Bear vs Shark

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To help celebrate the 30th anniversary of legendary punk/hardcore/emo label Equal Vision Records, this edition of In Defense of the Genre highlights ten of the label's most overlooked releases.

This week's Notable Releases include the gigantic sounding Inter Arma album, Anderson .Paak's quick 'Oxnard' followup, Damien Jurado's most bare-bones LP in years, and more.

Plus: Justin Townes Earle, Burna Boy, The Original Misfits, The Psychedelic Furs/James, Carly Rae Jepsen, Riceboy Sleeps, Los Campesinos!, and more tour-related news.

”The title is jokingly about when James Brown (a big influence for us) would fine his musicians on stage for mistakes they’d make while playing,” the band says.

Post-hardcore/punk greats Bear vs Shark reunited back in 2016, and now members are turning their attention back to offshoot band Bars of Gold for a new album...

Plus: The Movielife, Omni, Flat Worms, Beck, Liz Phair, and more recently announced tours.

A collection of our best photos from 2016.

Also check out lists from label co-founder Will Miller and label employee Karl Kuehn (who fronts Museum Mouth).

The crowd seemed like a good mix of people who had clearly been waiting 11 years to see them again, and people who were finally getting a chance to see them at all. A mix like that is pretty much the ideal way pack a reunion show, and the band was clearly humbled by the turnout...