It'll be Oranssi Pazuzu's first North American tour in 7 years.

Have you noticed that guitars are back? I’m being a little facetious, but rock and even punk has has been steadily climbing its way back to the mainstream and we felt that more this year than we have ...

Record Store Day 2025 happens Saturday, April 18. Check out the list of this year’s exclusive titles.

Not only did Converge release two albums this year — February’s Love is Not Enough (their first proper album in nine years) and this month’s Hum of Hurt — they’re also throwing their Boston festival ...

Following our lists on ’90s metalcore and 2000s post-hardcore, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at 15 classic albums from metalcore’s most popular era. Check out five songs we recommend ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk and its many offshoots, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that weren’t always taken so seriously. This ...

Another rollercoaster of a year, another slew of amazing albums to soundtrack it with. We collectively spent hours and hours listening to and loving hundreds of albums this year, and narrowing our ...

What a year for music 2024 was! From Brat Summer to the Kendrick/Drake beef to the rise of Chappell Roan, pop culture was packed with alluring musical moments, and there were countless great things ...

Following our recent lists on 2000s post-hardcore and ’90s metalcore, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ is about 25 albums that defined screamo in the ’90s and ’00s, and remain influential on ...

You don’t need us to say it again… 2016 was a bad year, but a bad year with great music, some related to why it was so bad. It wasn’t an easy task, but we narrowed down our favorite albums of the year ...

SXSW returns for its 2026 edition on March 12-18, and the first 100 showcasing artists have been announced, including Joshua Ray Walker, Adeline Hotel, runo plum, The Sophs, Emily Frembgen, Kaash ...

The emo floodgates opened in 2002. In honor of their 20th anniversaries, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at the best emo and post-hardcore albums from that year. Of course, when you ...