Pop Punk and Emo Blew Up in 2005. This Year, It Came Back Swinging

Pop punk and emo bands like Gym Class Heroes, Motion City Soundtrack, and Cartel took over in 2005. Now, they're back and ...
Billboard

Why Don’t We Get Years Like Ciara’s 2005 Anymore?

As Billboard kicks off its 2005 week, this Vintage Pop Stardom episode of the Greatest Pop Stars podcast looks at Ciara -- the kind of pop star we don't often see anymore -- at her early peak. By ...
SFGate

NOISE POP 2005

Who needs muddy fields and flooded Porta Pottis when we can depend every year on Noise Pop to turn our city into one big indie-rock stomping ground? This year's festival -- the lucky 13th -- could be ...
Telegram

In pop music last year, it was comfort over ambition

The full tallies were released by Nielsen SoundScan last week, and it’s official: 2005 was a year for unheroic, unambitious pop with little more to say than “Play me on the radio.” Voting with its ...
Billboard

Was Green Day’s 2005 the Greatest Pop Year for a 2000s Rock Band?

Ahead of Billboard.com's5 week, this Vintage Pop Stardom episode of Greatest Pop Stars looks at punk's biggest crossover stars at the height of their career-peak 'American Idiot' run… By Andrew ...