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 ...

With the topic on our minds, we decided to indulge our nostalgia and ask our readers to name the best 2000s pop-punk songs. Find the top fan picks ranked below. 5. Good Charlotte – “Lifestyles of the ...

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.

Green Day has come a long way since the band’s days as semi-subversive ’90s rockers whose CDs your parents hesitated buying. Nowadays Billie Joe Armstrong and company have hit it big time on Broadway ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than two decades after their peak, the music of Yellowcard is a pop punk message in a bottle. The note that ...

A pop-punk/emo band is back with its first new album in 10 years. Motion City Soundtrack released “The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World” on Friday, featuring 11 new songs and collaborations with ...

Before Madonna ruled pop music, her heart belonged to another genre that helped define her sound and launch her legendary career.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Pop-punk band State Champs will be returning to their hometown of Albany to kick off the new year with a performance at Empire Live. The concert is scheduled for January 13.

Norway’s Øyafestivalen wrapped over the weekend with girl in red — one of the country’s best musical exports — bringing a raucous conclusion to four days of genre-spanning music. In addition to the ...

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 ...