Bored of angsty and schizoid guitar-driven post-hardcore? Maybe you should try the piano flavour as offered by French three-piece My Own Private Alaska.

Congratulations to Australia’s The Amity Affliction for making Severed Ties, one of the few post-hardcore records of 2009 that hasn’t annoyed the crap out of me.

If you like the bombastic emo histrionics of My Chemical Romance, you’re probably already a fan of Chiodos. If you’re not, Bone Palace Ballet: Grand Coda will feel like chewing tin foil.

My Chemical Romance axeman Frank Iero has a side-project! LeATHERMOUTH’s X0 is half an hour of petulant teenage fury set to standard thrashy punk… so kind of a busman’s holiday gig, then.

It’s all lengthy titles and studio trickery from Phoenix post-hardcore mob Greeley Estates on their third album Go West Young Man, Let The Evil Go East.

Our Last Night’s début album The Ghosts Among Us combines intricate melodies and screaming hardcore dynamics … just like countless other bands.

Alaskan post-hardcore veterans 36 Crazyfists announce a new release date for their forthcoming album The Tide And Its Takers.

New Hampshire screamo outfit Our Last Night release “Timing Is Everything”, a taster track from their forthcoming album The Ghosts Among Us.

The Devil Wears Prada aren’t short on musical skills – so it’s a shame that their second album Plagues has an overdose of studio tricks.

Christian screamo band blessthefall’s debut album, His Last Walk, blends metal attack with pop music hooks with effective results – and minimal Bible-thumping.