Episodes
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…
Sept. 17, 2019
A2G85 - A Bathing Crust
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, FINAL RITE, IMPLIED RISK, SUNST…
Sept. 10, 2019
A2G84 - MMA For Warrior Poets
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; Louisville pizza; the lifting of …
Sept. 3, 2019
A2G83 - Jim Carrey's Finest Role
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, DOMINANT FORCE, REGIONAL JUS…
Aug. 27, 2019
A2G82 - Video Killed the Hardcore Show?
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 band and what space belongs to…
Aug. 13, 2019
A2G81 - BAAALLTIMOOORE!
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 honest souls and jealous MFe…
Aug. 6, 2019
A2G80 - Nickleback Demos
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 YOUR ROPE, YOUNG GUV, BE ALL…
July 30, 2019
A2G79 - I Want My Homie Back
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 legally; doing it for the gr…
July 23, 2019
A2G78 - You Can Get Wit Dis Or You Can Get Wit Dat
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 biggest quandaries such as: Agn…
July 16, 2019
A2G77 - Teleconference the Pit
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 you torch your dorm room? W…
July 2, 2019
A2G76 - To All Our Friends In the Steampunk Community
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 Misfits & Misfits, riding mower…