For What It's Worth with Wes Hoffman

Shawna Potter of War On Women

Wes Hoffman — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:54:03 +0000

Shawna Potter is the singer and frontperson for Baltimore-based hardcore/punk band War On Women. This is an awesome conversation about songwriting, the creative process, touring, and their new album due out May 8th on Smartpunk Records. Give War On Women a follow on IG at @waronwomen.

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Chris Archuleta of Box Elder

Wes Hoffman — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Thanks so much to Chris Archuleta for joining me on this episode! We had a great time talking about touring, local scenes, influences, and more. Make sure to catch Box Elder on tour this Spring. Give them a follow on IG at boxeldermusic.

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Bobby Edge

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:32:22 +0000

I had a great time talking with singer/songwriter Bobby Edge about touring, songwriting, running the business side of the band and much more. Give Bobby a follow on ig @bobbyedge and catch him on tour across the midwest with Jared Knapik!

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Max Sandza of Lobby Boxer // Sawed Off

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

I have been looking forward to having Max on the podcast for a while. Max is a super talented drummer who plays for both Lobby Boxer and Sawed Off, two completely different bands playing completely different styles of music. He's also toured all over as a FOH Engineer for bands like New Found Glory, and has been running sound at several different venues in St. Louis for years. We talked for an hour and a half about touring, paving your path in a music career, hardcore music and it's recent surge, and so much more. Thank you Max!

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Danny Attack of Knives

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:17:19 +0000

Awesome conversation with Danny Attack about all things music! Make sure to check out Knives' record, "One Cut Away from Love." And - see them on tour with my band in January of 2026!!

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Toby and Nate of SecondSELF

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Awesome conversation with Toby and Nate from shreddy skatepunk band, SecondSELF. We talked about their formation, writing process, the Nashville punk scene and much more! Catch SecondSELF with Wes Hoffman and Friends, The Catastrophes, and Maerens in Nashville on October 5th at Cobra!

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Stacey Dee of Bad Cop Bad Cop

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Absolutely amazing time catching up with Stacey from Bad Cop Bad Cop!! We talked about so many things - just give it a listen!! Bad Cop Bad Cop's new album, "Lighten Up," is out now. Go listen to it wherever you listen to music. It's a wonderful record!!

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Brennen and Ian of Squint

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

This is a special in-studio episode with St. Louis-based band, Squint. This was a great conversation about hardcore ethos, the origin of Squint, touring, networking, songwriting, the St. Louis music scene and so much more. Thanks so much for joining me, guys!

Give Squint a follow on Instagram @squintstl.

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Eric Hausser of Counterpunch

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

It was so great to have Eric on the podcast. We had a great conversation about Counterpunch's beginnings, the Chicago music scene, playing shreddy punk, and a little bit about Chicago sports. Make sure to catch Counterpunch in Chicago on 9/27 at Burlington Bar or 9/28 in St. Louis at Platypus with yours truly (Wes Hoffman and Friends). Thanks Eric!

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Oliver Conlon of The Carolyn

Wes Hoffman — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Awesome conversation as always, this time with Oliver Conlon of The Carolyn! It was very interesting to hear about the songwriting process on this one with The Carolyn having two songwriters and vocalists, we also talk about their influences, the Atlanta scene, and much more. Thanks so much Oli! I appreciate you!!

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Mike Assatly of Unseemlier, Little Low, Lower Worlds Booking

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Wonderful conversation with Mike who sings and plays guitar in Unseemlier and drums for Little Low. Both bands have albums out now on Sell The Heart Records. We also talked about his experience booking bands and making connections throughout his music career. Thanks so much, Mike! You're the man!

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Helen McWilliams of ONE FALL

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Helen is a singer, songwriter, and frontperson for the band ONE FALL. We had an awesome conversation about musical influences, the ONE FALL origin story, living with intention, setting goals, and much more! I highly recommend checking out ONE FALL's new EP "Cut and Run." Very good! Thanks Helen!

Steve Rovery of American Television

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Big thanks to Steve from American Television for hopping on the podcast. We have a great conversation about touring, songwriting, booking, and much more! Go listen to their new song "You Are Not Alone," out now! Follow them IG at @amtvband. Thanks Steve!

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Also, check out the new Wes Hoffman and Friends song, "After Hours!"

Christine Atturio of Little Low

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Had a great conversation with Christine of Little Low. Please go check out Little Low's new album "Sunshine Guilt." It's amazing! We talked about musical influences, songwriting, recording with Trevor Reilly, drinking beer, and much more. This was a great episode, thanks so much Christine!

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Maddie Duncan of worlds greatest dad

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Big thanks to Maddie from worlds greatest dad for joining me on this episode. We had an awesome conversation about touring, songwriting, demoing, and much more. worlds greatest dad put out an amazing record last year called "Better Luck Next Time." It was one of my favorite ablums of the year. I highly recommend checking it out if you haven't already! Give them a follow on ig as well @wgdband.

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Thanks so much for your support!

Tony of Tired Radio

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000

It was so great to have my good friend, Tony Truzzolino, on the podcast. We got to catch up and talk about their new single, signing with Red Scare, read some Instagram comments and questions, and so much more. If you're not familiar with Tired Radio, I highly recommend giving them a listen. Follow them on Instagram @tired_radio.

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Thanks so much for listening and for your support!

Becky and Nat of The Iron Roses

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Thanks so much to Becky and Nat of The Iron Roses for joining me. We had a great conversation about how the band has grown over the last few years, their songwriting process, the community around the Roses, and much more. The time flew by so fast, I couldn't believe it! Please give them a follow on Instagram:

@theironroses
@becky.fontaine
@natashanat72

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Nick Angelini of A Wilhelm Scream | Wail City

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000

My good friend, Hes Retnu, and I had an awesome conversation with Nick Angelini of A Wilhelm Scream. Not only is Nick an awesome drummer, he also builds custom drums under the moniker of Wail City Percussion. We talk a little bit about Wilhem, a lot about drum building, staying in shape as a drummer, and a tiny bit about 80's and 90's NBA basketball.

Thanks so much Nick! We appreciate you!

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Mike Davenport of The Ataris

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Mike and I had a great conversation about the business side of music, the beginnings of The Ataris, the resurgence of pop punk, his journey with Versus The World, his love for the Fender Jazz Bass, and much, much more. I've been a fan of The Ataris since I can remember, so this was a great one. Thanks so much, Mike! I truly appreciate you.

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Maxwell Stern of Signals Midwest

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000

I had an awesome conversation with Maxwell Stern of Signals Midwest. We talked about recording, working with producers, touring, Signals Midwest's beginnings, and even a little bit of Star Wars and pinball. I've been a fan of Signals Midwest for a while so it was really cool to connect. Thanks so much, Maxwell!

I will not have an episode up next week as I'm taking some time off, so please go listen to some of the other episodes if you haven't already! I apologize for the sound of my dog's collar shaking in the intro LOL!

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Josh Hagquist of The Beautiful Mistake

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 29 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Josh Hagquist is the lead singer and frontman of The Beautiful Mistake, hiking enthusiast, and all around awesome guy. We had a great conversation about the beginnings of The Beautiful Mistake, as well as their resurgence, songwriting, influences, and much more. The Beautiful Mistake is a band that very much influenced me in my early 20's. Please go check out their music - new and old. You won't be disappointed!!

Thanks Josh!

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Tony Connor of TwentyTwo.

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 22 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Tony and I had a great conversation about comics, punk rock, the new Propaghandi record, Jump Start Records, and what TwentyTwo. is up to! Give them a follow @twentytwo.punkrock on Instagram!

Matt Drastic of Less Than Jake

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 15 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Matt "Drastic" Yonker is an awesome dude and man of many hats. He's the current drummer and co-manager of legendary punk-ska band, Less Than Jake, as well as a producer and engineer. Based in Nashville, he records bands out of his studio, Drastic Sounds. Matt and I go into how his path in the music industry unfolded, how he started recording bands, what managing a band like Less Than Jake looks like, and so much more. Give it a listen and give him a follow on Instagram @mattdrastic. Thanks so much, Matt!

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Catch the Less Than Jake on the Summer Circus tour all summer long!

Oh The Humanity!

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 08 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Had an awesome time catching up with Kevin and Kyle from Oh The Humanity! These guys are awesome and so is their band. They just put out an new album called, "Ground to Dust," on Sell The Heart, Thousand Island and Engineer Records. We talk about their formation, what's contributed to their success and longevity, their songwriting process, how the influences all come together and more. Give them a follow on Instagram @ohthehumanityma and catch them on the road sometime soon. Thanks guys!

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Adam Nigh of Too Bad Eugene and Craig's Brother

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 01 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Adam Nigh is the main songwriter for Too Bad Eugene and guitarist for Craig's Brother. I've been a fan of both of these bands for over 20 years now. Adam talks about Too Bad Eugene, how they started, and what sparked the fire to start the band up again almost 20 years later. We also talk about the early days of Craig's Brother, and how he's now rejoined them on guitar. There's so much more to this episode too - songwriting processes, using songwriting as a form of therapy, and the music scene in Santa Cruz. This was a great follow up to the show we played together in Santa Cruz last month! Thanks so much Adam!

You can follow Adam and his projects on Instagram here: @adameliasnigh, @toobadeugene, and @craigsbrother.

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Remmington Pearce | Guitarist, Guitar Tech, Roadie

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Remmington is a touring musician, guitar tech, tour manager, and just awesome person. This is a great episode where we dive into what it's like to be on tours big and small, finding your career path as a touring musician or tech, where Remmington's love for touring comes from and much more. Give Remmington a follow on Instagram @rmmngtn.

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Nathan Kernell of The Catastrophes

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Nate and I have been good friends for the last few years. We talk about his band, The Catastrophes, his influences as a songwriter, touring, recording a full-length album with Matt Drastic, and much more. Follow his band @thecatastrophespunk on instagram.

Donnie Walsh of Grumpster

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Donnie and I had a super fun conversation about Grumpster's recent tour with The Dirty Nil, signing to Asian Man Records, coming up in the Bay Area music scene, 924 Gilman, Spotify, old music vs. new music, and so much more. Give it a listen, give Grumpster and Donnie a follow on ig (@grumpsterca and @littlebeest) and listen to their self-titled album. Pick it up on vinyl from Pure Noise Records!

Thumbnail photo by Dylan Moore (@woefoto on ig)

Caitlin Edwards of Bumsy and the Moochers | Solo Artist

Wes Hoffman — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Caitlin Edwards is the a singer/songwriter, front-person of Bumsy and the Moochers, as well as the songwriter for her solo project (simply titled Caitlin Edwards). We talk about songwriting, growing up in the music scene in Chicago, subject matter for her songwriting, influences and so much more. Make sure to give her music a listen and follow on social media - @bumsyandthemoochers and @caitlin.edwardzmusic.

Shout out to Sell The Heart Records as well as Reverend Guitars.

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Will Romeo of Neckscars and American Thrills

Wes Hoffman — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000

I had the pleasure of sitting down with The Bronx-born-and-raised Will Romeo! We talked about songwriting, influences, growing up in the New York City music scene, the new Neckscars record and much more. Follow will on Instagram @willromeotown and follow his bands @neckscars and @americanthrillsband. Thanks so much, Will!

Shout out to Reverend Guitars.

Dustin John Wallace of Keep Flying, With The Punches, and Roamer

Wes Hoffman — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 20:20:48 +0000

I had a great conversation with Dustin about the new(ish) With the Punches EP, the new Keep Flying album, life on the road, and much, much more. I highly recommend you follow him on Instagram @deathbucker and follow @keepflyingband, @withthepunches and @roamerisaband.

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Tony Caraffa of Versus The World

Wes Hoffman — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 13:47:39 +0000

I have been listening to the new Versus The World record nonstop for the last couple of months, so it's really cool to have Tony on the show to talk about it! We talked a little about the history of the band, they're experience working with SBAM Records, recording with Cameron Webb and much more. Give them a follow on instagram @versustheworldmusic.

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Brent Waterworth of Taken Days

Wes Hoffman — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 14:03:15 +0000

Big thanks to Brent Waterworth for being on the show. Brent is a new friend of mine and guitartist and songwriter for Taken Days. Brent and I share similar paths so we talked a bit about that, the formation of Taken Days, working with labels, and their new album that will be out on SBAM Records. Follow him on Instagram @brentwaterworth and follow @takendays.

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Tane Graves of Tightwire

Wes Hoffman — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 16:18:01 +0000

Had a super fun conversation with Tane Graves from Tightwire! Make sure to check out their new album "Head Full of Snakes" on Red Scare Industries. Follow Tightwire on Instagram @tightwirempls. Thanks so much for joining me, Tane!

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Kevin Andrew from Guardrail

Wes Hoffman — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 18:27:23 +0000

Big thanks to Kevin from Chicago-based "diet punk" band Guardrail for joining me on this episode! We talk about the history of the band, branding/design, finding your voice, how they teamed up with Open Your Ears Records, and much more. Make sure to follow Guardrail @guardrailsucks on Instagram.

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Thanks for listening!

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Chris Messer from Showoff

Wes Hoffman — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 18:29:42 +0000

Chris joins the show to talk about the history of Showoff, signing to a major label, why they decided to break up and what they're up to now. Big thanks to Chris for joining the show! Look for them playing in your hometown sometime soon and follow them on ig @showoffband.

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Trevor Reilly of A Wilhelm Scream

Wes Hoffman — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:33:57 +0000

I had a great conversation with Trevor from A Wilhelm Scream. AWS has been one of my favorite bands for a long time so this was very awesome. We went in depth about songwriting, influences, and took some questions from Instagram. It was a great conversation!

Follow Trevor on ig @trevorjreilly and follow @awilhelmscreamofficial.

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Bad Planning

Wes Hoffman — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 16:58:52 +0000

My good friend Alex from Bad Planning joins the show to talk about all things music, how they got to where they are, and take some questions from Instagram. Follow @badplanningpunx on ig for more!

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Steve Rawles from Belvedere

Wes Hoffman — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 23:10:29 +0000

Steve Rawles from legendary skate punk band Belvedere joins us to talk about their recent resurgence, booking shows and tours, the importance of making connections, and a ton more. Make sure to check them out on the road and follow @belvederebandofficial on Instagram. Thanks so much Steve!

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Catch Belvedere with my band, Wes Hoffman and Friends, on 8/27 at Off Broadway in St. Louis!

Stay The Course

Wes Hoffman — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 00:09:35 +0000

My good friends Joseph and Colby from Stay The Course join me for the first episode! We talk about how the band formed, the itch to get out there and tour, growing the band, and what's in the works for them. Give it a listen and give them a follow on Instagram @staythecourse316. Make sure to listen to their new single "I-35" out now on all streaming platforms. Thanks guys!