What Is Emo?
Josh Tyrangiel of Time.com profiled the fast-growing ’emo’ movement that has many people scratching their heads for a proper definition. “It’s not music that follows any pattern,” says John Szuch, founder of emo label Deep Elm Records, based in Charlotte, N.C. “Some of it’s real accessible; some of it’s not. Some of it’s 10 minutes long and filled with all kinds of loud-soft dynamics, and some of it’s just kind of normal.” Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba puts it more succinctly: “I have no idea what emo is.” Read more.
