Against Me!

The acoustic punk song is a time-honored tradition that has seen a rise -- due to necessity -- during this year of isolation. This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks at 30 songs from throughout punk history with great acoustic versions.

This week's Notable Releases include Laura Jane Grace's surprise mostly-acoustic album, Westside Gunn's third album of 2020, Jonsi's first solo album in ten years, and more...

Laura recorded the surprise 14-song album with Steve Albini and it's her first for Polyvinyl.

It's a gorgeous, heart-rending piano ballad, and Lydia and Laura sound great together on it.

This edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at 18 early 2000s punk albums that were too gritty for the bubblegum pop punk TRL was playing but too tuneful for the depths of the hardcore underground, and still sound vital today.

Chance the Rapper, Ice Cube, SZA, The Weeknd, Pharrell, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, The Rock, Oprah, Bette Midler, and others also remembered the 'Black Panther' star...

Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace and The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle have paid tribute to the Portland, ME venue.

Today's picks for live videos to watch while you're home and every show is cancelled include Pale Saints in 1991, Superchunk in 1992, Op Ivy's final show at 924 Gilman, John Darnielle solo in 2002 and more...

Including songs from Pretenders, Jonathan Richman, John K Samson, Talking Heads, X, The Raincoats, Sonic Youth, Buzzcocks, Suicide, Viagra Boys, Ty Segall, Galaxie 500, DEVO, The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, and more.

If these three ”Angela Baker” songs sound suspiciously like 2006-2007 era Against Me! songs, well, that's because they almost definitely are...