Podcasts by AXE TO GRIND PODCAST
THEE Hardcore Podcast, hosted by Tom, Bob, and Patrick.
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A2G214 - (Hardcore) State Game from 2022-02-22T11:00
How well do you know your hardcore geography? Ok then, what's the best HC band from Wisconsin? Quick! Clock is running! *NUHH* Also, Barry Bond's head. Send us a pit report a2gpitreport@gmail.com
ListenA2G213 - 80s Mosh Madness: ROUND TWO (The Template) from 2022-02-15T11:00
The lads are back on the Jersey Shore. It's 80s Mosh Madness and we've got SICK OF IT ALL, DYS, UNDERDOG, and THE FAITH. Who's solid... and who has TRACKS? All this and white reggae too! Send us a ...
ListenA2G212 - 80s Mosh Madness: ROUND ONE (Peace Or Annihilation) from 2022-02-08T11:00
BOLD; CRUCIFIX; RITES OF SPRING; NEGATIVE FX. Who survives to compete in the next round? Also, sports betting is dumb and Kevin Smith's hockey jersey. Send your show report to: a2gpitreport@gmail.com
ListenA2G211 - Avoid the Cannabinoid from 2022-02-01T11:00
Bands breaking up, United Blood, the winds of change, trains, digital streaming platform wars, ignorance, experts, and who killed reunions? Also, a new track from PEACE TEST!
ListenA2G210 - Bubble Rap from 2022-01-25T11:00
Kevin drops in to talk FYA, then we go in on Every Time I Die breakup, nostalgia fest confusion, and 80s Mosh Madness (The Bubble): Battalion of Saints, Carnivore, No For an Answer, TSOL.
ListenA2G209 - The Madison Square Garden of VFW Halls from 2022-01-18T11:00
Long Island fixture and friend of the podcast, Christian, joins us to talk the risks and rewards of being a promoter. Who shouldn't you step to? Was LI the new Seattle? And would that make Neglect ...
ListenA2G208 - Where'd You Go? from 2022-01-11T11:00
Shows getting cancelled; true crime; bands we don't talk about; extended hardcore vacations; Evan Seinfeld's dating life; crust chat; and more!
ListenA2G207 - Rust Belt Youth Crew from 2022-01-04T11:00
Friend of the pod, Pat, stops by to talk Stay Gold; chiropractic mythbusting; best HC drug songs; Turmoil; Tobey McGuire; history in hardcore; ruptured tendons; Sbarro
ListenA2G206 - PEACE OUT, 2021! from 2021-12-28T11:00
As the year dies, we talk on what we liked and loved from 2021.
ListenA2G205 - Complete Control from 2021-12-21T14:44:15
Tracks, vibe, art, and the intangibles. What goes into a 'complete' record? What records are perfect exemplars of their own energy? We go deep.
ListenA2G204 - We're Talking Cro-Mags from 2021-12-14T11:00
Antidote in some shit; when to ditch a song; museum hardcore. And then we're into the Cro-Mags. The good, the bad, and the muscley.
ListenA2G203 - Sitting On the (Loading) Dock from 2021-12-07T11:00
The upside potential of having fun on stage; PAHC; coming home with money or not; the beauty of small fests; the south; and lard!
ListenA2G202 - Pete Postlethwaite's Face from 2021-11-30T11:00
The Carnivore Question explored. 2021 v 2020: how has the hardcore temperature changed? Van thefts left and right, what you gonna do? Also, who watches game shows?
ListenTHANKSGIVING BUFFET from 2021-11-25T11:11:12
Annual sampler of podcasts we like to help you get through the holiday. Whether this is a time with family for you or a protest thereof, you could use something to listen to. And new music from SUN...
ListenA2G201 - Quick Hits Forever from 2021-11-23T11:00
All the topics that can be expressed in brief, punchy, news items. Length of shows, zero-clout labels, what's coming up in the next couple months, putting too much on strangers, and De Moines!
ListenA2G199 - Mosh Madness: 80s Prelim from 2021-11-16T11:00
Mosh Madness of the 80s starts here. Jump in the hot tub as we suss out our feelings on which records to include. Zero Boys or Big Boys? How much X-Claim Records can you take? Who’s the Insted fan ...
ListenA2G198 - Shiny Silver Shirts from 2021-11-09T11:00
Hardcore to post-hardcore continuity. The future of Hatebreed. Cover records. The Fear SNL moment. Time travel. More!
ListenA2G197 - Van Chat from 2021-11-02T10:00
Things discussed in vans, from getting covid, to deciding what's THE album from a band, to twerking on a boat. Plus new tracks from EYE FLYS and AGE OF APOCALYPSE!
ListenA2G196 - Aye! I'm Coughin' Here! from 2021-10-26T10:00
A very New York episode, from all-time classic albums to brand new Facebook beef. Eric joins to bring the Queens Perspective. Plus... RAIN OF SALVATION Live on Axe To Grind!
ListenA2G195 - Days Of Future Past from 2021-10-19T10:00
The A2G hardcore union tries to take a unique swing at personal favorite records of the 90s. Who doesn’t care about Integrity? Redemption 87. Ink and Dagger were sent here from the future. Locality...
ListenA2G194 - Mingling with The Midwest from 2021-10-12T10:00
Go deep as the dudes go 12 deep on their favorite Midwest HC and adjacent acts. Is Negative Approach universal? Chicago’s contribution to the classic table. Pick your flavor of Cleveland. Pull up a...
ListenA2G193 - Topical Paradise from 2021-10-05T10:00
What it means to do a quality record reissue; why we respect records from dormant bands but not reunion bands, covid on tour, and what this moment is adding up to. It's a topic party, and you're in...
ListenA2G192 - Rough Year For Tiger Woods (2009 pt2) from 2021-09-28T10:00
2009 had some good, some bad, but mostly just a lot of a lot. The Year In Hardcore 2009 continues!
ListenA2G191 - Bernie Madoff HC (2009 pt 1) from 2021-09-21T10:00
Miracle on the Hudson; Obama redux; ponzi schemes; Michael Jackson dead at 50. And hardcore. Lots of hardcore. Was it good? was it bad? Was it maybe time to hurry up and change? 2009, let's do it.
ListenA2G190 - Should I Listen Y/N (Circle One) from 2021-09-14T10:00
Ever just fail to check out a band you're 'supposed' to? Is it too late? From The Mob to Supertouch to At The Gates to Dropkick Murphys and beyond. We ask each other. We commiserate on SpiritAir; w...
ListenA2G189 - Turd Detective from 2021-09-07T10:00
WHO WENT POO ON THAT TURNSTILE STAGE? your Facebook friends are getting a sitter for the night to see Hatebreed on a Tuesday; what bands are big; Randy Newman; naught punk words; putting cover song...
ListenA2G188 - Hardcore Sleepover from 2021-08-31T10:00
A barrage of quick hit news items, including the latest cover from Code Orange, Nirvana baby kid, Patrick chasing licensing money, and Abolishing White Hardcore. Then... the sleepover begins.
ListenA2G187 - Nobody's Talking About from 2021-08-24T10:00
All the topics that aren't getting the talk that (maybe) they deserve! From influences left on the table, bands that just rule, genres that aren't getting shine, and more! Also, how many epochs has...
ListenA2G186 - Tostitos Salsa Jail from 2021-08-17T10:00
Dave A. joins us to tie up loose ends. People wanna know if there's still axes, have we become recording snobs, what musicians have killer batting averages, where Handsome falls in the post-hardcor...
ListenA2G185 - THIS! IS! JEEPOORDY! from 2021-08-10T10:00
You're familiar with the long-running television gameshow, JEOPARDY? Well, this is like that without the budget and exclusively about hardcore. Also, what to do about these pressing plant delays? A...
ListenA2G184 - Creamed Corn from 2021-08-03T10:00
Sometimes, after a long day you just want some comfort food hardcore. The HC version of mom's home cooking. Also, krishna cooking. And a debut from LI's own BECOME ONE!
ListenA2G183 - Skating the Publix Parking Lot from 2021-07-27T10:00
A Record Club episode in which we listen to and talk about 'The Decline' by NOFX. How did this happen? What are the possible outcomes? Also discussed, Avril Lavigne's TikTok, Cokie the Clown, and g...
ListenA2G182 - Best Behavior from 2021-07-20T10:00
A quick primer on keeping the party polite as we ease back into shows. How not to be a dick. What shows blew our socks off recently. And just how many AF shirts does one need? All that and a song d...
ListenA2G181 - Con-fidence Is High from 2021-07-13T10:00
One of the more dynamic acts of their era, The Hope Conspiracy crossed a few aisles and won converts among different veins of hardcore. But not everyone got it. And what's the band's legacy today? ...
ListenA2G180 - Cred Up from 2021-07-06T10:00
Take a time machine to a few weeks back when we still hadn't heard the Turnstile record and hardcore TikTok was a going concern. While we're there, how about a conversation about what's real, what'...
ListenA2G179 - The Hardcore Show Industrial Complex from 2021-06-29T10:00
Dave from the Brooklyn venue St Vitus joins us to talk about how to get Nirvana to play your 300 cap room, how to walk the middle course and feel no anger at your critics, and how to be zen about y...
ListenA2G178 - The One Where We Talk New Music from 2021-06-22T10:00
Chatting hardcore on new EKULU, ANGEL DU$T, C4, WRISTMEETRAZOR, CHUBBY&THE GANG, and much more! Also, whatever happened to the VJs of old? And how to become a weird youtube couple that rides trains...
ListenA2G177 - New Era(s) from 2021-06-15T10:00
Everyone's had the 'best X band of Y era" conversations. But flip the numbers around a bit and it's possible you've never even thought about it. Best NYHC band of the 00s? Best OC band of the 90s? ...
ListenA2G176 - Court's In Session from 2021-06-08T10:00
Some premises, hypotheses, and wild claims about hardcore's past, present, and future. Are these notions true facts, utter falsehoods, or even slanderous lies? Find out.
ListenA2G175 - On the Jobsite from 2021-06-01T10:00
What do you listen to at work? What does a roadcrew worker listen to? What about a transplant surgeon? A barber? How about a photographer? Call center operator? From the oil fields to the pizza par...
ListenA2G174 - Scene Report: The Wasteland from 2021-05-25T10:00
Test presses; Tony Soprano as daddy; getting paid or not; Gotcha Hats; finding a friend with mass; attending a show in the post-apocalypse; tour offers; dogshit album art; your record can sound sou...
ListenA2G173 - Memory Holes from 2021-05-18T10:00
We answer listener questions about the nature of memory; Warzone; the two weeks after 9/11; District 9; uncanny valley; eye surgery; working for free; 7" EPs; No Idea Records; Choke's Instagram; mo...
ListenA2G172 - Highly Emotional from 2021-05-11T10:00
Of the genres adjacent to hardcore, few have higher highs and lower lows than 90s emo. We took that rollercoaster ride and invite you to join in as we listen to the good, the bad, and the regrettab...
ListenA2G171 - Sometimes Friends Fight Two from 2021-05-04T10:00
Recorded prior to last week's hullabaloo, this one is a chit-chattin' palate cleanser. Cargo shorts, Godzilla, tucker hats of the 00s, fast hardcore, musicality, venues that will talk to you now, 4...
ListenA2G170 - Well, A Show Happened from 2021-04-27T14:39
We got your emails. Thank you. Yes. A show happened. Some people love that it happened. Other people don't care for it at all. We talk about it, doing our best to see where you're all coming from.
ListenA2G169 - Pulse Of the Core from 2021-04-20T10:00
Best listeners in the world hit us with the best questions in the world. Talk of Soul Search, Helmet, Sick Of It All, Rollins Band, Die Kreuzen, Cro-Mags, Botch, Be All End All, 7"s, long songs, De...
ListenA2G168 - Back In Business(?) from 2021-04-13T10:00
Slowly, slowly, the world returns to normal. Like a blossoming flower after the frost. And with it, shows, tours, good promoters, bad promoters, college students gambling their campus recreation bu...
ListenA2G167 - Two Spots Behind Buffalo from 2021-04-06T10:00
90s chatter of all stripes: the bands, the labels, the vibe, the locals, the nonsense. Also, turning down a million dollars, that house on the American Football album, and Chet Hanks. New music fro...
ListenA2G166 - Tough Skins (the Pants) from 2021-03-30T10:00
Rerecorded songs; JNCo Vs Diesel; Mike Dirnt's marital status; Ebullition Records; calling in a Descendents lifeline; best Bridge Nine era; the casual disrespect of rating your friends' bands; $700...
ListenA2G165 - Define 'Dusty' from 2021-03-23T10:00
Hummus, generator shows, vaccines, universal hate for DeBlasio, nachos, the mayor from Jaws, what constitutes a tired HC influence, Carmelo Anthony, pulp heroes, and Bullshit Detector Two.
ListenA2G164 - Real Draft Kingz from 2021-03-16T10:00
Music is in a holding pattern at the moment, but we're looking to the future. When the safe-travel doors swing open, there might be a whole new class of bands getting us pumped. We draft them for o...
ListenA2G163 - I'm Not Perfect. I'm Just Walter. from 2021-03-09T11:00
Walter Schreifels joins us for talk about primates, motor vehicles, colloids consisting of fine granular material, and life in the big city. His best interview, confirmed. Also, xclusive track prem...
ListenA2G162 - If Bri Ruled The World (Imagine That) from 2021-03-02T11:00
We gave the Infinity Gems of Hardcore to one random kid. Who would he erase? What would be the cost? What he did with that power shocked and terrified all that stood in his way. Shoutout Oneonta.
ListenA2G161 - When the Fans Kill It For You from 2021-02-23T11:00
Finance Punx. The Wookipedia to Joe Rogan pipeline. How much would you pay for the body you want? Would you rather be punched in the head or sneered at by someone who can't bench their own body wei...
ListenA2GX002 - The Story Of.. Rise and Fall (Part 2) from 2021-02-20T14:00
Part two of the Rise and Fall story. From Into Oblivion to the end. Frustrating creative processes. How a spider bite extended the band’s existence. The difference a new band member can make. A dec...
ListenA2G160 - Why Should They Be Teaching Meeeee from 2021-02-16T11:00
Breaking guitars, covid shows, hijacked by politics, best Terror era, the Aquabats, six-degrees of Leeway, the absolute genre peak that is Quicksand Slip, and in the second-half of the podcast we'r...
ListenA2G159 - Front Line Assembled from 2021-02-09T11:00
Carly, Erica, and Danielle of To The Front join us for a talk about doing it yourself, doing it yourself during covid, cultivating interests, photography, nostalgia, and connecting with like-minded...
ListenA2GX001 - The Story Of... Rise And Fall from 2021-02-06T12:00
A new recurring format. Bjorn, Cedric, and Vince from Rise and Fall join us for a narrative journey of their band. This first episode explores their formation, the importance of driving to practice...
ListenA2G158 - Volatility In the Market from 2021-02-02T11:00
Outsider music and outsider trading. We field questions that have been itching in your brains. Can we remember Limp Bizkit lyrics? Memorable split release moments. Album tropes we love. How to brea...
ListenA2G157 - Wonderful System For Doing the Garlic from 2021-01-26T11:00
Remember the part in Goodfellas where Paulie is using a razor to slice garlic into ultra-thin slivers? We do that for metallic hardcore, hardcore with metal influences, and metalcore. Joining us in...
ListenA2G156 - Your Emotions Are Nothing But Politics from 2021-01-19T11:00
Hardcore is punk and punk is political, right? Well, maybe. Or maybe not. What counts as politics? Is everything politics? Who are some of the best to do it?
ListenA2G155 - Enter Here from 2021-01-12T11:00
What is the best place to start with a subgenre? Is it the most important albums? The most popular? The most representative of that sound? We attempt to answer the question and give our picks for g...
ListenA2G154 - Triathletes, Try-Athletes, and Touring Musicians from 2021-01-05T11:00
John Joseph as an old dude athlete. Bootleg shirts, good and bad. Fliers, good and bad. Releasing records when you can't tour. Touring coming back. Pileup on the new release highway. A rotten game.
ListenA2G153 - So, How Was Your Year? from 2020-12-29T11:00
You know what it is. It's the end of the year and we talk about how it was for hardcore. A wild year in some respects and a muted one in other ways. What's the final verdict?
ListenA2G152 - 1995: Year Of the OJ Verdict, and also Ripping Hardcore from 2020-12-22T11:00
Bosnia and Oklahoma City. Aum Shinrikyo and Bill Clinton. Wild year for the world and a pioneering year for hardcore. Good, bad, interesting, and otherwise- we cover it all this episode. YEAR IN HA...
ListenA2G151 - Hardcore Festivus from 2020-12-15T11:00
The Airing of Grievances! Hardcore for the holidays!
ListenA2G150 - Play Extended from 2020-12-08T11:00
Even the best LP could do for a little editing for length. We put on our Unsolicited Producer headsets and chop some songs off classic and sleeper LPs. INTEGRITY to AGNOSTIC FRONT to TRAPPED UNDER ...
ListenA2G149 - Good Ol Fashion Tent Revival from 2020-12-01T11:00
Where did the metalcore go? Are we post-revival or does revival never die? The atom-splitting superpower that was the Gorilla Biscuits reunion tour. Jake Paul is the new Mike Tyson. And we're bless...
ListenA2G148 - Thanks, Homies from 2020-11-26T11:00
Annual tradition of sharing our favorite podcasts continues. We've got a taste of music, art, culture, and nonsense podcasts for you to try. Our way of saying thank you to our fellow podcasters and...
ListenA2G147 - What Even Matters Anymore, Man from 2020-11-24T16:06
Weird year. Which bands feel like they're still in the front of our minds, even without shows to see them on? Which bands are we excited to see for the first time? Some thoughts about which acts 'm...
ListenWA2G04 - The AXE ft the Return of Bobby Roxx from 2020-11-19T11:00
Bobby Roxx returns! New music from BROKEN VOW, STONE FLEET, ZIPPER, GRIDIRON, DROWSE, FORGIVE/FORGET, SCALP, PORTRAYAL OF GUILT, SPEEDWAY, LANDOWNER, PARIIAH, STUCK, PAIN OF TRUTH, LAWFUL KILLING, ...
ListenA2G146 - Mom, I Joined the Skulls from 2020-11-17T11:00
Every band has a skull logo at some point in their careers. Which are the best? Ever thought you'd listen to that debate in bracket-seeded tournament format? Welcome to 2020.
ListenA2G145 - Where Have All the Punkers Gone from 2020-11-10T11:00
New guy in the White House; same quality hardcore podcasting you've come to expect. Hype crust, new iconic shirts, best skulls in hardcore, Beatles comparisons, washing your hands after you pee, ca...
ListenA2G144 - Vote Axe (WA2G Redux) from 2020-11-03T11:00
Whether you're standing in line to vote or furiously posting on /r/anarcho-capitalism, today might be a stressful one. Here's the first three WA2G radio format episodes all in one place. Enjoy and ...
ListenA2G143 - Every Band Ever from 2020-10-27T10:00
For all of you who say "you should talk about _______ more" and "why don't you ever talk about ________?" this episode is for you. We talk about every band ever since the beginning of recorded musi...
ListenA2G142 - Music Still Exists from 2020-10-20T10:00
A quick round of the Name Game with a special guest before launching into talk about Drain, Touche Amore, Hatebreed, Seed of Pain, and Spice! The world may've shut down, but music hasn't completely.
ListenA2G141 - The Agony Of Defeat from 2020-10-13T10:00
Another round of the Name Game featuring friend of the podcast, Brian Murray. An unexpected guest crashes the podcast to tell us how all these hardcore icons are affording private flights. E.Town C...
ListenA2G140 - Rock the Vote or Don't from 2020-10-06T10:00
While the presidential debate was 'raging' we staged our own. Next time maybe it'll be about if Suicidal Tendencies has more than one good album, but this episode it's about more serious stuff. Als...
ListenA2G139 - Flex Your Branch Manager from 2020-09-29T10:00
Friend of the podcast and learned man, Sean Doody, came through to talk Dischord Records. From Teen Idles to Trusty, Double-O to Antelope, it's all (mostly) here. Also, what's Yelp's opinion on thi...
ListenA2G138 - Damn These Rascals Are Little from 2020-09-22T10:00
Jeremy Bolm talks about his band's experience with mega-producer Ross Robinson, putting out other people's records, when an LP isn't in order, Danzig, and Mr Bean.
ListenWA2G03 - AXE-Rock from 2020-09-17T16:23
The Tominator brings you the very best in hardcore, punk, metal, and everything in between. New tracks from DYING WISH, PERFECT WORLD, CRUSH THE DEMONIAC, ZULU, REACHING OUT, SOUL GLO, MODEL PRISON...
ListenA2G137 - Wake Me Up Inside Saaave Me from 2020-09-15T10:00
Wake The Dead is a seminal melodic hardcore release for many, but two of us are coming in blind here. The era, the ambition, the sound, and the impact of the record are all explored. If you loved i...
ListenA2G136 - BIG NUMBERS from 2020-09-08T10:00
Bar shows or community space shows? Underdog or Into Another? HC drama or office Christmas party? PAHC or CTHC? Magnitude or One Step Closer? Harley or JJ? Pizza or bagel? Every important question ...
ListenA2G135 - This Shirt Needs More Print from 2020-09-01T15:17
Doing our best to let a little pressure out of the atmosphere. We talk all-over print, stepping in dog shit, work stoppage, Randy Newman, magazines, Kalamazoo, worst hardcore apparel, shorts, survi...
ListenA2G134 - Never Ending Name Game from 2020-08-25T10:00
Antidote and trips to the National Parks; Sick Of It All and literature; Vermin Supreme and voting; pepper spray and making people apologize for accusing you of things you actually did; the Name Ga...
ListenA2G133 - Ascending Mount Doom from 2020-08-18T10:00
Entering the dark and murky world of music's near-future. Where we can't be sure shows are happening, if subculture even exists, and if paper money has value anymore. Strap into the last of the V8 ...
ListenWA2G02 - The AXE from 2020-08-14T16:17
A cool hour of the best hardcore and punk from INTIMIDATION, GAG, MOONKISSER, INTERNAL, BITTER BRANCHES, EXCIDE, INITIATE, HELLO MARY, SOOTHING, VILE SPIRIT, GULCH, CORIKY, IMPOTENTIE, SUBDUED, SPY...
ListenA2G132 - 1.6 Fans from 2020-08-11T14:26
Record Club is in full effect with a close look at the self-titled album from 1.6 Band. One for the post-hardcore heads, but there's something here for everybody: vaccines, Michael Vick, chili dogs...
ListenA2G132 - 1.6 Fans from 2020-08-11T14:26
Record Club is in full effect with a close look at the self-titled album from 1.6 Band. One for the post-hardcore heads, but there's something here for everybody: vaccines, Michael Vick, chili dogs...
ListenA2G131 - The Demon Babies Of Makeoutclub from 2020-08-04T10:00
Is hardcore secretly for super-capable musicians and all that 'talent doesn't matter' stuff is a lie? Was Makeoutclub a dark signal that this is a creep scene? Or was it a nice way for awkward kids...
ListenA2G130 - 1999 pt 2: the Endless Year from 2020-07-28T10:00
Not everyone is built for this game. But we are. Hours on a year we can't even agree is any good or not. Fastbreak to Brother Inferior to Throwdown and beyond. Hardcore from the US, Canada, Japan, ...
ListenA2G129 - 1999 Party Over Oops Outta Time from 2020-07-21T10:00
Year In Hardcore, 1999! A wild year, with the Melissa Worm ravaging the internet, Napster making pirates out of high schoolers, and Stuart Little keeping us in theaters. Also, a ton of hardcore was...
ListenWA2G01 - Radio Schenectady from 2020-07-14T10:00
Bliss out on the sounds of new music from Punitive Damage, One Step Closer, Spring Tide, Big Cheese, CHEW, Jab, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenA2G128 - Another Serious Moment from 2020-07-07T10:00
Kate and Emma join us to talk on callouts, cancellations, accountability, and substantive change in hardcore. Also discussed: wasps. And maybe a little taste of the new UNREAL CITY release if you'r...
ListenA2G127 - Solid Ratings from 2020-06-30T10:00
Is Hatebreed overrated, underrated, or appropriately rated? What about Dag Nasty? Ekulu? Lotta bands are examined this episode TASTEFULLY AND WITH RESPECT. Also, Chicago Fire, the Dick Wolf extende...
ListenA2G126 - Appearing At Fantasy's Island Lounge from 2020-06-23T10:00
A quiet moment for a listener. Venues ex nihilo; sad old man storage units; mental health; Cold As Life; political hardcore; making friends online; YDL erasure; region of choice; truly fake news; m...
ListenA2G125 - Irredeemable Grandma from 2020-06-16T10:00
Hard talks with relatives and hardcore icons. Can you really reason with either one? Also, is hardcore worth playing/watching in a half-empty room? Also, money-laundering, and treasure-hunting in t...
ListenA2G124 - Saved By The Bail from 2020-06-09T10:00
The Facebook news drip, bail reform, Saved By The Bell, gently placing grandma in a dumpster or not, Ice T, Ice Cube, intellectual blindspots, weight training for the oncoming Cop War, and a quick ...
ListenA2G123 - A Rare Serious Moment from 2020-06-03T10:00
Felt inappropriate doing the normal thing this week. Exercise your rights and be safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenA2G- Patreon Sampler from 2020-05-29T17:25
Every once in a while we like to give everyone a chance to see what goes on in the golden kingdom of the Axe To Grind Patreon. Here’s some clips to tease and tantalize, with the hope that you’ll jo...
ListenA2G122 - Gluten Free Means I Can't Have Gluten from 2020-05-26T10:00
Last Lights, Fiona Apple, shootouts, guitar solos, Green Day, Lulu, good looks, professional wrestling, The State, piloting a plane without training, Australia, Orange 9mm, college, and A Live On A...
ListenA2G Overtime 11 - Next Step Up from 2020-05-22T20:31
Grady and Ryan from Anxious and One Step Closer jump into talk a little bit on getting stuck in Europe at the onset of a pandemic, going to school in the middle of nowhere, and the process of writi...
ListenA2G121 - Unfriended from 2020-05-19T10:00
Critique, PMA, haters, and the cold hard reality of putting art into the world. Ian from Regional Justice Center joins us for deep talk on what makes a good vocalist, what makes a band a viable tou...
ListenA2G Overtime 10 - BOLD Looking Back from 2020-05-14T10:00
Is Looking Back an underrated classic? A accurately rated piece of the hardcore cannon? Or an overrated pile of shit? With influences that range from melodic hardcore to the devil, this record insp...
ListenA2G120 - Lyrical Bikini Party from 2020-05-12T10:00
This one is for the word lovers. Pat Flynn stops by to talk favorite lyricists in hardcore and beyond. Is Shawn Brown an underrated snark god? Do members of Foundation have Minority Report style pr...
ListenA2G119 - Will Life Ever Be Sane Again? from 2020-05-05T13:00
Swamp life; lean gains; the future of touring; economics of playing music in 2020; drive times; putting out records during a pandemic and/or global depression; drive-in hardcore shows; the importan...
ListenA2G118 - Making a NYHC Mixtape For Your Crush from 2020-04-28T13:00
How to go about showing the best, most interesting, and most personally impactful NYHC to someone new. Also discussed: prodigious journaling, BlackedRaw, ditching religion in a public way, YDL, sco...
ListenA2G Overtime - 09 - MINDFORCE from 2020-04-27T13:00
Jay and Mike join us to talk about the new Swingin' Swords, Choppin' Lords 12" EP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenA2G Overtime 08 - Record Club: VOD Imprint from 2020-04-23T10:00
Anyone can be part of this club. Just go listen to the record we're talking about, come back, compare your thoughts to ours and other listeners, be happy or mad. Today's album: Vision Of Disorder -...
ListenA2G117 - Exciting Career Opportunities In Youth Crew from 2020-04-21T10:00
Pat Flynn joins the podcast to talk Zoli muscles, the responsibility bands have to their communities, the best year in hardcore, mysterious guy hardcore, head massages, gun control, Duke basketball...
ListenA2G Overtime 07 - Chunky Habanero Salsa HOT Takes from 2020-04-17T16:44
When we opened the door to anonymous questions, these are the bad apples who strutted in wearing leather jackets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenA2G116 - Medium Tostitos Salsa Takes from 2020-04-14T10:00
John Joseph Covid reporting, Karate Kid, looking like a thumb, starting a hardcore band late in life, rerecorded classics, diss tracks, Every Time I Die, Reagan Youth, blind spots, a world without ...
ListenA2G115 - Let's All Get On The Same Page from 2020-04-07T10:00
Lots of hardcore and hardcore adjacentry in this hardcore podcast. Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Breakdown, 108, VOD, Rollins Band, Leatherface, In My Eyes, Kiss It Goodbye, Dischord catalog, Rev catal...
ListenA2G114 - Worst Possible Tomline from 2020-03-31T10:00
Crossover episode with Worst Possible Timeline. Hardcore is supposed to be NOT discussed, but somehow works its way into conversations about Joe Girardi's traps, Joe Biden's brain failure, American...
ListenA2G Overtime 06 - Black Flag Rank'm from 2020-03-30T10:00
Frequent collaborator Dave joins Bob to debate the most pressing issue of 2020: Where each Black Flag release ranks in the band's discography. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...
ListenA2G Overtime 05 - Drive&Grind from 2020-03-27T10:00
This Is Albany, Not Bakersfield. Bob is joined by Overnight Drive's secret coremen Hans and Andrew for a trip into the dark heart of memory lane. Scene clashes, the alienated hardcore kid, 25 Ta Li...
ListenA2G Overtime 04 - Caseys Go Nineties from 2020-03-26T10:00
Ever spend a night in Poughkeepsie talking about your ten favorite hardcore records of the 90s? Now is you chance. Nicole and Alex Casey join the crew to talk all things hardcore from the era of MT...
ListenA2G113 - Everything Is Closed, Listen To Hardcore from 2020-03-24T10:00
Wire. Blacklisted. Best Boston bands. Smart bands vs 'Smart bands'. Marshal's Home Goods and TJ MAX. After Forever by Black Sabbath. After Forever as covered by Shelter. Disneyland. Melodic HC. Fac...
ListenA2G Overtime 03 - Comfort Oreos from 2020-03-23T09:50
Ray&Porcell. Where's Your Head At? The dreadlocked whites of Koh Rong. Is doing a GoFundMe cool, lame, or a cause for complete indifference? Prison lockdown. Game Of Thrones cool, lame, or cause fo...
ListenA2G Overtime 02 - Rankin' Round Jah Throne from 2020-03-20T13:17
Bad Brains discussed in the type of detail a global pandemic allows for. Longtime friend of the podcast and frequent contributor Andy comes through to drop knowledge. Learn more about your ad choic...
ListenA2G Overtime 01 - Quarantined Musings from 2020-03-18T10:00
Putting in some overtime for all the people who are having to deal with this or that. We tackle the hard topics like how good was that Code Orange stream and can we expect biters? The difficulty of...
ListenA2G112 - Dangerous Shirts from 2020-03-17T09:54
Some new music talk. Some nontroversy talk about the shirt that scandalized Gilman. Some Damage City talk. Some Escape From Phnom Penh talk. Some size matters or it doesn't talk. It's early 2020 an...
ListenA2G111 - Sometimes Friends Fight from 2020-03-10T10:00
The Indecision episode! Rachel and Justin of Indecision/Most Precious Blood join their lifelong bandmate Tom to remember and misremember the past 25 years. Why do bands make the decisions they do? ...
ListenA2G110 - Big Fest Energy from 2020-03-03T16:45
It's that time of year again. Festivals aren't just for ravers and Europeans. Wild Rose! BnB! United Blood! Furnace! Much More! Here's a deep(ish) dive on what's on offer this spring/summer. Young!...
ListenA2G109 - Poste Apokylips from 2020-02-25T11:00
Are the hosts of this podcast clinically depressed? Who are they talking to on AIM? Who is doing the dishes in this partnership? How would they say goodbye to a loved one when they're going to be c...
ListenA2G108 - Blood Sweat and Some Tiers from 2020-02-18T11:00
NYHC bands ranked! Pre-1990 roster of kings! KILLING TIME; SICK OF IT ALL; BURN; LEEWAY; SHEER TERROR; BREAKDOWN; WARZONE; MURPHY'S LAW; SUPERTOUCH; to just name a few! The gang's all here and we R...
ListenA2G107 - Year 2000 Listening Party, God Help Us from 2020-02-11T11:00
It's the most mixed of bags, as we expand on our year 2000 exploration. We lend our ear to classics and... not classics, learning a lot about our tolerance for operatic vocals, word salad, and squi...
ListenA2G106 - Y2K Bug Armageddon Revisited from 2020-02-04T11:00
Year In HC: 2000! Back in the day, before the Patriot Act, before stringent TSA screenings, there was a collision of traditional hardcore and metalcore. There was bizarre, best-forgotten, genre tan...
ListenA2G105 - A Plea For Mosh from 2020-01-28T11:00
New England. A frigid hellscape in which nothing grows. A white aeon-dead world. Welcome. This is a very specific sorta Listening Party. A comp album straight through. This time, it's Every Winter ...
ListenA2G104 - The Things We Don't Carry from 2020-01-21T11:00
NY visitor's guide; west coast 00s HC; 3rd-rate-and-not-that-great of the 90s; corndogs; premeditated murder; highlight reel; HC videos; Cursed; AF v NA; french fries; more! And Live On A2G: REGION...
ListenA2G103 - Test Results Are In. Call Your Physician. from 2020-01-14T11:00
The results of the A2G Hardcore Census are in and they are equal parts intuitive and mind-blowing. How many of you are attending shows? How many are spending your college tuition on hardcore? Are z...
ListenA2G102 - True Fanatics from 2020-01-07T11:00
World's on fire, let's talk hardcore. New music from TRUE FORM, PIG CITY, DIVISION OF MIND, THERAPY, AGNOSTIC FRONT, RAW HEX, THE ANNIHILATED, GEORGIA MAQ, CHOICE TO MAKE, THE WARRIORS, SECTION H8,...
ListenA2G101 - Split 7" Personality from 2019-12-31T11:01
Bring in 2020 with a conference call full of split releases, Hatebreed vs moshcore, the surprising possibly alarming return of Furnace Fest, undercover nice people, is Youth Of Today a better band ...
ListenA2G100 - Break Out the Party Hats, It's Episode 100 from 2019-12-23T16:21
2019 has been fun. Some really good music. Everyone should be bullish on hardcore right now. Celebrate good times. But... what came out this year that has lasting value? What'll get spins in five y...
ListenA2G99.5 - Sandblasting Your Rebel Alliance Tattoo from 2019-12-19T11:00
A special episode. Noncore - for those with an unhealthy appetite for Star Wars. A deep dive into The Last Jedi and whether it’s good, sucks, or Really sucks. Rank your favorite movies along and he...
ListenA2G99 - Checking the Temp from 2019-12-17T11:00
What's the state of hardcore in 2019? How would you know? Your circle? What you see online? Let's collect some data and crunch the numbers. Hardcore Census time! Also Acme, Backtrack farewell, Boys...
ListenA2G98 - 100,000,000,000 Bridges! from 2019-12-10T11:00
An early Christmas gift to the true music lovers... a wild Listening Party that spans the gamut from power-alt to mario-metal. BIG CHEESE; DARE; GRACE; DOWNPRESSER; AMERICAN NIGHTMARE; COLONIAL WOU...
ListenA2G97 - Some Ground Rules Before We Begin from 2019-12-03T11:00
Imagine a weekly hardcore matinee featuring the most popping bands as headliners. Which acts would get that call? Inspired by that idea, what are the 52 bands that everyone should hear as we head i...
ListenA2G96 - A Thanksgiving Thanks Giving from 2019-11-28T11:02
For all of you with long drives this holiday weekend, a sampling from podcasts we consider friends. From wrestling, to videogames, to career management, to film, to drive-time morning radio shock-j...
ListenA2G95 - Personal Classics from 2019-11-26T13:40
Classic albums that aren't classic albums that are. Records that mean the world to a select group of people who aren't the world. Songs that would've made a greater impact if they'd been heard by m...
ListenA2G94 - Show and Prove from 2019-11-19T11:00
This winter is packed fulla shows. Final shows, reunions; album plays; festivals, record releases, prolly some regular shows too. Why some shows are more appealing than others and why hardcore stil...
ListenA2G93 - Sobriety Is Cost-Effective Skincare from 2019-11-12T11:00
A big ol' Listening Party. Lots of discussion about fictional animals, overhead lighting, mom fights, rent stoppage, the effect of weather on mosh, and MIL-SPEC, BURNT DECAY, POWER TRIP, RESTRAININ...
ListenA2G92 - Indie Rock Barbed Wire Cage Match from 2019-11-05T11:00
Negative Approach v Black Flag; indie band ethics or lack thereof; NOLA HC; Taylor Swift on a horse; Israel tour; vinyl variants; one-table Chinese takeout spots; hey I'm vegan; Wolverine hardcore;...
ListenA2G91 - It's the Great Pumpkin Devil Child! from 2019-10-29T10:00
User groups; eating garbage; that city between New York and Baltimore; sympathy for the CD industry; types of snot; leather cowboy hats; bands without children; and a very fun Album-To-Album examin...
ListenA2G90 - The Files Are In the Computer from 2019-10-22T10:00
The Deepest of Deep Dives, this episode goes all the way into THE SUICIDE FILE. Underrated or well-loved? Punk or hardcore? Rock or roll? This band was a critical part of the hardcore landscape for...
ListenA2G89 - Likes My Tweets Sometimes from 2019-10-15T10:00
Two shows tonight, Jerome's Dream and Unit Pride, which gets your money? Are LP jackets a viable clothing item? Are scab lineups a bad thing or just a thing? Does liking someone's tweet make you th...
ListenA2G88 - Florida&Kentucky Best States Sry Not Sry from 2019-10-08T10:00
A timely and timeless episode that takes a snapshot of HC in 2019. Hardcore fests are packed, there's a wild variety of styles being embraced, and kids are open to older bands. It's all pretty dope...
ListenA2G87 - Goddamn Things Move Fast from 2019-10-01T10:00
Is HC moving faster than listeners can keep up with? Is there a right way to enjoy this? Does career trajectory of a band matter to fans or is that for absolute nerds? What role do GAINS have in ma...
ListenA2G86 - 1989: Goodbye Berlin Wall Hello Great Hardcore from 2019-09-24T10:00
It's 1989. Satanic Verses inspires a fatwa, the Exxon Valdez destroys a coastline, the US sneak-invades Panama, Chinese students are fed up, and the Berlin wall falls. Also, possibly the single bes...
ListenA2G85 - A Bathing Crust from 2019-09-17T10:00
A wildly varied Listening Party, featuring ENVISION, REDBAIT, THE ANSWER, SECT, DYING WISH, POINT OF CONTACT, FUCK IT I QUIT, INVOKE, MH CHAOS, HESITATION WOUNDS, SANCTION, CONSTANT ELEVATION, FINA...
ListenA2G84 - MMA For Warrior Poets from 2019-09-10T10:00
This episode is an Album to Album look at the American Nightmare LPs Background Music and We're Down Til We're Underground! Also: prison slashings; Europeans demanding value for their money; Louisv...
ListenA2G83 - Jim Carrey's Finest Role from 2019-09-03T14:26
There is more music contained in these 3hrs than in any single piece of media in human history. It's a LISTENING PARTY! Andy joins us to give THREAT 2 SOCIETY, ANTAGONIZE, DOLLHOUSE, GATECREEPER, D...
ListenA2G82 - Video Killed the Hardcore Show? from 2019-08-27T10:00
Would you rather watch a show from the comfort of your $300 gamer chair than actually attend one in the flesh? Is there a reason to catalog the scene from top to bottom? What space belongs to a ban...
ListenA2G81 - BAAALLTIMOOORE! from 2019-08-13T10:00
Album 2 Album: Secrets of the World v Big Kiss Goodnight. Which will you bequeath to family in your will and which will you be buried with? Best NYHC that is NOT from NY? Is this world split into h...
ListenA2G80 - Nickleback Demos from 2019-08-06T10:00
It's a listening party! New music from RENOUNCED, GLITTERER, HANGMAN, THE FIGHT, PINOCCHIO, SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY, MAD, CEREMONY, NINTH CIRCLE, PORTRAYAL OF GUILT, TIME AND PRESSURE, OUTSIDER, END OF Y...
ListenA2G79 - I Want My Homie Back from 2019-07-30T10:00
Photogate rocks the HC Twitterverse; what's good in hardcore; will our homie ever come back from the war; is noncore the bridge to heaven or the tunnel to hell; how many people can fit on a stage l...
ListenA2G78 - You Can Get Wit Dis Or You Can Get Wit Dat from 2019-07-23T10:00
Dust off your opinion shoes, we pulled out THIS or THAT to answer your burning binary questions. Joined by Andy Scarpulla (Tear It Up, Forward To Death, Staring Problem) we take on the world’s bigg...
ListenA2G77 - Teleconference the Pit from 2019-07-16T10:00
So international. Is the Have Heart reunion the logical limit of reunions? Could you skip college and just study the Lungfish discography? Is the Whopper disgusting? Is Quake the best game? Should ...
ListenA2G76 - To All Our Friends In the Steampunk Community from 2019-07-02T10:00
Moon Knight, Krust, Wildside, label promotion in hardcore and self-promotion in hardcore and accidental promotion in hardcore, more Wildside, Candy, colorism in the NBA, The lawfirm of Misfits Misf...
ListenA2G75 - Lizards Of The Pizza Store from 2019-06-25T10:00
It's 75 episodes in, so time to go SUPER OFF-BRAND and talk about Horse the Band, Biohazard, Seadoos, beets, the Christian god, Shockwave, cake donuts, prison, Glassjaw, John Elway, Yuppicide, and ...
ListenA2G74 - Early To Bed Early To Rise Early 2000s Were Pretty Alright from 2019-06-18T10:00
Guest hosts Dave Ackerman and Andy Scarpulla join the fray to discuss their favorite records of the early 2000s. Marvel at how different the opinions can be from one mouth to the next. Was American...
ListenA2G73 - No Snitchin or Code Switchin Just Guitar Rippin from 2019-06-11T10:00
NEW MUSIC FROM ABUSE OF POWER! Toby and the cops vs Instagram Police; Cro-Mags vs Cro-Mags; bootleggers vs wallets; headliners vs support; mastering engineers vs musician ignorance; reasonable adul...
ListenA2G72 - Summer Lovin' from 2019-06-04T10:00
It's summer and things are poppin'. Time to play beach volleyball with Backtrack on their final tour. Maybe meet Drake on the floor of the Scotiabank Arena. Or walk around Vegas until you die of su...
ListenA2G71 - 1985: Gorbachev Is In! Reagan Is Back! HC Is Weird! from 2019-05-28T10:00
Medication that makes you husky! Soup! Bowling! Fake chicken salad! 7 Seconds! Corrosion of Conformity! Youth of Today! Rites Of Spring! Government Issue! DRI! Husker Du! The Descendents! SNFU! SOD...
ListenA2G70 - What If Madball Wielded the Infinity Gauntlet? from 2019-05-21T10:00
New Angel Du$t getting talk; Soulfly as a conversation in 2019; performance enhancing drugs in hardcore; cancelled is as cancelled does; no shirts lots of chest workouts; Robert Kraft's erection; h...
ListenA2G69 - Five For Five For Five For Five from 2019-05-14T10:00
The five records that define every five years since 1980. There's some hot takes buried among the regular heat takes. Also of note: how to wash kale; having no friends; is Hot Water Music hardcore;...
ListenA2G68 - Acid Test from 2019-05-07T10:00
LSD, CTHC, SONY, EVERYBODY BLEEDS NOW, DMT, TIK TOK, dropping Seth Putnam, and more with the mindful mogul, Jay Reason. Also, can birds fly backwards? Fighting hair loss with Discharge. Learn more ...
ListenA2G67 - TeChnI%caL dIFFiC#tie$ from 2019-04-30T10:00
It's a LISTENING PARTY, fam! New(ish) music from Combust, Outskirts, Payback, Drain, Rotting Out, and MORE. Also, nothing mechanical works. Everything but the computer breaks during this recording,...
ListenA2G66 - Is There Trax Tho from 2019-04-23T10:00
After some hyper-local talk about the New York Metro Area and dating prospects in NJ, the real discussion begins: What was missed, overlooked, and strangely forgotten in our Mosh Madness Tourney. W...
ListenA2G65 - A Cosmic Evil from 2019-04-16T10:00
How serious is too serious? How many snakes did Jake go through? Does your president skateboard? Are covers lame? Digital-only EPs dope or wack? Are melodic metalcore reunions the new bitcoin? Does...
ListenA2G64 - Finally the Finals from 2019-04-08T16:00
How to detect food has gone bad; enjoying the flu; disappeared NBA players; AND THE FINAL RESULTS OF MOSH MADNESS! THE TOURNAMENT IS AT AN END AND IT IS TIME TO CELEBRATE OR CRY. HAVE YOUR BRACKET ...
ListenA2G63 - Eat a Couch from 2019-04-02T10:00
Insider info on putting together the biggest hardcore show in 30 years in the form of the Have Heart reunion; Fresno real estate; relocating to Cambodia; driving your student loans off a bridge; an...
ListenA2G62 - Rock the (Mosh Madness) Vote from 2019-03-26T10:00
Some loopy chat in this one. Three men who've listened to hella records do their best to stay on topic. Wokeness was lacking in 1989; heavy as an idea; Hoobastank; Paramore; wait that's the same th...
ListenA2G61 - March Into Darkness from 2019-03-19T10:00
Straight edge discussion of regional beers, how many years pass before something is hella old, Jersey Mikes italian subs, impending homelessness, NAILS, FOUNDATION, IMPALERS, REGULATE, BANE, TURNST...
ListenA2G60 - Slipped Up and Became Sheriffs In Reno from 2019-03-12T10:00
Greg Bennick, vocalist of Trial, documentarian, activist, and speaker, acts as 4th mic for a talk on beach life, Lulu Lemon, gatekeeping, classic era Revelation, Ginsburg, Harley, Jorge, bands with...
ListenA2G59 - It's a Mad Mad Mad Mosh from 2019-03-05T11:00
The contest of champions continues! We're in the wild days of Mosh Madness, where acts are playing for keeps and no prisoners are taken. Topics discussed include tech bros, offloading merch to Sout...
ListenA2G58 - HAVE HEART REUNION from 2019-02-27T17:25
It's true. There's a HAVE HEART reunion coming this summer, and we've got Pat Flynn on the pod to talk about it, reunions as a phenomenon, history of hardcore and otherwise, science fair hardcore, ...
ListenA2G57 - The Madness Is All Consuming from 2019-02-26T11:00
Mosh Madness is in full swing. We're talking hotdogs, big dogs, night mode, font size, rebates, TRAPPED UNDER ICE, CODE ORANGE, TITLE FIGHT, BLACKLISTED, TAKE OFFENSE, CONCEALED BLADE, BLISTERED, a...
ListenA2G56 - Brackets On Brackets On Brackets from 2019-02-19T11:00
You know what it is. Mosh Madness is in full swing and you're gonna get sucked into the adventure. RIVAL MOB, TOUCHE AMORE, XREPENTANCEX, RUDE AWAKENING, CANDY, FIDDLEHEAD, POWER TRIP, and TERROR a...
ListenA2G55 - HC Is For Cookie from 2019-02-12T11:00
The ghost of George HW Bush haunts the studio as cookies are discussed in depth, as are the positives and negatives of community, some now-very-dated talk about the government furlough, breaking in...
ListenA2G54 - Hot Brackets! from 2019-02-05T11:00
MOSH MADNESS won't stop. This episode we're talking INCENDIARY, BITTER END, DOWNPRESSER, NO TOLERANCE, CODE ORANGE, DETAIN, CRIMINAL INSTINCT, and ANGEL DU$T! Also some comic book talk, and lots of...
ListenA2G53 - The Game Rolls On! from 2019-01-29T11:00
Mosh Madness continues! These brackets have us talking FOUNDATION, NAYSAYER, POWER TRIP, BACKTRACK, VEIN, MIZERY, NAILS, FIRE&ICE, also what makes your pee smell weird, and how handsome is Julian C...
ListenA2G52 - What Type of Hat Does Pitbull Wear? from 2019-01-22T11:00
Staying current this episode with talk about the No Echo piece '"Female-Fronted" Is Not a Fucking Genre' from Madison Watkins, and can you be mad on the internet without being labeled BIG MAD, and ...
ListenA2G51 - Let the Games Begin! from 2019-01-15T11:00
MOSH MADNESS Round 1, Part 1. We go IN on releases from FURY, RENOUNCED, WAR HUNGRY, BITTER END, TWITCHING TONGUES, CODE ORANGE, MINDSET, and BOSTON STRANGLER. You selected the field, we're just pl...
ListenA2G50 - 50th Episode Job Fair from 2019-01-08T11:00
Self-starting, using your background to better your future, and not getting ripped off by poser brands are all part of our conversation with designer Jon Contino. In the process, we talk about Quee...
ListenA2G49.5 - Crossover (thrash) Into the New Year from 2019-01-01T11:00
New Year; New You; New Hardcore Rules. Justin of Dead Heat joins us to talk FYA, what we should all be checking out, touring, and CALIFORNIA. This MFers voice is silky as hell. This episode premier...
ListenA2G49 - Never Mind the Bedbugs, We Got Year-End Lists from 2018-12-27T11:00
It was a good year for hardcore, and here's some lists of our favorite releases to prove it. And some hard numbers for the statistician listeners. Also, where are the big room screamo bands now? An...
ListenA2G48 - The Sassy Boys Are Back In Town *guitars wail* from 2018-12-23T21:00
The gang's all here and ready to talk hardcore, noncore, and cosplay. Losing teeth on tour. Are onesies back? Are shoes requisite? Should we move to Long Beach? Is sasscore simulacra or simulation?...
ListenA2G47 - Almost Pizza Party from 2018-12-18T10:00
We fill Patrick’s spot with three guests- Nicole, Alex, and Eric. Get back in the saddle as we discuss some recent gigs, Spotify Top Songs of the year, and we break down Nicole and Alex’s year end ...
ListenA2G46 - When Tigers Pod from 2018-12-11T11:00
Life sends us in all sorts of directions, and sometimes people fall off radars. The life path of Jules of Side By Side and Alone In A Crowd has been the subject of speculation for almost 30 years. ...
ListenA2G45 - Mosh Madness Begins... with THE BUBBLE from 2018-11-28T11:00
Before Mosh Madness brackets can be finalized, the bubble releases need to be slotted! And to give you an idea of how stiff competition in the tournament will be, there's potential classics even am...
ListenA2GSPECIAL - HOLIDAY ROAD SUPER SAMPLER from 2018-11-21T13:00
Many of you are on long drives or just wanna hear something other than your family's holiday beefs. So here's a sample of our Patreon episodes AND samples of other podcasts we think you should list...
ListenA2G44 - That One Song You Definitely Know from 2018-11-19T14:17
'One hit wonder' sounds like a dig, but you band people need to put your pull-up diapers on and ready yourselves for the attack. We confirm some acts as having legitimate hits, and debunk more than...
ListenA2G43 - We're All Becoming Park Rangers from 2018-11-13T11:00
Jay from Mindforce joins us to talk Poughkeepsie as a municipality and lifestyle; David Koresh Hardcore; driving through New Paltz in a bikini; the expanding boundaries of New York City, CharlieBo ...
ListenA2G42 - Goo Goo Dolls Hardcore x GGHC from 2018-11-06T11:00
Written out, forced in, misremembered, enshrined, and buried. Demystifying the current narratives of Ensign, Texas Is the Reason, VOD, Kid Dynamite, and Carry On. What's real? What's imagined? Plus...
ListenA2G41 - Dungeons&Dragons&Hardcore from 2018-10-30T10:00
Is there scum in every room? Would you lend them gear? Is moshing with a cardboard uzi cool? Do you remember CrimeThinc? If so, do you know what a donut hole is? Is Gloss remembered? JNCO made snea...
ListenA2G40 - Streak the Yard from 2018-10-23T10:00
How many bands is too many bands on a package tour?; the Youth Attack Effect; Justice's acting debut; Who Edges the Edgelords?; Simpsons did it first; and more. Then down to the Winning Streaks. Wh...
ListenA2G39 - Animecore Vs Mangapunk from 2018-10-16T10:00
A quick look at Flyover Fest, then right down to the music: We're listening to new tracks from Mindforce; Silk, Berzerker Boyz; Super Unison; Night Birds; Antagonize; Seed Of Pain; Pig Destroyer; F...
ListenA2G38 - Vocal Coach vs Pack of Newports from 2018-10-09T10:00
How many original members do you require in a touring band? What cities would we hit with a nuke? Is Fred Durst marked for death? Do 20-year-olds like Nirvana? Or just the shirts? What's wrong with...
ListenA2G37 - Smashed Skulls! Auto Theft! New Releases! from 2018-10-04T10:00
All the news of the day! Including metalcore head wounds, stolen trailers, and -for some reason- Kanye West. Big release week with new Gouge Away, Terror, and Candy. Also, are corporate-funded gigs...
ListenA2G36 - Lust for Destruction from 2018-09-25T10:00
Cheddar from the band Candy joins us as the flow touches on their new record “Good To Feel”, Karl Buechner posters, making friends with venue staff, and the question everyone has been thinking abou...
ListenA2G35 - Falling Off the Legacy Cliff from 2018-09-18T10:00
On location recording from Back To School Jam. The topic of legacy is discussed. Is it worth more than a hill of beans? Or is it the fool's prize we all die struggling to maintain? Are we trapped i...
ListenA2G34 - Video Killed the Local Dancer from 2018-09-11T10:00
Dave Ackerman (Tear It Up; Dead Nation) joins us as the fourth wiseman to look into a crystal ball and answer eternal questions such as "Is Ohio a Bottom 10 State?" and "What's the worst show you'v...
ListenA2G33 - Listening Party With Paul Blart from 2018-09-04T10:00
SO much new music, you may never need another playlist. We talk Prospect, Gouge Away, Ekulu, Bracewar, Krust, Jesus Piece, Stigmatism, Diztort, Culture Abuse, Hangman, Perfect World, Fencecutter, a...
ListenA2G32 - Power of Personal Preference from 2018-08-28T10:00
New Jersey native Swank joins the podcast to get so local that only the guy getting a soft pretzel from Wawa is more provincial. The important issues are tackled in the form of seemingly stream-of-...
ListenA2G31 - We're Intimidated By Our Guest from 2018-08-21T10:00
Recognized as one of NYHC's most creative minds, Gavin Van Vlack's resume includes BURN, Absolution, Die 116, and his new band Canonized. You might also know him from his role in Physical Culture C...
ListenA2G30 - The Sh#t Hour from 2018-08-14T10:00
Split label releases; Jesus Piece; the Port Authority bathroom; stop calling everything skramz; moments that make our hair stand on end; playing the classics vs playing the new stuff nobody cares a...
ListenA2G29 - 2006 in Hardcore Remembering Steve Irwin from 2018-08-07T10:00
Where were you in 2006? Because hardcore was in a wild place. LOTS of classics, some near classics, and obviously a ton of forgettable nonsense. Bust out the Activia Probiotic yogurt (the biggest f...
ListenA2G28 - California Is a World All of Its Own from 2018-07-31T10:00
Mac Miller (not that one) joins us to talk touring, Bad Religion as a CA radio staple, touring as a lifestyle, ska punk, Freddy Kruger, Back To School Jam, self stimulation, injury, The Mongo Orche...
ListenA2G27 - Seent It Before from 2018-07-24T13:38
Sound&Fury recap. Fake beefs. Is it ok to laugh at ourselves? Is it ok for Barstool Sports to laugh at us? Coolest show photos. Can Patrick land a plane? Is Wicca Phase the new Void? Entirely too m...
ListenA2G26 - ONLINE PIT BEEF / PEACE OUT B9 BOARD from 2018-07-12T10:00
With the death(?) of the B9Board and (possibly?) forums in general, it feels like the perfect time to talk the evolution of hardcore kids online. From newsgroups and BBS to the present and beyond. ...
ListenA2G - SOUND&FURY 2018 from 2018-07-09T10:00
Sound&Fury Festival 2018 psych up! Get pumped! We're joined by Chris from (central) Massachusetts to talk about karaoke, the beach, and 50 or so hardcore acts playing this year's festival. Grab a v...
ListenA2G25 - Beyonce Hardcore / Is This a Big Summer? from 2018-07-03T10:00
RIP Steve Soto. New music talk. Mil-Spec; Code Orange; Converge; lots more. How much fanbase overlap is there between Drake and Trail of Lies? Do you need a cosign from someone 'cool' to succeed? C...
ListenA2GSPECIAL - TASTE TEST / SAMPLER PLATE from 2018-06-28T10:00
While editing a new Patreon episode, it occurred to us we should give the non-supporters a taste of what they're missing. If you've been supporting, you've heard this material before, but we got an...
ListenA2G24 - Hardcore in 1992: Never Mind the LA Riots. from 2018-06-26T10:00
Where were you in 1992? Watching Jordan in the finals? Voting for something? Rioting? Well, if you were too busy for Biohazard, Heroin, Bikini Kill, Shelter, Yuppicide, and about two dozen other re...
ListenA2G21 - Walking Promoters to the ATM from 2018-06-19T10:00
The mental poverty of broken phone screens. Skrewdriver guilt. Is it worth a band's time to chase cool? Is Post Malone the new Killing Time? Is playing fests for pure radio rock crowds worth it for...
ListenA2G23 - Listening Party. New Albums; demos; promos. from 2018-06-12T11:28
New (and newish) music from A TON of bands. We land on mostly good material, though a couple bunk recordings. Democore proves to be alive and well(?). Break out the Tostitos. It's a listening party...
ListenA2G22 - The Overthinking Episode from 2018-06-05T11:00
Axe To Grind goes on a field trip to see what a dorm room looks like in 2018. Not entirely different from the 90’s. While in room 1605 at Warren Towers, we discuss body image issues, assault in all...
ListenA2G20 - What's Next For Hardcore? Mindless Speculation Time. from 2018-05-29T10:00
Jeff Casazza of Run For Cover fame joins us to talk about WHAT'S NEXT FOR HARDCORE. Has heavy hardcore reached its tipping point? Is there enough labels in hardcore right now or are we all super do...
ListenA2G19 - Hardcore in 2010: Never Mind the Oil Spill, Let's Talk HC. from 2018-05-22T23:00
In this, the first installment of our Yearbook series, we explore the good the bad and the ugly of 2010. A weird transition year with a lot thriving and some stuff dying. Provided: (hot?) takes and...
ListenA2G18 - Power Trippin’ Afternoon from 2018-05-17T01:23
One normal host and two guest hosts. What could possibly go wrong? Bob is joined for a lovely afternoon by Riley from Power Trip and Andrew from Police Line / Overnight Drive to discuss screenprint...
ListenA2G17 - Listener Mail featuring Izzy b/w Integ2018 from 2018-05-09T00:00
Integrity is discussed in frighteningly deep detail. The importance of band names. Favorite DFJ bands. How often do vocalists say the worst possible thing? Fashioncore. How to not discuss moshing. ...
ListenA2G16 - Secrets of the Label World / Shirtless Bug MFers from 2018-05-02T23:00
Labels. How do those work? But before all that, we talk Hatebreed on a boat, touring with rappers, bands that no kids care about but managers back hard, Sixpence None the Richer, Hardcore Tinder, c...
ListenA2G15 - New Music Episode / No Punk Cops from 2018-04-26T23:00
We talk new music. Ecostrike; Krimewatch; Day By Day; Fiddlehead; Hirs Collective; Trail of Lies. Everybody's got records coming out and none of them can make Patrick happy. Tom and Bob were in bet...
ListenA2G14 - Moshing with a Chain Around Your Arm: Is it Good? from 2018-04-19T23:00
Recorded while the world was at United Blood, we anticipated a short episode. Instead we went deep on Bodied Girl, TIHC, BnB Bowl, the window on reunions, a night at L'Amour, Patrick calls the Tast...
ListenA2G - Trolled by a Top 25 List... AGAIN from 2018-04-16T22:59
A quick episode (well, an hour) with a purpose. We talk a bit about how you can support us, then we get sucked into responding to the NME 'Greatest HC Albums' nonsense. Is Dead Swans better than Ha...
ListenA2G13 - Correct Pronunciation of 'Louisville' with Knocked Loose from 2018-04-10T23:41
Bryan and Issac of Knocked Loose stop by to answer why they are so HOT BUTTON a topic on this podcast. The discussion includes coasts vs the midwest experience, bartender hardcore, vans without rad...
ListenA2G11 - Getting You Pumped For United Blood w Alex Casey from 2018-04-05T00:35
The United Blood Fest deep dive, with Hudson Valley renaissance man, Alex Casey. Also, Take Offense, Life Of Agony, Deathwish Inc, Blacklisted, Sick of It All, Knocked Loose, the tricky waters of t...
ListenA2G12 - Happy Easter From Sam Triple-B from 2018-04-01T04:02
Episode 11 is in the shop getting a tune up, so you get an Easter miracle in the form of episode 12 featuring Sam from Triple-B Records. We run through the Damaged City lineup, talk label workings,...
ListenA2G10 - HC Fantasy Draft (basically Warhammer plus NBA but music) from 2018-03-23T00:25
This is the big one. We spend a long time wheeling and dealing to create our perf hc fests. Find the draft list on our twitter and follow along at home. Basically an excuse to talk about a TON of b...
ListenA2G09.5 - Morgado's Mailbag part 2, still ft Chris Morgado from 2018-03-15T23:14
More listener questions, with special guest Chris Morgado. Best hc lyricists. God Free Youth. Tim Singer. Troycore, again. Why can't we be more like rap? AND THE MOST CRUCIAL QUESTION EVER: WHICH C...
ListenA2G09 - Morgado's Mailbag part 1, ft Chris Morgado from 2018-03-14T00:13
A pure mailbag episode where we answer your questions with the help of Chris Morgado. Should you still be angry at No Warning for something that happened in a Warped Tour signing booth in 2004? Is ...
ListenA2G08 - Three Cavemen and Ivy from 2018-03-06T23:42
Our friend Ivy was in town so she became an impromptu guest / women's issues correspondent. We talk the past, present, and future of creepo behavior. We touch on the Hardcore Predators IG account a...
ListenA2G07 - HC Unsolved Mysteries Vol 1: Big and then Not from 2018-02-28T03:04
After getting heavy about the mental health of HC's most ludicrous luminary, we get to our real topic: Rewritten history. Acts that were bigger than you remember -if you remember them at all- that ...
ListenA2G06 - Grown Men Using the Word 'Poser' from 2018-02-23T06:36
New Turnstile! New AN! New Harm's Way! New albums and old beefs. Bob thinks we talk too much about the bands that don't need us to talk about them. Patrick loads his blunderbuss and goes poser hunt...
ListenA2G05 - Watching Every Band At Every Fest ft John Scanlon from 2018-02-09T05:38
Part one of our Dear Fests series. We talk about the flavor of FYA, TIHC, S&F, Damage City, UxB, Midwest Blood, and more. We're joined by John Scanlon, who in addition to having put on fests of his...
ListenA2G04 - How To Band ft Brian Audley of Incendiary from 2018-02-01T01:17
We chop it up with Brian Audley of Incendiary and try to squeeze the secret of being a successful band that doesn't tour out of him. We also talk admiration vs inspiration vs worship. Patrick issue...
ListenA2G03 - America's Hardcore Comp vol4 Listening Party from 2018-01-25T00:23
Exactly like the episode title says, we give a track-by-track review of the newest America's Hardcore Comp. We love some of it, hate some of it, and shrug at a few tracks too. We also talk about co...
ListenA2G02 - Rubbing Our Crystal Balls for 2018 from 2018-01-17T00:52
Is Trail of Lies the new hotness? Will Twitching Tongues exit the doghouse with this new record? Is Youngblood a relevant label? Do people care about F*cked Up? Can we swear in this description box...
ListenA2G01 - Year End Lists w/ Seb Paba from 2017-12-28T04:58
Ending the year and kicking off the podcast in style, we're joined by Sebastian from the NYC/LI band Regulate. Everyone gives their Best Ofs and we talk about what we expect from some of our favori...
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