Blog: Beats Per Minute

Punk music and hardcore are difficult subjects to discuss reasonably. Talking with fans of these genres requires you to begin by defining your terms, which will always vary, and the result is the realization that very few of the avid punk listeners are actually well versed in punk music. But just as the punk world is quick to reject bands that seemingly should be embraced by them, from Husker Du to Ted Leo, the current landscape of music criticism is populated by writers that are knowledgeable of the roots of punk music but make an equal disregard for the contemporary raw, [...]