punk this week podcast 57: puppet wipes + blue zero
Optic Sink, Gumm, Radioactivity, Abism, and of course, Halloween chat.
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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: optic sink, puppet wipes, radioactivity + 14 more
Dorothy Fuzz, Abism, Retail Simps, Snörkler, the Boojums, and a whole pile of great hardcore. Happy Halloween!
punk this week podcast 56: sprgrs + buio omega
A pod that asks the questions: Are the Cleveland Browns named after mustard? What’s it like to have a psychedelic freakout in Tuscon?
baby tyler uncompromisingly pursues his dreams
For over a decade, Tyler Fassnacht has been putting out records and leaving it all on stage. With the release of his new album, he discusses what “success” looks like in punk.
punk this week: the smarthearts, buio omega, brainbombs + 25 more
Kid Congo Powers, Greg Wheeler & the Poly Mall Cops, No Time, kotskat, Liiek, a new Lumpy Halloween tape, and so much more.
see/saw jukebox 06: ekko astral
The band discuss their new single “Horseglue” and add some outstanding records to the jukebox.
punk this week podcast 55: citric dummies + good luck
Elmo demands freedom for Poland. We demand you listen to these sick new records.
nyc’s bread & roses fest was a diy utopia
Thirty bands, undisclosed locations, ice cream cones, makeshift rain solutions, and blissful debauchery in NYC.
punk this week: citric dummies, baby tyler, twisted teens, destiny bond + 14 more
Citric Dummies’ masterpiece, plus can’t-miss records by Imploders, SOGA, and more.
punk this week podcast 54: black eyes + shakti
A bunch of hardcore and a live taste review of Reggie! Bar’s reboot.
snooper and the sweat equity of world building
The hard-touring and always-working Nashville band on their new album Worldwide and being called out for their supposed lack of work ethic.
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punk this week: possible humans, black eyes, shakti + 17 more
A new loosie from Eddy Current Suppression Ring. An LP from Tokyo’s Angel Face. Abism! Endless Joy! Segundos Auxilios!
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see/saw jukebox 05: no age’s randy randall
Three more perfect punk records enter the fictional jukebox, including a proto-punk classic.
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playlist: the best punk songs of september 2025
Protect your energy, but when the time is right, expend expend expend.
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punk this week podcast 53: snooper + bb bomb
Revealed this episode: If either host of this podcast is at Menards, they immediately text the other one a selfie.
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added dimensions’ sarah everton reveals her added dimensions
The Richmond-via-Philly artist on her new album Jane From Preoccupied America and what she’s learned about running a band.
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punk this week: snooper, split system, the etters + 14 more
An abbreviated column featuring some exceptional records.
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punk this week podcast 52: added dimensions + silo kids
Recorded (in part) live from Memphis during Gonerfest, there’s a lot of psychological Kermit reckoning in this episode.
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punk this week: silo kids, added dimensions, genre + 13 more
Plus Lothario, Josie, Heather the Jerk, and more. Happy Gonerfest. R.I.P. Trouble in Mind.
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haram will not succumb to despair
“That’s the common thread between punk and the Middle East... you don’t give up and you keep going, and you need to be prepared to give it all.”
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punk this week podcast 51: nape neck + the prize
Wherein Kermit the Frog stans exact their revenge on see-saw.fun proprietor Evan Minsker.
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beer’s frontman fucked up his foot before the basement show
Yet the South Carolina egg punks still ripped one of the best live shows I’ve seen this year.
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punk this week: the prize, nape neck, billiam + 16 more
The return of Citric Dummies, new Cowboys, and a sick Minneapolis debut. We feast!