Chicago quartet, Fall Out Boy, brought their Young Wild Things Tour to Philadelphia, but Brittany Sturges found it rather tame.

I Am the Avalanche brought a slew of mediocrity on tour with them to Orlando. Jen Cray was there to witness the disaster.

EP (Takeover). Review by Jen Cray.

Smile For Them (Sire). Review by Jen Cray.

The Things Around Us Burn (Suburban Home). Review by Jen Cray.

My Dear (TVT). Review by Jen Cray.

NJ’s pre-emo/melodic hardcore cult favorites Lifetime may have pissed off a lot of fans by signing to Pete Wentz’s Decaydance label, but their show with The Draft still almost sold-out Orlando’s The Social. Amongst the crowd was newly christened fan Jen Cray.

The Underground Is A Dying Breed (Immortal). Review by Jen Cray.

Every Second Counts (Hollywood Records). Review by Brittany Sturges.

Dial T for This (In Music We Trust). Review by Tim Wardyn.

The Walking Wounded (Victory). Review by Jen Cray.

Lifetime (Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen). Review by Jen Cray.

Brittany Sturges talks with Las Vegas writer Jarret Keene about his new book, The Killers: Destiny Is Calling Me and his history with the band.

Pessimism & Satire (Fearless). Review by Addam Donnelly.

On their first big headlining tour Atreyu participate in the tour mashup of metal, emo, and hardcore. Jen Cray reports on the West Side Story of girly boys versus manly men.

The ambitious sounds of The Format are Pet Sounds-era The Beach Boys for the Fall Out Boy audience. Unorthodox instrumentation, perfectly crafted melodies, and beautiful vocals that have the slightest hint of modern day emo whine, but not enough to make Jen Cray cringe.

The “Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour” brings Fall Out Boy, All American Rejects, Hawthorne Heights and other teenage poster pin-up popstars to Tampa’s youth, to their parents, and to Jen Cray.

Futures (Interscope). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Where We Stand (Takeover Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.

My Chemical Romance’s nonstop touring has not only strengthened their popularity, but it has tightened their performance as they have been proving all summer on The Warped Tour. Jen Cray finally captures that somersault.