Baker, 60, is one of those punk rock Forrest Gump types, being involved in numerous landmark events in the genre. H e ...

The October roundup of our punk column ‘In Defense of the Genre’ includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.

Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams, who picked up four Grammy nominations Friday, is teasing an upcoming solo tour – ...

Emo anthems and pop-punk memories collided for When We Were Young in Las Vegas, proving nostalgia still hits just as hard.

Move over ugly sweater parties, and make way for ugly crying as Emo Christmas hits NYC for a limited run this holiday season...we're NOT ok.

For decades, Warped Tour was a proving ground for punk, emo, and alt-rock artists – and an annual place where those fan ...

In Blink-182’s song “Turpentine,” co-lead singers Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus join their voices together to belt out “What If I’m not like the others?” For any of the thousands of pop-punk/emo fans ...

What’s better than screaming down the highway and singing at the top of your lungs to your favorite songs? Maybe singing along to all your favorite emo and pop-punk songs you listened to in high ...

Box Car Racer, +44, and Texas Is the Reason are all among the best pop punk bands that only released one album, but made it ...

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, ...

Two “Punk” and “Emo” fossils — and we don’t mean elder members of the music circles that once enjoyed greater cultural cachet — are challenging scientists’ understanding of the evolution of mollusks.

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 ...