In 2011, the new wave of post-hardcore came into full effect with seminal albums by Touche Amore, Pianos Become the Teeth, La Dispute, Defeater, Title Fight, and more. This edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks back on those albums for their 10th anniversary, the overall punk landscap…
1996 was a historic year for emo. This edition of 'In Defense of the Genre' looks at 18 landmark emo (and emo-adjacent post-hardcore) albums from that year in honor of their 25th anniversaries...
Here's the December (and year) roundup of our punk/pop punk/emo/etc column 'In Defense of the Genre,' with tons of year-end lists, and the five best songs of the month...
Infant Island, Record Setter, Touche Amore, Respire, Soul Glo, Nuvolascura, and more of this year's screamo and post-hardcore releases that we strongly recommend...
A ton of good ska and ska-punk records came out in 2020. Here are 18 -- plus some non-album singles and honorable mentions -- that we highly recommend.