Pop punk is right up there with crunkcore and saccharine R&B as far as much-maligned genres go — and if you’ve ever had to endure Alien Ant Farm’s cover of “Smooth Criminal” or grew up cringing as Blink-182 made a lucrative career out of wiener jokes, you’ll understand why. Still, after a fallow period in the late 2000s, the genre seems to be rearing its head again — Blink-182 are reuniting, and New Found Glory just announced a tour with the defiant title “Pop Punk’s Not Dead.” At Flavorpill, we’re always up for a challenge, so we thought we’d take on the musical equivalent of taking the negative in a high school debate about climate change, or war crimes, or something — we’ve trawled the history of the genre for ten albums that actually aren’t that bad. A pop-punk list that doesn’t feature Blink-182, Sum 41, or any other band with a number in its name? The results are after the jump. … Read More