The new disc began taking shape in 2010 after the band ended their extended hiatus to play live. With the band members spread apart geographically, it proved a bit of a challenge, but the ability to ...

The punk rockers launch at No. 2 on the Top Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts, and No. 20 on the Billboard 200. By Kevin Rutherford Venerable punk rockers Descendents bow at No. 2 on Billboard ...

*Hypercaffium Spazzinate *is the first LP in over 12 years from the California pop-punk icons, and it relies on the same humor, honesty, and personal experience that has always powered their music.

With Blink-182 releasing their comeback album earlier this month, you’d be forgiven for assuming that that was the most important pop-punk record of not just the month, but the entire year. You would, ...

The album is called Hypercaffium Spazzinate, and lyrically, it lives up to that title. From tracks like “Limiter”, which tackles the concept of overprescribing ADHD medication and its damage to kids, ...

Perspective is everything, even though many North Americans never realize that. Drummer Bill Stevenson—whose tenures with Descendents, Black Flag, and All have made him punk-rock royalty—is one of the ...

Undimmed by the decades, singer Milo Aukerman and his band thrash, crash and blaze gloriously on the seventh album in their 39-year history together. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after ...

Coffee-gluggin' pop-punk heroes Descendents recently teased their Hypercaffium Spazzinate LP, and now the band have upped the ante by officially announcing the new LP. Upping the ante, the group have ...

Turn on your coffee makers and relearn the tenants of All, everybody, as long-running pop-punk legends Descendents are about to release a new album. While the specifics have yet to arrive in full, the ...

Thirty-four years on from their debut album, Milo Goes to College, California punk stalwarts Descendents still seem resistant to the idea of growing up – for good or ill. It’s difficult not to wince ...

The Descendents' 'Hypercaffium Spazzinate': EW Review The West Coast punk icons return with heavy, hummable tunes on first album in 12 years ...