punk this week: the clubs, power pants, autofill + more
A free brief column recommending the Christmas week punk records.
Hey, it’s a very brief and very free installment of the Punk This Week column. We’ll be back in full swing with traditional installments in 2026. Today, I’m just going to briefly run down what’s been good here in the final full week of the year.
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The best new record out on Christmas week is the self-titled debut EP from the Clubs, a power pop band featuring members of Les Lullies, Slander Tongue, and Klavo. Chicago’s Autofill dropped a new one called Get Yr Fill. Power Pants closes out 2026 with PP13. I’m a little late to it, but I’m really enjoying the garage punks Outsider from Bloomington.
Standout Oregon punks Happy Death Men and Keddies Resort have a new split. Melbourne’s Pleasers A.D. have a live record recorded at the Old Bar. I love the crunchy and noodly electro punk of the new GR3YBOY. The California garage rockers Ideal Body have two new ones called “Preppers” and “Scales.” There’s an excellent loosie from Italy’s Dirty Job and some great preview tracks from the new album from Philadelphia’s Raw Honey.
Y’all listen to that Sheer Mag side project the Seely Jurgens Band? They’ve got a buttery new single. If you’re feeling sad looking at the Christmas tree, try Shrudd’s covers of some Christmas standards. Shout out Sweden’s Nervous B.O. Evil Weevil are back and still sound both very evil and significantly weevil. Boston’s Muck & the Mires offer a new 45 of throwback garage rock.
On the hardcore and grind front: Detroit’s Bad Beat, Columbus’ OCRAM, the Southern California band Crutch of Society, Indonesia’s WORSE and Bottled Violent, Las Vegas’ Life’s Torment, Texans UnfortunateTX, South Dakota’s Carrion Crawlers, and Charlotte’s fixations.
That’s it for now! If you want more, go listen to the playlist of my favorite punk songs of 2025. Happy Boxing Day/Jumbo’s Night.
