AXE TO GRIND PODCAST

In comic book collecting, there's something called 'key issues' which can mean first appearance of a character or first professional work of an artist or the first part of a storyline that becomes important. What are the hardcore equivalents? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get weird with your normal friends and put this on at the school pickup line or on a boombox in the lunch room, I Dare You. Songs from SELF ARREST, BARE MATTRESS, PRAYER GROUP, BODYLOCK, NECROS, SERVICE ANIMAL, DESTINY BOND and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes friends fight! When bands split up, who takes the name? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone needs a little late week pick up. No, no ska, but we got some energy and punchiness to bring you back to life. Some curveballs to keep you awake too, so stay alive with us and songs from ZINC, SOUR, VIOLENT STREETS, THE VIRGOS, DROP STEP, SUNBLOC, CICADA and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whoop whoop. What scenes are touchiest? Are fests in decline? Are we taking each other too seriously? Does anyone wanna play after Haywire right now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Newer than a noodle, all fresh and no limp. Crack the cans and start a long drive, or tune out of that tedious spreadsheet and fill yourself with new sounds. Tracks from THE DAMAGE, GI BILL, BARRICADE, TETHERED, IMPRIZON, GRIPPER, ROCKET, URBAN STRIKE, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everybody's got a new single, and we listened. And, do you have a nemesis that stalks your every move through life, antagonizing your soul? All that and new tracks from Indy's COLASSAL MAN and Denver's PUBLIC OPINION! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dust off the external hard drive and find some hidden gems. Nothing new new, but maybe lots of new to you... featuring RESONANCE, LOW THREAT PROFILE, MEMORIAL, CREATURES, MAD MEN, PITCHFORK and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Checking in on the internet; not knowing of what you speak; unexpected torus; who needs a new album; conservative influencers are as petty as your local scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music by people who make music. Who knows if it's good, not me! But it's here. Just kidding, it's all great. Tracks from MS PAINT, BETON ARME, COFFEE STAIN, RAIN, PORCUPINE, FINAL CONFLICT, ALTERED BOYS and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is qualified to speak on music? Anyone, of course. Who is qualified to speak on it with any authority? Maybe that's different. Also, the very new invention of headwalking, and a premiere from Illinois own, xNULLIFYx! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's more exciting than new music? Not much. Maybe a nice cold ice cream on a summer day. Maybe. So jam an ice cream cone in your ear and hear some tracks from Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics discussed in speed mode, including Dag Nasty, Laura Jane Grace, skramz, hardcore bands on non-hardcore fests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spill your drink, hum a song, clean your desk, clear your throat. FNA brings some real heat this week including STINGRAY, SINISTER FEELING, THE SISSY BOYS, LAGRIMAS, BOOTCAMP and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are hardcore aesthetics cashed or are they still important cultural signifiers? And what's with the Start Today album art? And, most crucially, a premiere from Boson's own HOW MUCH ART! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore the corners of your mind with the tracks in my mind, how about that now. We rock so you don't have to - featuring THE FIRST STEP, ITS THE LIMIT, CARCINOGEN, SKINHEAD, WILDHONEY and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do they just do it different in LA? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rip the bandaid, click play and vibe to some new sounds. Music makes the world go round, so spin with tracks from TERMINATOR,THE FINAL AGONY, LAUGH TRACK, KINGS COMMAND, SCOWL and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New music, talk of fests, and the most embarrassing game yet. Plus, a song premiere from the mighty RESTRAINING ORDER! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lots of new; is LA the hot bed of the new wave of sxe? What flavor of fast is for you? Can you get down with jangle in your punk? Ponder all of that while you rip tracks by START TODAY, NEMESIS, LEVEL, SCALP, KISSLAND, JURASSIC SHARK, JUSTICE DIVINE, THE DIFFERENCE and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protest culture 2025: does hardcore have a role? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We go new, we go old, we go hot, we go cold, we go west we go east... this one's a beast. FNA but maybe it's dropping on a Saturday night because life gets in the way, but here we are, 25 down, 27 to go baby. Jump In. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there an ideal size for a show? Is anything lost when we grow above it? Also, are we in a glorious age of high-tier frontpeople? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As philosophers often say, this one goes hard. Jump into the way back machine to cycle some classics that move you (or at least us) - with tracks from a slew of titans of the hardcore world. Put on your work boots and get to it... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is camping hardcore? What does Marty McFly like? Two man booth dives on the important questions of life while also catching up on the latest of big shows and upcoming records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hot Nights, hotter tracks. Join a delirious correspondence as we search hotboxes across the airwaves for cool songs, including but not limited to BALLISTIX, DARI BAY, RITUAL CROSS, RUNNNER, STATUE, TURNING FIGHT and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New music to talk about from Drain, Gridiron, and Turnstile. Being on big stages as a young band. Being on massive stages as an older band. Being on the internet too much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drop the pace car and sprint after it for this one. We do it fast, we do it hard, we do it for the tracks. Bangers from HEAVENS GATE, WHO DECIDES, W.O.M.B.A.T, BAD BEAT, idialedyournumber and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shows announced! Shows reviewed! Listener questions ranging from the insightful to the ridiculous! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert from Life.Lair.Regret and the OZHC Digital Archive is on the mic this week, giving a guided hardcore tour of Australia. Songs from GRIM REALITY, JAWS, DEADSTARE, LIFE LOVE REGRET, and MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bit of sadness to address, and then onto the core Qs from our dear listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Somewhere, somehow, someone is bringing new tracks to the table. Did we find some for you here now? Maybe so. You decide, idk. Good stuff from HISTAMINE, ANOMALY, PRAISE, CULT MIND, ALLERGIC, NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada; bear markets; monitors; stage dive decorum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spring loaded tracks, no traps. Break into warm weather with some modern classics, new music, and songs to stomp to, including DYNAMITE, PUFFER, GOUGE AWAY, DRY SOCKET, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric Wilson jumps in with the dudes to talk about the magic of punks standing outside shows, Turnstile's Baltimore bash, and the state of hardcore 2025 in general. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You Chillin? We certainly are, AND we've got tracks. We ain't gonna stop. Hear the good stuff from SYMPOS, FAILURE DRILL, RUNNIN HOT, CHARMER, GOD INSTINCT, AUTOMATED EXECUTION and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Long Island on top, feeling good for other people's success, how much should you play your hometown, and celebrity HC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New clothes, new shoes, new slacks, NEW TRACKS. Join the FNA Army and vibe to the beat of a whole slew of new (or new to you) music including SERVICE ANIMAL, DAMBUSTER, TOURIST, CATALYST, LAUNCH CODE and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LDB, RBS, big HC shows, tiny HC tours, building a scene from the ground up, opportunities falling from the sky, and a scorching premiere from Stockholm Sweden's MASTERPIECE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dig deep, watch out for the cat hair. We try and uncover some lost, hidden, or generally under discussed tracks by great bands of all varieties of punk, hardcore, or adjacent - maybe really adjacent. Featuring THE WEIRDOS, TITLE FIGHT, GUT INSTINCT, MENTAL, FATAL RAGE, THE FEELIES and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the passing of Al Barile, we're in our thoughts about greatness and who deserves greater recognition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Something found, something lost, how many hit, how many miss. Tracks by CULTURE SHOCK, COYOTE, IGNITE, CHAIN CULT, BLIND JUSTICE and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Speed at Coachella! Scowl on Colbert! Unconfirmed rumors about the Turnstile rollout! It's all here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Like tumbling down a flight of stairs, here's a bunch of bumps scrapes and bruises but you might enjoy this ride. Tracks from EGG HUNT, FIRST ATTACK, PROSTHETIC, FALSE TRUCE, HOME FRONT, MATTER OF FACT and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrate Al Brarile and SSD with the crew as we're joined by Pat Flynn. Boston Hardcore. And, as a special treat, a new track from SPEEDWAY! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the moshers. For the alt rockers. For the peace punks and anarchoheads. Coming down like a ton of bricks featuring SÖT, JUSTIFY, GANG BUSTERS, SLUMPED, IF IT RAINS, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What gets press? What is Turnstile cooking? Are bands being assembled in underground labs by lizard people? Are city folk missing out on malls? Is Patrick an ugly 62-year-old? Also, a wildly hard premiere from Richmond's own, NAYSAYER! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you finish cleaning the bedrooms? How about the attic? And did you even look in the garage yet? More new music to Spring Clean to, tracks from AGE OF APOCALYPSE, IDENTITY SHOCK, GOSSIP COLLAR, MORAL LAW, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hardcore is too big. Like Skynet, it must be stopped. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New New for the springtime. Lets get fresh and so clean with tracks by SCOPE, BOX, PISSED JEANS, MOTORBIKE, PYREX, MT GREY and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices