Punk

There was a revealing moment during Ted Leo's typically electrifying, bounce-on-your-toes, throw-a-fist-in-the-air set at Slim's in San Francisco on Saturday night...

Last month, I turned 44. One day you find yourself at a wedding, dancing in the cool way you always have, and all the sudden you are a roaring geek and an embarrassment to your children. And, of course, they do not hesitate to point this out...

[March 30th, 2007] When the going gets good, Colin Grigson gets going. The Oregon-raised musician, regarded by many punks as the heart of the scene, quit playing bass for two popular local bands in the past two years...

LCD Soundsystem, the brainchild of DFA Records founder and producer James Murphy, is once again biting and audacious on "Sound of Silver." Murphy, who flies virtually solo in the studio, crafts electronica with wit, atmosphere and a keen pop sensibility,...

LOS ANGELES -- The former lead singer of punk rock band Mest was arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing a 25-year-old man during an argument, police said...

It's not a long book - 188 pages, in fact - but John Sheppard's "Small Town Punk" is an intriguing and quick read. The subject matter isn't unfamiliar ground, either: punk kids in the 1980s dealing with life in a conservative town trying to get by...

Against Me! drummer Warren Oakes plays at The Blue Note on Wednesday. The band’s musical style is a mixture of folk and punk music...

[March 7th, 2007] When Riot Cop's Dominic Drumgo saw the booklet for Choke On It mdash;a vinyl compilation of Portland punk that features his band mdash;he treated the record just as he used to treat those by the famously anti-Semitic Screwdriver: He sn...

In 1942, a young American serviceman posed with his kit for a photograph. Like thousands of his fellow nationals he had been Japanese in the South Pacific. His name was Grant Smith. He was in regions such as Papua New Guinea...