Punk This Week

About Punk This Week

Punk This Week is a weekly podcast from Evan Minsker (see/saw, Pitchfork) and Nina Corcoran (Pitchfork, Rolling Stone), breaking down the latest releases in the world of punk rock. Each episode highlights two records with brief discussions of an additional four. It’s a wide survey of the world of punk, with international releases both from the deep underground of heavy music as well as discussions of rising stars reaching bigger audiences and venues.

Publisher

see/saw

Category

music · music · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Aug 2024

Latest episode

27 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

112 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Oct 2026

   107: Billiam + Waifish

   Nina goes behind the scenes (and, of course, eats) of her trip to New Orleans for the Pitchfork feature “Twisted Teens Hit the Big Time (https://pitchfork.com/story/twisted-teens-hit-the-big-time-interview/).” Evan discovers his new favorite Halloween candy shape. At listener Joel’s behest, we listen to the Replacements’ “Fuck School” for the first time. It’s all this plus a discussion of new records by Billiam (https://hiimbilliam.bandcamp.com/album/fang-the-sniper), Waifish (https://waifishband.bandcamp.com/album/waifish), Public Acid (https://beachimpedimentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pay-no-more), Terrible Pop (https://terriblepop.bandcamp.com/album/iii-2), Acid Test (https://ragdollrecords.bandcamp.com/album/demo-6), and 2th (https://2thband.bandcamp.com/album/standing-still-but-the-world-wont-stop) on the new episode of Punk This Week. Shout out Invertebrates (https://beachimpedimentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/accosted), Porcelain (https://porcelainatx.bandcamp.com/album/todays-minor-victories), MR. [REDACTED] (https://hardtackk.bandcamp.com/album/evaporated-levitation), Kien (https://kienpunx.bandcamp.com/album/v-sev-en-chaosu-a-sn-n), Kohti Tuhoa (https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/paratiisi), Pet Fox (https://petfox.bandcamp.com/album/balance), Nisemono (https://toxicstaterecords.bandcamp.com/album/nisemono-pre-order?ref=see-saw.fun), and Big Stink (https://bigstink.bandcamp.com/album/buckled). Share this show with your friends! Leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-this-week/id1765148130?ref=see-saw.fun) and we will talk about a snack of your choosing! Punk This Week is a Ruinous Media (https://www.ruinousmedia.com/?ref=see-saw.fun) podcast; thanks to Ruinous for their support. Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs (https://nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com/track/needs?ref=see-saw.fun)” off their self-titled album (https://nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com/album/baby-tyler-band?ref=see-saw.fun). Thanks to Waylon Thornton (https://ghosthousecandymountain.bandcamp.com/music?ref=see-saw.fun) for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell (https://www.tylrnckll.com/?ref=see-saw.fun) for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nina_corcoran_/?ref=see-saw.fun), Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/ninacorcoran.bsky.social?ref=see-saw.fun), and Twitter (https://x.com/Nina_Corcoran?ref=see-saw.fun); find see/saw on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/see_saw.fun/?ref=see-saw.fun) and Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/see-saw.fun?ref=see-saw.fun). 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 (https://discord.gg/CHBEwmPSKB?ref=see-saw.fun) or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun (mailto:see-saw@see-saw.fun). Punk This Week is made possible first and foremost by see/saw subscribers. Please consider a subscription (https://see-saw.fun/punk-this-week-podcast-covenant-eye-visual-learner/#/portal/) if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll get ad-free and bonus episodes, plus the weekly Punk This Week column (https://see-saw.fun/tag/punk-this-week/) and the see/saw radio (https://see-saw.fun/see-saw-radio/) archive! Mentioned in this episode: Kingston Union, $10 Off with Code PUNK10 Punk This Week listeners, grab a pair of 100% vegan skate shoes from Kingston Union MFG and enter code PUNK10! Kingston Union MFG, Offer Code PUNK10 (https://punk-this-week.captivate.fm/kingstonunionpunk10) Distrokid Punk This Week is sponsored by Distrokid. Distrokid (https://punk-this-week.captivate.fm/distrokid)

2. 

   21 Oct 2026

   106: Covenant Eye + Visual Learner

   Evan ponders indie rock dude nip slips and atones for his Thurston Moore goof at the library book sale. Nina enjoys Six Flags Fright Fest, Olivia Rodrigo’s shadow landscapers, and two cinematic feasts. We discuss new stuff from Covenant Eye (https://covenanteye.bandcamp.com/album/warning), Visual Learner (https://visuallearner.bandcamp.com/album/liar-b-w-stench-of-calm), WRRN (https://wrrn.bandcamp.com/album/degradarse), Pardoner (https://pardoner.bandcamp.com/album/target-practice), TVOD (https://televisionoverdose.bandcamp.com/album/the-farm), and PUST (https://pustpustpust.bandcamp.com/album/cuire-ep). Also noted: Real Shocks (https://stupidbagrecords.bandcamp.com/album/real-shocks-it-could-end-today), Famous Mammals (https://siltbreeze.bandcamp.com/album/famous-mammals-it-was-a-pleasant-modern-fantasy-lp), Sick Thoughts (https://utgrecords.bandcamp.com/album/skull-ep), Self Cut Bangs (https://selfcutbangs.bandcamp.com/album/growth-spurts), Made Men (https://megamademen.bandcamp.com/track/made-men), and that dog (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBI0ibucwk4) who was taught to love Thin Lizzy. Practice fire safety, please. Share this show with your friends! Leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-this-week/id1765148130?ref=see-saw.fun) and we will talk about a snack of your choosing! Punk This Week is a Ruinous Media (https://www.ruinousmedia.com/?ref=see-saw.fun) podcast; thanks to Ruinous for their support. Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs (https://nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com/track/needs?ref=see-saw.fun)” off their self-titled album (https://nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com/album/baby-tyler-band?ref=see-saw.fun). Thanks to Waylon Thornton (https://ghosthousecandymountain.bandcamp.com/music?ref=see-saw.fun) for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell (https://www.tylrnckll.com/?ref=see-saw.fun) for the podcast’s artwork. Find Punk This Week on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-this-week/id1765148130?ref=see-saw.fun), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/4SexvJTLIAaEQf2VdE6bti?si=6d3f1be3a71a466c&ref=see-saw.fun), Amazon Podcasts (https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a93cd3cd-c53a-4559-b4d7-534b2ad544e3/punk-this-week?ref=see-saw.fun), and on any podcatcher via this RSS link (https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/66cde779407cbc46095b4e06?ref=see-saw.funhttps://feeds.captivate.fm/punk-this-week/). Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nina_corcoran_/?ref=see-saw.fun), Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/ninacorcoran.bsky.social?ref=see-saw.fun), and Twitter (https://x.com/Nina_Corcoran?ref=see-saw.fun); find see/saw on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/see_saw.fun/?ref=see-saw.fun) and Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/see-saw.fun?ref=see-saw.fun). 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 (https://discord.gg/CHBEwmPSKB?ref=see-saw.fun) or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun (mailto:see-saw@see-saw.fun). Punk This Week is made possible first and foremost by see/saw subscribers. Please consider a subscription (https://see-saw.fun/punk-this-week-podcast-retail-simps-tramhaus/#/portal/) if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll get ad-free and bonus episodes, plus the weekly Punk This Week column (https://see-saw.fun/tag/punk-this-week/) and the see/saw radio (https://see-saw.fun/see-saw-radio/) archive! Mentioned in this episode: Distrokid Punk This Week is sponsored by Distrokid. Distrokid (https://punk-this-week.captivate.fm/distrokid) Kingston Union, $10 Off with Code PUNK10 Punk This Week listeners, grab a pair of 100% vegan skate shoes from Kingston Union MFG and enter code PUNK10! Kingston Union MFG, Offer Code PUNK10 (https://punk-this-week.captivate.fm/kingstonunionpunk10)

3. 

   13 Oct 2026

   105: Retail Simps + Tramhaus

   Exhaustion leads to Evan dropping the scalp care routine. Nina sees Aaron Cometbus in the wild. One of us catches Iron Lung while the other watches a birthday boy hoover up cupcakes and pizza crusts. This time we talk about new records by Retail Simps (https://totalpunkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/real-simple), Tramhaus (https://tramhaus.bandcamp.com/album/blister), the Bolt Ons (https://boltons.bandcamp.com/album/its-true), O.U.T. (https://outpunk.bandcamp.com/album/no-concerns), the Hickeys (https://fishandcheaprecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-hickeys), and Diet of Worms (https://dietofworms.bandcamp.com/album/the-tower-physician). Share this show with your friends! Leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/punk-this-week/id1765148130?ref=see-saw.fun) and we will talk about a snack of your choosing! Punk This Week is a Ruinous Media (https://www.ruinousmedia.com/?ref=see-saw.fun) podcast; thanks to Ruinous for their support. Thanks to Baby Tyler Band for use of our theme song “Needs (https://nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com/track/needs?ref=see-saw.fun)” off their self-titled album (https://nightbellrecords.bandcamp.com/album/baby-tyler-band?ref=see-saw.fun). Thanks to Waylon Thornton (https://ghosthousecandymountain.bandcamp.com/music?ref=see-saw.fun) for the bumpers. Thanks to Tyler Nickell (https://www.tylrnckll.com/?ref=see-saw.fun) for the podcast’s artwork. Find Nina Corcoran on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nina_corcoran_/?ref=see-saw.fun), Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/ninacorcoran.bsky.social?ref=see-saw.fun), and Twitter (https://x.com/Nina_Corcoran?ref=see-saw.fun); find see/saw on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/see_saw.fun/?ref=see-saw.fun) and Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/see-saw.fun?ref=see-saw.fun). 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 (https://discord.gg/CHBEwmPSKB?ref=see-saw.fun) or email us: see-saw@see-saw.fun (mailto:see-saw@see-saw.fun). Punk This Week is made possible first and foremost by see/saw subscribers. Please consider a subscription (https://see-saw.fun/punk-this-week-podcast-baby-tyler-able-baker/#/portal/) if you enjoy this podcast. You’ll get ad-free and bonus episodes, plus the weekly Punk This Week column (https://see-saw.fun/tag/punk-this-week/) and the see/saw radio (https://see-saw.fun/see-saw-radio/) archive! Mentioned in this episode: Distrokid Punk This Week is sponsored by Distrokid. Distrokid (https://punk-this-week.captivate.fm/distrokid) Kingston Union, $10 Off with Code PUNK10 Punk This Week listeners, grab a pair of 100% vegan skate shoes from Kingston Union MFG and enter code PUNK10! Kingston Union MFG, Offer Code PUNK10 (https://punk-this-week.captivate.fm/kingstonunionpunk10)

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