Post-punk is a genre of music that is hard to pin down. Upon its arrival in the late 1970s alongside punk music, it immediately distanced itself from punk while simultaneously taking elements from it ...

Chicken and egg situations are usually irresolvable, but it’s impossible to avoid the feeling that before their British venture The Method Actors must have impacted on the nascent R.E.M. This is made ...

The young Chicago band crams its debut album with streamlined hooks and a reverence for pop, punk, and post-punk history. It would be easy for a band like Lifeguard, particularly one so young, to fall ...