Axe To Grind Podcast

New (and newish) music from A TON of bands. We land on mostly good material, though a couple bunk recordings. Democore proves to be alive and well(?). Break out the Tostitos. It's a listening party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Axe To Grind goes on a field trip to see what a dorm room looks like in 2018. Not entirely different from the 90’s. While in room 1605 at Warren Towers, we discuss body image issues, assault in all forms, straight edge, group think, and a bunch of other esoteric stuff. We even touch on some music at the very end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Casazza of Run For Cover fame joins us to talk about WHAT'S NEXT FOR HARDCORE. Has heavy hardcore reached its tipping point? Is there enough labels in hardcore right now or are we all super doomed? Quick aside: does anyone care about Fugazi? Also... Pearl Jam. Bonus: Deathcore Patrick emerges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this, the first installment of our Yearbook series, we explore the good the bad and the ugly of 2010. A weird transition year with a lot thriving and some stuff dying. Provided: (hot?) takes and some indisputable realities. Also covered: New Age Anniversary Fest, the state of Alaska, Spotify, and guns. We're accidentally joined by Mike Abrusci of https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-little-time/id1230730210?mt=2 and (in the form of an off-mic yelling) Eric Wilson of https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wrestling-cinema/id1245858726?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One normal host and two guest hosts. What could possibly go wrong? Bob is joined for a lovely afternoon by Riley from Power Trip and Andrew from Police Line / Overnight Drive to discuss screenprinting shops, Texas, Queensrÿche, bandwagons and some other nonsense. Patrick was in Alaska and Tom has something called “a job.” Check out Overnight Drive Podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/overnight-drive/id586028564?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Integrity is discussed in frighteningly deep detail. The importance of band names. Favorite DFJ bands. How often do vocalists say the worst possible thing? Fashioncore. How to not discuss moshing. Eye injury. Christian HC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Labels. How do those work? But before all that, we talk Hatebreed on a boat, touring with rappers, bands that no kids care about but managers back hard, Sixpence None the Richer, Hardcore Tinder, clickbait, and we answer the question "is Patrick too masculine?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk new music. Ecostrike; Krimewatch; Day By Day; Fiddlehead; Hirs Collective; Trail of Lies. Everybody's got records coming out and none of them can make Patrick happy. Tom and Bob were in better moods and found a lot to like. Also discussed were the Sound & Fury lineup, that NPR piece on ICE, and Tom's war on emojis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recorded while the world was at United Blood, we anticipated a short episode. Instead we went deep on Bodied Girl, TIHC, BnB Bowl, the window on reunions, a night at L'Amour, Patrick calls the Taste Police on Paramore, Tom details his love affair with Life of Agony, and we wax on live shows that got us off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quick episode (well, an hour) with a purpose. We talk a bit about how you can support us, then we get sucked into responding to the NME 'Greatest HC Albums' nonsense. Is Dead Swans better than Hatebreed? An intern at NME Magazine would like you to believe he believes that. Check out Axe To Grind on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/axetogrindpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan and Issac of Knocked Loose stop by to answer why they are so HOT BUTTON a topic on this podcast. The discussion includes coasts vs the midwest experience, bartender hardcore, vans without radios, Nicole Dollanganger, the role of early influences, and how to process hate from someone whose work you admire. We also get an enthusiastic earful on Louisville HC past and present. Oh, and the 'arf arf' song gets explained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United Blood Fest deep dive, with Hudson Valley renaissance man, Alex Casey. Also, Take Offense, Life Of Agony, Deathwish Inc, Blacklisted, Sick of It All, Knocked Loose, the tricky waters of touring as a legacy act, being a second generation hardcore kid, wondering why you can't all rock together. *THIS RECORDING TAKES PLACE BEFORE A2G12, WHICH WAS POSTED LAST WEEK FOR REASONS* Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 11 is in the shop getting a tune up, so you get an Easter miracle in the form of episode 12 featuring Sam from Triple-B Records. We run through the Damaged City lineup, talk label workings, try to figure out what's up with Boston, and explore the magic of Orlando. We thought we'd throw Sam a curveball by talking metalcore, but it turns out he can hang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the big one. We spend a long time wheeling and dealing to create our perf hc fests. Find the draft list on our twitter and follow along at home. Basically an excuse to talk about a TON of bands. Let's get it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More listener questions, with special guest Chris Morgado. Best hc lyricists. God Free Youth. Tim Singer. Troycore, again. Why can't we be more like rap? AND THE MOST CRUCIAL QUESTION EVER: WHICH CLASSIC HC RECORDS DO WE NOT ACTUALLY LOVE AT ALL? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A pure mailbag episode where we answer your questions with the help of Chris Morgado. Should you still be angry at No Warning for something that happened in a Warped Tour signing booth in 2004? Is Richmond still poppin? Is Patrick joining a white power band for giggles? Should old people die immediately to make space on this planet for the young? Look for part 2 coming later this week (we went long, man.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our friend Ivy was in town so she became an impromptu guest / women's issues correspondent. We talk the past, present, and future of creepo behavior. We touch on the Hardcore Predators IG account as well. We start the podcast raving about dishonest reviews, so we end on the most honest: what does your face say about what you're hearing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After getting heavy about the mental health of HC's most ludicrous luminary, we get to our real topic: Rewritten history. Acts that were bigger than you remember -if you remember them at all- that were handed off to other scenes or completely erased from the hc canon. Then we get heavy again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Turnstile! New AN! New Harm's Way! New albums and old beefs. Bob thinks we talk too much about the bands that don't need us to talk about them. Patrick loads his blunderbuss and goes poser hunting. We all become art critics. Lotta petty grievances aired out in this one. We recorded it in a submarine. Deal with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part one of our Dear Fests series. We talk about the flavor of FYA, TIHC, S&F, Damage City, UxB, Midwest Blood, and more. We're joined by John Scanlon, who in addition to having put on fests of his own has attended every fest in human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices