The Dare Covers A Post-Punk Classic On The Deluxe Edition Of ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’

The Dare is playing seven sold-out shows, each with a surprise opener, at Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right next week. Ahead of the residency, the dance-punk artist has released a new song, a cover of “I Can’t Escape Myself” by post-punk band The Sound, from …

Film Fest Finds: ‘Green Blah!’ Reveals Green Bay’s Surprising Early Punk Scene

READ OUR 2025 MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE The lasting friendship of Chris Pretti and James Baker traces back to their shared love of punk rock as students at Green Bay East High School. Four decades later, and after 12 years of conducting nearly 100 …

Basic as the new punk: The rise of normanticisation

Over the past five years in fashion, there’s been a “main character” energy that’s dominated popular culture, according to culture researcher Agus Panzoni. Every piece of clothing became an opportunity for extreme personalisation, from customising …

Sending ‘gifts’ to Russian soldiers: The punk rocker making drones in a Kyiv basement

Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size It’s Friday night and I have a meeting with an old rocker who has a new mission in life: making drones. …

On Being a Poor Black Punk and Working at the Strand Bookstore

In 1987, I got a job at the famous Strand bookstore in Union Square. My ska band, the Boilers, rehearsed down the block at a place called Giant Studios, and I stopped in the Strand one day with every intention to steal a book but instead decided to ask if …

BORIS JOHNSON: If Starmer now makes Britain the rule-taking, non-voting punk of Brussels, he'll face political ...

Well, it’s a start. I am not going to claim that this sudden Trump-Starmer announcement is a great new free trade deal – because everyone can see the truth. We haven’t even got rid of all the new tariffs imposed in March. We still face 10 per cent tariffs …

20 years later, Bloomington's punk music archive is reborn

Jeb Banner created Musical Family Tree, an online archive of Indiana music, in 2004. Musical Family Tree is partnering with the Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) to revitalize the archive. MCPL will assist in uploading new music and artist information to …

Rock legends should retire, says punk icon whose own band won’t take him back

The Rolling Stones don’t look like they plan to stop anytime soon, but ex-Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd lead singer John Lydon thinks they should call it quits. Lydon, 69, made his feelings known during an appearance on “Good Morning Britain.” He was …

Punk bands drown out anti-LGBTQ+ speakers on college campus

A loud punk show at San Francisco State University drowned out a public on-campus debate led by anti-LGBTQ+ activists Charlie Kirk and Riley Gaines. Punk rockers heckled conservatives, spitting on one and chanting “f**k you” to the others. Kirk, the …

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