The crowd at Emo Nite's Grave Rave was made up of a wide variety of ages. The line, long and winding but orderly, stretched around the corner from the venue, with concertgoers dressed in everything ...

Hot Topic leggings, Claire's headbands, and rainbow Silly Bandz were a constant in my middle-school days. But years after stuffing every last band T-shirt in a box and pushing it deep in the back of ...

Many argue the C-U is a key location for the Midwest emo music genre, as the American Football House and many bands are based ...

(CNN) — The sun is setting on the Badlands as Amy Fleisher Madden squints through her camera’s viewfinder, searching amidst the red rock and prairie grass for a figure wearing head-to-toe black. The ...

The “American Football house” in Urbana is the most memed image in midwest emo. This photo appeared on the cover of American Football’s 1999 debut album, and it’s since been re-created and parodied ...