Punk This Week

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’ Warhead...

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...

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....

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...

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 unabri...

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 wou...

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 ,  Shr...

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 “ Ne...

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...

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 ,  Ad...

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 “ Nee...

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-tit...

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 Pow...

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...

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 the...

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 , a...

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 ti...

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 s...

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 inte...

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...

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 Bab...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...