The Pitch of Discontent

Returning Down Under for the first time in nearly a decade as part of 2024’s incredibly stacked Good Things lineup (Dec 6th-8th), Benny Horowitz , drummer for The Gaslight Anthem and co-host of the Going Off Track podcast, joins the show to chat about the band's comeback. We discuss their recent international tour run for their seminal record, ‘ The ‘59 Sound ,’ hitting anniversary milestones for...

As we barrel into the end of 2024, there’s still plenty of new releases to cover. Owen & Paige chat about a slew of metalcore ragers alongside industrial noise-rock freak-outs, alt-rock fiddling, prog anthems, and a synth-heavy slice of Aussie “Paladin rock”. LFG! To listen to Side B and get the whole show, subscribe to the TPD Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tpdpod --- TPD Weekly Roundup pla...

What’s up? Shack Attack in the house! With their new four-track EP, ‘ Not Fuckin’ About ,’ out in the world, Grid and Danny from Naarm/Melbourne hardcore outfit Fever Shack join the show to run through their whirlwind rise. We chat about finding their sound in the studio, touring shenanigans across Indonesia, supporting punk legends NOFX, and how the Frankston scene has helped usher in a new gener...

We were lucky enough to grab some backstage time with Claudio Sanchez –guitarist, lyricist, author, and principal songwriter for Coheed and Cambria and The Prize Fighter Inferno –while he was in Naarm/Melbourne to headline the inaugural run of the recent Monolith Festival. Claudio chats to us about returning Down Under, the narrative tension between his overarching Amory Wars sci-fi concept storyl...

🎥🤖 Owen & Paige kick off this week’s roundup with a discussion on needledrops: the good, the bad, and the AI slop variety. Then we get into the main show with grunge revivalism, a Cali post-hardcore algorithm surprise, a metalcore cybergrind hybrid, and much more. Tap in now to get your fix of new tunes! 🔥🚀 To listen to Side B and get the whole show, subscribe to the TPD Patreon: https://w...

With their return Down Under just weeks away, as part of 2024’s incredibly stacked Good Things lineup (Dec 6th-8th), Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher joins the show from the comfort of his basement studio to catch us up to date on the band’s busy schedule. We discuss their recent Ashes of the Leviathan tour run with Lamb of God, celebrating seminal records in their respective catalogues, while als...

🕰️💀 Better late than never, amaright? With some new (and temporary) studio accommodations, Owen and Paige dig into another stacked slab of tunes for the week. Norwegian punk, abrasive Floridian post-hardcore, queer Naarm alt-folk, and much more. We’ve sourced nothing but the best from across the globe for your listening pleasure. Dig in! 🌏😎 To listen to Side B and get the whole show, subscribe...

Our guest this week is Allison Watters , a fixture of the Naarm/Melbourne heavy music scene and the creator behind Pulse : a self-published, printed zine focusing exclusively on the work of non-males in both the Australian and global music industries. Allison & Pulse have teamed up with the WWDOTW crew to collaborate on the upcoming Nightmare Fest line-up, featuring performances from Outright,...

🔥Here’s our brief chat with Luke Sweeney of Blind Girls and Nic Kuczynski of Frail Body 🔥 Both bands are on the vanguard of their respective screamo/power-violence/post-whatever scenes, and they’re teaming up for an East Coast Australian tour run in January next year with support from Naarm/Melbourne’s Gil Cerrone. Luke and Nic chat about the challenges of recording new albums in and around the...

🦇🎃 Get it? Two peas in a pod… on the POD pod? Look, we’re doing a belated Halloween thing here. So just, like, go with it, okay? To celebrate the recent end to spooky season, we’ve got a banger haul of tracks, including gothy doom, chilled out gazey alt-rock, catchy Norwegian death-pop, and much more. Oh, did I mention we have costumes? That’s what we’ve BEAN doing. Ahhhhhh!!! 🦇🎃  To listen to...

For Perth metalcore juggernaut Make The Suffer , their self-titled fifth album (out November 8th through Greyscale & SharpTone Records) represents a clear reaffirmation of their sonic intent through unrelenting, genre-bending heaviness. Frontman Sean Harmanis joins the show to chat about touring outside the Western comfort zone, the group’s continued evolution, his creative dynamism with new m...

⁉️ Need new tunes for the week? We’ve got you covered! Paige finds more online manufactured outrage bait, while Owen highlights some scorching new records at the top of the show. We’ve also got metalcore ragers, indie pop crooners, and punk rock barnburners. It’s all happening, folks 🫡 To listen to Side B and get the whole show, subscribe to the TPD Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tpdpod --- TPD...

For the remaining members of post-hardcore powerhouse Planes Mistaken For Stars, their long-awaited fifth studio album will forever be an open wound. Completed in the wake of not one but two founding members passing away—guitarist/vocalist Matt Bellinger (2017) and frontman/guitarist Gared O’Donnell (2021)— ‘Do You Still Love Me?’ (out November 1st through Deathwish Inc.) is a howling cry of catha...

🔥Here’s our brief chat with Fit For An Autopsy frontman and ecstatic dog dad Joe Badolato 🔥 The New Jersey metaller’s seventh studio album, ‘The Nothing That Is’ (out on October 25th through Nuclear Blast/Human Warfare), is an existential battering ram that takes aim at geopolitics, social decay, environmental collapse, and the crushing despair at the heart of human existence. Joe chats with us...

🎶 It’s roundup time once again, and we’ve got a banger crop of tunes for this week. Blooming alt-rock and Bangkok evil-core. Austrian blackened post-rock and posthardcore supergroups. Aussie metalcore throwbacks and London post-punk odes. It’s all here, ready to go 🫡 To listen to Side B and get the whole show, subscribe to the TPD Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tpdpod --- TPD Weekly Roundup pl...

This week we’re joined by Monica Strut , music journalist and frontwoman for “cyber-pop metalcore” outfit The Last Martyr . The group are gearing up to release their new EP, ‘Requiem’ (out independently on October 23rd), which follows a period of creative renewal for the Naarm/Melbourne quartet and a reaffirmation of their dark sonic intent. Monica chats about reflecting on rejection, finding coll...

🔥Here’s our brief chat with fellow podcaster, label head, frontman, record store guy, and all-round legend Jeremy Bolm of post-hardcore staples Touché Amoré 🔥 The Cali group are gearing up to release their sixth full-length album, ‘Spiral In A Straight Line’ (out on October 11th via Rise Records/BMG), which is also their second collaboration with famed producer Ross Robinson (Korn, Limp Bizkit,...

⚒️ It’s another busy week on the tools, so we get stuck right into the business at hand. Owen briefly forgets how time works, and Paige sacrifices the pod at the altar of Beyoncé. We cover post-hardcore from Sheffield, moshy death metal from Tokyo, and indie-punk storytelling from Naarm/Melbourne. Plus much, much more. Let’s go! 🔀 To listen to Side B and get the whole show, subscribe to the TPD P...

After landing some backstage time during their recent show at The Forum in Naarm/Melbourne, we’re joined by Jesse Barnett of Stick To Your Guns and Ways Away to chat about the upcoming eighth full-length album from the Cali hardcore powerhouse, ‘Keep Planting Flowers’ (out January 10th through SharpTone Records). Proving that he’s one of the most insightful and passionate frontmen in hardcore toda...

📆 It’s a new month (and Mother of God, how is it October already?), so we’re kicking things off right with a brand new slate of glorious alternative tunes 📻 Owen & Paige quickly recap the recent AWMA controversy and important on-the-ground reporting before diving headfirst into scrappy prog bangers, Aussie alt-rock sing-a-longs, death metal skull-crushers, and much more 😎 To listen to Side...

This week we’re joined by fellow podcaster and Balance And Composure vocalist/guitarist Jon Simmons, who returns to the show to discuss the group’s highly anticipated comeback LP, ‘with you in spirit’. On their fourth studio album and first in eight years, B&C offer up a spectral synthesis of all that came before, presenting ten self-assured songs that are both haunted by their collective past...

Here’s our brief chat with drummer and producer Sam Bassal from Aussie alternative outfit Ocean Grove . Following a regional run with Polaris earlier this year, the Naarm/Melbourne trio are gearing up for a three-city headline run at the start of October. Sam joins us via Zoom to chat about the band’s turbulent decade, the desire for nostalgia, and prepping for LP#4, ‘ODDWORLD,’ due out on October...

Owen and Paige are strictly business this week for another cracking lineup of alternative tunes. We keep things Down Under with pop essentialism, experimental death metal, flexing hardcore, and bright horn-filled indie rock. Then on the global front, we’ve got football breakdowns, noise rock meltdowns, and the existential folk horror of interdimensional cosmic messages. It’s all here, folks. So di...

Our guest this week is Cat Rosemary , vocalist for metallic hardcore crew Gravitate . As a fixture and ongoing inspiration in Naarm/Melbourne’s hardcore scene, Cat’s fierce vocals and formidable stage presence bring a visceral edge to the group’s latest EP release, ‘The Reckoning’. Cat chats about the genesis of Gravitate, the importance of a communal ethos, writing about retributive justice throu...

Here’s our brief chat with James Spence of UK progressive hardcore outfit Rolo Tomassi . The Sheffield quintet have an upcoming tour run with Aussie post-rockers sleepmakeswaves and Japan math-rock sensation LITE, marking their first trip Down Under in almost a decade. We also touch on curating the ebb & flow of a live set, completing their loose album trilogy, and what’s coming next for Rolo....