punk this week
punk this week: scrabbled, bag + 11 more
Get a discounted subscription. Plus: Listen to Scrabbled, listen to BAG, listen to Angstmäler.
Evan Minsker
Evan Minsker is a critic and journalist who used to run Pitchfork’s news section. Now he freelances and runs this newsletter about punk records.
jukebox
see/saw jukebox 07: mspaint’s deedee
The charismatic Hattiesburg punk rocker on Waffle House jukeboxes, old head scene politics, and essential punk records.
podcast
punk this week podcast 60: sharp pins + hetta
A cabinet full of theater popcorn, a winter coat lined with pocket bread, a sword at the hardcore show, and six sick punk records.
punk this week
punk this week: sharp pins, thee headcoatees, tee vee repairmann + 13 more
The return of legends, a wonderfully savage U.S.A. diss track from Barcelona, Parisian eggs, sick Sydney garage punk, and much more.
podcast
punk this week podcast 59: soft on crime + laughing corpse
Please tell us: What is the wettest you’ve ever been at an indoor concert?
see/saw tv
sexfaces enlist all the d.c. punk baddies for their “s.c.u.m.” video
At the boxing gym, the Scum Gang collides with the Chad Gang in a war against the patriarchy.
punk this week
punk this week: home front, tony molina, clickbait + 25 more
Fast recommendations of sick punk records. No paywall since I didn’t write much.
podcast
punk this week podcast 58: squint + total sham
Pigeon Pit, Wiccans, and long-awaited encounters with rare OOP Blu-rays.
punk this week
punk this week: wiccans, pigeon pit, cosmic psychos + 15 more
The new Total Sham rules. The archival Teengenerate live album is unbelievable. It’s another phenomenal week for punk records.
podcast
punk this week podcast 57: puppet wipes + blue zero
Optic Sink, Gumm, Radioactivity, Abism, and of course, Halloween chat.
playlist
playlist: the best punk songs of october 2025
Running down an unbelievable month for punk music, plus a blog about “how it’s going.”
punk this week
punk this week: optic sink, puppet wipes, radioactivity + 14 more
Dorothy Fuzz, Abism, Retail Simps, Snörkler, the Boojums, and a whole pile of great hardcore. Happy Halloween!