playlist
playlist: the best punk songs of july 2024
Check out the greatest heavy rock'n'roll music from the past month.
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.
punk this week
punk this week: x, poison ruïn, exo + 7 more
Plus new ones from Cammy Cautious and the Wrestlers, La Llama, Jacket Burner, Electric Prawns 2, and more.
record exchange
wand’s cory hanson on this heat, martin rev, and never doing the same thing twice
In this installment of “Record Exchange,” Hanson discusses This Heat’s influence on his life as a creator, plus the often-imitated but never-replicated style of Alan Vega.
punk this week
punk this week: peace de résistance, white collar, the sleeveens + 6 more
Plus a crash course in the Piss Wizard trilogy, a feature-filled Cool Sorcery record, and some excellent hardcore from Ireland’s Bedsores
punk this week
punk this week: mexican coke, lasso, rolex + 6 more
Plus the latest from CLAMM, the second album from Miami’s Wetflix, the buzzing UK band Irked, a great new band out of Columbus, and much more.
interview
artist john f. malta on the punk aesthetics of a 7" collection
The illustrator and comics artist sits down for the first installment of “Art Punk,” an interview series where visual artists discuss the punk record covers
punk this week
punk this week: assistert sjølmord, doubt, abi ooze + 7 more
Plus new EPs from Chicago’s Tension Pets and Buffalo’s Ismatic Guru, two rippers out of Philadelphia, and way more.
record exchange
dan licata on high vis, mexican coke, and funeral doom as sleep meditation
The comedian on Mika Miko, the influence of Jackass, and his excellent new special For the Boys.
punk this week
punk this week: mordecai’s ragged minimalism, sihir’s unstoppable debut + 6 more
Plus the return of Florida’s Armor, a post-Spray Paint album by Rider/Horse, a tape by Chicago miscreants Ejaculators, and much more
playlist
playlist: the best punk songs of june 2024
Featuring tracks from Billiam, Autobahns, Snooper, Prison Affair, Osees, No Knock, Fan Club, and more
punk this week
punk this week: redd kross, the drin, hot tubs time machine + 6 more
A remarkable Redd Kross comeback, a Drin LP for the zoners, a peer into Marcus from the UV Race’s multitudes, and much more.
interview
the cincinnati punk scene open forum at feel it record shop was beautiful
see/saw and Feel It threw an intimate roundtable chat about creativity and community