The November roundup of our punk column ‘In Defense of the Genre’ includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.

“Bubbly” with Drake and Travis Scott broke into the Top 20. Young Thug currently has the most popular album in America. The Atlanta rhymer’s Punk opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week.

Punk rock's big bang happened sometime around 1973, when the self-titled debut album from the New York Dolls was released. There were plenty of ripples before then — the Stooges, MC5, any number of ...