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  "description": "Outstanding new ones from London’s SKINTERN, New Orleans’ Tonya, Perth’s Termite, and more sick records from across the globe.",
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  "textContent": "Hey, it’s Punk This Week, see/saw’s weekly punk and rock’n’roll recommendations column. In addition to standout returns from Winston Hightower, Choncy, and Media Puzzle, we’ve got a stellar debut from New Orleans’ Tonya, some wild shit from London’s SKINTERN, an absolute ripper from Perth’s Termite, and so much more.\n\nsee/saw is a reader-supported independent publication, so if you want blurbs about all the great new punk records delivered to your inbox every week, you’ve got to subscribe for $4/month or $40/year or barter. (see/saw is essentially NOTAFLOF so hit me up and we’ll work something out.) There’s a two-week free trial if you want to see what it’s like. The perks are weekly columns, bonus podcasts, and the radio archive. As a startup, any support is massive. Thanks for considering, now go listen to some unbelievable records.\n\n* * *\n\n**Winston Hightower:** 100 Acre Wood**[K]**\n\nAbout a week ago in a Minneapolis punk house basement, Columbus’ Winston Hightower cued up a vintage radio commercial advertising an episode of _Frasier_ that “everyone will be talking about around the water cooler tomorrow.” Then, sitting with his electric guitar in his lap, he sang a solo rendition of the minimal singer-songwriter gem “Lay Low.” Winston’s voice has so much character—the way it wobbles just a hair every time he sings is completely entrancing. After a couple songs in that mode, he put on some tiny sunglasses, dropped the beat, and served as a dancefloor commander: “Fuck it up, fuck it up, fuck it up!” With more time and resources, it’s a set that felt like it could’ve aesthetically pivoted at least two more times.\n\nIf he’d toured with a full band instead of going solo mode, he would’ve played an entirely different set even more reflective of _100 Acre Wood_. “Lay Low” is an understandable first single and an absolute classic about getting canceled, but this is a record that reflects Winston’s sonic restlessness. “Selfish Soother” has pop punk guitars, a skittering beat, and Breeders-adjacent melodies that crackle with the chaos of his unexpected multi-tracked vocal melodies. There are multiple instances on this record where beautifully produced, ultra-satisfying grooves abut scrappy Home Blitz-ass vocals. It’s a record that never sits still, but whether he’s in ballad or banger mode, _100 Acre Wood_ has one aesthetic center: the crate-digging punk rock polymath sitting behind the microphone.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "punk this week: winston hightower, choncy, media puzzle + 13 more",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-18T18:13:54.646Z"
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