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.
blink-182 are in Brooklyn to play Barclays Center on Friday, the same day their new album Nine comes out, and while they were here they played a VERY small show at Saint Vitus...
The Mark, Matt and Travis Show's second album is a massive improvement upon 'California,' and back to the darker and more adventurous path blink-182 began on the untitled LP, but not without its clunkers.
The Flaming Lips played 'Yoshimi' in full and covered Daniel Johnston, blink-182 played 'Enema of the State' in full, and we also caught Hot Water Music, Violent Femmes, Anti-Flag, and more...
Not only is Warped Tour celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, its Atlantic City headliner blink-182 are celebrating their own anniversary, Enema of the State's 20th. To celebrate, they ripped through the classic LP in full at Warped...
Ludacris was rescheduled from Friday night (he told the crowd it was because he couldn't leave the shoot for 'Fast & Furious 8' on Friday) and it turned out I wasn't the only one who was still excited enough to wake up Sunday morning and see him...