The 1980s didn’t just sound different; it looked different, felt bigger, and pushed rock in multiple directions at once.

A power player during San Francisco's punk era, Klein used his KSAN show and indie label 415 Records to amplify local bands ...

In 1985, some friends and I drove from my hometown, Springfield, Ill., to St. Louis, as we often did, to see a show. We went to see Hüsker Dü, who had just released Flip Your Wig, their last album on ...

There’s a certain amount of amusement in picturing an august institution such as an art museum giving itself over to the irreverence of punk. But that’s just what the Orlando Museum of Art has done.

Planta Industrial has already made a giant splash, winning new fans over with a punk-meets-metal-meets-dembow-meets-rap sound that is uniquely their own. The duo, comprised of Saso and akathedarknight ...

With the Contortions and James White and the Blacks, the songwriter and saxophonist set out to challenge musicians and stir up audiences. By Jon Pareles James Chance, the singer, saxophonist and ...

“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, explores the darker side of classic ’80s alternative, including ...

Director Mark Engebretson brings his documentary, “Jay's Longhorn: Let’s Make a Scene,” for a screening and Q & A at Pop's March 19. Twin Cities punk band the Hpystrz in front of the marquee of Jay's ...

The early 1980s saw rock at an intersection. The ’70s state of mind was still lingering, but new ideas were trickling in, daring to disrupt the genre as it had been known in the decade prior. Many sub ...