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The best punk albums of 2006, from My Chemical Romance to +44

From My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade to +44’s When Your Heart Stops Beating, these are the best punk albums of 2006.

The best punk drummers of the 2000s, from Travis Barker to Meg White

As the new century’s first decade unwound, things evolved or deteriorated rapidly, depending on your perspective. The entire world was changing in every aspect. So of course, punk rock was gonna change with it. The fundamentalists would scream and moan about how these changes weren’t punk at all, that we needed to go back to […]

10 guitarists who brought punk rock firmly into the 2000s

As we exited the ’90s and entered the new millennium, pop divas, prefabricated boy bands and rappers bragging about conspicuous consumption and how poorly they treated women ruled the airwaves. Meanwhile, what passed for “rock” was the white guys who beat you up in high school P.E. class who’d discovered hip-hop and figured it’d sound […]

Ghost Knife - Kill Shelter, Yes!

Ghost Knife Kill Shelter, Yes! With the rhythm section of J Church and the frontman of Riverboat Gamblers in their ranks, Ghost Knife already have a jumpstart on most pop-punk bands. But what becomes apparent only a couple of songs into Kill Shelter, Yes!, their debut album, is that the recently formed trio might just […]

Dead To Me/Off With Their Heads/Riverboat Gamblers summer tour confirmed

It's like Warped Tour, only drunker: Dead To Me (pictured) and Off With Their Heads are heading out on a comprehensive U.S. tour this summer, alongside the Riverboat Gamblers for most dates. The three co-headliners will be rotating each night, with different bands closing in different cities, so you'll have to get there early to […]

Exclusive Stream: High Tension Wires' "Get Weird"

Check out this exclusive stream of “Get Weird” from Riverboat Gamblers/Marked Men side project High Tension Wires' new album, Welcome New Machine, out March 15 on Dirtnap.

Exclusive Stream: Broken Gold's "Locked Out"

Check out this exclusive stream of “Locked Out” from Recovery Journal, the debut album by Riverboat Gamblers guitarist Ian McDougall's side project Broken Gold, out March 1 on Volcom Entertainment.