Pop punk and emo bands like Gym Class Heroes, Motion City Soundtrack, and Cartel took over in 2005. Now, they're back and ...

Because we all get nostalgic sometimes for Warped Tour, Hot Topic and Mountain Dew.The 100 Best Pop Punk Bands Philip Cosores Punk has always thought of itself as radically progressive, but that’s not ...

Avril Lavigne's first single drew cynicism from quarters of the rock world, but it didn't stop her becoming absolutely ...

The December roundup of our punk column ‘In Defense of the Genre’ includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a ...

You might have heard everyone raving and rejoicing that pop punk is “finally” back. A new generation of teenagers are reviving the genre’s beloved years through viral trends on TikTok while artists ...

The term “pop-punk” has found its way into the same generic wasteland as “indie rock” and “alternative rock.” What does it even mean? To us, pop-punk is the product of post-hardcore, emo, screamo – ...

Pop-punk has definitely seen a resurgence in the last couple of years and one of the potential breakout bands from this latest wave of pop-punk acts is girlfriends, the duo featuring Apple Music 1 and ...

In the hallowed halls of Pop Punk High School, it's always 2003. The coolest girl in school has a Razr flip phone and orange Hayley Williams hair. The bullies ride skateboards, everyone has a band, ...

In a world of revivals – a product of what the writer Simon Reynolds termed “retromania” – some stick and some don’t. The post-punk revival of the Noughties, for example, lasted significantly longer ...

From hitmakers like Machine Gun Kelly and Olivia Rodrigo to comparatively under-the-radar bands, pop punk is having a big moment right now. This edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at 10 of the ...

Having already scored two No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned the biggest opening week for an album by a female artist in global Spotify history, Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album SOUR has ...