Punk This Week

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 to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork.Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram and Bluesky. Have a question you’d like to hear addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun.Punk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the pod! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram and Bluesky.Have a question you’d like to hear addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun.Punk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the pod! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Bluesky.Have a question you’d like to hear addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun.Punk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the pod! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram and Bluesky.Have a question you’d like to hear addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun.Punk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the pod! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.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.Have a question you’d like to hear addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun.Punk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram and Bluesky.Have a question you’d like to hear addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun.Punk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 far.” It’s the same format—we each pick three—but this time focused on six year-end contender records we didn’t cover so far this year. This one’s for the paid subscribers. By subscribing to see/saw, you’ve been kind enough to support this podcast that’s honestly just an excuse for us to hang out during snack time and listen to loud music. Throw us a coin or barter your way across the paywall. Paid subscribers also get the weekly column Punk This Week and the see/saw radio archive. More importantly, they get the gratitude of two punk journalists from the Midwest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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; find see/saw on Instagram and Bluesky.Have a question you’d like to hear addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun.Punk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram and Bluesky.Have a question you’d like to hear addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun.Punk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 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 addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 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 addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.)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 addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 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 addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram, Discord, and Bluesky. Have a question you’d like to hear addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Punk This Week, Evan and Nina celebrate America’s downfall with an episode featuring zero U.S. artists. Stick around to the end to hear the world premiere of the “No Americans” bumper.In addition to new records from EYE BALL, 悶煮悶MENGZHUMENG, Autobahns, Elvis 2, dogwhistle, Good Ramen, and Great Deal, topics discussed include our hosts’ average popcorn intake volume, the Kirby and Cookie Monster methods, Goodbye Boozy’s big week, and radio DJs doing the Crazy Taxi voice.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 addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We spend a good chunk of time talking about some now-removed seafood mousse artwork (which you can see here and here for reference) and have to stop ourselves from going long on Ink Master. We discuss the new ones from MSPAINT, SEXFACES, Loretta, Science Man, Sister Agnes, and Saps. Shout out Martin Douglas and Nina’s MSPAINT review!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 addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nina found herself at an All-American Rejects house show in Chicago this past weekend, a tale that absolutely includes some snack chat. Then our duo ponders a wild week that included the stellar new EP from Chicago’s Stress Positions and an impressive level-up from Cincinnati’s Artificial Go. We also discussed the new ones from Minneapolis’ Meditation, Dublin’s M(h)aol, New York City’s Docents, and Orange County’s Kram-a-Xam.Don’t forget to check out new ones from the Gotobeds, KiLynn Lunsford, and Gubba Hori! 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 addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT or NO AMERICANS bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the end of this episode, Nina throws down the gauntlet, challenging listeners for a new bumper. Before that, we discussed a new tape from the now-defunct Indianapolis band Frizbee and a full-length from Portugal’s Cortada. We also go around the world with new records from Laxisme (Germany), Sword Breaker (Netherlands), Ubili su Batlera (Serbia), and Empty Bones (Germany).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 addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the other side of some technical difficulties, Evan and Nina ponder a possible new path for punk. What is Quiznos-core? Join us for a chat about Um, Jennifer?’s fantastic debut album and the decades-belated return of Australian first wave punks the Vacant Lot. We also discuss new ones by Class Tourists, Clenchers, Happy Death Men, and Shibuya.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 addressed on the show? Want to talk about a new record we didn’t discuss? Want to send a HARD PIVOT bumper? Email us: see-saw@see-saw.funPunk This Week is made possible by see/saw subscribers; please consider a subscription if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll learn about way more punk records than we can pack into the podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.