Punks are easily enough identified–especially in their heyday. With its trademarked leather jackets, grungy boots, and piercings, punk was the defiant younger brother of classic rock. What Elvis ...

Although it took a long time for it to become established in the mainstream of the music industry, many albums define the early years of pop-punk. They stand out in the same way that some vital 10/10 ...

It was around the turn of the 21st century when pop punk music really started to hit the mainstream. Bands like Blink-182 and artists like Avril Lavigne really put the fun, energetic genre into the ...

From Blink-182 and Green Day to Yellowcard and Paramore, many pop-punk bands have stolen the hearts of rock music lovers. Though the genre has slightly shifted as the years (or decades) have passed, ...

Some artists set out to revolutionize music. They plot, they plan, they announce their intentions to the world. Then there ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

In 2021, then-Michigan artist MJ Bones played a tour date at Volume Two (AKA Never Ending Books) on State Street in New Haven. Their van broke down, and they had to stay a few extra days in the Elm ...

In downtown Gainesville, where energetic nightclubs and lavish restaurants meet, lies a passion for punk rock not only as a genre, but as a way of life. Respite Events hosted a concert Wednesday at ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...