The December (and very early January) 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.

Billboard Heart’ is out February 28 and features contributions from Caroline Rose, The Shins' Yuuki Matthews, and more.

Robbins of his favorite albums, live shows & more of 2024, and now we’re posting a list of Jawbox drummer Zach Barocas ‘ favorite albums of 2024. Zach stayed busy in 2024 with the release of his ...

Mark Stern, drummer of the veteran LA hardcore band Youth Brigade and co-founder of the annual punk festival Punk Rock Bowling, has made us a list of his top 10 bands of 2024, along with a playlist ...

The Darkness have finally revealed full details of their forthcoming album Dreams on Toast. It’s out March 28 via Cooking Vinyl . It was produced by the band’s Dan Hawkins at ...

The first single is the string-laden “Orlando in Love,” which a press release describes as “a riff on John Cheever’s riff on Orlando Innamorato, an unfinished epic made up of 68 ½ cantos by the ...

Philly darkwave duo Korine will release their fourth album, A Flame in the Dark, on March 28 via Born Losers Records. “This album is very special to us both, potentially our purest and most ‘us’ ...

Houston, TX trio Shallowater snuck out their debut album, There Is A Well, just before New Years Day 2024 — technically a 2023 release, but on at least one Best of 2024 list which led us to putting it ...

Your Arms Are My Cocoon also landed on our list of 15 great screamo releases from 2024 with Death of a Rabbit, and they capped off the year with the scrapped songs/demos comp Colorful Failures.

Cloakroom signed to Closed Casket Activities, released the new single “Unbelonging,” and confirmed that a new album would be coming in 2025. Today, that album has been announced. It’s called Last Leg ...

Plus: The Weather Station, Dean Blunt, Panda Bear, Lil Baby, ELUCID, Joey Bada$$, Sierra Ferrell, Guided by Voices, Franz Ferdinand, and more.

Why Bonnie, and more are also playing the new venue, which opened at the old Pyramid Club space on New Year’s Eve.