One year ago, Barbara Szabo, T.J. Petracca and Morgan Freed simply wanted to host an emo-themed bar party with their friends. “We made a Facebook event, and all of a sudden, 500 people showed up,” ...

The latest guest on the BrooklynVegan podcast is writer and author Chris Payne in celebration of his new book Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo’s Mainstream Explosion, 1999-2008, ...

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In conversation, Chris Carrabba talks in hushed, gentle tones. His speaking voice is candid and remarkably on brand (= “emo”), not unlike the sound made by a soft flutter of dandelion wishes ...

If you say it’s impossible for emo to age gracefully, Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba might agree with you. To Carrabba, it seems that the music, the scene and the generation he spoke for is ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Carrabba’s Dashboard Confessionals brought a slicker, softer side to the ...

“Dashboard Confessional” is the name of a band, but the one constant in its two-decade history is singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba, so the phrase effectively represents him as well. The heyday for ...

For most of his life, drummer Chris Kamrada has been on the road, moving from one tour to the next with little time in between. It’s a pace he learned early, starting at 13 with Orlando band There for ...