Adam & Kate + Hate

This has been a rough week in our little community, and it didn’t feel right not to talk about it. We hope we did the subject matter justice. Tell your people you love them, and if you’re going through it, please know you are not alone. We love you.

We get into what we’ve been listening to, Adam shows off his latest vinyl acquisitions and reports back on his homework assignment, and we take another shot at sharing our hardcore origin stories. Corigin stories? Listen or don’t.

Adam has some cool mail to show off. Kate enjoyed Morrow and doesn’t have much to add beyond that. We spend the rest of the episode on two major releases for uncs everywhere: Poison the Well and Neurosis.

Hummus and carrots are snacks for pros. Kate attempts not to eat any on camera and fails. We spend an unreasonable amount of time glazing Patrick from Drug Church/Self Defense Family. Adam reports back on his Amen Ra assignment. We attempt to determine whether poppy metalcore with a brass section is cringe, fringe, or dope AF. We also briefly get a little heavy about how much you should care about...

Adam gets excited about Hamartia finally being on vinyl. Kate does a deep dive on Candiria. Adam disputes the proto-partcore allegations. Kate’s mic dies halfway through, so Adam vamps and gets briefly autobiographical. We also discuss the lineups for a fest we will not be attending (Sound and Fury) and one we might (Hellfest), along with the deeply satisfying experience of listening to music for...

Kate is recovering from being sick, and the Supreme caskets were sold out by the time Adam finished the Klarna application, so we’re both feeling a little low this week. But the show must go on. We talk about the Angel Du$t show, get really into the weeds about gatekeeping, and finish things out with a conversation about weird merch. Shoot us an email at adamnkateplushate at gmail with your though...

No big agenda this week. We dive into what we’ve been listening to and watching, shout out labels and bands that deserve more eyes, and riff on whatever’s within arm’s reach of the mic. Eventually, we get a little sentimental about why this show exists at all.

We talk Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry, hip hop in hardcore more generally, Killing Pace, Common Ground, Angel Du$t and go in on the new Converge record.