The December roundup of our punk column ‘In Defense of the Genre’ includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a ...

Since they burst onto the scene, Paramore has been one of the driving forces in pop-punk, and they have changed the scene with songs like these.

Pop punk and emo bands like Gym Class Heroes, Motion City Soundtrack, and Cartel took over in 2005. Now, they're back and ...

Despite most closely associated with the early 2000s, pop punk can trace its roots back to bands like The Ramones, whose influence can be traced to bands like Fall Out Boy who are associated with the ...

A pop-punk has updated its most beloved song with a surprising new singer. Goldfinger teamed up with skate legend Tony Hawk and alternative hip-hop star Bryce Vine for a new version of “Superman,” ...

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 ...