punk this week: class act, guyscrapers + 16 more
Useless Eaters and the Cowboys return in this big teetering pile of new punk records.
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punk this week podcast 43: panic shack + scud
A meditation on graveyard prog metal, televised snack crimes, and doing The Secret for jug punk.
superman (2025), cm punk, and the corporate effort to define punk rock’s spirit
The biggest movie in the world asserts itself as a punk movie and uses its platform to define what it really means to be punk rock.
punk this week: visual learner, r.m.f.c. + 17 more
A huge pile of good new punk records from all over the damn globe.
punk this week podcast 42: eddy current suppression ring + tunnel vision
A new one from Powerplant, a return to the early ’00s rock'n'roll revival, and a near-miss with caffeinated root beer.
punk this week: eddy current suppression ring, cruelster, tvo + 14 more
A huge week for new punk records that also includes new Powerplant and the Wind Ups, plus some hardcore blasts from 11PM Records.
punk this week podcast 41: inch + yuasa-exide + boo/hiss
An episode where we discover and build a new life worshiping the Dog N Suds mascot.
wesley and the boys are the best memphis band from nashville
The prolific rock’n’roll crew on the state of Tennessee’s scenes, punk house horrors, and fighting on the internet.
punk this week: useless eaters, lava, yuasa-exide, boo/hiss + 7 more
Feeling patriotic? Me neither. Let’s listen to a raw punk d-beat band from Rhode Island.
punk this week podcast 40: kissland + still no p.e.a.c.e.
Were we planning to go this hard on Michael Stipe? No comment.
playlist: the best punk songs of 2025 so far
A pile of favorite songs from the first half of the year + a blog about how it’s been going.
punk this week: xanny stars, elle barbara, electric chair, the gobs + 16 more
I wrote about the new Lame, Black Dog, Power Pants, Fungas, and Histamine in a moving car and now I’m car sick, whoopsies ;)
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see/saw jukebox 03: pigeon pit’s lomes oleander
Evan and Nina sit down with Lomes to discuss airplane sandwiches, great punk records, and the ultimate punk house floor plan.
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punk this week podcast 39: media puzzle + nuclear fear
It's hot and humid in the Midwest, so we’re beating the heat with six killer new punk records
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kaleidoscope, an angry band that’s never been angrier
The NYC hardcore band on returning to punk as old heads and their new era where everyone’s a lead singer.
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punk this week: water machine, alienator, billiam, dávila 666 + 21 more
Featuring an all-star international benefit compilation for mutual aid in Gaza + much more.
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punk this week podcast 38: self improvement + panel
A discussion about new art punk, parents’ protest signs, and beautiful songs about dead pets.
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playlist: punk is for the children
A post-Father’s Day collection of punk songs that my child seems to like.
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punk this week: panel, self improvement, puffer + 18 more
A massive week includes the Bug Club, Pure Terror, Bloodshot Bill, Pyrex, Smart Shoppers, and so many more.
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punk this week podcast 37: lifeguard + k u t e
A very special birthday episode means we’re talking ice cream cake and System of a Down’s Brazil spectacle
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pyrex think concept albums should be reserved for prog bands
The New York City punks discuss the Bodies exhibition’s influence on their new album Body + using steel chairs as percussion.
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punk this week: lùlù, lifeguard, idle ray, tommy + 20 more
Frankie and the Witch Fingers return, a pile of punk-adjacent bedroom pop dazzles, and the GG King members show off their range.
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punk this week podcast 36: no americans
EYE BALL, 悶煮悶MENGZHUMENG, Autobahns, Elvis 2, dogwhistle, and more. This episode features no Americans.
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g.i. jinx emerge from montreal’s “cesspool of artists”
Around the release of their new album Mind Freak, the group discusses the creatively inspiring nature of Montreal’s punk scene.