Axe To Grind Podcast

Where will you be when the vibe changes? Did you lose touch when the stuff you don't like was poppin? And are we track-deficient or are we missing hidden heat? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there still a space for genre elitists in hardcore 2023? Regardless if there is or there isn't, they're here! Also, is the Drain hype real? And did we all get taken to church when TUI played Tied Down Fest? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys are one short but do their best to hit a grip of questions from the audience. What does Black Flag mean to the under 30 age group? Never Ending Game. Initiating bad behavior from the stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hardcore bands are getting rare opportunities, but are they all they're cracked up to be? Investigate the topic and enjoy the digressions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes you and the homies go different ways on a bands and genres. Can the house stand or will it escalate to a college football style chasm? Also a premiere from Tennessee's own GUMM! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reunion record talk concludes, but somehow we detour into the Presidents of the United States of America extended universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reunion records as an idea and what makes a good one, a noteworthy one, and a depressing one. This episode is about highlighting the good. Welcome back, whoever. Good to see you. Also, remember Ashlee Simpson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We took a time-machine to the vaunted early 00s, when hardcore was poppin... but chasms between genres were widening. We jump on one side of that fence for a podcast to pick apart Saturday of HELLFEST 2002. A time capsule event, for good and bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hardcore 2023 rips, but is there something missing? Underrepresented genres? Vibes that can't be found? Dive into the weird, sailor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A solemn goodbye to Rich Jacovina of Silent Majority and then some talk about the bands that are defining the moment. There's a lotta great bands, but which are emblematic of WHAT'S POPPIN? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do some bands do so well in streaming while others are better at filling rooms and some excel at selling vinyl? The Mystery Mobile pulled up and tried to sort it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay from Mindforce joins us to discuss how easily things can be taken in the wrong spirit. Also, when will youth crew be YOUTH crew again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Auction-style draft to create the perfect festival! You've got some imaginary money, now build the perfect experience! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The title says it all. New bands, tours, and label announcements. Also, gossip (as a concept). And a cameo from Dookie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fine (dying) art of the cover song. When's the last time you heard a great one? Also a track from the upcoming CONFUSION discography! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part two of the Wikipedia-led discussion on post-hardcore. You know how college won't let you cite Wikipedia? There's good reason for that. But we still manage to talk some good post-hardcore talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunt for gold in the arbitrary and sometimes nonsensical subgenres of wikipedia's hardcore knowledge. Do you Nintendocore? Madball and Agnostic Front. Whats the line between PV and Grind? Where in the world is Patrick San Diego? Plus, a hot premiere from Denver's PUBLIC OPINION! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Putting together a post-hardcore playlist using the epicenter of ignorance: Wikipedia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turnstile on the red carpet, Helmet in the dunking booth, and Wilson From Westchester is back to ask us Certified New Guy Questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was Biohazard the first uncanny valley HC band? TUI still great. Shows shows shows! Can a band go from the wild boys to the mild boys and still rule? How band legacies are revised and refurbished. AND SOME SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices