playlist
playlist: the best punk songs of november 2025
Some thoughts on big year-end lists, plus a punk and rock'n'roll playlist of garage punk, power pop, hardcore, and more.
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punk this week
punk this week: scrabbled, bag + 11 more
Get a discounted subscription. Plus: Listen to Scrabbled, listen to BAG, listen to Angstmäler.
jukebox
see/saw jukebox 07: mspaint’s deedee
The charismatic Hattiesburg punk rocker on Waffle House jukeboxes, old head scene politics, and essential punk records.
podcast
punk this week podcast 60: sharp pins + hetta
A cabinet full of theater popcorn, a winter coat lined with pocket bread, a sword at the hardcore show, and six sick punk records.
punk this week
punk this week: sharp pins, thee headcoatees, tee vee repairmann + 13 more
The return of legends, a wonderfully savage U.S.A. diss track from Barcelona, Parisian eggs, sick Sydney garage punk, and much more.
podcast
punk this week podcast 59: soft on crime + laughing corpse
Please tell us: What is the wettest you’ve ever been at an indoor concert?
see/saw tv
sexfaces enlist all the d.c. punk baddies for their “s.c.u.m.” video
At the boxing gym, the Scum Gang collides with the Chad Gang in a war against the patriarchy.
punk this week
punk this week: home front, tony molina, clickbait + 25 more
Fast recommendations of sick punk records. No paywall since I didn’t write much.
interview
on deadline with optic sink
How the Memphis band—one of the best in the country—made their best album yet with a little help from their friends.
podcast
punk this week podcast 58: squint + total sham
Pigeon Pit, Wiccans, and long-awaited encounters with rare OOP Blu-rays.
punk this week
punk this week: wiccans, pigeon pit, cosmic psychos + 15 more
The new Total Sham rules. The archival Teengenerate live album is unbelievable. It’s another phenomenal week for punk records.
podcast
punk this week podcast 57: puppet wipes + blue zero
Optic Sink, Gumm, Radioactivity, Abism, and of course, Halloween chat.