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.

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 Nickell for the podcast’s artwork.

Find Punk This Week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and on any podcatcher via this RSS link. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter; find see/saw on Instagram and Bluesky.

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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.

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 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 bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: [email protected].

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!

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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 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 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 bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: [email protected].

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!

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 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 Punk This Week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and on any podcatcher via this RSS link. 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 bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: [email protected].

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!

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 bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell for the podcast’s artwork.

Find Punk This Week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and on any podcatcher via this RSS link. 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 bumper? Join us on the see/saw Discord or email us: [email protected].

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!

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 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: [email protected].

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!

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 send us a $400 Lips action figure.

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: [email protected].

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!

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), Zach Mitchell (Big Clown/Machine Duplication Recordings), Sydney Salk (Van Goth/Compilation Nation), Drew Ailes (Citric Dummies), and Waylon Thornton.

Discussed: The all Roy cut of Kermit’s Swamp Years, Cruelster, Science Man, Shouting Out Loud, Fugitive Bubble, Skull Fest in Pittsburgh, PUP, Lambrini Girls, AXON, Gonerfest in Memphis, R.M.F.C., Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Big Clown and the Memphis all stars covering “Memphis Creep” in front of Eric Oblivian, Wesley & the Boys, Nape Neck, Pig Kiss’d Emporium, Mississippi Records’ Arthur Russell comp, a mix of Ten Star tracks, and Yuasa-Exide.

Remember to grab a copy of see/saw’s best punk records of 2025 broadsheet and listen to a playlist featuring 103 punk favorites from the year. See ya again in 2026!

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: [email protected].

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

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!

Remember to grab a copy of see/saw’s physical newsprint broadsheet featuring the top 54 punk + rock'n'roll records of 2025. It includes writing from Evan, Nina, and other greats. Consider buying any and all beloved sickos a gift subscription to see/saw!

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: [email protected].

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!

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.

Remember to grab a copy of see/saw’s physical newsprint broadsheet featuring the 54 best punk + rock'n'roll records of 2025. It includes writing from Evan, Nina, and our talented friends!

And consider buying your loved ones a gift subscription to see/saw!

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: [email protected].

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!