chord pop punk bangers which explore themes of existentialism, mental illness, and having fun with your friends. It’s straightforward punk without the nonsense of guitar solos, pedal boards or trendy bullshit. Technical perfection takes a backseat to the heartfelt honesty of songs written in a trailer park bedroom.

TRSH exists in the tension between extremes, a tightrope walk that’s volatile and unpredictable yet built on intentional detail. The Springfield, MO quartet has blurred those lines since forming in 2021, childhood friends frustrated by false starts and determined to start a new project in what frontman Derek Berry calls a “last-ditch effort” to make their musical dreams a reality.

There's a quiet sort of vulnerability throughout these things happen, the upcoming second album from Kalamazoo, MI emo trio saturdays at your place.

Out September 12, the band takes take everything that made their early material resonate—twinkly guitars, heart-on-sleeve songwriting, a distinctly Midwestern ache—and stretch it into something even more resonant.

Their new song, “what am I supposed to do?” is a mid tempo reflection on individuality and people-pleasing, combined with the emotional labor of keeping your head above water while on the road. 

Black Guy Fawkes' fifth record, The Misery Suite, sees release September 19 via Asbestos Records (The Suicide Machines, Smoking Popes, Off With Their Heads).

"Hope in the Haze" is Tired Radio's debut album for Red Scare, and like many comrades that came before, this band is poised to make a great leap forward. They blast out raspy emo-punk anthems and draw comparisons to label alum MakeWar and Sincere Engineer. Ah, but are these young New Yorkers handsome and marketable? YES INDEED. Red Scare is so confident in these 10 songs they didn't even bother putting the band name or the album title on the front of the record. That takes some real stones, folks.

Trying Not to Have a Thought isn’t just the first Algernon Cadwallader album since 2011’s Parrot Flies. It’s also the first with their original lineup—vocalist-bassist Peter Helmis, guitarists Joe Reinhart and Colin Mahony, and drummer Nick Tazza—since Algernon’s seminal 2008 debut, Some Kind of Cadwallader. Shortly after that album was recorded—and long before it was heralded as a lodestar for the 2010s “emo revival”—Tazza and Mahony departed the band.

Baltimore, MD has one of the strongest hardcore scenes in America and the next band to watch coming out of the Charm City is Ousted. Having released a demo in 2023, Ousted now announce their first proper EP, How Do You Cope?, set for release September 19th on Ashtray Monument Records. Featuring members of Pulling Teeth, Ruiner, Neolithic, and Dosser, the band is crafting hardcore that strikes a perfect balance between urgent and melodious.

American Television is delivering a punchy dose of melodic punk rock to the Smartpunk Records roster with the announcement of their upcoming EP "You Are Not Alone" coming out on September 19. The skate-punk inspired anthems are driven by resilience and resistence that emphasize the transformative power of music. To celebrate the occasion, the band shared the title track. You can check it out here.