playlist: the best punk songs of december 2024

Over here, December was dominated by the process of shipping the critically acclaimed see/saw year end broadsheet and ironing out details around the forthcoming year one party (peep that lineup). I also saw the Dylan movie with my mom and watched several of my relatives swing my gleeful toddler by the armpits.

The start of the year has me excited about the shape of punk to come; new records that offer a rare glimmer of joy on the horizon. It feels great to return to see/saw—to fill a new planner with release dates for new records and think about what kind of writing I’d like to see in the world. It’s nice getting back into the swing of the podcast with Nina and putting together new episodes of the radio show (now airing weekly on KOOP in Austin!). see/saw Walkman Club is gearing up to launch over on Discord; we’re geeking out about a bunch of new records over there, as usual. I’ve got a few features cooking, and the Punk This Week column returns this Friday.

With all this looking ahead, it’d be easy to gloss over the hours in December where I got excited about punk records. Home from the holidays, I found a tape from Heather the Jerk on my doorstep—a reminder of how much sick music came out right before all that holiday travel. The December punks deserve their flowers, so before we barrel into what’s ahead, here’s where we’ve been.

the best punk songs of december 2024

Adult Human Females - Tuck Tuck Goose (Live at Tompkins Square Park)
Yuasa-Exide - Computer Strike
BUIO OMEGA - ON THE PROWL
Patrol - Breakout
Pleasants - Sick Sad Situation
Heather the Jerk - Dü It Again
Rifle - Cut Me Loose
EYE BALL - RUBBER HAMMERS
Rude Television - Lawless
Zap Pack - THESE MEDS DON'T HELP ME
MEGA X - ホログラムシティ
King Dick - Romantic Love Shrine
HUGAYZ - WE HUGAYZ
Abe and the Shits - Stab me
CUCUY - YOU FUCKING MORONS
Raya - Un despertar
LARRY & THEE JERRYS - THE PITCH
ROTARY CLUB - ITU-D
The Pancake Haus - Turn On Yr Hope
WWW - Odio Humanoide
Fast Johnny and The Slow Burners - Self Depreciation
Titanium Expose - Exile
Amusement - Holding On
P. Noid - Go Somewhere Else
Cyclo Sonic - Rattlebox
Lavender Jets - Spaulding Street
NRG - Control
X2000 - Fragmentar El Futuro
STARBURST - THERES MOLD
Vermit - bouquet of vomit
DD Deth - POSSESSED BY DOOM
SLITHER - Projector
Vaxine - Thread of Hate
Smertegrænsens Toldere - I Gang
FOIL - Nuclear Family
GAOLED - THUNDERCAP
CICADA - GROWTH PATIENCE UNDERSTANDING
The Apparition - Verbrauch
BALLISTIX - CEO ASSASSINATION SQUAD