Evan Minsker
@see-saw.fun
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see/saw jukebox is a bonus podcast where @ninacorcoran.bsky.social, myself, and punk luminaries talk perfect punk records. we're joined by Sweeping Promises. this episode is free for all listeners! the other 12 episodes of jukebox are behind the paywall. Punk This Week will return next week!
see/saw jukebox: sweeping promises
Caufield Schnug and Lira Mondal on their new album, their Boston days, and some perfect punk records.
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here's the monthly punk playlist and a little blog about how this project exists in the margins of a day job and a real life. the goal is to expand those margins not for the sake of income, but to fill the cup.
playlist: the 68 best punk songs of july 2026
A massive month for new punk music requires a small blog about what we do in the margins.
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I got shouted out by TY at the Gories show in Detroit, put it on my tombstone
hey from vacation, I wrote a punk column for you because it's Friday, shout out Philly for the embarrassment of (guitar-based) riches
punk this week: mopar stars, society + 14 more
Eraser, Xanny Stars, Gold Cup, Sistema de Entretenimiento, and way more. Somehow, Jimothy makes a cameo.
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new podcast about new albums we love by MESH and DOG DATE and CEL RAY and CUTICLES and FALCON CRUST and VIDA RUIM. we watch Emeril, talk about the million live shows @ninacorcoran.bsky.social went to this week, and I recount how my son literally collided with a zydeco musician at Eaux Claires 2026.
punk this week podcast: dog date + mesh
Nina sees one billion shows. Evan’s child slams into a zydeco musician. We lose it for construction workers losing it for Emeril. “Falcon CRUST!”
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Stellar week for new punk records: Cel Ray, Mesh, Cuticles, Dog Date, and more. It's the new installment of the weekly see/saw column, dive on in and go listen to the good stuff.
punk this week: cel ray, mesh, cuticles, dog date + 13 more
Plus new records from Constant Insult, Odor Eater, BADZY, Topper, Cujo, and more.
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the Cry Cyclops record whips total ass, the OUST record whips total ass, the band Face Off whips total ass, the film Face/Off (1997) whips total ass. all these insights plus sour soda candy talk with @ninacorcoran.bsky.social on a new episode of the very eloquent podcast PUNK THIS WEEK
punk this week podcast: cry cyclops + cold comfort
Your assignment? Watch (or rewatch) Face/Off.
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it's gash summer 😇 read @see-saw.fun's profile of gash for Volume One 〰️ "searching, enormous, enveloping and wonderfully unpredictable rock music" new album out 9/25 via Angel Tapes: found.ee/gashband/ read: volumeone.org/articles/202...
the PUNK THIS WEEK column, documenting all the new records that will kick your ass. OUST return with a hc anthem that positions Luigi as a folk hero KINETIC ORBITAL STIRKE full-length will rip your face off and start chompin' on it the new DREAM WORLD is so sick 💀💀💀 plus SO MUCH MORE 💀💀💀
punk this week: oust, kinetic orbital strike + 18 more
Richmond peace punks Dream World, Cry Cyclops (mem. Bits of Shit), Celebrators (mem. Rearranged Face), and a pile of stellar work from new bands across the globe.
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The Chicago Reader Union has been bargaining w/ Noisy Creek since February. In that time, management has consistently offered proposals that would cut longstanding benefits in exchange for meager pay raises. We need YOU to tell Noisy Creek we deserve better! 🧵 🔗: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
This is an episode about two of the best punk records of the year, which happened to come out the same day (Twisted Teens + The Carp). It's also an episode where you can fully hear mine and @ninacorcoran.bsky.social's brains melting due to this wild Midwest summer heat. long live drumba.
punk this week podcast: twisted teens + the carp
An episode about Twisted Teens’ continued hot streak and the advent of Drumba.
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the new Twisted Teens is their best yet, which is nuts. the year is young, though. obsessed with the latest from the Carp (mem. Cruelster, Perverts Again, Knowso). new Ultra Lights, NightFreak, Billy Gardner & Friends, Sharp Pins...it's an unbelievably stacked column. see hyphen saw dot fun.
punk this week: twisted teens, the carp + 16 more
NightFreak, Billy Gardner & Friends, Ultra Lights, Sharp Pins, Yankee Bastard, Youth in Asia, Vital Stress, and more. A stacked week.
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new episode of the PUNK THIS WEEK podcast features @ninacorcoran.bsky.social and I talking about six highlights from this past week + our overlooked favorite punk records from 2026 so far
punk this week podcast: overlooked favorites + the ritornello form + hot load
A discussion of our favorite overlooked punk records from 2026 so far (aka records we haven’t brought to the podcast until now).
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a couple weeks late here but I really recommend this piece by @see-saw.fun on the Kings Road Merch Union in Minneapolis & major label union-busting (TLDR a merch warehouse was sold by Epitath to Sony, long-time workers/musicians unionized, now Sony plans to shut it down) see-saw.fun/minneapolis-...
minneapolis punks voted to unionize a merch warehouse. sony music plans to shut it down.
Kings Road employs punk artists and produces merch for some of the world’s biggest punk bands. The morning of the union’s first day of bargaining, owners Sony Music revealed plans to shutter the workp...
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new Twisted Teens song and video, album on the way very soon
TWISTED TEENS - "Florida Water Blues" (Music video)
YouTube video by Tremendo Garaje
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Artificial Go's Angie and Micah sat down with Sydney Salk to talk about Age of Peace, the similarities between folk and punk, and the very literal nature of the project band name—how they needed to create an age of peace for themselves as artists and people.
age of peace’s idyllic and necessary gear shift
Angie Willcutt and Micah Wu made waves with their vibrant and playful punk outfit Artificial Go. The Cincinnati duo find folk sanctuary as Age of Peace.
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taking the weekend "off," which means I wrote like a sentence blurb for each record in this week's installment of Punk This Week + there's no paywall this time. click around and support some punks.
punk this week: smirk, chrome cell torture + 16 more
Gone fishin’. Here’s a free column with plenty of recommendations (and minimal writing).
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The latest episode of see/saw jukebox, our podcast about perfect punk records, features @downtownboys.bsky.social! Joey, Victoria, @ninacorcoran.bsky.social and I add some picks to the jukebox. Topics discussed: Rhode Island, life-changing Letterman performances, and Julian Casablancas. Join us <3
see/saw jukebox: downtown boys
On the back of their new album Public Luxury, the long-running punk rock firebrands and organizers discuss perfect punk records.
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It was a great month for new punk records and an extremely busy one for me, the operator of an independent punk blog. Shout out Kings Road Merch Union, shout out Jerry Casale, shout out the four legends who had features about punk bands published in see/saw. Remember to subscribe. Peace and love.
playlist: the 53 best punk songs of june 2026
Some songs of the summer and a blog about one of the busiest months in see/saw’s young history. (Please subscribe.)
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new podcast discussing the latest from Fiddlehead, Alien Nosejob, Consensus Madness, Girl Trouble, Baby Jane, and more. ever since we recorded this episode I've wanted some Altoids Sours bad, I gotta order some.
punk this week podcast: fiddlehead + alien nosejob
We stan “Weird Al” and Altoids Sours. The jury is out on violet Choward’s.
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Now on see/saw: This chat between @jortyspice.bsky.social and Choncy. A perfect "punks talkin to punks before and after playing a show together." A conversation about their new album, the violent shit you see while scrolling, Cincinnati delicacies, and embracing the chaos of kitchen sink punk.
choncy on cincinnati cuisine, brainrot, and kitchen sink punk
The band discusses their new album Trademark, collaborating remotely, writing songs about jobs, and embracing the chaos of punk without subgenre.
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Been a big week at see/saw, so it makes sense that it would culminate with a new punk column headlined by some massive heavy hitters by Alien Nosejob, Downtown Boys, and Debt Rag. Punk rules.
punk this week: alien nosejob, downtown boys, debt rag + 12 more
On new records from CS Cleaners, Taxi Girls, Consensus Madness, Baby Jane, and more.
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Hey, read this, and tell your friends about it?! Unionbusting in Minneapolis is unacceptable.
Evan Minsker@see-saw.fun · last mo.This story is about the Kings Road Merch warehouse. Punk artists work there shipping punk merch. Last year, it was acquired by Sony Music. One month ago, workers voted to unionize. On Tuesday, before the first bargaining session, Sony Music announced they’re shuttering the Minneapolis warehouse.
This story is about the Kings Road Merch warehouse. Punk artists work there shipping punk merch. Last year, it was acquired by Sony Music. One month ago, workers voted to unionize. On Tuesday, before the first bargaining session, Sony Music announced they’re shuttering the Minneapolis warehouse.
minneapolis punks voted to unionize a merch warehouse. sony music plans to shut it down.
Kings Road employs punk artists and produces merch for some of the world’s biggest punk bands. The morning of the union’s first day of bargaining, owners Sony Music revealed plans to shutter the workp...
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Brooklyn's Shop Talk put out a very sick garage punk record earlier this year. My dear friend Ben Taylor sat down with them at a bar to discuss viewing every song as a love song + approaching punk as old heads without ego.
shop talk’s secret? they don’t have anything to prove.
The Brooklyn garage punks sit down at a local bar to discuss slugs, Ramones, and approaching the band without ego.
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90th episode of PUNK THIS WEEK on Roberta Lips, Non Plus Temps, L.O.T.I.O.N., Annabel, Quitters, and Body Suit. also: Culver's, Sweetarts, and the unbelievable way my son says the word "scoops." always a stellar hang with @ninacorcoran.bsky.social
punk this week podcast: roberta lips + non plus temps
On chalky candies, curd puns, and imagining every single band wearing sunglasses.
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