The calendar has turned to 2025 and 2024 is already fading in the rearview mirror. That’s not going to stop us from looking back at last year’s best punk releases, however, because the need for great ...

Punk rock has always been about expressing aggression and attitude as much as it is about the music. But those lines aren't so easily defined. On the surface, bands that arrived during the genre's ...

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 ...

CM Punk could have easily hung up his boots for a second time following his unceremonious exit from All Elite Wrestling in September 2023. The Second City Saint instead turned the wrestling world ...

When I asked a friend who recently moved to D.C. what she missed about her native San Diego, a zeptosecond of bittersweetness flashed in her eyes before she gave her unforgettable reply: “This band ...

"I think John Cena is going to wind up, when my career is said and done, being my best opponent. I'd like to think when his career is said and done that I might wind up being his best opponent too." ...

Trends change, but I’ve never in my lifetime seen the thirst for punk music die. It shows up in surprising ways, like when Olivia Rodrigo gets arenas full of impressionable kids singing along to punk ...