pop punk

2002's 10 most unavoidable pop punk hits, ranked from worst to best

This edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at 10 of the biggest pop punk hits that turn 20 this year, ranked from ”keep that shit in 2002” to ”holds up!”

10 songs from the 2021 pop punk revival you need to know

From hitmakers like Machine Gun Kelly and Olivia Rodrigo to comparatively under-the-radar bands, pop punk is having a big moment right now. Here are 10 of the best songs from the genre’s current revival…

KennyHoopla & Travis Barker bring pop punk back to the future on new mixtape 'Survivor's Guilt'

Rising, genre-defying artist KennyHoopla embraces turn-of-the-millennium pop punk on his new Travis Barker-aided mixtape ‘Survivor’s Guilt,’ one of the best new albums of the recent mainstream pop punk revival…

15 '80s punk albums that shaped the '90s/'00s pop punk boom

Like grunge, the ’90s pop punk boom was the culmination of a sound that had been bubbling up for over a decade. For this edition of his edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre,’ I look back on 15 classic ’80s albums that shaped that sound…

A look back on 10 classic pop punk bands’ “mature” albums

This edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ takes a look at ten times where a classic pop punk band ditched the youthful sounds that made them famous and released a ”mature” album.

In Defense of the Genre is a new pop punk/emo/etc column on BV (5 best songs of January included)

In Defense of the Genre is a new column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, post-hardcore, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that weren’t always taken so seriously.

100 Best Punk & Emo Albums of the 2010s

The decade’s best punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, screamo, and more, from Foxing to White Lung to Touché Amoré to Joyce Manor to Julien Baker to Camp Cope, and beyond…

a look back on Saves The Day's 'Through Being Cool' for its 20th anniversary

An expanded reissue of Saves The Day’s ‘Through Being Cool’ is out today. Here’s a retrospective review of the classic, highly influential album.

blink-182 and Descendents' comebacks, and the enduring influence of pop punk

PUP, Modern Baseball, The Hotelier, Beach Slang, Against Me!, Face to Face, Bad Religion & more prove 2016 is pop punk’s best year in a while.

Pop punk's complicated relationship with indie rock, and the great new Wonder Years album

“Pop punk” was once widely considered a dirty term in most indie rock circles, but over the past few years it’s been sneaking into indie rock vernacular…
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