a big clown tour diary: blood, insomnia + the revenge of road nachos
Tracking the sights, sounds, and tastes of the Memphis/Jackson clown punks’ weekender. Learn how the members of this band would like to be executed if given the choice.
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punk this week: twisted teens, class act, p. noid, van goth + 14 more
An unreal week of new records featuring Earth Tongue, Private Lives, Jacques Grêle et les Fausses Fuites, Giallo, S.M.I.L.E., and much more.
punk this week podcast: ritual cross + zero sum (with david anthony)
We welcome our first ever guest co-host and force David to hear us talk about how great he and his band Ritual Cross are.
we now return to itchy & the nits
The Australian trio on wielding giant puppets, fearing giant jellyfish, and finding inspiration in Betty, Veronica, and H.R. Pufnstuf.
punk this week: w-9, itchy & the nits, ritual cross + 17 more
Bandcamp Friday heralds the return of the Nits, a new obsession from Liverpool, BUIO OMEGA covering Black Flag, Jaguar 777’s lust rock, and much more.
punk this week podcast: indirekt grell + en kernaghan band
That’s right, we read books. Well...one of us reads books plural. The other one reads book singular.
playlist: the 52 best punk songs of january 2026
A terrible month to be alive. Thanks to the punks for being an inspiration.
punk this week: en kernaghan band, life expectancy + 15 more
Iron Lung drops a harsh crusty classic, Power Pants gets gnarly on “Fuck ICE,” Yuasa-Exide and Waylon Thornton deliver the split equivalent of the epic handshake meme.
theee retail simps spent $13 on markers for this new song’s video
Joe spent a bunch of hours on a stop-motion and hand-drawn video. The “Quality at Your Feet” 7" is coming to Goodbye Boozy.
see/saw jukebox 08: the marked men’s jeff burke + mark ryan
The Denton garage punk greats behind Radioactivity, o-d-ex, and more discuss their old records, their new records, and some favorite records.
get your tickets to see/saw year 2 in minneapolis
The Sleaze, Bermuda Squares, Kilynn Lunsford, Cruelster, BUIO OMEGA, TY, and T.A.C.K. March 28 at Eagles.
punk this week: plant + smetti subito
Your hosts would like to encourage you to do two things: donate to a Minneapolis mutual aid fund & watch the Kelsey Grammer fall video.
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punk this week: ben and the blackwell babies, smetti subito + 14 more
A free punk column for whoever wants it. Donate to a mutual aid fund instead. Fuck ICE.
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paper jam on texas pop and their tweeroes
Outside a club in Texas during sweater weather, the Denton-based janglers discuss bridging the gap between twee and punk.
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punk this week podcast: gylt + dbr
A check-in from our new podcast father, Joe Plummer from Ruinous Media. Plus: Turbo crust, popcorn tofu, and two friends’ 7" find coinky-dink.
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punk this week: institute, station model violence, rifle, gylt + more
Several albums were announced this week as the punks seem to speak to the nightmare we’re living through.
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hardcore lives on in athens, georgia
Abby Kacen (Mild Pain) documents the state of the Athens punk scene, where movers & shakers old and new are keeping the amps warm and the beer cold.
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punk this week podcast: winged wheel + bungee jumpers
On the allure of brightly colored frosting and the elusive nature of backyard mint. And punk records.
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national photo committee want to do this interview right now
The Chicago band made 2026’s first splash with their new album Red Hot Photo Committee. “I was like, ‘If I don’t drop this right now, I’m gonna never make music again,’” said Maxwell Bottner.
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punk this week: doe st, bungee jumpers, flower power + 14 more
Itchy and the Nits’ return, a perfect EP of Irish speed punk, plus new stuff from Private Wives, Anytime Cowboy, mangled, Joe Glass, Ace of Spit, and many more.
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punk this week podcast: slut intent + fog lamp
“We have the fucking right of way, you fuckface!”
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playlist: the best punk songs of december 2025
The best stocking stuffer of 2025 was any of these sick brand new punk songs.
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punk this week: slut intent, national photo committee + 6 more
The first great punk records of 2026 reveal themselves.
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podcast: friends of punk this week on the best of 2025
Musicians, writers, and homies gather round the podcast to share their favorite punk things of the year.