"My daddy said I am starting to go through an emo phase as I discovered My Chemical Romance this week" - drum wonder-girl Nandi Bushell said about her latest video where she covers dark-emo band's 'Welcome to the Black Parade'. The 10-year old says she loves "being able to let out all my energy after a stressful week of home learning and online exams".

A lovely article in Pitchfork about bands being humane in this time of coronavirus pandemic. Post-hardcore band Thursday had their tour cancelled, which left them with lots of T-shirts stockpiled to sell on tour. They began donating the fabric to grassroots sewing collectives to make face masks. They also started selling factory-made Thursday-branded facemasks on their website, with proceeds going toward masks for frontline healthcare workers. Emo band Taking Back Sunday put together its own benefit initiative, selling various merch items from their inventory at discounted prices to raise money for masks. Together, Thursday and Taking Back Sunday have funded over 4,500 masks for medical professionals. Psych-folk guitarist and songwriter Kendra Amalie turned her merch inventory into cloth masks, doing the cutting and sewing at home herself, and sending them to people who needed them in her local community. My Chemical Romance is selling fabric face masks to benefit MusiCares’ COVID-19 Relief Fund.

David Bowie, Gorillaz, Black Sabbath, New Order, kd Lang, Notorious BIG, My Chemical Romance, John Lennon, Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Prince and Pink Floyd, among others, are releasing exclusive records on Record Store Day. The big day is on April 18.

Dark-emo icons My Chemical Romance announced a reunion show in Los Angeles on December 20, and tickets sold out in a matter of minutes. This will be their first gig since 2012. Alt Press...