Episodes
Feb. 18, 2020
A2G108 - Blood Sweat and Some Tiers
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 E S P E C T F U L L Y subm…
Feb. 11, 2020
A2G107 - Year 2000 Listening Party, God Help Us
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 squigel-squigel-dees. It was a …
Feb. 4, 2020
A2G106 - Y2K Bug Armageddon Revisited
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 tangents like bandana thrashco…
Jan. 28, 2020
A2G105 - A Plea For Mosh
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 Is Cold featuring PUMMEL, R…
Jan. 21, 2020
A2G104 - The Things We Don't Carry
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: REGIONAL JUSTICE CENTER!
Jan. 14, 2020
A2G103 - Test Results Are In. Call Your Physician.
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 zines a dead medium or are t…
Jan. 7, 2020
A2G102 - True Fanatics
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, WORLD PEACE, STAND ALONE, …
Dec. 31, 2019
A2G101 - Split 7" Personality
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 without Ray, and nostalgia …
Dec. 23, 2019
A2G100 - Break Out the Party Hats, It's Episode 100
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 years? Ten years? What'll be…
Dec. 19, 2019
A2G99.5 - Sandblasting Your Rebel Alliance Tattoo
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 hear two deeply passionate gu…
Dec. 17, 2019
A2G99 - Checking the Temp
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, Boysetsfire, H8000, Anxious, Ca…
Dec. 10, 2019
A2G98 - 100,000,000,000 Bridges!
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 WOUND; RED DEATH; VATICAN; PUM…
Dec. 3, 2019
A2G97 - Some Ground Rules Before We Begin
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 into 2020? This episode lays…
Nov. 28, 2019
A2G96 - A Thanksgiving Thanks Giving
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-jockery. It's everything, al…
Nov. 26, 2019
A2G95 - Personal Classics
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 more people. Why some things…
Nov. 19, 2019
A2G94 - Show and Prove
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 still rules. Also, how to be an…
Nov. 12, 2019
A2G93 - Sobriety Is Cost-Effective Skincare
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, RESTRAINING ORDER, SUNSET, CHAIN WHIP…
Nov. 5, 2019
A2G92 - Indie Rock Barbed Wire Cage Match
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; knowing too much; hatin' o…
Oct. 29, 2019
A2G91 - It's the Great Pumpkin Devil Child!
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 examination of the mighty Ink & D…
Oct. 22, 2019
A2G90 - The Files Are In the Computer
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 many kids, despite only be…
Oct. 15, 2019
A2G89 - Likes My Tweets Sometimes
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 their tight homie? Is it cool…
Oct. 8, 2019
A2G88 - Florida & Kentucky Best States Sry Not Sry
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, so let's enjoy it before …
Oct. 1, 2019
A2G87 - Goddamn Things Move Fast
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 making a thin man delusional?…
Sept. 24, 2019
A2G86 - 1989: Goodbye Berlin Wall Hello Great Hardcore
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 best year in hardcore music oc…