In Defense of the Genre

The DIY indie-punk scene of the past decade as we know it wouldn't exist without the influence of Bomb the Music Industry!, particularly their ambitious final album 'Vacation,' which turns 10 today.

The June 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.

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...

With 'Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing,' The Wonder Years wrote an Allen Ginsberg-inspired concept album about the suburbs that perfected the art of pop punk on a level that rivaled even the genre's pioneers. Today, that album turns 10...

blink-182's 'Enema of the State' followup found all three band members (and their management) trying to push the band in different directions, dealing with inner-band tension, and writing some of the best songs of their career in the process.

The May 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.

With the continued rise of over-the-top, theatrical, obnoxious hardcore, this edition of In Defense of the Genre looks back on 25 albums from the 2000s that helped pave the way for this hard-to-define sound...

The April 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.

In honor of its 20th anniversary, this edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks back on 'Full Collapse,' the most pivotal album of the post-hardcore/emo explosion.

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