AXE TO GRIND PODCAST

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 Interceptors and fill up on guzzolene, we're taking a trip to the misery farm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, BULL CULT, HUMANT BLOD, and DAME! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, snitching, covid shows, festivals, and the announcement of the next installment of the club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 to get together? Where were you when you heard Hatebreed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, and Europe. Good material, bad material, and a lot to talk about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 peaking, dying, or limping along. ALL of it gets explored. And to celebrate a great episode, we welcome WEBBED WING to Live On Axe To Grind! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

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

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're good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 extended universe, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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; more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 the Rockies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 visit from producer/engineer/musician Will Putney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Felt inappropriate doing the normal thing this week. Exercise your rights and be safe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 join our Patreon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 A2G set from the mighty SUNSTROKE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 writing full lengths for each band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 touring act, and what justifies physical release. It's nitty gritty and brass tacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 inspires big opinions from hardcore kids. Let's get to it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 precognition? Can CRASS cause acid reflux? Is Start Today a Se7en style coded message only a genius could anticipate? All this and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 importance of venues; cassette releases; Albania; Zoli; rabies; more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, scooter culture, and what constitutes snotty vocals. All this and Western MA's own MANIAC Live On Axe To Grind! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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 - Imprint Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, Bold, Bold, and Bold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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