Times may be tough, but this past weekend in L.A. was a great one for life-affirming punk rock

This was a great weekend for punk rock in Los Angeles, and it couldn’t have come at a more necessary time. With so much bad news in America right now, any occasion to howl into some kind of communal void can be cathartic.

On Friday, the longtime L.A. post-hardcore band Touche Amore played the thousandth...