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.

Water, malt, hops, yeast and alt-country punk are the essential ingredients in Claimstake Brewing Co.'s ales. No exceptions, ...

Bram Stoker's Dracula' is a horror classic from 1992, and it features a secret contribution from a punk rock icon.

Acts such as Iron Maiden, Mötley Crüe, Kiss and Ozzy Osbourne were caught up in this mass hysteria, many of them leaning into it with varying degrees of glee - not least Ozzy and Kiss bassist Gene ...

Nashville punk band Snõõper is fronted by Blair Tramel, a former elementary, middle, and high school teacher. The band, known for its chaotic sound and playful live shows with puppets and props, ...

Matt Groening knows what a real theremin sounds like. As a kid who grew up on the celluloid junk food of the 1950s and ’60s, “The Simpsons” creator heard the ghostly wail of that early electronic ...

T he Palace Theater in Los Angeles was an odd place for a punk show. Its stage once featured worldwide stars like Harry Houdini. For many years it was an ornate movie theater. On this night in 2023, ...

“Too Black for the White kids, and too White for the Blacks,” Earl Sweatshirt confesses on his 2013 track “Chum.” The lyric hit like a punch to the gut because it wasn’t just Earl’s story, it was a ...

Fifty years ago, The Rocky Horror Picture Show — a sci-fi/horror-flavored musical comedy based on a hit stage play — pranced onto silver screens and fell flat on its painted face. “It was a turkey,” ...

Fayetteville glam-rock band Punk Angels won Best Rock Music Video at the Carolina Music Video Awards. The award was for their song "Sleeze Machine," marking the band's first major recognition. Punk ...

Horror is in the eye of the beholder. What makes one person shudder might make another laugh, or simply lean in with curiosity. Whether truly terrifying or just deliciously macabre, this year’s batch ...

Soo Catwoman, a prominent figure in the British punk rock and fashion scene, died on Sept. 30 after a sudden illness. She was 70. Born Susan Lucas, she became known as Soo Catwoman and was a fixture ...