Midwest Punks Podcast

12/18/2021

Let's go!! 🤘 ☠ Lights Over Bridgeport at Franklin House right now!!

12/17/2021

Just a few hours away from an awesome show at Franklin House with local favorites Bad Planning, Lights Over Bridgeport, LOWCOUNTRY and Voidclass! Here's our most recent show with Johnny Hamlin from LOB talking about the show and playing live for the first time in nearly 2 years. 🤘

On this episode we're chatting with Johnny Hamlin from one of our favorite Midwest bands here on the show - Lights Over Bridgeport! Johnny talks to us about how the pandemic took a toll on the band, especially as they had just released a new album as lockdowns were starting. Now nearly two years lat...

12/15/2021

Hey, are you still up? If so, tune into Midwest Punks right now as we chat with Johnny Hamlin from one of our favorite Midwest bands here on the show - Lights Over Bridgeport! Johnny talks to us about how the pandemic took a toll on the band, especially as they had just released a new album as lockdowns were starting. Now nearly two years later, they'll join fellow local bands Bad Planning, LOWCOUNTRY and Void Class to play at Franklin House in Valparaiso, Ind. on Friday Dec. 17.

Come hang out and take a (stage) dive into the pit of punk rock with the Midwest Punks! Hosted by Brian and Carl, coworkers at Lakeshore Public Radio in Northwest Indiana who just happen to share a life-long love for punk music and culture. Check out some great music from bands in the Midwest, and b...

11/16/2021

We're bringing you an awesome line-up of music this episode including new tracks from Naked Raygun, Lars Frederiksen, The Copyrights and The Last Gang. Tune in to hear all that and more. Let's go! ☠🤘

We hope you're ready to rock because we're bringing you an awesome line-up of music this episode including new music from Naked Raygun, Lars Frederiksen,

11/12/2021

We're hitting the Midwest punk bands hard in this episode, and they hit back for sure! Rock out with us to some of our favorites including The Bollweevils, Screeching Weasel, Rational Anthem and Lights Over Bridgeport. We throw in a little Face to Face, Good Riddance, Teenage Bottlerocket and a few others for good measure.

We're hitting the Midwest punk bands hard in this episode, and they hit back for sure! Rock out with us to some of our favorites including The Bollweevils,

11/10/2021

Hell yeah! A naked Santa Claus has never made me so happy... at least not that I can remember. We love us some Lights Over Bridgeport and have been anxiously waiting to see them live again. Can't wait for this show! ☠️🤘

WHAT'S UP!? 👻 so it has been over a year and a half since we last played a show. [hell, we even released an entire LP since we last played a show!!] but friday december 17th we're back with some of our goodest friends at our home away from home, franklin house! friends, fans, and supporters -- WE MISS YOU 🥺- and we SURE could use your support now more than ever! believe me when I say that we cannot wait to bring some new songs (and other assorted selections...) your way this december in porter county!!! holy S**T it felt good to post this.🎄💔

10/29/2021

If you need some Halloween-themed punk songs we got you covered. First recommendation - Werewolf Shame by one of our favorite Midwest punk bands DIRECT HIT! 🤘☠

Watch for more coming your way over the weekend!

DH!'s "Werewolf Shame" comes from their album "More Of The Same (Satanic Singles: 2010-2014)" which is out on Red Scare in August of 2015.

10/21/2021

Check out new music from The Copyrights 👇 We dig it guys! Their new album comes out tomorrow and they'll be playing a show down in Indy, then following that up with shows in Illinois, Wisconsin and Florida within the next week! 🤘☠

”Growing old in a crumbling midwest city is something I think many people can probably relate to. The line 'you're gonna die alone in a Bucky dome' was the inspiration for the album title and the video.”

10/19/2021

🖤🤍Happy International Ska Day! 🖤🤍
Here's a throwback to an episode we did a while back with some of our favorite ska and reggae bands like The Skapones, Streetlight Manifesto, Dirty Heads and more!

On today's show we've got something to skank to. Check out some of our favorite reggae and ska tracks from the 60s to the 2000s. Don't miss music from

10/13/2021

We're rocking out to bands from the Midwest like Much The Same, The Copyrights, and Banner Pilot as well as West Coast bands like Hit The Switch, Transplants and The Distillers. Let's Go! 🤘

Rock out with the Midwest Punks while we run through some bands that have made their way onto our playlist lately. This includes bands from the Midwest

10/13/2021

For those who have gotten back out to shows recently, who's feeling this? 🤣