Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration the great American inventor Thomas Edison once said, and in the music industry, with its relentless, energy-sapping schedules and constant demand for new ...

This edition of In Defense of the Genre looks back on 23 albums from punk and pop punk’s pivotal year of 1997. 1997 was a banner year for pop punk. Green Day discovered ballads, blink-182 got their ...

On April 8, 1977, British rock group The Clash released their self-titled debut record, and with it, changed the state of punk music forever. The album included hits such as “White Riot” and “London’s ...

Ska has been making its way back into the public consciousness more and more each year, it continues to attract new generations, and there continue to be so many great ska and ska-punk records coming ...

Although it took a long time for it to become established in the mainstream of the music industry, many albums define the early years of pop-punk. They stand out in the same way that some vital 10/10 ...

When collating the songs of his life, songwriter and The Attractions frontman Elvis Costello gave a clue to his personal ...

We asked manager and host of ‘Waldman's Words’ on idobi Radio, Scott Waldman, to take on the challenge of ranking the 10 Best Pop-Punk Albums of the 2010s by Year. He enlisted friend and fellow ...

Here's the best pop-punk album from very year of the 1980s. Genres don’t appear overnight. They are the result of a natural evolution, where musical styles collide to create something new and dynamic.

Adia Victoria's new album, A Southern Gothic, is so deeply rooted in southern heritage — hers, as a Black native of Spartanburg, S.C., but also the long, collective history of people from the southern ...