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 ...

It’s only natural that a band so well-known for their catchy hooks would dish out a very memorable love song or two. “Good Good Things” is a particularly sweet song, one that differs quite a bit from ...

Those who have grown tired of the typical Christmas songs will discover a different side of the holidays in rock and punk songs. These songs can be turned up loud on Christmas Eve.

From the outside looking in, punk rock is angry music for people who don’t want to fit into society. Those who know more about the genre would likely call that a reductive definition. Punk takes on ...

Beyond the punk explosion, 1977 was a kaleidoscopic year of disco fever, prog ambition, funk, soul and the birth of ...

One of the problems in seeking a consensus on the greatest punk album ever is that if you ask ten rock fans for their definition of punk rock you'll get ten different answers.

There’s no shortage of punk bands in this city, but we were particularly impressed by Tuff Bluff‘s self-titled full-length debut, which dropped in May 2024. The twelve-track album is authentic, raw ...

The year is only at the halfway stage, but 2025 has already been loaded with great punk rock and hardcore music. From returning heroes to a selection of great debut albums, the scene feels like it's ...

What were the best hard rock songs of each year of the 1990s? What a decade it was, as we saw the end of hair metal's rule, the dominance of grunge and alternative music, a pop-punk revival and the ...

The Top 50 American Rock Songs don't necessarily scream "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!," but there's no mistaking the country of origin for most of these artists. The songs below, as selected by the UCR staff, ...

When you release an album as monumental as Glow On and then wait four years to follow it, any direction you go in is gonna be under scrutiny. Is it too similar, or too different? Should you aim for ...