Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Cult of Luna and Kylesa show at Gramercy Theatre go on Live Nation/Music Geeks presales at 10 AM (Music Geeks password = musicgeeks). Tickets for the Caspian and Circle Takes the Square show at Rough Trade... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Defeater at Skate & Surf 2015 (more by Mimi Hong) Melodic hardcore crushers Defeater and '90s-rock devotees Superheaven will head out on tour together this fall. It's a run opening for popular pop punk band Four Year Strong, and... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Mimi Hong, words by Andrew Sacher American Nightmare / mewithoutYou / crowd Asbury Park's 2015 Skate & Surf Festival went down this past Saturday (8/16) and Sunday (8/17) with a handful of great bands both days. The festival... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Boston hardcore rippers Defeater already have an album on Topshelf and two on Bridge 9, and they've now signed to Epitaph, whose roster just keeps getting more stacked with some of the best modern punk bands (The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Make Do And Mend came up in the same "New Wave of Post-Hardcore" scene that birthed their pals like La Dispute, Touche Amore, Pianos Become the Teeth and Defeater. Those bands never sounded that similar, but on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Pianos Become the Teeth at Webster Studio in October (more by Mimi Hong) Title Fight already have an awesomely billed tour with La Dispute and The Hotelier coming up that hits NYC on 3/27 at Webster Hall... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Capsize LP artwork San Diego's Capsize make melodic hardcore in a style not unlike Comeback Kid or Defeater, favoring thick distorted guitars over the atmospheric elements that many of the newer bands in this genre have taken... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Ethan Hansen Boston's Aviator are yet another fine example of modern bands keeping alive '90s/'00s screamo and melodic hardcore -- see also Touche Amore, Pianos Become the Teeth, Defeater, Frameworks, State Faults, etc etc e... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher The last record from Tampa's Rescuer, 2013's With Time Comes the Comfort (Rise Records), was melodic hardcore (think Modern Life Is War, Defeater, Comeback Kid), but they've changed things up for its followup, Anxiety Answering, whic... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Defeater Boston post-hardcore band Defeater were supposed to head out on a tour with Modern Baseball, The Wonder Years, Citizen and Real Friends, though unfortunately, they've had to drop off due to a medical issue. The band posted to Facebook:Hey... more info