Axe To Grind Podcast

What's the sound of hardcore in 2026? Is there just one? Hell nah, what are you thinking. We explore the patchwork of punk hc this year with tracks from HAYWIRE, BAD BEAT, ANGEL DU$T, COLLATERAL, BETON ARME, POISON RUIN, SPEED, SCARAB, C4, DRAIN, FATAL REALM, FENTANYL, HOME FRONT, NEOLITHIC, and COMBUST.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Community, for good and bad. Is Bold ever discussed? You'll have to listen to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up and down, round and round. Got some songs for the new, the old, and everything in between. Tracks from MILE END, SWEAT, PRIME SUSPECT, ANGUISH CRY, LOT IN LIFE, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RIP Bo. Guest cohost Patrick Flynn. And a new song premiere from NC monsters A KNIFE IN THE DARK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here for everyone who is down and feeling it. Be good to one another and to yourself. New music from HOLY DOSE, FIB, MR. RADICAL, DEMENTED FX, TOLLS, FIGHTBACK, DIVISION OF MIND, SUBJECTS, GROTTO and more.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lyrics? Huh! What are they good for? (Absolutely nothing!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hot stove episode, we got that new heat, we got that smoldering ancient lava heat, and we got that warm pie on the window sill perfection... songs from '82 INFERNO, TURN OF PHRASE, SQUARE ONE, MAYAKOVSKY, START TODAY, CURE FOR YOUTH, LATEST GOD, CONSUMER CULTURE, BIRDLEGS and more. Lets go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does subculture mean anything anymore? Or did we just buy cat ears and a DRI shirt on Amazon? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A spritzer, a mixer, a full on blended concoction, merely a cacophony of sound for you to consume. Something like that. New music up and down from the likes of REEK MINDS, CIRCA 40, XTOBEARX, SCREAMING FIST, GRIMOIRE, BAD WORLD, THE CROSSES, and a couple two or three old diamonds to round it out. Let's go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Take or Leave, but with SERIOUS consequences. We're erasing bands from history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we Post-Everything? Or just putting new spins on old webs? What songs pull you in, or rip you out, or make you erupt outta your seat? Here's some, including NOI!SE, TRIED, SECLUSION, BLOODSTAINS, OUTNUMBERED, DEAF CLUB, FIGURINE, BEZETTE STAD and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Nermal a femboy? Bellybutton watch. Bold. And a premiere from Oakland stompers STRAGGLER! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes you need that old fuzzy, familiar blanket. AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO GO BUY A NEW BLANKET. New tunes for the new you, it's 2026, find something new to love. Featuring IRON CRUSADERS, TAR, ONIONIZM, STRAGGLER, WEDNESDAY, POISON RUIN, ELIMINATORS, HEAVENLY BLUE, CHANCERS, YANKEE BASTARD, THE DOGS, ATTRITION. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Barbershop talk about who is fastest, hardest, and heaviest. Plus, a premiere from a fresh LAMENT reissue! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Has it been a long week or a short week? When is there ever a regular week? Can we get a regular week maybe? What we DO have is your weekly dose of dope songs, including ZERO MOB, BAD SPORTS, xGAARGOYLEx, GUNNER, DIMENSION, OVERHAND, and more. Lets go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hardcore questions come fast and furious, from the basics "YoT or Judge?" to the heady "does this sh*t have a future?" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How many songs on this episode are you interested in? Should I start letting AI write these intros? Do you need a quantitative number to make something great? Songs from MANIK, FLESH COMMODITY, WORLD I HATE, HITMEN, PERRO MUNDO, REASON WHY, STAND TALL, FIXED GAME, B.O.R.N. and more. Lets go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The most brilliant minds in hardcore show promotion join Tom for a roundtable of wisdom and whimsy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maybe 80% less wiley talk but still 100% tracks on tracks. New music and hopefully some new to you from acts including LOOSE LEASH, CRUSH YOUR SOUL, ENKASED, KILLING PACE, THE MASTER'S CALL, SEE IT THROUGH and 6 more. Lets go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk Converge. In depth. And detail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices