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punk this week podcast: assembly + subtle turnhips
With the image of J.K. Simmons’ beefy arms burned into the backs of our eyelids, we persevere to discuss punk music.
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.
podcast
With the image of J.K. Simmons’ beefy arms burned into the backs of our eyelids, we persevere to discuss punk music.
punk this week
A massive week featuring Optic Sink’s experimental film scores, the returns of Subtle Turnhips and Lightning Bolt, a loaded Billiam comp, and new Poo Poo Talks.
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punk this week
Outstanding new ones from London’s SKINTERN, New Orleans’ Tonya, Perth’s Termite, and more sick records from across the globe.
blog
On growing up a collector and the deep psychological itch that’s scratched by creating, sorting, ranking, and envisioning a canon of your own.
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Baseball, basement shows, and punk analysis including “this German frontperson’s name sounds like an Appalachian grandmother’s nickname.”
punk this week
Blurbs and a playlist covering stellar new punk records from Mexico City, Hiroshima, Melbourne, Berlin, and elsewhere.
interview
With Sonam, Pier, Kat, and Juliette in Memphis. The Philadelphia punks discuss symbolism, Mariah Carey’s audiobook, caps, and the spirit of the band.
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Yambag, Robber Robber, Dr. Pepper-flavored Peeps, and some long-belated research into the city of Charlotte.
punk this week
A massive week for Philadelphia, a surprise eight-song psycho 7” from Yambag, plus a barrel of wild hardcore records and much more.
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More perfect punk records enter the jukebox as Nina, Evan, and Jeremy bond over Beavis, Butt-Head, Ramones, and terrifying airplane experiences.
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On two years of see/saw and what it is about this project that keeps filling my cup. (It’s the community.)