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
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
Oasis are back, Pulp are back, Blur have been back and now maybe Elastica are back? They reactivated their social media accounts today, posting a vintage ’90s picture of the
Olivia Rodrigo‘s series of surprise onstage collaborations with alt-rock legends continued at Lollapalooza 2026. She came out during The Smashing Pumpkins‘ headlining set on Friday (7/31), in the rain, to
Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. SOCCER MOMMY, SNAIL MAIL, AND FRANKIE COSMOS OPENING SLEATER-KINNEY / LIZ PHAIR TOUR Sleater-Kinney and Liz Phair’s The
Shannon Shaw (of Shannon & The Clams) and Georgia Maq (of Camp Cope) are out on the road together on their “Wet Hot American Summer Tour,” which stopped in Brooklyn
NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced their Fall/Winter 2026-2027 season of special performances, which is pretty exciting. It begins with Lykke Li, who plays The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Phish wrapped up a five show run at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night, which brings them to 96 shows at the arena. Appropriately, given the show count, this run
The 2026 edition of Lollapalooza begins today (7/30) in Chicago’s Grant Park, and if you won’t be there in person, you can still stream a bunch of artists’ sets live.
Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. COLD WAVES FEST CHICAGO / LA / AUSTIN Industrial/goth festival Cold Waves happens in three cities this year
Electronic music great Mark Van Hoen will return as Locust with a new album, Spectral +, on September 11 via TODO Records. It’s his first Locust record in three years