The February 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.

A longtime pop-punk band is bringing back “classic riffs” on its first new album in 6 years. New Found Glory released “Listen ...

It was around the turn of the 21st century when pop punk music really started to hit the mainstream. Bands like Blink-182 and artists like Avril Lavigne really put the fun, energetic genre into the ...

It goes overlooked how the pop-punk genre can get dark sometimes. As is often the case with pop music, the catchiness of certain records can be so close to perfection that listeners overlook the dark ...

Submerged in his youth in Pittsburgh’s gritty punk subculture, Joe Jacobs returned to the Church in 2011 and today uses his musical talents to serve God as a member of Father Levi Hartle’s Praise ...

Punk in the Park scrapped its 2026 tour after backlash over founder Cameron Collins’ political donation unraveled the lineup.

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 ...