PUNC is a radio show and occasional fanzine by a punk in Dublin. It's usually about punk music in Ireland.
The PUNC show resumed broadcast on Near FM on February the 19th, 2026.It has continued to run weekly since then (with occasional weeks off). As of September 2026, PUNC is being broadcast fortnightly on Near FM.
PUNC is broadcast at 6pm on Thursdays.
For requests and comments during or after the show, email me.
♪ Last played: Special Interest - Concerning Peace (Machine Girl remix)
Next episode: 17th of September
3rd of September: "Dagen H"
Tracklist:
The Radiators From Space - Television Screen (Encore), Live in 1987 ☘
An Slua - Saoirse Don Phalaistín ☘
Team Dresch - #1 Chance Pirate TV
Team Dresch - Growing Underground
Kiki & Herb - Running Up That Hill
Rural Hate - Survive ☘
Sissy - Attack ☘
Problem Patterns - I Think You Should Leave ☘
Shilpa Ray - No
The Radiators From Space - Faithful Departed, Live in 1987 ☘
Them - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue ☘
The B-52s - Dirty Back Road
Chicks On Speed - Give Me Back My Man
Special Interest - Concerning Peace (Machine Girl remix)
Notes:
This episode should have contained a tribute to Another Subculture, which is shutting up shop after many years of punk paper, but it doesn't. Unless having a song by Special Interest in the episode counts as a tribute, because I first learned about that band from a photo spread in an issue of Alternative Strategies.
If you're in north-east Dublin or thereabouts, you can tune your radio to 90.3fm and receive the show that way. If you're out of our range, you can stream the show live on the Near FM website, or tune in with any of various online radio streaming app.
The show is recorded during broadcast and I have an archive of past episodes. I hope to make recordings of past shows available online very soon. There are some issues with licensing and file hosting.
