Operation Ivy

Musician and journalist Aaron Carnes (Flat Planet, Gnarboots) is releasing his book 'In Defense of Ska' in 2021. Ahead of that, we're debuting the 'Ska Is Dead' chapter which focuses on Jeff Rosenstock's band Arrogant Sons of Bitches, and we spoke to Aaron about his boo…

Ska and ska-punk are thriving right now, thanks to a community of great bands with fierce DIY ethics and equally fierce politics. Here's a look into the scene, including interviews with the musicians and labels who are shaping it...

The highly prolific Mike Huguenor releases his solo guitar album this week (three songs are out now), and ahead of the release, he talked to us about nine of his all-time favorite guitar players...

A roundup of all the July installments of punk/pop punk/emo/etc column In Defense of the Genre, along with a list of the five best songs of the month.

Fishbone, Nardwuar, Billie Joe Armstrong, D.O.A.'s Joe Keithley, Fucked Up's Damian Abraham and others also paid their respects to the punk icon.

This week's Notable Releases include Operation Ivy frontman Jesse Michaels' new Classics of Love EP, Liv.e's promising psychedelic soul debut, Benny the Butcher's Black Soprano Family album, and more...

It's the latest edition of Mikey and His Uke's quarantine punk covers series which also includes Less Than Jake/Fishbone mems doing Operation Ivy, Sloan/Billy Talent mems doing Minor Threat, Pennywise/Sum 41 mems doing Bad Religion, and more...

Classics of Love now has a new lineup (with members of Alice Bag's band, and Los Nauticals), and this EP is the Operation Ivy frontman's first new music in eight years...

Like grunge, the '90s pop punk boom was the culmination of a sound that had been bubbling up for over a decade. For this edition of his edition of 'In Defense of the Genre,' I look back on 15 classic '80s albums that shaped that sound...

The Lawrence Arms' first album in six years a graceful late-career album that stands tall next to their classics. Brendan and Chris talk to us about the writing and recording processes, meanings behind some of the songs, influences on the album, and more...