Almost Punk Podcast

Almost Punk Podcast

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  • Episode 17

    ALEC BAILLIE (LEFTOVER CRACK) dead. Plus, Punk Rock Gift Guide, LESS THAN JAKE, REFUSED, RADKEY, PANIC SHACK, ANTI-FLAG, and SNAKE EYES.

    We discuss the death of ALEC BAILLIE (LEFTOVER CRACK) and mental health for punks, holiday gifting, and social media hate speech policies. Plus, new music from LESS THAN JAKE, REFUSED, RADKEY, PANIC SHACK, ANTI-FLAG, and SNAKE EYES.

    Almost Punk Podcast - Best Punk of 2020

    NEWS:

    • ALEC BAILLIE (LEFTOVER CRACK) Dead
    • Suicide Hotline (call or text): 800-273-8255
    • SAMHSA (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration): 800-622-4357
    • TRAPT banned from Instagram
    • Less than Jake Live

      • New Releases:

      • Refused - The Malignant Fire EP
      • Radkey - "Underground"
      • Panic Shack - "I Don’t Really Like It"
      • Anti-Flag - "A Nation Sleeps"
      • Snake Eyes - "Skeletons"

        • Gift Guide:

        • Punk Rock & Paintbrushes "The Insides of Artist's Written By Outsiders book
        • The Hard Times - I Don’t Need To Listen to Punk to Be Punk
        • HE Creative (prints, books, etc) 
        • Linda & Jonny Ramone Happy Socks 
        • Distillers Jingle Bells Sweater
        • Oakland Coffee
        • Anxious and Angry Ornaments 
        • War on Women Cross Stitch Patterns
        • Aggronautix Throbbleheads
        • Razorcake Subscription
          • 49 min
        • Episode 16

          DISTILLERS go acoustic (sorta). METALLICA stream for free (sorta). New music from BOUNCING SOULS, SUPERCHUNK, OBGMs, MAD CADDIES, and BLOODY HAMMERS. Plus, universal hatred for Daylight Davings Time, and how sitting all day is a pain in the butt.

          • Distillers Halloween Special
          • Metallica on PBS

            • Almost Punk Podcast - Best Punk of 2020

            New Releases:

            • Bouncing Souls - "Volume 2"
            • Superchunk - "There’s a Ghost/Alice"
            • OBGMs - "The Ends"
            • Mad Caddies - "House on Fire"
            • Bloody Hammers - "A Night to Dismember"
              • 37 min
            • Episode 15

              AFI's "Art of Drowning" turns 20. LAURA JANE GRACE goes solo. ANTI-FLAG release documentary. MIKE WEIBE and IAN MACDOUGALL stream variety show. Plus, new music from TOUCHE AMORE, PUP, and REFUSED.

              • Anti-Flag - Beyond Barricades Documentary
              • Mike Weibe and Ian Macdougall Present: The Seltzer Bros Variety Half Hour
              • AFI - Art of Drowning 20th Anniversary

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                New Releases:

                • Laura Jane Grace - Stay Alive
                • Touche Amore - Lament
                • Pup - Rot
                • Refused - Born on the Outs
                  • 41 min
                • Epidode 14

                  NOFX "WEEKEND AT FATTY'S" VIP Access review! Plus, GREEN DAY vs. FAT WRECK CHORDS coffee tasting battle. Also, new music from WAR ON WOMEN, THE CHATS, and BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG.

                  • Weekend at Fatty's
                  • Green Day Coffee
                  • Fat Wreck Chords Coffee

                    • Almost Punk Podcast - Best Punk of 2020

                    New Music:

                    • War On Women - "Wonderful Hell"
                    • The Chats - "Identity Theft"
                    • Billie Joe Armstrong - No Fun Mondays
                      • 59 min
                    • Episode 13

                      This week on Almost Punk Podcast we interview MIKE WIEBE, lead singer of DRAKULAS and the RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS. He's also in HIGH TENSION WIRES and GHOST KNIFE, does comedy, some acting, writing, podcasting... The man does it all. We talk about releasing the Drakulas "Terminal Amusements" and the Riverboat Gamblers "Live With Orchestra" EP in the middle of a global pandemic, an upcoming Drakulas 7" on Drunk Dial Records, playing PUNK ROCK BOWLING in 2021, a possible solo album, the next Riverboat Gamblers tour, getting a cameo from SINBAD, declining mental health, social media exhaustion, livestreaming and the future of concerts, waiting for the rapture, and finding things to do while cooped up at home.

                      • Mike Wiebe on Twitter
                      • Mike Weibe on Instagram
                      • Drakulas "Terminal Amusements"
                      • Riverboat Gamblers "Live with Orchestra"
                      • High Tension Wires "Welcome New Machine"
                      • Ghost Knife "Garrote Guarantee" 7"
                      • Mike Wiebe "I Can't Die"

                        • Almost Punk Podcast - Best Punk of 2020

                        35 min
                      • Episode 12

                        DEVO nearly killed by COVID-19. BAD COP/BAD COP rock the STEVE SOTO tribute. FAT MIKE joins Cameo, and he ain't cheap. MAD CADDIES cover SUBLIME for the Nowell Family Foundation. Plus, new music from COLD MEAT, DUMMY HEAD TORPEDO, and PLASMA CANVAS.

                        Almost Punk Podcast - Best Punk of 2020

                        News:

                        • Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO) Survives Coronavirus
                        • Fat Mike on Cameo 
                        • Mad Caddies - "New Song" From the Sublime tribute compilation "The House That Bradley Built"

                          • New Releases:

                          • Cold Meat - "Hot and Flustered"
                          • Dummy Head Torpedo  "Dead Set On Malevolence"
                          • Plasma Canvas "Rot"
                            • 33 min
                          • Episode 11

                            NERVE AGENTS put the kibosh on 20th Anniversary of "Days of the White Owl." STEVE SOTO tribute to feature members of SOCIAL DISTORTION, JOYRIDE, DEATH BY STEREO, LAGWAGON, and BAD COP/BAD COP as a benefit to SAVE OUR STAGES. THURSDAY recruits Frank Iero from MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE. Plus, we discuss how socially distanced festival concerts are popping up internationally, whether punk rock algorithms are a threat to freedom of choice, and the merits of paying to get rid of pop-up ads. Also, new music from LA MACHINA, GET DEAD, DESTROY BOYS, and GRUMPSTER.

                            Almost Punk Podcast - Best Punk of 2020

                            STEVE SOTO TRIBUTE:

                            https://www.sideonedummy.com/wpblog/2020/08/19/steve-soto-tribute-livestream-concert-on-august-22/

                            https://www.saveourstages.com 

                            THURSDAY WITH FRANK IERO:

                            https://www.altpress.com/news/frank-iero-thursday-livestream-performance/

                            Socially Distanced Festivals

                            https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sam-fender-first-socially-distanced-arena-1043405/

                            https://www.gisburneparkpopup.com/

                            New Releases:

                            LA MACHINA - Welcome to the Machina

                            https://lamachina.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-the-machina

                            GET DEAD - "Disruption"

                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR4VM1mYFKo

                            DESTROY BOYS - "Honey, I'm Home"

                            https://www.destroyexist.com/2020/04/destroy-boys-honey-im-home.html

                            GRUMPSTER - "Growing Pains"

                            https://www.altpress.com/features/grumpster-growing-pains-video-premiere-interview/

                            40 min
                          • Episode 10

                            Allegations of sexual misconduct in the garage punk underground. Ex-MISFITS singer proclaims himself as a "proud western chauvinist." BAD RELIGION to release autobiography and re-record "Faith Alone" as a symphonic piano ballad. DEATH BY STEREO release new album. BLAQK AUDIO release new EP. MXPX releases live acoustic "Life in Quarantine" album. Plus new music from the LIPPIES.

                            Almost Punk Podcast - Best Punk of 2020

                            • Death By Stereo "We're All Dying Just In Time"
                              • https://deathbystereo.bandcamp.com/album/were-all-dying-just-in-time
                            • Bad Religion "Faith Alone 2020"
                              • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx4lcvTLwsc
                            • Blaqk Audio "Beneathe the Black Palms"
                              • https://blaqkaudio.com/
                            • MXPX "Life in Quarantine"
                              • https://chorus.fm/share/album/mxpx/life+in+quarantine+(liq+version)
                            • The Lippies "I'm A Reactor"
                              • https://thelippies.bandcamp.com/track/im-a-reactor
                              35 min
                            • Episode 9

                              EFREM SCHULZ from DEATH BY STEREO stops by (virtually) to discuss the new DBS album, "We're All Dying Just in Time," coming out on August 7, 2020, with a live stream album release party on August 4th. In addition, we discuss DBS live shows and music videos with social distancing, fighting racism, supporting BLACK LIVES MATTER, plus Efrem gives us the scoop on future plans for VOODOO GLOW SKULLS, MANIC HISPANIC, and DIRTY BLACK SUMMER (Danzig and Misfits Tribute).

                              Almost Punk Podcast - Best Punk of 2020


                              Death By Stereo August 4, 2020 CD Release Show:
                              https://deathbystereo.veeps.com

                              Social Sanctuary Live Shows with Safe Social Distancing:
                              https://www.facebook.com/events/719144772208955/
                              https://www.gallagherstaging.com/

                              Bands:
                              http://deathbystereo.com
                              https://www.voodooglowskullsofficial.com
                              https://www.facebook.com/manichispanic/

                              Instagram:
                              Efrem Schulz: https://www.instagram.com/efbystereo
                              Death By Stereo: https://www.instagram.com/DEATHBYSTEREOBAND
                              Dirty Black Summer: https://www.instagram.com/DIRTYBLACKSUMMERTRIBUTE/

                              46 min
                            • Episode 8

                              This week on Almost Punk we discuss Emo Night L.A.'s panel on racism in the punk scene, attempt to manifest the return of the Nerve Agents, and discuss the rise of streaming music festivals. Additionally, we lament filing paperwork with the DMV during the global pandemic, provide proper etiquette for holding doors open for strangers, and highlight new releases from Bad Cop Bad Cop, Sewer Rats, Death By Stereo, the Muslims, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, the OBGMs, Punkband, and NOBRO.

                              Almost Punk Podcast - Best Punk of 2020

                              NEWS

                              Emo Night L.A. presents Racism in the Punk/Alternative Scene: A conversation led by Black voices
                              * Part 1
                              * Part 2
                              2000 Trees Festival

                              NEW ALBUMS
                              Bad Cop Bad Cop - The Ride
                              Sewer Rats - Magic Summer

                              SONGS OF THE WEEK
                              Death By Stereo - "Free Gun with Purchase"
                              The Muslims - "Blink 9-11 (What's My Race Again?)"
                              Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - "Fire"
                              The OBGMs - "Not Again"
                              Punkband - "Businessman"
                              NOBRO - "Til I Get It All"




                              43 min

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                            We talk about punk topics, new releases, upcoming tours, state of the scene, and related current events.