AXE TO GRIND PODCAST

We're out here on the corner like a newsie flingin' tracks at you, the least you can do is drop some change in the hat. Or at least, go buy one of the records by any of these excellent bands, including CROSS, WILL TO SPEAK, SAVIOUR COMPLEX, LAUGHING CORPSE, RECOLLECTION, SNOCAPS, SIEGE COLUMN, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 22 November 2025

Are SONGS hard to come by these days? Has metalcore been a pernicious influence on hardcore? Also, LDB; Brandon Boyd; and the torturous nature of album plays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Published: 18 November 2025

Celebrate young and old because it's getting COLD. Can't put these tracks in the fireplace, but if you've got a soul, they'll keep you warm. Featuring NO TIME, REPEAT OFFENDER, WICCANS, CEMENTO, MODERN MAN, PLACID, REARRANGED FACE and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 November 2025

It's been 12,638 days since Judge released new music. What are you doing about this? And what's your breaking point on the cost of shows? AND a premiere from PRIVATE HELL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2025

We get in, we get out, no questions asked. This is a getaway mission episode where we come for the jewels and leave only tracks behind - including MEMORY WARD, HOT LOAD, FEDERAL CHARGE, IMPACT DRIVER, GOLDEN APPLES, FUSS, DUEL and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2025

When did everyone start loving your favorite band? Is that allowed? We're checking IDs at the door. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2025

Touch bases, touch grass, tune into the highest level of tunes. Tracks from MIRRORLESS, UTILITY, CYCLOPS, TWISTED TEENS, RANCOR, MERCY RUIN, MOPAR STARS, CAMOUFLAGE and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 November 2025

Ever manufacture a reason to not check something out? Our listeners are guilty and they confess their BS reasons to us. Also, playing shows still fun. Going to shows still fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2025

You ever drive a car? With the windows down, and the system UP? How about on a crisp, Autumn morning? WHAT A RUSH. Join the FNA crew to listen to songs from FERRIDAY, DIVISION-ONE, WRETCHED RITE, FALSE SALVATION, COLD KISS, FENTANYL, SLOW MASS, DEEP COVER, and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 October 2025

Bad merch ideas of yesteryear. Cancelling tours, right or wrong. How to put together a setlist that doesn't burn out the people who like you. Ride into the mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 October 2025

Does music actually make you lose control? Well maybe don't listen, we don't want any liability for outlandish behavior. But if music only metaphorically makes you lose control, then jump in and discover something new with songs from PLUTO'S KISS, THE BERSERK, KNUMEARS, KONG KONG, TV CULT, DEAD HEAT, INDIAN SUMMER and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2025

We opened the window of listener questions and a flock of Haywire fans flew in. Lots of energy around a touring band, beautiful. Also some other questions. And pipin' hot premieres from Denver's DESTINY BOND and the UK's CANNONBALL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 October 2025

Is it appropriate to eat pancakes at midnight? Or 3 pm? What about a formal dinner? Let's digest these thoughts while we rock to SPITE HOUSE, SETBACK, FATAL REALM, SWEET TALKER, EZ8, PHANTOM PIKE, VIOLENCIA, SECLUSION, DRY SOCKET, SPEED, ORAGE D'ACIER and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 October 2025

Old and young, fests and small shows, politics and interpersonal relationships! All this and a world premiere from FACE THE PAIN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 October 2025

Print the headline, it reads 'Tracks Inside.' User discretion, check your labels, make your moves, do your dance. Hardcore's finest and then some with HOME FRONT, URBAN SPRAWL, GUMM, SOUL ON FIRE, FAIRYTALE, WEAK SPOT, VAMPIRE, WASTED LIFE, UNIFORMED SERVICE, DRINK DEEP, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 October 2025

Looking backwards and asking favors, is there a time and place for either? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 September 2025

Found in the seat cushions and under that one chair, we've got tracks galore. Songs from C4, FROTHING MAD, FREEZERBURN, SCRUTINY, RIGOROUS INSTITUTION, END IT, PLANET ON A CHAIN, SPIRITUAL CRAMP and more. Lets go.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 September 2025

Everything is bigger now, and we can't tell if we're seeing a cycle or a black swan event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2025

Some hits, no misses, so let's call 'em all hits. Don't stop the rock with HITMAN, CAPE FADE, MERCY, ENDLESS JOY, FANTASTIC PLANET, MERC, BELGRADO, CRITICAL DAMAGE and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 September 2025

It's not about the money. It's about the shredded squash sliders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 16 September 2025

New music is coming fast and furious - is it too fast? We know it's not too furious. So Vin Diesel through the weekend with us and tracks by WEIGHT CLASS, GLEAN, NEGATIVE CHARGE, LURK, BRAINWASHED, SECRET WORLD, RETIREMENT and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 September 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 9 September 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 6 September 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 2 September 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 30 August 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 26 August 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 23 August 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 19 August 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 16 August 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 9 August 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 5 August 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 2 August 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 29 July 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 26 July 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 22 July 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 15 July 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 12 July 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 8 July 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 5 July 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 1 July 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 29 June 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 24 June 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 22 June 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 17 June 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 14 June 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 7 June 2025

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

Transcribed - Published: 3 June 2025