playlist: the 63 best punk songs of september 2026

Stewing on punk’s ephemeral nature and playlisting a red hot month for new music.

punk this week podcast: baby tyler + able baker

Looks like we got ourselves a Bizza boy, baby (Tyler)!

the best bands of gonerfest 23

Throwing beers. “I Smoke It, It Smokes Me.” Adult diapers. Twee pop shit talk. Nearly getting electrocuted. It all happened in Memphis at the 23rd Gonerfest.

punk this week: p.p. rebel, bad sports, tv buddha + 19 more

The Etters, Yuasa-Exide, Stef Chura, Baby Tyler. It’s a great big pile of good rock'n'roll records this Bandcamp Friday.

protomartyr’s joe casey still comes to jumbo’s. (just not every night.)

Sitting at the bar that looms large in his band’s legend, Casey discusses Detroit’s contemporary punk scene and the new album Hotel Usona.

punk this week podcast: gilla band + crv

Gurriers, Brain Tourniquet, and the deeply relatable fear of exiting the waterslide as a corpse.

punk this week: weird 1000, protomartyr, gash + 9 more

You like weird music? Come read about these weird punk records.

if selfish teammate were a horse, they’d bite you

The Minneapolis duo’s “Field of Flowers” video features equine VHS studies and sweaty garage performances fried by video synth.

toody cole could not be less interested in retirement

Sitting in the home she built with the late Fred Cole in Oregon, the Dead Moon hero sat down for a chat ranging from her childhood to the Rats to her latest EP.

punk this week podcast: perennial + eraser

On a big week for punk shows and perhaps an even bigger week for new punk records.

punk this week: fugitive bubble, early grave, the drin, c.o.f.f.i.n. + 14 more

Perennial, EVINSPRAGG, Wesley and the Boys, and Name Names are among the bands rounding out a massive week for new music.

punk this week podcast: lack + unity

We celebrate trail mix nut variety, salty crunchies, and the late Domino. It’s episode 101. This one’s for the dogs.