A Wilhelm Scream

The January roundup of punk column In Defense of the Genre includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.

The tour supports A Wilhelm Scream's upcoming first album in nine years.

After recently releasing new single ”Be One To No One,” melodic punk vets A Wilhelm Scream have now finally announced a new album...

The Massachusetts melodic punk/hardcore vets are back.

Plus: Iron Maiden, Turnstile, Catbite, Star Fucking Hipsters, Ether Cover / GIllian Carter, Eddie Vedder, Allie X, Dark Tranquility / Kataklysm / Nailed to Obscurity, Jeff Goldblum, Buffalo Tom, The Menzingers, and more tour and festival news.

Plus: A Wilhelm Scream / Comeback Kid, Parquet Courts, Amyl and the Sniffers, Cate Le Bon, Sondre Lerche, Show Me the Body, Bounding Souls, Whitmer Thomas, Bent Arcana (OSEES, TVOTR), and more tour and festival news.

PEARS, The Casket Lottery, Direct Hit, Ratboys, Be Well, Brendan Kelly, Militarie Gun, NØ MAN, Camp Trash, Joystick and more join the already-stacked lineup...

Frank Turner, Cursive, Sparta, Good Riddance, Torche, Strike Anywhere, Modern Life Is War, and more are also on the bill...

Listen to new songs by Nick Hakim, The Rentals, The Jayhawks, Inventions, Jade Hairpins, The Beths, Amnesia Scanner, Exhumed, Omni, and more.

The lineup includes full-album sets from Hot Water Music, Cursive, Samiam, and The Flatliners, plus Modern Life Is War, Strike Anywhere, Torche, A Wilhelm Scream, Good Riddance, and much more...