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 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 ...

Punk rock's big bang happened sometime around 1973, when the self-titled debut album from the New York Dolls was released. There were plenty of ripples before then — the Stooges, MC5, any number of ...

Those who have grown tired of the typical Christmas songs will discover a different side of the holidays in rock and punk ...

There is some debate about who holds the title of the first punk rock band. Some say it was the Ramones who helped make CBGB in New York City a hub for the rising genre and the subculture that grew ...

Pop-punk music is still going strong, and look no further than Avril Lavigne’s Greatest Hits tour for proof. The Canadian singer, who broke out as a teenager in 2002 with songs like “Complicated” and ...

On paper, punk has little in common with hard rock. In its infancy, it rejected corporate bands, guitar solos, concept albums, and similar bloat that plagued the biggest artists of the 1970s. But some ...

Since they burst onto the scene, Paramore has been one of the driving forces in pop-punk, and they have changed the scene with songs like these.

While relatively new, local band Ekko Astral is swiftly claiming their title as heavyweights in the D.C. punk scene. The band’s intense, debut album, “pink balloons,” has been caught in a whirlwind of ...

Janelle has an extensive career as a writer, with over a decade of freelance experience, especially when it comes to pop culture. Although her first love was music, she also enjoys digging into ...