
AXE TO GRIND PODCAST
A hardcore podcast hosted by Tom, Bob, and Patrick, covering topics related to the hardcore music scene and culture.
Episodes
A2G428 - Ain't Nobody Gonna Dim My Shine
If I use this space to type that we talk about a banana costume for 40min of this episode, I'll have to reexamine my life.
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Friday Night's Alright - 221
WHERE'S THE POOL PARTY? Grab the aux, the stereo, the boom box, whatever you got and pop on this week's FNA to rock all night, with tracks from IRONBAR, PEACE CROSS, MAKTHAVERSKAN, HONEY, UNITY TICKET, AGAINST THE WORLD, URANIUM CLUB, INTERNAL, DEATH CERTIFICATE and more. Lets go.
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A2G427 - Bloodlet Vs Aerosmith
What's a tasteful cover? And is tasteful even a good thing? List of bands better than Boodlet.
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Friday Night's Alright - 220
Almost all new music to help refocus and redirect your energy. Let's get in gear, lock in folks. Tracks from CONSENSUS MADNESS, PLUTO'S KISS, RYE COALITION, FULL STRENGTH, CANDY TRUCK, KILL 'EM ALL, QUICK TO JUDGE, PERSONALITY CRISIS, and more.
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A2G426 - Blatant Localism
What are some foundational records only you and 300 other people care about? Also, BnB Bowl, Suicidal Tendencies, and Dat Boi.
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Friday Night's Alright - 219
Feeling GOOD about this episode... a perfect soundtrack to wake you up, grip you and keep you UP through the motions of the day, and FNA is nothing if it ain't a motion party baby. Move with us with tracks from SOMERSET THROWER, DOWN TO NOTHING, RUNNIN HOT, LOWERTOWN, TORTURE REALM, MADHONEY, NO GUARD, THE BRINK and more. Let's go.
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A2G435 - KIDS ARE MOSTLY ALRIGHT PROBABLY
Tom and Bob hold it down while Patrick is mid-flight. Talk of Rebirth Records Showcase leads into a rousing conversation of How To Do A Festival Right or Wrong as an attendee, band, and promoter.
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Friday Night's Alright - 218
Unload, unwind, and unlock your ears to some new sounds and old sounds alike. Music is not a side scroller, we're OPEN WORLD people. Explore the sonic space with tracks from LOVE SICK, SUICIDAS, BEQUEST, ETERNAL CHAMPION, THE AETHER MOD, SCHOOL DRUGS, COMBAT STANCE, HEALING FIRE, SPOTLIGHT KID, REJACERO, RAD OWL, BLAME and more.
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A2g434 - Low Blood Sugar
Do you prefer the legitimate article, or something good? These are your only options with a reunion show.
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Friday Night's Alright - 217
We're back and this time we brought flowers. And by flowers we mean a boatload of new tracks, featuring BURNING LORD, JUMP BALL, WOUNDED TOUCH, EXISTENCE OF HATE, ULTIMATE DISASTER, G.U.N., CAPE CRUSH, ADHERENCE, STRIKEFORCE, HOME FRONT, and EXIT LIFE. Lets go.
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A2G433 - DRAKE WARS
How much lore does a working man need?
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Friday Night's Alright - 216
A workman's like efficiency in delivering this week's hot music. Call us the Culligan Man, maybe your favorite post office employee, or even the Witchita Lineman... because we're still on the line. Featuring RAW PEACE, SHAVED APE, RIVERBED, DEMOCRACY, CITIZEN, BIG LAUGH, MORAL POLLUTION and more.
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A2G432 - BOOOOO!
Most hyped show of the year, FOR OLD PEOPLE? Taco Truth. Tom yells!
Boo this man!
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Friday Night's Alright - 215
Back to it with so much new you're gonna need to buy a basket. Tracks with no filler including heat from STINGRAY, GUV, SQUINT, BAD BREEDING, X FOREVER WAR X, YLEISET SYYT, UNITED STARE, STEP 2 THIS, NEAUX, SUBLIMINAL EXCESS, and more.
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A2G431 - Choppin' It Up w/ Vogel
Scott Vogel joins us to talk hardcore.
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Friday Night's Alright - 214
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.
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A2G430 - Very Bold
Community, for good and bad. Is Bold ever discussed? You'll have to listen to find out.
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Friday Night's Alright - 213
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.
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A2G429 - Rest In Peace
RIP Bo. Guest cohost Patrick Flynn. And a new song premiere from NC monsters A KNIFE IN THE DARK.
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Friday Night's Alright - 212
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.
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A2G428 - Live From Boise, It's Tuesday Morning!
Lyrics? Huh! What are they good for? (Absolutely nothing!)
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Friday Night's Alright - 211
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.
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A2G427 - Diner Core
Does subculture mean anything anymore? Or did we just buy cat ears and a DRI shirt on Amazon?
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Friday Night's Alright - 210
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.
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A2G426 - The Nuclear Option
Take or Leave, but with SERIOUS consequences. We're erasing bands from history.
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Friday Night's Alright - 209
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.
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A2G425 - Garfield Hardcore
Is Nermal a femboy? Bellybutton watch. Bold. And a premiere from Oakland stompers STRAGGLER!
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Friday Night's Alright - 208
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.
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A2G424 - I'm Lit!
Barbershop talk about who is fastest, hardest, and heaviest. Plus, a premiere from a fresh LAMENT reissue!
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Friday Night's Alright - 207
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.
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A2G423 - Grilled
Hardcore questions come fast and furious, from the basics "YoT or Judge?" to the heady "does this sh*t have a future?"
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Friday Night's Alright - 206
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.
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A2G422 - The Summit
The most brilliant minds in hardcore show promotion join Tom for a roundtable of wisdom and whimsy.
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Friday Night's Alright - 205
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.
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A2G421 - National Converge Day
We talk Converge. In depth. And detail.
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Friday Night's Alright - 204
I stay on, I stay on, where do I get off? Well not here, not this week, we got tracks to farm. From this week's yield we got STARING CONTEST, REJECT MODERNITY, FAR AWAY, HEAD CRACK, EN LA MUERTE, GLORY, BLOCKADE, and more. Lets go.
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A2G420 - Dunston Checks In
An oldhead stops by with some questions. What's a Grammy?
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Friday Night's Alright - 203
Just a lot of good music, is that enough? IT IS. So let's get it with tracks from SPIKEPIT, NIGHTFEEDER, GYLT, RITUAL DISORDER, LOSE SIGHT, GALLOP, FINAL GASP, INFILTRATORS and more. Lets go.
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A2G419 - On a Serious Note
A lot going on in the world.
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Friday Night's Alright - 202
We go in a lot of directions but that's how you grow in a lot of directions, right? Hear something new, something old, something stage dive, something chill with this batch, which includes VIOLENT PROTEST, THE CONSEQUENCE, DAISY CHAIN, CARTOON, SPY, BAD BREEDING, RIFLE, LAST ORDER, KNUMEARS, ALL 4 ALL and more. Lets go.
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A2G418 - Shiny Shirt vs Bowling Shirt
Impromptu GB vs CIV debate; are we doing old guy bands dirty with the venues we put them in; when to tell someone a boring story they don't care about
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A2G417 - Photographer Talk Is Back From the Dead
It never really dies. Plus, showing up to a 100 cap room in a bus. And how are we all seeing the world so differently?
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Friday Night's Alright - 201
NEW YEAR NEW EPISODES SAME GREAT TASTE. We've got the greatest and latest in hc punk adjacent and everything in between, including MESS, BULLS SHITT, NEGATIVE FORCE, REDS, TAKE STEPS, CRUELSTER, EN LOVE, COLOSSAL MAN, UTILITY and more. 2026, Let's Go.
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A2G416 - The Future Is English Muffin Pizza
What do we expect in 2026? Join us for some irresponsible speculation on the immediate future of hardcore.
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A2G415 - Best Of?! 2025!
2025: Was it lit?
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Friday Night's Alright - 51
Proceed to the music station of your choice; plug in, sit with ample space for comfort and focus, while maintaining a healthy heart rate and strong posture. Enjoy this weeks' music, including CARE FREE, ALIENATOR, LIMIT OF DESTRUCTION, RED SUN, MASHAAL, END STATE, TERRITORY and more. Let's go
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A2G414 - Only So Much Oxygen
Why some releases GO and other's are PASSED OVER. Are we literate? Why you want union welders in your band. Why the 1995 NBA draft matters.
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Friday Night's Alright - 50
We're at the tracks store and strolling the NEW ITEMS aisle. Catch some new heat that includes SPLEEN, FADING FAST, DEFY YOU, DEADBOLT, FLORIDA MAN, PUBLIC SHAME, GAMMA, NYLON, RURAL HATE, NUCLEAR MAN, and more. Lets go.
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A2G413 - Rocketman
That's SIR Elton John to you.
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Friday Night's Alright - 49
The year is winding down, the cold weather is locking in, but the hot tracks won't stop. Music for the mindful, the mindless, and the unminded, including ARESI, DRAFT DODGERS, PRICE OF REDEMPTION, FREEZE OUT, PEEL DREAM MAGAZINE, TU LA LLEVAS, ANTENNA and more.
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A2G412 - That New New
New hardcore discussed in obsessive detail.
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Friday Night's Alright - 48
We might have gotten weird, or we were just a bit wired, but who can say. There's tracks, I stand by it. Stand by with songs new and old (mostly new) from NEOLITHIC, FEELS LIKE HEAVEN, ANGEL DU$T, REMEMBER SPORTS, TOTAL FLESH, EXCIDE and more.
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A2G411 - Round The Table with Tyler
A quick round of this or that to connect with our fill-in legend, Tyler Short. Talk on live shows, new core, old core, Flyover Fest, For The Children, and LDB. All that and a debut from Milwaukee’s ENERVATE.
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Friday Night's Alright - 47
Usually we're back on the map, this week we're all over it. New bands? Check. Modern classics? Yup. Stone cold 90s banger? You got it - all that and more. Featuring IDENTITY SHOCK, ATARI, WMD, GNOSTICS, DEAD AND GONE, 411, G.A.Z.E. and more.
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Looking Back - June 26 1991
A little bonus for the Holiday. Listen now before it gets copyright claimed.
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A2G410 - Sensitive Souls
It takes strength to be gentle and kind, but the internet isn't about that.
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Friday Night's Alright - 46
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.
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A2G409 - Track Detectives
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.
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Friday Night's Alright - 45
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.
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A2G408 - Judge Not
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!
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Friday Night's Alright - 44
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.
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A2G407 - Gentrified Hardcore
When did everyone start loving your favorite band? Is that allowed? We're checking IDs at the door.
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Friday Night's Alright - 43
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.
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A2G406 - 13 Reasons (To Dismiss a Band You Never Heard)
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.
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Friday Night's Alright - 42
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.
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A2G405 - Bad Flyer? Tour Cancelled!
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.
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Friday Night's Alright - 41
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.
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A2G405 - 200 Haywire Questions
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!
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Friday Night's Alright - 40
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.
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A2G404 - Bruh Is Diabolical fr fr
Old and young, fests and small shows, politics and interpersonal relationships! All this and a world premiere from FACE THE PAIN!
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Friday Night's Alright - 39
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.
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A2G402 - Nostalgia Bait'n
Looking backwards and asking favors, is there a time and place for either?
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Friday Night's Alright - 38
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.
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A2G401 - Big Ol' Guarantees
Everything is bigger now, and we can't tell if we're seeing a cycle or a black swan event.
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Friday Night's Alright - 37
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.
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A2G400 - The Catering
It's not about the money. It's about the shredded squash sliders.
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Friday Night's Alright - 36
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
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A2G399 - Keys Open Doors
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?
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Friday Night's Alright - 35
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.
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A2G398 - Whose Band Is It Anyway?
Sometimes friends fight! When bands split up, who takes the name?
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