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).
PUNC is broadcast at 6pm every Thursday.
For requests and comments during or after the show, email me.
♪ Last played: The Radiators From Space - Television Screen (live, 1987)
Next episode: 3rd of September
August 27th - "A Theme Emerges"
You can stream this episode here on Mixcloud, or email me for a download.
Tracklist:
Search Results - Secret Bench in the Bardo ☘
Search Results - Abacus Rubicon ☘
Robin Johnson - Damn Dog (from the soundtrack to Times Square, 1980)
Shilpa Ray - Heteronormative Horseshit Blues
Patti Smith Group - Pissing In A River
Downtown Boys - Sirena
Michelle Shocked, MDC - Fogtown
SNFU - Joni Mitchell Tapes
MDC - I Do Not Wish
No Magic - Ghetto ☘
No Magic - No Answer ☘
Wasted Lives - Wirehead
No Magic - Phantom Limbs ☘
No Magic - Your Hands Are Safe ☘
The 101ers - Keep Taking The Tablets (live)
Problem Patterns - Domestic Bliss ☘
Blur - Song 2
the Agency - God Bless ☘
The Radiators From Space - Television Screen, encore, live 1987 (excerpt) ☘
Notes:
There is a slight buzz on the recording which I can't explain.
A song I was going to play in this episode but didn't: Growing Underground by Team Dresch.
I have a luvvely recording of Joe Strummer et al. playing "White Man In Hammersmith Palais" on the busking tour in 1985, which I was also tempted to play but one Joe Strummer song at a time. Lest I have a Clash obsession relapse.
Thanks to Rodrigo, who is finishing his soujourn at Near FM. He edited the groovy promo for my show that you can hear at the start of this episode.
Thanks also to Declan, who gave me a lift into town and everything after.
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.
