The Wonder Years have gotten older and wiser, but they haven’t outgrown the anxiety, depression, and disillusionment that made their early work hit hard. Pop punk can be a juvenile place, but the ...

The Boy Detective appeared on our best Midwestern bands poll back in the fall, earning their place through vibrant ska and song titles that look ripped out of From Under the Cork Tree. Several months ...

Do you have any idea how many records are released in any given year? That’s OK, neither do we. We do know that there are thousands of records that come out every year, from manufactured pop stars to ...

Emo (noun): a hotly contested music genre where bands and fans alike refuse to agree on who qualifies for a place in the rankings for all eternity, where no band admits to falling into the criteria of ...

As with all of our other lists quantifying the greatest musicians in punk-rock history, it’s a fairly daunting task. On the surface, this is a back-to-basics musical style. Instrumental flash isn’t a ...

If we could identify one incandescent moment to come out of the coronavirus pandemic, it would have to be having large stretches of time to listen to albums. Yes, in 2020, most of us binged on Netflix ...

This year’s biggest lesson for most of us has been to expect the unexpected. While that mainly went for life itself, it certainly also applied to music. But still, there’s a lot to look forward to in ...

Heavy metal is most often viewed as a Westernized genre of music. While bands such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden get their fair share of credit for creating the genre, others in ...

Post-hardcore broke out as a movement in a huge way during the first decade of the 2000s while shaping how people view the genre today. Countless others had pioneered the genre throughout the ’80s and ...

In her approach to almost everything, Ecca Vandal takes the idiosyncratic path. In spite of budget constraints, and with no one holding her hand, she’s tossed aside the tired map of how things should ...

Welcome to Alternative Press’ pick of the 15 best punk albums of 1991. It was a momentous year, one in which underground culture burst into the mainstream, taking punk and all its offshoots with it.

Alternative Press teamed up with Rise Against for exclusive vinyl of Ricochet, limited to 500 copies. Head to the AP Shop to grab yours. Formed in 1999 from the ashes of snarling rock band 88 Fingers ...