The Big Issue

Punk isn't dead. Here's where you can find it in 2026

Punk is alive and well 50 years after it first emerged. Here's where to find it in 2026 – and how Taylor Swift taps into the ...
Los Angeles Times

O.C. punk exhibit showcases the sound and scene that ‘put punk rock on the map’

In the early 1980s, at the peak of the punk rock scene in Fullerton, the interest and demand for punk in Orange County reached a boiling point during one particular TSOL show at Fullerton College. The ...
New Haven Independent

Folk Punk? What’s That?

In 2021, then-Michigan artist MJ Bones played a tour date at Volume Two (AKA Never Ending Books) on State Street in New Haven. Their van broke down, and they had to stay a few extra days in the Elm ...
East Bay Express

Be the next nobody with Punk Band Karaoke

DIY DREAMS Everyday people get to be punk icons, thanks to Punk Band Karaoke’s expert live accompaniment. (Photo by Dino Mehicic) It’s Friday night and the tiny venue is packed. People of all ...
balkaninsight

‘The New Punk’: How ‘Balkan Beats’ Conquered the World

An insightful new book chronicles the rise and fall of a musical genre that for a time – for better or worse – became the ‘world’s window into Balkan identity’. For a while, Balkan folk was “the new ...