A group of sisters formed ESG in 1978 in the South Bronx of New York. They are retiring but will play at True/False Film Fest ...

On a quiet block just west of Halsted Street in Bridgeport, a former funeral home now houses a collection of memories — both physical and emotional — so niche, so random, it almost shouldn’t exist.

Post-punk is a genre of music that is hard to pin down. Upon its arrival in the late 1970s alongside punk music, it immediately distanced itself from punk while simultaneously taking elements from it ...

A love letter to — and interview with — the gloriously-artful, weirdo-rockers on their 'porcelain' anniversary.

Gang of Four, the legendary British post-punk band, has announced a farewell tour for 2025 with stops in 25 cities in the United States and Canada. The “Long Goodbye Tour” is meant to celebrate the ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...

In Bridgeport sits a brick building with plenty of lore. At one point, it was a funeral home. Then it was a record label. Now, it’s a museum filled with posters, T-shirts and cassette tapes, ...

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 ...

In Defense of the Genre is a column on BrooklynVegan about punk, pop punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, ska-punk, and more, including and often especially the bands and albums and subgenres that ...