Punk This Week

After discussing our listeners’ own sightings of Pokémon in the pit (following last week’s extensive Poké chat), we talk about Fugazi’s finally officially released sessions with the late Steve Albini. We also talk about new records by Pura Manía, Swirls, Yankee Bastard, Powerwasher, and Reek Minds.

Check out Fugazi’s 2005 set in Huntington, West Virginia and the Caddywhompus album Odd Hours.

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Who’s that Pokémon??? Nina returns from Boston as our co-hosts discuss the next three starter Pokémon. We fixate hard on one in particular and begin to wonder which Pokémon we’ve encountered irl in the pit. We also discuss new records from Landowner, Station Model Violence, byproxy, DRAÜMAR, King Slender, and Die Knöpf.

Punk This Week is a Ruinous Media podcast; thanks to Ruinous for their support. Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nick...

Evan and Nina underline what’s been true all along: we’re Oscar and Slimy. Evan hangs out with the Sleaze, their dachshund friend, and the End Press in Minneapolis. Ritual Cross’ David Anthony gets a very specific compliment(?) from a child. We discuss a revelatory grilled cheese and rank Chicago-style hot dog ingredients.

And of course, we talk about six great new punk records by Institute, hotbrothers, Heather the Jerk, Personal Style, Mod Lang, and Hillbomb.

Be sure to check out Nina’s Best New Music review of Twisted Teens’ Blame the Clown (an album disc...

It’s time for Grimace lore, more viewings of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, filling plastic Easter eggs with Nerds for percussion purposes, and a cautionary tale brought to you by Revenge of the Sith. Otherwise we’re gushing about the new Twisted Teens album Blame the Clown, plus the latest from Jacques Grêle et les Fausses Fuites, BALEIA BALEIA BALEIA, P. Noid, Angel Girl, and Ozzie Hair. Also be sure to check out the new Class Act and Van Goth.

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This week, Evan and Nina welcome their dear friend, the great punk writer and musician David Anthony!

Following a discussion of savory ice creams (a Super Bowl tradition) and the 2026 Muppet Show, we make David talk about the new one by his band Ritual Cross. He can’t believe we’ve done this. We also get into new records by Zero Sum, Perro Mundo, the Nervous, BRICKIE, and Chemical Threat.

Go subscribe to David’s excellent newsletter Former Clarity and check out his podcast with Dan Ozzi, No Disrespect.

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What’s that? We read books? That’s right, we talk about some of the books we’ve been reading. After Evan went to Tom Morello’s First Avenue benefit concert with Bruce Springsteen as the surprise “special guest,” here’s a poll for the listeners: Who would’ve been the funniest surprise if he brought out anyone but Springsteen or Zack de la Rocha?

Oh right we talked about new records, too: indirekt grell, En Kernaghan Band, Lovvbömbing!, Life Expectancy, Horsebag, and Cryogenic Division.

If you can, please donate to some Minneapolis mutual aid funds amid th...

We try to open the podcast by saying “fuck ICE” in unison, which falls apart when Evan introduces the podcast as Puck This Week. Following a tangent about Frasier, “Grunge Frasier,” the essential video of Kelsey Grammer falling off the stage, and Twilight Imperium, we discuss new records by PLANT, Smetti Subito, Two Thumbs Down, Disket, Hot Face, and Tomcat.

If you can, please donate to some Minneapolis mutual aid funds amid the occupation.

Punk This Week is a Ruinous Media podcast; thanks to Ruinous for their support. Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our t...

As of this moment, our podcast has joined Ruinous Media! We get a check-in from our new pod father Joe Plummer (Tour Stories, The Check-In) before we even had a chance to sweep up all the crumbs from our conversation about Wheatsville popcorn tofu, Jet’s turbo crust, and Cel-Ray.

Discussed this week are excellent new records from DBR, Gylt, Teini-Pää, Rifle, Poor Girl, and Fuckin’ Warheads.

Thanks to Ruinous Media for their network support. Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bu...

Your hosts discuss being persuaded by bakery case cookies and cupcakes based on vibrant frosting color. Will we chomp into a dry disappointment or feel like a sweet little prince? We’re also talkin’ root beer floats and the lost secret to growing mint. The new year rolls on with great new records by Winged Wheel, Bungee Jumpers, Six Going on Seven, Doe St, Ritual Disorder, and mangled. Fuck ICE.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the...

Happy New Year, fuckface! Nina has accidentally coined a new catchphrase for herself during an incident of Taco Bell-related pedestrian rage. We get into new records by Slut Intent, Fog Lamp, J.A.R.T.A. Attack, National Photo Committee, Spent Film, and Harsh Response. It’s a fun one!

Shout out some records we missed during out best of 2025 episodes, including Silver Dolls, COFFER, Harry W., Cartoon, and Racecourse. There’s still time to order a copy of see/saw’s best punk records of 2025 broadsheet! And no matter how much you love our podcast, do not...

Punk This Week is see/saw’s free weekly podcast from co-hosts Evan Minsker and Nina Corcoran—a discussion of the latest and greatest in the world of punk rock. Usually, we talk about six new punk records we’re loving from the past week.

This time, we welcome friends of the podcast to share their favorite punk things of 2025. We hear from Tyler Fassnacht (Baby Tyler), Martin Douglas (Trick Bag), Jim Fair (Positive Thinking), Jael Holzman (Ekko Astral), David Anthony (Former Clarity/Ritual Cross), Shauna Boyle (Leatherman/Cable Ties/Lothario), Lucy Isadora (Big Clown/Hammer and the Tools...

This is it! During our holiday travels to visit family, the two of us found two hours to sit in front of microphones and discuss our respective top three favorite punk records of the year. No spoilers in case you’re don’t want those, but click through the links for Evan’s top three and Nina’s top three.

A note to listeners that there's a longer unabridged version of this episode available on see-saw.fun and Mixcloud. The file for this full episode was too big for the podcast hosting service, so apologies for that!

After a lengthy discussion about the circumstances in which we will celebrate a Calvin pissing bumper sticker, we talk about new records from Wandering Bird, Coffee Stain, Rhys Renwick, the Washington Apples, HONG!, and Amy Beth and Thee Creeps. It’s our last regular-format podcast of the year; next week we’ll share our punk favorites of 2025!

We still would love to know: Which Muppet are you? Take the quiz and tell us on Discord. Crucial links: A mother’s homemade Nazgûl costume and K9 Sniffies’ 2016 album Master’s Touch.

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Which Muppet are you? Take the quiz and tell us on Discord. We also discuss a Gumby that is for Nina and also dogs, Kool-Aid pie (shout out Reba Gibbs), losing what appears to be a tooth chunk after the best night of one’s life, Luigi the yule goat, and eventually, records by Mujeres Podridas, Smashed Glass, Jacky Cougar & the Vampyres From Africa, Shrudd, Veneno para Niños, and Only

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for t...

As we bid a tearful farewell to Nina’s laptop, we offer a post-Thanksgiving demand that you tell us about your pies. We discussed new records from Quazimorto, Extraña Humana, cóclea, BAG, Bridch, and Scrabbled. We also discover the connective tissue shared by all six records. Essential link: the recipe for butternut squash enchiladas.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on In...

Nina saw an absurd number of movies in theaters and now has a stockpile of popcorn in Ziploc bags. Evan had a sword held to his crotch in the tiny room of Minneapolis’ Eagles #34 courtesy the Memphis punks Snörkler. We discuss new records from Sharp Pins, HETTA, Flippeur, Bee Bee Sea, the Brokedowns, and Big Modern. Essential links: Leor Galil’s new Chicago Reader feature about the Hallogallo scene all grown up + Shaq running to the bathroom on Inside the NBA.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Than...

What’s the wettest you’ve ever been in the audience of an indoor concert? Can you top Nina emptying water out her rain boots in the Empty Bottle bathroom? We also discuss a Sesame Street banger, having a Devo birthday, Sims Hardin’s Aussie post-punk compendium for Bandcamp, plus excellent new records from Soft on Crime, Laughing Corpse, Pen16, Adobe Homes, Industry, and Mini Skirt.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcor...

The same weekend Nina acquired her Blu-ray grail and Evan noted the conundrum of Twix’s load-bearing cookie when the flavor is snickerdoodle, our hosts got together to discuss burp rock, the best Smiths song, and new records by Squint, Total Sham, Pigeon Pit, Wiccans, Strange Passage, and Pill Mill.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram and Bluesky.

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We’re talking about Halloween, we’re talking about seeing Count Spookula at Rash Fest, and we’re shaming a very specific person who thought Kirby was a Pokémon. It’s a massive week with new records from Puppet Wipes, Blue Zero, Optic Sink, Gumm, Radioactivity, and Abism.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram and Bluesky.

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Punk This Week is see/saw’s free weekly podcast from co-hosts Evan Minsker and Nina Corcoran—a discussion of the latest and greatest in the world of punk rock. We talk about six new punk records we’re loving from the past week.

With a song in our hearts and a plan to meet at the National Mustard Museum, Evan and Nina discuss new records from sprgrs, BUIO OMEGA, Liquid Cross, Kid Congo Powers and Naim Amor, UZU, and No Time. Shout out Greg Wheeler and the Poly Mall Cops, kotskat, the Smarthearts, and Brainbombs’ new recor...

It’s an episode with a ticking clock: Will Nina make it on time to the Frog gig? Still, we had to discuss the Zippy’s dog, Reksio candies, and Elmo’s bold stance. We brought new records from Citric Dummies, Good Luck, SOGA, Twisted Teens, Baby Tyler, and Destiny Bond.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram and Bluesky.

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We welcome spooky season with a live taste of Reggie! Bar’s unexpected 2025 reboot and then play a bunch of hardcore records by Slug, Endless Joy, Dry Socket, and Violencia. After noodling into the stratosphere with Blood Cannery, we discuss Black Eyes’ exceptional return on Dischord and an outstanding self-titled from Shakti on La Vida Es Un Mus.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find...

This week, Evan has a new crisis when he asks how do you carry your stuff around a music festival when you don't want to get your back all sweaty? Evan and Nina reveal their Menards-specific text exchanges, Nina plots an interview with the suburban Menards pianist, and we discover the return of Reggie! Bars. All this plus we discuss new ones from Snooper, BB BOMB, Total Con, G.A.Z.E., NULL, and the Etters.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the...

Evan went to Gonerfest and all he got was a sore throat (and, of course, pretty sick...and a bunch of records). Nina saw that huge Turnstile show. In the midst of exciting weekends at the gigs, they recorded this episode of Punk This Week and found themselves exploring a psychological breakdown of all things Kermit.

This intro is long; we get to the records around 29-minute mark. Discussed this time are new records from Added Dimensions, Silo Kids, Genre, Nosepick, Permanent Opposite, and Property.

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Evan gets his ass kicked for his ranking of Kermit the Frog in the greater Muppets universe and then cocoons fully into his stereotype of only talking about Australian punk bands. It’s an episode about new records from Nape Neck, the Prize, Billiam, Deaf Club, GOB, and the Quelques coups d'éclat compilation. Find full show notes on see-saw.fun!

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, ...

It’s the 50th episode of the Punk This Week podcast, and this time we’re each bringing long-awaited records from bands we’ve loved for a long time in Algernon Cadwallader and Haram. We also discuss the latest from Spite House, STATICØ, Dancer, and Rhizome & the Flavonoids. Be sure to read Nina’s Best New Music review of the new Algernon album over at Pitchfork and revisit her see/saw interview with Dancer.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks...

Did we set out to establish Donkey Kong as the latest nemesis of the Punk This Week podcast before we recorded this episode? We’ll never tell, but we will tell you all about some great new records by Tigers and Flies, Winston Hytwr’s Perfect Harmony, Narco, Loose Lips, TOUCH, and computer fight. Head here for extended show notes.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and ...

As summer winds down, we’re making apple butter, discovering the actual contents of apple butter, and feeling wistful about the changing of seasons with records by Vaguess, Lathe of Heaven, An Slua, Retirement Party, and Carnivorous Flower. Then we throw away all that sentimentality to blast some gnarly powerviolence from Disciplinary Action!

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram and Blues...

It’s official: Punk This Week is one year old. What a joy to podcast with each other about punk records during what feels like a genuine boom period for great loud music. Thanks to everyone who’s ever enjoyed this podcast. Please write us a review and tell your friends. This episode gets into the new records from Bootcamp, FEN FEN, 1-800-MIKEY, Friction Tape, TEE//VEE, and Insane.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podc...

Did we expect to watch the entire trailer for the Anthony Michael Hall-starring fantasy adventure flop A Gnome Named Gnorm when we set out to record this episode? No, but when you’re covering the new one from Gnomocop, you legally have to do the research. The episode also features new records from Mr. [Redacted], Mar De Árboles, Sick Thoughts, Ways of Hiding, and Harry Sings.

Also discussed: squirrel snacks, Nina’s Osees review, Nina giving Media Puzzle an official song of the summer look, hoof punk, and goth bullies on the beach.

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Nina recovers from a weekend at Lollapalooza, where she gazed starstruck at Jonathan Davis’ custom H.R. Giger mic stand while chompin’ corn chips in the Korn pit. Evan mourns the waterfront Burger King—the most romantic spot in town. We also discuss a pile of great new records by the New Eves, the Unknowns, Dark Thoughts, Flowers for the Dead, CLOBBER, and Emmett O’Connor.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corc...

This entire year except for those two weeks off, punk this week hosts Nina Corcoran and Evan Minsker have podcasted about six new punk records each week. Some of those weeks, we walked away with that sinking feeling: Shit, we missed one. Sometimes the best emo record of the year slips by because there were too many good options that week. Maybe it took months for a demo to find its way to YouTube from basement show cassette treasure.

Therefore, we have called to order a punk this week special titled “overlooked punk favorites of 2025 so fa...

This week, a perfect slice of homemade triple berry pie turns around an arduous moving day, we pay tribute to Ichiro Suzuki’s Baseball Hall of Fame induction and perfect rapport with his dog, and the term “Cocteau Twins cash” is officially coined. We brought the latest from Golomb, Guyscrapers, G.I. Bill, Lash, Light Beams, and Los Retumbes.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; fin...

Our hosts ponder if Chester Cheetah has too many snack subsidiaries going at the same time, and then snack talk extends into punk talk with a revelation about Fiddle Faddle product placement. We brought records by Panic Shack, Scud, Catchin’ Yetis, Visual Learner, Jug & the Bugs, and FRENZY. Also discussed: Michael Stipe (bye!), what’s on the rider for the graveyard prog metal show, and how jug punks are busting MJ Lenderman’s wristwatch monopoly.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks...

What does it mean to build community through a punk rock podcast? It means unintentionally encouraging listeners to show up to see/saw events bearing Frostie. We discussed new records by Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Tunnel Vision, Powerplant, DÄÄCHT, AYUCABA, and Sluta Ljug. Also discussed: Eddy Current’s non-EP single “Swimming Hole,” new albums by Cruelster and Dona Casque, the punk rock baking community, friends of Heat (1995), and the hazards of Rev’d Up Sprecher root beer.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bum...

An innocent conversation about iced fluffy and Frostie Root Beer leads to a feverish research session about the Dog N Suds chain of restaurants, its mascot’s center of gravity, and whether or not our hosts will record a live episode at one of the remaining Dog N Suds locations. This episode—featuring conversations about new records by Inch, Boo/Hiss + Yuasa-Exide, the Couch, Useless Eaters, Screaming Target, and Tokarev—was not sponsored by Dog N Suds or The Materialists.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornto...

Summer rolls on as the co-hosts of Punk This Week share some thoughts about M3GAN 2.0 and some secondhand family gossip about Michael Stipe allegedly (allegedly!) being rude one time. Otherwise we’re digging into the exceptional new KISSLAND record, the completely stacked still no P.E.A.C.E. still WAR compilation, plus new ones from Xanny Stars, the Wulongs, Electric Chair, Physique, and Xerostomia. You wanna hear us celebrate wild new music and also chastise a bald alternative rock icon based on hearsay? Tune in! (Shoutout Henchman4Hire.com.)

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Our Midwestern punk pod duo are trying to beat the heat wave, which of course means they’re jumping in the pool, eating ice cream, and sweating it out at punk shows. This time they’re chatting about new records from Media Puzzle, Nuclear Fear, Mary Jam, Billiam, Skinhead, and Olive Seeds: An International Benefit for Mutual Aid in Gaza. We’d strongly encourage you to dive into the bigger pile of Gaza benefit punk compilations from last year.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton ...

In this episode of the pod, Evan and Nina gush about art punks, their parents’ No Kings protest signs, and beautiful music about dead pets. Discussed are the new ones by Self Improvement, Panel, Spirit Desire, DANA, Violet Bloom, and Shrinkwrap Killers.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork.

Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram, Discord, and Bluesky. Have a question you’d like to hear address...

On a very special birthday episode of Punk This Week, we’re talking adults vs. teens laser tag, ice cream cake, Valley Girl, That Dog, the Luigi’s Mansion arcade edition, System of a Down playing Brazil, and of course, six unstoppable new punk records. Discussed this time are Lifeguard, K U T E, Tommy, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, LÙLÙ, and Sold Short.

Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs” off their self-titled album. Thanks to Waylon Thornton for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork.

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