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  "description": "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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  "publishedAt": "2026-07-01T21:25:09.000Z",
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    "Kings Road Merch Union",
    "I published that story on Friday",
    "Nina and I spoke with DEVO’s Jerry Casale on see/saw jukebox",
    "Jim Fair chatting with Shaved Ape",
    "Billiam talking to Media Puzzle",
    "Ben Taylor grabbing beers with Shop Talk",
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  "textContent": "When you get into music journalism on the news side of things, it doesn’t take long to learn that it requires actual reporting skills. You’ve got to know how to locate and distill court documents, how to find the right contacts for comment, understand the correct questions to be asking, and crucially, actually pick up the phone. The romance of the job is just talking to bands or saying “hey this record is sick.” I was disavowed of that idealism early into working Pitchfork news shifts, and this past week, reporting became an urgent component of the day-to-day at see/saw.\n\nIn early May, I met with Greer and Cesar from the Kings Road Merch Union in Minneapolis one day before their shop’s unanimous vote in favor of unionizing. Interviews for see/saw usually sit in the can for a while before I actually get a chance to write them up, but the plan was always to tell their story while they were well into the bargaining process.\n\nThat plan changed. Last Tuesday, the same day they were set to begin bargaining, I got a through-the-grapevine text that the union had been informed of Sony Music’s plans to shutter their warehouse. Immediately, I reached out to Greer, Cesar, and their contact with the Teamsters Local they’d organized with. I emailed representatives for bands whose merch is produced by Kings Road. I reached out to the lawyer representing Sony Music at the bargaining table. I published that story on Friday. Especially compared to previous see/saw articles, it got a massive amount of engagement.\n\nThis was a story about punks working at a merch warehouse that specializes in punk merch, though the aesthetic particulars of the piece aren’t what make it a good fit for an online punk magazine. Unions and punks share some inherent qualities around organizing, speaking truth to power, and community-building. All labor journalism is punk journalism. Even if nobody reads the work, telling union stories is extremely important. It’s cool to expand the scope of what gets published beneath the see/saw banner.\n\nJune was an extremely busy one over here. Nina and I spoke with DEVO’s Jerry Casale on see/saw jukebox, and in addition to the weekly podcast and columns, four excellent interviews went up: Jim Fair chatting with Shaved Ape in Pittsburgh, Billiam talking to Media Puzzle in Naarm, Ben Taylor grabbing beers with Shop Talk in Brooklyn, and Zach Mitchell chopping it up with Choncy before and after a show in Mississippi. Some exceptional records came out, too.\n\nHere’s the part where I remind you that see/saw is a reader-supported publication, which means all those writers above got paid for their work thanks to the patronage of subscribers. If you want to help sustain this operation, please consider subscribing for $4/month or $40/year or barter.\n\nHere are the 53 best punk songs from the past month. Stay cool out there.\n\n* * *\n\nsee/saw’s 53 best punk songs of june 2026\n\nFinale: Almas perdidas\nGuiding Light: Shackled by Lust\nThe Carp: Fuck Alex Karp\nAlien Nosejob: Nowhere to Go\nPleasure Cube: The Woodshed\nRoberta Lips: Coup de Bluff\nPerennial: What’s New on the Beat Scene\nQuitters: Mean Motherfucker\nGimic: The Devil’s Rose\nCel Ray: Toxic\nBaby Jane: Surfing to Hell\nNadie Lo Quiere: Todo por hacer\nK9: Get Loaded and Smile\nThe Circulators: Pointless Game\nPrisão: Amar sem amarras\nCover My Shift: “Mark Wilson”\nMESH: Violent Peasant\nEdging: When Things Turn Around\nLiquid Cross: This World\nSex Mex: Needles in the Camel’s Eye (Brian Eno cover)\nCherry Cheeks: D.O. Theme\nOdor Eater: Nightcaller\nGripe: All Our Fans Are Morons\nTANO!: L’escurçó del safareig\nDeadbeat Beat: Pink Dust\nArtificial Go: Jane Ate the Apple Seed\nDouble Date: Copycat\nReveal Yourself: sicko\nDeathfakers: It’s Nice to Take the Bus\nTower of One: Go Pills\nGuyscrapers: All Day and All Night\nNon Plus Temps: I Am Not Wise\nBody Suit: On a Mission\nThe Sex Shoppe: Big Ass Dog\nMirage: Motore Di Corrosione\nSpiderweb: Stop the Rats\nDrastic Plastic: I’m a Car\nSweeping Promises: Cocoon\nSociety: Casualties of War\nDebt Rag: It’s Clear What’s Going On\nTaxi Girls: Try Harder\nSniffany & the Nits: Best of Luck\nConsensus Madness: N.R.P.\nDowntown Boys: Public Works\nCS Cleaners: G+T\ndope smokin homos: diy heart surgery\nAdult Learners: Fever Dream\nOova: Ratón\nEKGs: Thoughts\nAcid Casualties: Smoke the Feds\nL.O.T.I.O.N. Multinational Corporation: Boots on the Ground\nORC: ORC LIKE ME\nPoguba: Noč\n\n* * *\n\n _see/saw is a reader-supported endeavor. If you enjoyed this playlist, please share and_ subscribe_._",
  "title": "playlist: the 53 best punk songs of june 2026",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-01T21:25:20.882Z"
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