In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

What songs have your favorite emo and pop-punk bands played the most? That's what we're diving into here, giving you the three most played songs by some of alt-rock's biggest bands. Though some of the ...

October 25 is Punk for a Day Day. Didn't you know that?! It's ok, neither did we. But we are huge fans of bands like Bad Brains, The Clash, The Jam, and The Specials. Yes, music snobs, we're aware of ...