On episode 328 of the Punknews Podcast, hosts John Gentile, Tom Trauma, and Ricky Frankel chat about Morrissey's tour cancellations, the anti-ticket bot law in New York, and the passing of Micky Fitz of The Business among other recent news.
A few weeks ago Tom Trauma, resident old man of the Punknews Podcast, decided to take it upon himself to act as the judge of what is or isn't hardcore. It goes about as well as you'd imagine. Also on episode 237, hosts Adam White and John Gentile discuss the Black Friday Record Store Day, the big bonfire of original London punk artifacts, Green Day's cassett boombox, the new Career Suicide song, and everyone signing to Rise.
On the 43nd episode of the Best Midwestern Podcast hosts Greg Simpson and Scott Heisel review records by Signals Midwest (Cleveland), KP & Me (Bloomington, IN) and Sump Pumps (Bloomington, IN). Also discussed: the joys of throwing up and Jim Neighbors, in unrelated tangents.
On the 42nd episode of the Best Midwestern Podcast hosts Greg Simpson and Scott Heisel review records by The Faint (Omaha, NE), Berwanger (Lawrence, KS), and Busman's Holiday (Bloomington, IN). They also talk about Will Smith for some reason.
On episode 326 of the Punknews Podcast the regular crew of John Genitle, Adam White, and Ricky Frankel take a look at some of the big punk rock reactions to the Trump victory, including Green Day's nod to MDC and Jello Biafra's video rant. We also take a look at the big legal victory that A Day To Remember scored over Chicago's Victory Records.
Episode 325 of the Punknews Podcast finds Adam White, Ricky Frankel, and John Genitle chatting about Penny Rinbaud of Crass' health scare, the full lineup of The Lookouting, and videos from bands like Okilly Dokilly, Direct Hit, Brutal Youth, Green Day and others.
Midwest-based label Polyvinyl Records is celebrating 20 years, so on this episode Greg and Scott honor it by reviewing their anniversary comp, Polyvinyl Plays Polyvinyl. They also talk about their favorite Polyvinyl releases past and present and play tunes from Braid, Japandroids, of Montreal and more.
On Episode 324 of the Punknews Podcast Tom Trauma, John Gentile, and Adam White discuss important matters of international importance like the new Dropkick Murphys song, some upcoming Career Suicide releases, and that metal band crowdfunding controversy… that and this whole Trump thing. I guess. If we have to. Shit.
On Episode 323 of the Punknews Podcast, the last recorded before the fall of Rome, Adam White, John Gentile, and Ricky Frankel discuss new and upcoming music from AFI, The Flatliners and The Menzingers. We also pour over the Black Friday Record Store Day list, which includes new Refused among the set.
Episode 322 of the Punknews Podcast finds Tom Trauma, Adam White, and John Gentile grappling with how much we need to care about the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, seeing as both Bad Brains and MC5 are nominated this year. We also chat about the new Chuck Berry LP, Le Tigre’s pro-Clinton jam, the new Pink Fairies song, and the great British bonfire swindle.
Episode 321 of the Punknews podcast features Ricky Frankel, John Gentile, and Adam White discussing the new Jeff Rosenstock record, the Toronto cassette store, Beyonce's Slayer influenced merch, the upcoming Jesse Michaels film, a lesson in classic reggae and more.