AXE TO GRIND PODCAST

Readers hit Tom with the hard questions, and his cohosts insist he walk us through the lineups of shows from a quarter-century ago. "What was it like playing with Wetnap Hand Grenade??" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Exemplary hardcore from KNELT, INHUMAN NATURE, MORAL END and MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Down a host, the remaining forces hunker down to touch all the bases on what We need in hardcore 2025. Can the line between emo and hardcore be delicately thread? What state produced the best straight edge bands? Hardcore life lessons AND beating up children.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hits, both certified and future, including LIFE'S HALT, INTO ANOTHER, NERVE AGENTS, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We decided to give 2024 a chance to air out before we inspected it. Now time to put the spotlight on some releases you may've missed. Also, dropping tours, old fella callouts, the return of Hellfest, and more! RIP to a real one RICH HALL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your weekly dose, featuring music from INGROWN, LETHAL, PARANOIAC and MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Solid core talk. The surprise of realizing a band has more hype than you thought, to the surprise of realizing a band has lost some of that hype. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music. Hardcore, music. SPLEEN, JUST US, FREEZE OUT, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Los Angeles on our minds. And because we're damaged, that means Los Angeles hardcore also on our minds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Are we getting worse at hardcore by getting better at music? Also, horseshoe hate. And say it ain't so, Skip! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the end of the year and we celebrate by having a chat about emerging rapcore and democore trends. A sentence I never believed I'd type. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The joys of anonymity, what it means to be a fraud, a lesson in trolling, and our gift to you: half a radio episode where we play some ripping hardcore. Thanks for a good year, fam. Stay safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"What is the charge? Attending a fest? A succulent hardcore fest?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the topics you believe we've neglected. For years. We relented and talk on all of it. And Mr Belvedere's balls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yeah, yeah, we talk about the Kimmel thing. And then field your questions about things you say we don't talk about. Ducking nothing, bring it on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracks on tracks, for the holiday (if you celebrate) and your day off (if you don't). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's the perfect song for working in a laundromat run by a Triad? What's the perfect song for being arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in Myrtle Beach? What's the perfect song for eating smores on a camping trip to Maine? What's the perfect song for being hunted by wolves through the Yukon wilderness? Answers inside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keep it moving, fam! You wanna talk about a mostly forgotten regional band for an hour? Or save it for another time? What about slam? Snapcase? Which Bad Brains record has the best production? Keep it moving, fam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our novice coreman strawman, Wilson from Westchester, swings by to tell us about his new venture as a booking agent. Then he asks us for advice on how to do it right. Short-term vs long-term thinking, best practices, and how to stay out of the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Questions about how to hardcore, from those who hardcore to those who hardcore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We know the big hitters of the era, but what albums are being unfairly overlooked? We're retroactively creating hype. Get in the Delorean. We're headed to 2010-2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will an economic downturn lead to the rise of LOCAL HARDCORE? Are some bands that aren't hardcore at all given a pass because 'hardcore dudes?' What's an appropriate amount of money to spend at Sheetz? Will the course of the election be determined by Tom and Patrick arguing about it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics are delivered fast and addressed expeditiously. Are we hard enough? Are we looking backwards too much or just the right amount? Is it time to pile in the Griswold Family Tuckster and get to FYA? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some on-the-ground reporting from festivals, discourse on the state of hating, and the art of stopping friendships before they begin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices