playlist
playlist: the best punk songs of october 2025
Running down an unbelievable month for punk music, plus a blog about “how it’s going.”
Latest
punk this week
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!
podcast
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?
interview
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
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.
jukebox
see/saw jukebox 06: ekko astral
The band discuss their new single “Horseglue” and add some outstanding records to the jukebox.
podcast
punk this week podcast 55: citric dummies + good luck
Elmo demands freedom for Poland. We demand you listen to these sick new records.
at the show
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
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.
podcast
punk this week podcast 54: black eyes + shakti
A bunch of hardcore and a live taste review of Reggie! Bar’s reboot.
interview
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.
punk this week
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!