It's 2023 and the pop-punk revival still feels like it's just getting started. Some of the genre's heaviest hitters dropped records this year (Blink 182, Fall ...
Firstthere was punk: A natural outgrowth of rock ‘n’ roll in its purest form—wild, untamed, fast, young, loud and snotty. Then came post-punk, and in attempting to put together a definitive list of the best post-punk albums, telling the story gets a little more complicated. At its...
Understatement: The early-2000s were the glory days for pop-punk music in both the underground and the mainstream. Tom Kunzman of 18th & Addison (pop-punk band to some; rock ’n’ roll band to all) and I were asked to rank the (100 percent subjective) best pop-punk albums of the p...
Dig Deeper The Best Stranglers Albums of All Time Also ranks #3 on The 100+ Best Pub Rock Artists, Ranked Also ranks #14 on The 65+ Best Post-punk Bands, Ranked 14 Fugazi 46 votes Also ranks #6 on The 50+ Best Straight Edge Punk Bands, Ranked Also ranks #7 on The Best Noise Ro...
In addition to this poll, we will continue each month of the year to present you with two polls representing both the best singles, and best albums of each year until 1989. Since the first Post-Punk singles were not released until about halfway through to late 1978, we have combined the...
But for our chronological list of the 40 Best Punk Albums, we're starting with the one that pretty much kicked off punk rock as we know it today: theRamones'self-titled debutrecord from 1976. It took several months before other bands picked up on this two-chord aggression, but once they...
[7.7 / Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Punk, Art Rock] 33. Youth Lagoon - Heaven Is A Junkyard [8.1/ Indie Pop, Bedroom Pop, Dream Pop] 32. Daniel Caesar - NEVER ENOUGH [7.6 / Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, Alternative R&B] 31. Billy Woods & Kenny Segal - Maps ...
It may be one of the few albums revered as much for its liner notes as its music. Released a year and three months after Nevermind changed the molecular structure of rock’n’roll and made Nirvana rich beyond their dreams, this collection of early demos, covers, Sub Pop singles, and Peel...
Postindustrial Hometown Blues by Big Special May 10, 2024 The debut full-length release from British punk duo Big Special was written during the COVID-19 lockdowns. 86 52. Born In The Wild by Tems June 7, 2024 The debut full-length studio release from Nigerian Afrobeats/R&B artist Tems...
That said, we’ve tried to spread the wealth around, not favoring one genre of rock over another. Hence the presence of some highly mainstream albums right alongside the indie/underground entries. Punk and prog, hardcore and AOR, glam and metal, roots and arena rock – they’ve all got ...