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 ...

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Green Day leader Billie Joe Armstrong praised “real East Bay–Berkeley band” Crimpshrine for being "dirty" and a true testament to DIY punk.

Longplay "Opór" by Polish language Swedish punk band Śmierć was honoured with the “best punk album of the year” award at the 2026 Manifestgalan - top annual event of Sweden's independent music scene.

Here's the best pop-punk album from very year of the 1980s. Genres don’t appear overnight. They are the result of a natural evolution, where musical styles collide to create something new and dynamic.

Forged in the shadow of the Troubles in Belfast, Stiff Little Fingers released one of punk rock's all-time greatest love ...

The Damned are the greatest punk rock band of all-time, so logic would also have it, that they are also the greatest rock and roll band of all time. I write this because punk rock is the only genre of ...

On Monday morning, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, better known as the iconic French dance duo Daft Punk, released a cryptic eight-minute video on their YouTube channel titled ...