Sacramento Author Aaron Carnes reads from the expanded second edition of his book, In Defense of Ska. It’s a collection of ...

There are many opinions about which decade was the best for music, but many would agree that it might have been the ’80s.

As a pop-rock song from the 1970s (released in 1970, around the same time the Beatles officially broke up), it qualifies to be on the list. But I don’t really like the song very much. Neither did its ...

Need some solid pop punk one-hit wonders to pad your throwback playlist? These hits from the 2000s were pretty underrated.

Before joining 2-Tone heroes The Selecter, Pauline Black was used to hearing casual racism everywhere, even in her own family.

Picture this: It's the 1980s, and you are in a glitzy nightclub. Neon lights run along painted black walls, a disco ball sparkles overhead, the fog machine is running, the hair is big and the ...

The October roundup of our punk column 'In Defense of the Genre' includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.

I’ve been told most of my life that the music you love is not popular, and then it’s dead. And I respond, no it’s very much alive and it’s always going to be there.” ...

In some cases -- like songs from Ozzy Osbourne and Iron Maiden -- the results have been demonic, but in many others they have ...

When Jimmy Fallon was two seasons into his term at Saturday Night Live, he and castmate Horatio Sanz wrote a holiday spoof ...

Eric Earley was happy with Blitzen Trapper’s 11th album, “100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions,” when it came out in May, ...