When Too Much Joy first released Son of Sam I Am on the San Francisco-based indie label Alias Records, critics were delighted ...

Trying to convince someone punk‘s not dead? Introducing your kids to the iconic genre? Here are three classic punk rock songs to get you started, featuring bands from the Bay Area, L.A., and ...

Less Than Jake at Riot Fest 2022 by James Richards IV People were already ready to declare the US ska boom dead by the end of the 1990s, but 1) regardless of the mainstream’s interest in the genre, ...

James left the group in 1977, shortly after the release of the poorly received second album. He launched a handful of other ...

Trinidad’s Townies are a punk rock band with one eye on the past and another on the future. This is music for those aging skateboarders who discovered classic punk rock via the “Repo Man” sound track ...

Speed, aggression, pace, sweat. These are words that leap to mind when people think of punk rock music—especially that of the 1970s. It was music that had a message and one that it just had to get out ...

In recent years, Goldenvoice — the massive festival promoter behind Coachella — has branched out into genre-specific festivals. There is Just Like Heaven (blog bait), there’s Cruel World (’80s ...

You put so much effort into putting together the perfect outfit, from picking out the perfect pieces to arranging them in the most pleasing manner. When you are admiring yourself in the mirror, the ...

The Ramones included the song on their 1989 album, Brain Drain, and filmed a music video for the track at the Sleepy Hollow ...

This month, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 21st century turns 10. The fourth (and possibly final) LP by the pioneering French electronic duo Daft Punk, Random Access Memories topped the ...