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if you were stoked on the new puppet wipes or nape neck or most contemporary siltbreeze stuff, the scrabbled album is a revelation. heartbreaking that bek's no longer with us. sick debuts, subscription discounts, and more. it's PUNK THIS WEEK.

AI-generated artwork is making it so easy to skim through bandcamp tags these days. just a fast "nope!" and I keep on movin.

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see/saw jukebox is a bonus podcast for paid see/saw subscribers where @ninacorcoran.bsky.social + I sit down with luminaries to discuss perfect punk records. this one was a damn hoot: MSPAINT's DEEDEE on Waffle House jukeboxes, old head scene politics, Hattiesburg, and their essential punk syllabus

In this episode of the PUNK THIS WEEK podcast, I revealed to @ninacorcoran.bsky.social my see/saw radio mash-up of Big Modern's "Parasite" and Shaq running to the bathroom in the middle of "Inside the NBA." Also talked about Sharp Pins, Flippeur, Bee Bee Sea, HETTA, and the Brokedowns.

Sharp Pins, Thee Headcoatees, Tee Vee Repairman, Flippeur—what a damn week for new punk and rock'n'roll records 🌞

oh my god there’s a NEW album from THEE HEADCOATEES

a Dublin band doing mod revival garage rock via crazy horse, that’s the SOFT ON CRIME sales pitch, new pod same fun

taking a birthday hiatus from writing the column, but here are the punk records of the week (no paywall)

getting into the practice of calling my wv homies “baby dog.” give it a shot sometime. “got u baby dog.”

Optic Sink leveled up this year their unbelievable new album Lucky Number. @helloabbondelo.bsky.social sat down with the band in Memphis for a chat about the new album. Also included: some character witness interviews with Greg Cartwright and Sweeping Promises.

new Punk This Week podcast with Nina and I discussing new Pigeon Pit + Total Sham + Squint + Wiccans + Pill Mill + Strange Passage. also: OOP Blu-ray grails, snickerdoodle Twix, the underrated marriage of noise + blues, and burp rock.

I used to work for Roger Lynch and Anna Wintour, and when they both picked me up by the armpits and threw me into a dumpster behind One World Trade, I learned something valuable: the people in charge will never get it, and by “it” I mean the song “Gnats in the Pisser” by Lumpy and the Dumpers

the state of things is pretty fucked up. all the tools writers need to get eyes on the work have been smashed so people can get inaccurate soulless AI summaries pushed to the front instead. social feeds are clogged w the same three videos shared on different accounts over and over again.

finding out they don’t make a Nowhere Man plushie but my son keeps quoting this dude from the Yellow Submarine movie, the vibe in the house is specific

I lost my earbuds weeks ago + my niece took my aux cord to Texas + my new brand is “listening to podcasts with the phone inside a cup holder”

new surprise pigeon pit album, the returns of WICCANS and COSMIC PSYCHOS, a wildly sick live TEENGENERATE album recorded 30 years ago, and much more. it's FRIDAY, it's SEE/SAW, it's PUNK THIS WEEK. support independent music writing for $4/month. tell your rocker homies about see/saw. love ya punx.

Pitchfork posted my old job today. serendipitously, tape trade just ran this essay I wrote a few weeks ago about how I don't miss that job at all + prefer the path I'm on. @dansinker.com once said "I'd rather be a pirate than join the navy." been thinking about that a lot.

op-ed: I Just Realized Every ZZ Top Song Is About Cumming

mask off in close friends about my copywriting gig, listening to Laurie Anderson's Mister Heartbreak (1984), just sent this hall of fame text

best day for democracy in a good bit

@ninacorcoran.bsky.social and I recorded PUNK THIS WEEK right after Halloween, so we ofc talk about candy, our costumes, and shame someone for not knowing enough about Kirby. massive week featuring records by Puppet Wipes, Blue Zero, Optic Sink, Gumm, Radioactivity, and Abism.

pounding your chest all the time fucking sucks after a while. the tempo right now fucking sucks. feeling disconnected bc fascists run the internet and that fucking sucks. eat the rich.

a big punk playlist of the past month's heaters, plus a blog transparently discussing the money of being a fully independent music writer post-corporate job layoff

this was the best thing that happened to me this weekend

the best halloween costume for skinny guys is bane with no goose suit

Every week of October has been an absolute monster for new punk records. In a month that’s given us Citric Dummies, Black Eyes, Shakti and Snooper, now we've got new Optic Sink, Puppet Wipes, Radioactivity, and Retail Simps. Absolutely wild. For updates every week, subscribe to see/saw. It's $4!!

hey if anybody is going to rash fest in eau claire tomorrow, come say hey. I'm tabling! I'll be selling shirts but also I'll have some used records. you can pay money or: bring canned goods + I'll give you some records or tapes or whatever in exchange.

in the new pod episode, Nina and I plot a trip to the National Mustard Museum

I think it's fun when I get pr email invites to shows because it's clear that nobody knows where I live 🔎

Proud of this one, been a huge fan of the menagerie of tyler projects for years

@jortyspice.bsky.social and Tyler Fassnacht sat down for a wide-ranging chat about the Baby Tyler oeuvre (including the new album), the definition of "success" in punk, his wild stage show, and never compromising the art. A read that gets into why I've long been inspired by this Wisconsin icon.

It's a week before Halloween and some massive punk records are out: BUIO OMEGA (Minneapolis), Greg Wheeler & the Poly Mall Cops (Des Moines), the Smarthearts (Philly), No Time (Pittsburgh), plus legends Brainbombs and Kid Congo Powers. New punk column! Independent music journalism! $4/month! lfg 😮‍💨

shout out every parent who has ever potty trained a child with an iron will

I’m not on Twitter anymore, every music writer who has ever published something on pitchfork is stoked on this “people can comment on your old shit freely” news right?

see/saw jukebox, the subscribers-only bonus pod from @ninacorcoran.bsky.social and I, returns with all three members of @ekkoastral.bsky.social! We add five records to the mythical perfect punk jukebox + talk about the brand new track "Horseglue" and other new songs they've been playing on tour.

np VIZ.M - THE VISIBLE MAN

Maybe the most "all heaters" episode of Punk This Week pod @ninacorcoran.bsky.social and I have ever delivered

on the final weekend of September, Sydney Salk attended Bread & Roses and delivered this scene report with multiple interviews. photos by Kate Vitali.

some outsider meandering from D. McCartney just dropped on the Drin bandcamp, pairs well with morning coffee and the first evidence of sunlight

I don’t ask for pics with artists, but it was nice of drew and citric dummies to demand this one after the first see/saw pizza party

there's a genuine AOTY for me this week in the new Citric Dummies record, an absolutely essential LP from the Mexico City band SOGA, plus unbelievable records from Baby Tyler, Imploders, Destiny Bond, and more. punk rules. subscribe to see/saw for $4/week to read the weekly column PUNK THIS WEEK 💝

RIP Ace and shoutout every headline writer subtweeting the hypocrisy of these dudes who literally replaced the man multiple times over

my poems about Shaq’s last wrestling match and Tommy Lee’s OnlyFans really fucking killed at the folk show tonight

I used to just have a lot of big ideas and now I have follow-through

Honestly a pretty formative Pitchfork staff memory for me was when D'Angelo returned and started playing shows. I probably watched him cover "Space Oddity" 50 times when it happened. Black Messiah is a masterpiece. His cover of "Sometimes It Snows in April" still makes me cry. We didn't deserve him.