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

Rosegarden Funeral Party wins big at a celebration of North Texas nightlife that showcases how versatile and powerful the ...

Wax Trax! was a mecca for fans of punk, industrial, and new wave — helping launch careers and shape the direction of underground music.

Here’s a toast to Marianne Faithfull, a true rock & roll legend. Nobody was ever better at being an old rock star, except maybe Leonard Cohen. Yet the difference is that Cohen didn’t release his debut ...

Compared to other big cities, Chicago arrived late to the punk rock scene, but when it did ... described as the most sonically accessible. The song "Mood Ring" (with the music video starring a couple ...

“Learning how to let go is cunty/Having cum on my shirt is cunty/Sensing boundaries is cunty/Respecting others is cunty,” they offer, over a danced-up electro-punk whirr that would’ve been ...

Drag shows can ... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WIGS") GINGER MINJ, JUJUBEE AND PEPPERMINT: (As characters, singing) Oh, I'm feeling sassy, filthy and trashy. I'm a punk rock debutante.

It felt like, Now I’ve done everything I wanted to do on this show. I emailed Lorne Michaels the next day to say, ‘Thank you.

A fresh-faced singer in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant in ...