Ian MacKaye saved hardcore music in D.C., and his legacy should reflect that very important contribution to culture.

Ok ok ok, not everyone is aware of this, but Portland has a thriving hardcore punk scene—and it’s (finally) getting the national attention it deserves. Not for lack of punks, the city’s scene saw ...

Fidance’s energy is manic, his pacing tireless. One moment he’s ad-libbing on random audience answers; the next, he’s ...

A punk band breaking up is as inevitable as a punk show breaking into slam-dancing mayhem. While these short spurts of musical projects have left a ...

The band will perform at the Atlantis on Thursday, March 20.

Punk and reggae legend H.R. delivered a dose of his trademark positive mental attitude in late February to a Des Moines music community reeling from the latest salvo in the culture wars.

Spring is springing, festival announce season is in full swing, and there are so many shows popping off in Portland, it’s bananas! As ever, the Portland Mercury has rounded up what, in our humble ...

Maxwell Nalevansky and Carl Fry’s first feature is an absurdist suburban nightmare whose more lowbrow impulses get rescued by ...

In a career-spanning chat, the filmmaker — a fixture of New York's hardcore punk scene in the 1980s — discusses his brushes ...

You ever play so many game demos that your brain turns into a kind of game-infused gelatin capable only of learning new ...

David Johansen, the larger-than-life frontman of the 1970s proto-punk band New York Dolls, has died. He was 75. The singer's daughter, Leah Hennessey, told PEOPLE that Johansen died in his New ...

It was revealed in early 2025 that he had stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor. The New York Dolls were forerunners of punk and the band’s style – teased hair, women’s clothes and lots of makeup ...