Do you remember that one guy in high school? The gritty charmer who threw the wildest parties and never seemed to get in trouble? Well, he grew up, and today he’s cooler than ever.

Hello friends! Look, do you really care about what my top 10 newer tracks are right now? I have no idea. But i’m sharing it with you anyway. As resident swemo in this NAPNET organization, I present to you, a collection of newer songs for folks who love putting the pop in their pop-punk but also still want sweaty basement punk vibes. lOOK YOU NEED TO STOP LISTENING TO THE SAME SONGS FROM 20 YEARS AGO, MAYBE THIS WILL HELP.

What happens when four nerdy scene kids grow up but refuse to grow out of their love of emo music? Turns out, they get together to form a pretty rad band. Self-proclaimed ‘sad dad’ rockers, Further North, are everything you remember loving about your local pop-punk garage band, only a little older and with an extensive library of corny puns at the ready. 

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, 2025 was one of the best years for emo and emo adjacent music in decades. It felt like every Friday there was a new album of the year contender.

Welcome to the first ever NAPNET Freshman Fifteen. If the Emo All Stars of 2025 list is the all-pro team, then is more like a top prospects lists than an all rookie team. Look, if hip hop and baseball get to do it then why can’t we?

I thought it was only fitting to start with some bands I’ve had on the podcast that some people may have missed! I’m starting out with New Jersey’s own Palamino! I found Palamino on TikTok, and I am forever thankful because Palamino checked all the boxes to be a “Lisa band.” There is grit, emotional lyrics, and beautiful moments scattered within Palamino’s songs.

Hello friends! Look, do you really care about what my top 10 newer tracks are right now? I have no idea. But i’m sharing it with you anyway. As resident swemo in this NAPNET organization, I present to you, a collection of newer songs for folks who love putting the pop in their pop-punk but also still want sweaty basement punk vibes. lOOK YOU NEED TO STOP LISTENING TO THE SAME SONGS FROM 20 YEARS AGO, MAYBE THIS WILL HELP.

The Art of Shattering, the debut album by Atlanta pop-rock band glimmers, dropped today. This has been one of my most anticipated full-length albums of the year. For years, glimmers (Maggie Schneider and Alex Downtain) have been crafting some of the most infectious pop-rock songs around. Now, with their first full-length album, they’re showing the full force of their sound when it unites into one cohesive story

“If you don’t like something, change it.” – Maya Angelou

Cliché as it is, this overplayed and tragically underapplied one-liner is the essence of the punk rock philosophy. For the members of emerging east coast emo band, Career Day, it’s a way of life. Born of frustration with the underrepresentation of both minority groups and prominent social issues in the genre, the band is rapidly gaining momentum in the scene and making meaningful impact everywhere they go

Alright alright alright, we’re back agaaaaain (Soulja boy voice) with another round of Robb’s Recs! This is a safe space for my chopped and washed older emo pals to learn some newer bands they may not know.

Halloween is basically the Emo kid Super Bowl. It’s the one time of year when the rest of the world catches up to our normal aesthetic: black eyeliner, tragic love stories, songs about death, and maybe some light grave-digging. So if it really was never a phase, here are ten movies that hit the perfect mix of spooky, sad, stylish, and scene.

On Sunday, October 26, I had the good fortune of finally seeing the act live and in person. Daisy Grenade came to The Roxy, one half of my favorite Cleveland, Ohio, venue Mahall’s, as support for Stand Atlantic. The Sunday crowd proved just a little bit lethargic as the show opened up. Last Night Saved My Life, the first act, did a good job of waking the slumbering crowd, who might have already been dreading their Monday morning alarm clock. But Daisy Grenade wasn’t going to settle for just “awake.” They came to set the room on fire.