The Pitch of Discontent (The Pitch of Discontent)

Owen & Paige run full-steam ahead into another packed roundup, and the tracks aren’t slowing down for anyone. Aussie hardcore royalty rubs up with R’n’B rockers and American alt-metallers. Oklahoma drops by with some homegrown indie-punk and a slamming slice of brutal death metal. And why not add a little shoegaze and jamming psych to the mix? They’re all here, and we’re chatting about the lot, so tune in!

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⚒️ It’s another busy week on the tools, so we get stuck right into the business at hand. Owen briefly forgets how time works, and Paige sacrifices the pod at the altar of Beyoncé. We cover post-hardcore from Sheffield, moshy death metal from Tokyo, and indie-punk storytelling from Naarm/Melbourne. Plus much, much more. Let’s go! 🔀

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💸 Not even “dynamic pricing” shenanigans and/or a dying laptop could stop us from getting to the roundup this week! Owen & Paige run through a stellar selection of new tracks, pulling from Aussie indie rock and bleak death metal to NYC “slamgaze” and brash Belgian power pop. It’s a total gas 🫡

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On their stellar third album, ‘TOY’ (out now through Domestic La La), Dear Seattle are wrestling with change. It’s a record born from transitional states of self-reflection, where recollections of who we were collide head-on with who we want, often desperately, to be.

Joining the show for our first guest episode of 2025, frontman and guitarist Brae Fisher takes us on the journey that birthed ‘TOY,’ as we discuss the band’s road dog attitude and live pursuits, stripping Taylor Swift songs for parts, and leaning into the delicate tradecraft of anthemic songwriting.

Follow Dear Seattle and purchase/stream ‘TOY’ here: https://lnk.to/dearseattle

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Our guest this week is Allison Watters, a fixture of the Naarm/Melbourne heavy music scene and the creator behind Pulse: a self-published, printed zine focusing exclusively on the work of non-males in both the Australian and global music industries.

Allison & Pulse have teamed up with the WWDOTW crew to collaborate on the upcoming Nightmare Fest line-up, featuring performances from Outright, Gravitate, Stressed, Identity Error, Chapel Hill, Slowburn, Goethe, and Takoba, while also raising funds for Refuge Victoria.

➤ Follow Pulse Zine and grab tickets for the Nightmare Fest Fundraiser @ Stay Gold on Sat Nov 16th here: https://linktr.ee/pulsemag

➤ Support the incredible work of Refuge Victoria here: https://refugevictoria.org.au/

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With their return Down Under just weeks away, as part of 2024’s incredibly stacked Good Things lineup (Dec 6th-8th), Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher joins the show from the comfort of his basement studio to catch us up to date on the band’s busy schedule.

We discuss their recent Ashes of the Leviathan tour run with Lamb of God, celebrating seminal records in their respective catalogues, while also collaborating on a new single. Bill reflects on the release of 2021’s Hushed and Grim double LP, dissects his creative process, and reveals his not-so-secret vault of dormant riffs.

➤ Follow Mastodon here: https://www.mastodonrocks.com/  

➤ Grab tickets to Good Things Festival (Dec 6th-8th) here: https://goodthingsfestival.com.au/event-info 

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⁉️ Need new tunes for the week? We’ve got you covered! Paige finds more online manufactured outrage bait, while Owen highlights some scorching new records at the top of the show. We’ve also got metalcore ragers, indie pop crooners, and punk rock barnburners. It’s all happening, folks 🫡

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After landing some backstage time during their recent show at The Forum in Naarm/Melbourne, we’re joined by Jesse Barnett of Stick To Your Guns and Ways Away to chat about the upcoming eighth full-length album from the Cali hardcore powerhouse, ‘Keep Planting Flowers’ (out January 10th through SharpTone Records).

Proving that he’s one of the most insightful and passionate frontmen in hardcore today, Jesse gives us the lowdown on the need for collective solidarity, using music to speak to revolutionary struggle, his work and community outreach with All Power Books, the inherent dangers of tribalism, and how to stay hopeful in the face of seemingly endless nihilism.

Follow Stick To Your Guns here: https://sticktoyourguns.net/ 

Follow All Power Books and all the resources mentioned here: https://allpowerbooks.org/pages/resources

Stream/purchase ‘A HOMELAND DENIED: A Compilation for the Palestinian Liberation’ here: https://hardcore4gaza.bandcamp.com/album/a-homeland-denied-a-compilation-for-the-palestinian-liberation

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With the band returning Down Under for a national run with pop-punk staples The Wonder Years, we grabbed time with Joyce Manor frontman and all-around affable guy Barry Johnson for this week’s guest episode.

Barry chats about whether Joyce is a “real emo” band, playing shows on late-night TV shows, hitting a confident stride in their 15-year career, their whirlwind anniversary tour celebrating 2014’s stellar ‘Never Hungover Again,’ and what it’s like to rip through a "perfect 45-minute set."

Follow Joyce Manor and grab tickets for upcoming tour dates here: https://linktr.ee/joycemanor 

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Plovers are dead. Well, almost. It’s certainly not from a lack of trying, though, and at least they’ve got one hell of a record to play themselves out. We catch up with two-thirds of “Melbourne's 9th most popular post-hardcore band” to discuss their untimely soon-to-be demise (RIP), the protracted journey to their phenomenal debut album release, our yearning desire for critical thinking and self-reflection, and why billionaires don’t deserve defending.

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It’s officially list season, folks, so we’re running through the Best Albums of 2024 with our 100% correct, entirely definitive takes.

Y’allternative barn-burners, Aussie gutter-folk, Little Rock doomsayers, Myspace post-hardcore revivalists, and Kentucky metalcore bruisers.

We’ve got all that and more. Dig in!

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With Paige’s absence extended for yet another week, Chris reluctantly returns to keep the guest co-host seat warm, and Owen graciously thanks him for his service. We run through upcoming releases from Many Eyes, House of Protection, Make The Suffer and more, a new anonymous project of questionably mysterious and/or horny origins, along with a speculative analysis of temporal compositional constraints thanks to Canada’s primary experimental hardcore punk exports.

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Here’s our brief chat with James Spence of UK progressive hardcore outfit Rolo Tomassi. The Sheffield quintet have an upcoming tour run with Aussie post-rockers sleepmakeswaves and Japan math-rock sensation LITE, marking their first trip Down Under in almost a decade. We also touch on curating the ebb & flow of a live set, completing their loose album trilogy, and what’s coming next for Rolo.

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For Perth metalcore juggernaut Make The Suffer, their self-titled fifth album (out November 8th through Greyscale & SharpTone Records) represents a clear reaffirmation of their sonic intent through unrelenting, genre-bending heaviness.

Frontman Sean Harmanis joins the show to chat about touring outside the Western comfort zone, the group’s continued evolution, his creative dynamism with new member, keyboardist, and vocalist Alex Reade, and how the pressure of expectation yielded a daring new chapter in the band’s journey.

Follow Make Them Suffer and pre-order their S/T record here: https://grysclrec.lnk.to/makethemsuffer 

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It’s been another wild week in the world of alternative music. Thankfully, Owen & Paige are fearless, intrepid explorers willing to venture where others may fear to tread. We unveil Oddworld nu metal vistas, Aussie elder emo heaviness, riffy D.C. pop-punk, and legendary Japanese post-rock goodness. Oh, and this week’s feature album is staggeringly beautiful and utterly devastating in equal measure. You’re welcome.

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This week we’re joined by Monica Strut, music journalist and frontwoman for “cyber-pop metalcore” outfit The Last Martyr. The group are gearing up to release their new EP, ‘Requiem’ (out independently on October 23rd), which follows a period of creative renewal for the Naarm/Melbourne quartet and a reaffirmation of their dark sonic intent. Monica chats about reflecting on rejection, finding collective solidarity and strength in her bandmates, and using narrative metaphors to emphasise dystopian lyricism.

Follow The Last Martyr, pre-order/stream ‘Requiem,’ and grab tickets to upcoming shows here: https://www.thelastmartyr.band/ 

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It might be a brand new month, but it’s the same old roundup! Owen & Paige get cracking on new finds, old favourites, and throw in a few sonic curveballs for good measure. Oh, and Reesey makes an appearance and chucks a mad yawn on camera. *offensive Brad Pitt accent* “Do ya like dahgs??”

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Our guest this week is resident bad bitch and meme queen Bec Thorwesten from Naarm/Melbourne heavy hardcore bruisers Terminal Sleep, who just dropped a brand new two-track single, “Spineless / Shadows,” along with some moody remixes.

Bec joins the show to chat about the band’s formation, channelling her inner rage on stage, the anxiety of becoming a role model, looking after her voice and finding purpose through artistic expression.

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Stoked to have Ryan Savitski of One Step Closer jumping on the pod this week as part of the 2025 lineup for New Bloom Fest alongside Basement, Balance & Composure, DRAIN, Glitterer, and Sweet Pill.

After returning from a huge UK run supporting pop-punkers Neck Deep on some their biggest ever shows to date, Ryan digs in to the band’s progression on last year’s exceptional ‘All You Embrace’ LP, playing floor shows versus arena stages, the importance of melody, and how best to fight jetlag.

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Follow New Bloom and grab tickets for 2025 dates (8-10 March) here: www.newbloomfest.com.au 

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We’re back! It’s our first episode of the new year and we’ve already got a slew of new alternative tunes to run through. Dreamy doom pop, angular post-hardcore, “Melbourne Boltdown,” and spaghetti western metallic hardcore–all that and more on this week’s roundup. Dive in and have a listen!

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For Jack Bergin, the last few years have brought one realisation into sharp relief: the only way out is through. With their final tour wrapping up, the frontman for Naarm/Melbourne heavy hitters Void Of Vision joins the show to bring this chapter to a bittersweet close.

We chat about Jack’s health struggles and his determined journey of self-discovery, the moment he decided that VOV needed to take The Big Sleep, wrestling with ideas of mortality, thematic resonance and legacy, the unrealised potential of last year’s phenomenal ‘What I’ll Leave Behind’ LP, his enduring love for heavy music, and the new beginnings afforded him as the host of Triple J’s Core program.

Follow Jack here: https://www.instagram.com/backjergin/ 

Follow Void Of Vision here: https://vov.lnk.to/whatillleavebehind 

Listen to Core here: abc.net.au/triplej/programs/core

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Paige returns to the show, now in BRAT form! For Side A this week, we run through another banger slew of alternative tracks, with some fan recommendations and new finds in the mix. Indie punk wake-up calls, hypnagogic shoegaze, satanic speed metal, and more. Dig in!

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Another week, another (regrettably solo) roundup! Don’t worry, folks, Paige is fine, and she’ll (hopefully) be back next week. (Proof of Life available upon request.) We’ve got crashing metalcore bangers, sapphic post-punk, groove-laden ragers, a post-metal epic, and much more. LFGGG!!

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🎶 It’s roundup time once again, and we’ve got a banger crop of tunes for this week. Blooming alt-rock and Bangkok evil-core. Austrian blackened post-rock and posthardcore supergroups. Aussie metalcore throwbacks and London post-punk odes. It’s all here, ready to go 🫡

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We were fortunate to grab some time with Spencer Chamberlain, vocalist of Floridian posthardcore giants Underoath and crooner for alt-indie outfit slo/tide.

Underoath’s tenth album, The Place After This One (out this week through MNRK Heavy), finds the quintet at the dawn of a new era, one forged in the search for creative freedom and a firm rejection of expectation.

Spencer chats with us about finding the right producer to realise the group’s collective vision, the tension between the risk of new music and familiar fan-favourite records, and how the last five years have changed his lyrical outlook for better and worse.

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Follow Underoath here: https://underoath777.com/

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Returning Down Under for the first time in nearly a decade as part of 2024’s incredibly stacked Good Things lineup (Dec 6th-8th), Benny Horowitz, drummer for The Gaslight Anthem and co-host of the Going Off Track podcast, joins the show to chat about the band's comeback.

We discuss their recent international tour run for their seminal record, ‘The ‘59 Sound,’ hitting anniversary milestones for 2012’s ‘Handwritten’ and 2014’s ‘Get Hurt,’ reforming post-hiatus, consciously avoiding the nostalgia trap, and the creative potential for new music.

Follow The Gaslight Anthem here: https://beacons.ai/thegaslightanthem

Grab tickets to Good Things Festival (Dec 6th-8th) here: https://goodthingsfestival.com.au/event-info

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📆 It’s a new month (and Mother of God, how is it October already?), so we’re kicking things off right with a brand new slate of glorious alternative tunes 📻 Owen & Paige quickly recap the recent AWMA controversy and important on-the-ground reporting before diving headfirst into scrappy prog bangers, Aussie alt-rock sing-a-longs, death metal skull-crushers, and much more 😎

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Find Jamie-Lee’s original Substack piece here:

• "Brothers for Sisterhood: A Missed Opportunity for Accountability at the Australian Women in Music Conference"

https://jamieleedimes.substack.com/p/brothers-for-sisterhood-a-missed 

Read statements in response from Brian “Smash” Chladil and the AWMA Board here:

• "Oztix Chief Issues Apology Following ‘Train Wreck’ AWMAs Panel"

https://themusicnetwork.com/oztix-chief-apology-train-wreck-awma-panel/ 

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🕰️💀 Better late than never, amaright? With some new (and temporary) studio accommodations, Owen and Paige dig into another stacked slab of tunes for the week. Norwegian punk, abrasive Floridian post-hardcore, queer Naarm alt-folk, and much more. We’ve sourced nothing but the best from across the globe for your listening pleasure. Dig in! 🌏😎

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Riding solo yet again this week, Owen dives into a banger selection of new tracks from Aussie indie punks, fuzzed-out shoegazers, straight-edge moshers, Steel City bruisers, and more. Grab a coffee, get comfortable, and dig in ☕😎

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🔥Here’s our brief chat with Luke Sweeney of Blind Girls and Nic Kuczynski of Frail Body 🔥

Both bands are on the vanguard of their respective screamo/power-violence/post-whatever scenes, and they’re teaming up for an East Coast Australian tour run in January next year with support from Naarm/Melbourne’s Gil Cerrone.

Luke and Nic chat about the challenges of recording new albums in and around the aftermath of the pandemic, touring internationally outside of their comfort zones, and wild tour spots both fun and dismal.

Grab tickets to the 'An Exist Exists' Australia 2025 tour (Jan 15th-25th) here: https://www.destroyalllines.com/tours/blind-girls

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➤ Follow Frail Body here: https://fanlink.tv/frailbody

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It’s another cracking roundup here at TPD HQ, as Owen & Paige run through alternative heater after absolute heater. Emo contemporaries, post-hardcore mood pieces, indie-punk anthems, and noise rock dirges. It’s all killer, no filler. LFGGG!!

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Joining the show this week are Bailey Schmebri & Aden Young of Naarm/Melbourne metallers Gravemind. With their bold new album, ‘Introsphere’, finally out in the world, we chat about the years of creative struggle the group faced in bringing their dark sonic vision to life. Bailey details the internal pressure felt in stepping into the band as their new vocalist, with a completely finished album ready and waiting for his lyrical “Deathtouch”. Against line-up shifts, pandemic logistical hurdles, and seemingly constant delays, Aden explains how Gravemind were determined to push the boundaries of their sound, embracing melody and collaboration to craft a record that dares to ask: “Can you find the balance between right and wrong? Love and hate? Real or make believe?”

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Here’s our brief catch-up with Full of Hell vocalist and all-round legend Dylan Walker. We chat about the band’s creative legacy, the purpose of art over time, and how they approach their collaborative endeavours. 

You can follow Full of Hell and grab tickets to their upcoming Australian run with Baton Rouge sludge icons Thou (Aug 14-25) here. 

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It’s release week for Sydney fuzz-fiends Regionals as they celebrate the launch of their debut full-length, ‘Spoonbender,’ an album four years in the making. Guitarist, songwriter, and backing vocalist Aaron Costello joins the show to chat about the group’s intentional progression from urgent alt-rock and emo to a more experimental, triple-guitar, wall-of-sound shoegaze approach. We discuss the challenges of writing and recording during the pandemic and how meaningful connection with art transcends the fleeting chase of fame.

Grab tickets to the band's album launch show at the The Chippo Hotel (Chippendale, NSW) on Friday, 6th September 2024 here: https://linktr.ee/regionalsband 

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Emmy Mack is a bonafide rockstar. With their forthcoming full-length, ‘Mutation,’ locked and loaded (and arriving on November 22nd), the RedHook frontwoman and formidable firebrand is well on her way to becoming a household name. Emmy joins the show to chat about the band’s “outsider” status, the challenges of being a woman in heavy music, industry shenanigans, the group’s desire for evolution on their sophomore LP, and how she reclaimed her feminine superpower by embracing sexuality, vulnerability, and brutal honesty.

Grab tickets to the band's ‘Breaking Up With 2024’ Australian tour here: https://lnk.weareredhook.com/tour

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Here’s our brief chat with drummer and producer Sam Bassal from Aussie alternative outfit Ocean Grove. Following a regional run with Polaris earlier this year, the Naarm/Melbourne trio are gearing up for a three-city headline run at the start of October. Sam joins us via Zoom to chat about the band’s turbulent decade, the desire for nostalgia, and prepping for LP#4, ‘ODDWORLD,’ due out on October 25th via the band’s own label (Aus) and SharpTone Records (ROW).

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This week we have Chas Levi from Justice For The Damned joining the pod to chat about the band’s new era as they prepare to hit the ground at home for a bunch of coast-to-coast tour dates.

Chas talks about the challenges of writing new Justice material, the desire to streamline performance for maximum fun and crowd participation, the mental fortitude required for weeks of touring, and overcoming personal adversity. “Will you break down, or will you break through?”

Follow Justice For The Damned and grab tickets for upcoming tour dates here: https://linktr.ee/justiceforthegram

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➡️👋🏼 Yooo, we’re back for another stacked Weekly Roundup! Paige goes off on our desire for more of the same with regard to cultural products and rip-off podcast ideas, while Owen recaps a fun weekend at Kingpin Fest. We’ve got tracks from metalcore veterans, sad boy emos, power-pop punkers, and many more. Let’s go!! 🫡

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Our guest this week is currently rocking her way through the UK and Europe from new cities to old stomping grounds. Frontwoman Amariah Cook joins the show to recap Future Static’s whirlwind year following the release of their phenomenal debut full-length, ‘Liminality’.

We chat about her childhood in Barcelona, the perils of performance anxiety, joining an established group, the importance of visual storytelling, touring with one of her favourite bands, and what’s next for the Naarm/Melbourne progressive metalcore juggernaut.

Watch the full episode now on YouTube and exclusive bonus content on Patreon.

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Here’s our backstage chat with HEALTH bassist, producer and Discord overlord John Famiglietti. The “cum metal” (IYKYK) flag bearers were recently in Australia for an impressively sold-out tour run, so we caught up to talk about their approach to performance, the group’s genre-bending collaborative history, and how to make music that feels like the future. Watch the full episode now on YouTube and exclusive bonus content on Patreon.

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This week we’re joined from the road by Hands Like Houses frontman Josh Raven as the group crosses the country on select regional dates with heavy icons The Butterfly Effect.

Josh opens up about his initial trepidation at joining an already established band, after years spent at the helm of Perth rockers The Faim, along with the creative freedom and boundary pushing sessions that led to ‘ATMOSPHERICS’: the group’s ambitious 16-track double album, featuring previously released tracks from four distinct EPs (out now through Civilians).

We chat about being your own worst critic, unlocking new vocal talents, overcoming performance anxiety, and finally getting to the bottom of what’s up with chemtrails.

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With ERRA back Down Under once again for their headline run with Silent Planet and Resolve, we caught up with returning champion J.T. Cavey (also of Texas In July) for a very wholesome Dispatch Bay episode and Q&A backstage at The Forum in Naarm/Melbourne.

Sourcing questions from Reddit’s passionate r/Metalcore community, Owen put the hard word on J.T. about vocal patterns, Crocs, setlist decisions, album remixes, and much more.

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🔥 Here’s our brief chat withChris Cresswell ofThe Flatliners andHot Water Music 🔥

We were fortunate enough to have some time with the affable Chris Cresswell–guitarist and vocalist for The Flatliners and Hot Water Music–as he prepares to pull double duty for both acts on their upcoming New Zealand and Australian tour run later this month.

Chris chats to us about first touring with and then eventually joining an iconic band that was a direct influence on his music and punk rocker journey. We discuss the creative process behind 2024’s phenomenal ‘Vows,’ the art of playing back-to-back sets, and his surreal Venn diagram of friends and collaborators.

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It’s our final episode for 2024, and what better way to go out than with a Good Things Festival supercut featuring artist interviews and backstage shenanigans with Frank Turner, Northlane, Belle Haven, and Alpha Wolf. 

We chat about their year highlights, the realities of touring, pushing the creative envelope, and how to best channel that all-important chaos energy.

Shout out to Frank, Marcus, David, Lochie and Mitch for coming on the show; to Janine, Tiana, Amy, Court, Sose and the Good Things crew for all their help on festival day.

All visuals (snaps/clips) courtesy of the queen, Beth (Act Four Photo).

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Here’s our post-release chat with Zeal & Ardor frontman and conceptual mastermind Manuel Gagneux. We dig into the group’s latest full-length, GREIF, and how their sound has expanded on LP#4 to incorporate swampy Delta blues and funk-oriented grooves to their spirited black metal foundations.

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Cursed sickness and poor hotel wi-fi be damned. We made it, folks. Owen & Paige bring this week’s extremely tardy Roundup to you live from the cuck chairs of their Vegas casino hotel room. We’ve got emotionally charged hardcore, “the last ever deathcore band,” Finnish doom-gaze, and skull-splitting Aussie brutal death/slam. Dive in and maybe we’ll survive the trip home 🙏🏼

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New week, new tracks, and we’re rounding them all up! Owen & Paige chat about curious TikTok trends before diving headfirst into some classic rock from Thornlie, Japanese-Korean metalcore, proggy death metal, and what several voices on the Internet have rather dubiously decided to label as “emo” (hint: it isn’t). Want new music? Well, look no further. LFGGG!!

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Coming back to what feels like their second home, Californian chillers DRAIN are ready to rip once again as part of the gnarly 2025 lineup for New Bloom Fest alongside Basement, Balance & Composure, One Step Closer, Glitterer, and Sweet Pill.

All-round nice bloke Sammy Ciaramitaro drops in to the show to give us the low down on his community’s resolve in the face of natural disasters, the band’s sonic progression across records, the low-end rumblings of their work-in-progress third LP, and why pool noodles in the pit are both a blessing and a (California) curse.

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Follow New Bloom and grab tickets for 2025 dates (8-10 March) here: www.newbloomfest.com.au 

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➡️ We’re sliding into Monday with another wicked batch of alternative tunes. Owen & Paige smash through indie rockers, hardcore ragers, metalcore revivals, and more, alongside delicate singer-songwriter material and a gut-wrenching sonic tribute to loss and brotherhood. Thunder in the night forever! 🖤

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Our guest this week is Cat Rosemary, vocalist for metallic hardcore crew Gravitate. As a fixture and ongoing inspiration in Naarm/Melbourne’s hardcore scene, Cat’s fierce vocals and formidable stage presence bring a visceral edge to the group’s latest EP release, ‘The Reckoning’. Cat chats about the genesis of Gravitate, the importance of a communal ethos, writing about retributive justice through a theological frame, and finding strength and power in catharsis.

Get tickets for the GRAVITATE & STRESSED EP LAUNCH w/ Rat Bait & Bright Sun on Saturday September 28th here: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/07bd163c-95cf-485a-b180-1eb4eb435600

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Stoked to have Zayna Youseff of Sweet Pill jumping on the pod this week as part of the 2025 lineup for New Bloom Fest alongside Basement, Balance & Composure, DRAIN, One Step Closer, and Glitterer.

Zayna talks Aussie slang, coping with anxiety and writer’s block, the realities of constant touring, and her undying love for RuPaul’s Drag Race.

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Follow New Bloom and grab tickets for 2025 dates (9-10 March) here: www.newbloomfest.com.au 

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March rolls on and the new heaters show no sign of stopping. Owen & Paige get stuck into the week’s latest releases from metalcore team-ups and hardcore whip riders to alternative crooners and proggy cosmic death metallers.

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Before they kicked off two roaring sets of fuzzed out, shoegaze-slanted post-hardcore at this year's BIGSOUND 2024 showcase in Brisbane, the boys from Sunbleached dropped into TPD HQ to give us the lowdown on their stellar new five-track EP, 'I Crawled Into The Hole'. Josh & Brent discuss the inception of the band, how the energy of live shows and a desire for visceral impact skew their sound in a heavier direction, and what's on the horizon for the promising Queensland outfit.

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For the remaining members of post-hardcore powerhouse Planes Mistaken For Stars, their long-awaited fifth studio album will forever be an open wound. Completed in the wake of not one but two founding members passing away—guitarist/vocalist Matt Bellinger (2017) and frontman/guitarist Gared O’Donnell (2021)— ‘Do You Still Love Me?’ (out November 1st through Deathwish Inc.) is a howling cry of catharsis pitched into the great beyond.

And yet, despite the palpable sense of grief and loss that hangs tenuously over the record’s diverse tracklist, glimmers of hope and communion peak through the darkness with the promise of a brighter tomorrow. We’re joined by Chuck French (guitar) and Mike Ricketts (drums) to talk about the enormous task of shaping these songs into not just a tribute to their dear friends, but also a record worthy of the band’s formidable legacy. "We ride to fight. Thunder in the night forever."

Follow Planes and pre-order/stream ‘Do You Still Love Me?’ here: https://planesmistakenforstars.net/ 

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While emo alt-rockers Bad Neighbour were in town on a national support run with California’s Badflower, vocalist and guitarist Cooper Riley swung by TPD HQ to give us the lowdown on the group’s upcoming debut full-length, ‘Millions’ (out September 20th). We chat about Coop’s nostalgic twang for country music, pulling together friends to smoke cigs and play riffs, writing an album through the isolation and loss of the pandemic, and the band’s rising tour profile over the last 12 months. We also gush about Microwave, La Dispute, Defeater, and much more.

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🔥Here’s our brief chat with George Pettit of Alexisonfire and Dead Tired 🔥

Returning Down Under after their 2023 tour with Tasmanian rockers Luca Brasi, Canadian institution Alexisonfire are back once again for a four-show run with Underoath & GEL.

Frontman and resident throat-shredder George Pettit drops into the show mid-rehearsal to chat about playing older songs, reflecting on his youth and the band’s trajectory, the organic record process behind 2022’s expansive ‘Otherness’ LP, and what art inspires him in the current moment.

Follow Alexisonfire here and grab tickets to their upcoming Australian tour with Underoath and GEL (March 6-14): https://linktr.ee/aof_official 

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With Paige away interstate, Owen recruits resident Gravitate thunderbird, man of many talents, overenthusiastic multi-tasker, and future Billabong rep Chris Roese (@deaf.chris) to sub in as this week’s co-host. Chris defends the honour of Good Charlotte, confesses to crying in the mosh pit, pours his heart out for ‘Radical’ and talks about that one time he dodged the matrimony bullet. Oh, and we also listen to killer new tunes. It’s a fun one, so rip in.

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BRAT Summer is dead 📗🔫 Long live Demure Autumn! 💅🏼🍁 Very modest, so mindful. With their collective moods on high, Owen & Paige get stuck into another stellar selection of roundup tunes for the week, pulling from domestic heavy hitters, the international avant-grade, and beyond. Lots of genre-diverse material to cover here, so you better get cracking!

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What’s up? Shack Attack in the house! With their new four-track EP, ‘Not Fuckin’ About,’ out in the world, Grid and Danny from Naarm/Melbourne hardcore outfit Fever Shack join the show to run through their whirlwind rise.

We chat about finding their sound in the studio, touring shenanigans across Indonesia, supporting punk legends NOFX, and how the Frankston scene has helped usher in a new generation of punters hungry for something heavy, authentic and, above all, fun.

Follow Fever Shack and stream/purchase ‘Not Fuckin’ About’ here: https://linktr.ee/fevershack 

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With Paige out of action and coughing up a lung, Owen holds down the fort to run through this week’s solo roundup. We’ve got a bunch of new tracks to catch up on and it’s all bangers on deck. New finds, old favourites, and seasoned vets coming back from the brink. It’s all here, so dig in 🙏🏼

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In the words of “Hello Sadness” by Los Campesinos!: “It's only hope that springs eternal.” For Tom Lanyon, singer-songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, and narrative journeyman for Naarm/Melbourne indie rockers Ceres, the quest for hope ultimately became the guiding principle behind the group's fourth studio album, the sprawling ‘MAGIC MOUNTAIN (1996​—​2022)’.

Presented as a 25-track double LP, the record chronicles five years of emotional turmoil for Lanyon, spanning his nostalgic return to his roots atop Mt. Dandenong (a summit both literal and figurative), the life-affirming joy of pregnancy, the bitter loss of miscarriage, and the eventual triumph of fatherhood. It's a record made for holistic experience, overflowing with grief, heartache, joy, and hope, an arresting story that Lanyon & Co. were born to tell.

Pre-order ‘MAGIC MOUNTAIN (1996​—​2022)’ (out October 4th via Civilians) here: https://ceres.lnk.to/magicmountain

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Joining the show this week are the Lone Star State homies in Drunk Uncle. Will, Peyton and Jake jump on the pod to talk about their upcoming release, ‘Fiction Years II’: a companion piece and spiritual sequel EP out through the good folks at Tiny Sounds Collective on March 14th.

The Texas boys chat about Metallica as a musical gateway, finding each other through a Craigslist ad, moving back to a trio, the band’s creative evolution across releases, and the state of the (emo) union.

Follow Drunk Uncle here: https://linktr.ee/drunkuncle 

Listen to Jake on Pendejo Time here: https://www.patreon.com/pendejotime 

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It’s the end of another month, and we’re smashing through another stacked selection of roundup tracks. Owen & Paige blast some heartfelt indie punk, full-throttle hyper-pop, groove-laden hardcore, pissed-off metalcore ragers, and more–it’s all here. So, tune in and let us know what you’re listening to! 🙏🏼

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This week we’re joined by none other than Brendan Murphy–infamous tweet sender, feline aficionado, stage yeller, esteemed metalcore scholar–of Counterparts & END, ahead of their return Down Under with Dying Wish.

Brendan gets real about how touring takes him away from his beloved animal companions, his enlightened journey with sobriety, writing with newfound creative focus, forging a cohesive narrative of pain and loss on ‘Heaven Let Them Die’ (out now through Pure Noise Records), the joys of Reddit AMA’s, and why he’ll miss Misery Signals (RIP) the most.

Follow Counterparts and grab tickets for upcoming tour dates here: https://lnk.to/CounterpartsMusic 

Follow END here: https://www.yourfuckingend.com/

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It’s finally here! We’ve got our Knotfest Australia 2025 supercut featuring artist interviews and backstage shenanigans with HEALTH, In Hearts Wake, Sunami, Polaris, and returning champions Enter Shikari.

We chatted about their touring highlights, writing new material, playing festival sets, and what it was like to hear headliners and fest namesake Slipknot for the very first time.

Shout out to Knotfest, Jake, (other) Jake, Joseph, Jamie, (third) Jake, Rob, and Rory for coming on the show; Janine, Tiana, Amy, Court, Sose and the Knotfest crew for all their help on festival day, and to the big man himself, Chris Roese, for holding it down on camera duties.

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This week we’re joined by fellow podcaster and Balance And Composure vocalist/guitarist Jon Simmons, who returns to the show to discuss the group’s highly anticipated comeback LP, ‘with you in spirit’. On their fourth studio album and first in eight years, B&C offer up a spectral synthesis of all that came before, presenting ten self-assured songs that are both haunted by their collective past and eerily fixated on the allure of the group’s newfound potential. Jon opens up about his journey of self-reflection, holding himself to account, and using vulnerability to shape the band’s most direct and urgent material to date.

Follow Balance And Composure and stream/purchase ‘with you in spirit’ here: https://www.balanceandcomp.com/

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Featuring Sunbleached, Exploring Birdsong, Duhkha, and more.

We’re back after our two-week break, and guess what? We’re YouTubers now! Very mad. It’s the same pod you know and/or love, now with video of our yapping heads. Owen & Paige chat about "BRAT summer" discourse, Deftonesgaze, and a whole slew of sick new alternative tunes. Let’s go!

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Joining the show this week is none other than Travis Stever, resident shredder for esteemed prog-rockers Coheed and Cambria along with post-hardcore supergroup L.S. Dunes.

Travis chats about Coheed’s career longevity, how the band’s latest record–the expansive ‘Vaxis Act III: The Father of Make Believe’–represents a sonic “victory” for the quartet, working with producers like Zakk Cervini and Will Yip, the joy of listening to his “Dental Chair Vision Quest” roadtrip playlist, and the “endless flow” of creative chemistry among his brothers in L.S. Dunes.

Follow Coheed and Cambria here: https://www.coheedandcambria.com/ 

Follow L.S. Dunes here: https://linktr.ee/lsdunes 

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What comes after the end? We check in with Naarm/Melbourne crew Post Heaven this week and catch up on the post-hardcore quintet’s whirlwind twelve month run. Yasmin & Pat join us at TPD HQ to chat about blending 90s grunge, shoegaze and alt-metal soundscapes, recording their breakthrough debut EP, racking up wild support slots, and what’s on their sonic horizon for 2024.

Watch the full episode now on YouTube and exclusive bonus content on Patreon.

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This week we’re joined by Windwaker frontman and all-round good bloke Lian Guinane to get the downlow on the group’s latest release: a deluxe version of last year’s sophomore smash LP, ‘Hyperviolence: Expansion Pack,’ out on Friday 14th through Fearless Records/Civilians.

Liam chats with us about the band’s latest material from the initial ‘Hyperviolence’ sessions, overcoming self-doubt, pushing creative boundaries, and touring throughout North America last year with fellow Aussie heavy hitters Northlane and Thornhill.

Follow Windwaker and grab tickets for upcoming tour dates here: https://found.ee/windwaker 

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🦇🎃 Get it? Two peas in a pod… on the POD pod? Look, we’re doing a belated Halloween thing here. So just, like, go with it, okay? To celebrate the recent end to spooky season, we’ve got a banger haul of tracks, including gothy doom, chilled out gazey alt-rock, catchy Norwegian death-pop, and much more. Oh, did I mention we have costumes? That’s what we’ve BEAN doing. Ahhhhhh!!! 🦇🎃 

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Paige is back, folks, and we’re saddling up for another week of business as usual. We’ve got mathy prog-pop-metalcore freakouts, fuzzed-out 90s alt-rock worship, surfy and sassy indie-punk, and tearjerker emotional rockers, plus much, much more. Bring it in, listen closely, and giddy up 🤠

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🎥🤖 Owen & Paige kick off this week’s roundup with a discussion on needledrops: the good, the bad, and the AI slop variety. Then we get into the main show with grunge revivalism, a Cali post-hardcore algorithm surprise, a metalcore cybergrind hybrid, and much more. Tap in now to get your fix of new tunes! 🔥🚀

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It’s our final roundup of 2024, folks, and we’re going out with nothing but non-stop bangers. Brooklyn post-punk, Philly anti-shoegaze, Aussie sobrock, and supergroup comebacks. It’s all here and fit for human consumption. Dig in!

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🤯 Even after a catastrophic audio failure and delayed episode schedule, Owen & Paige soldier on and deliver a shiny new roundup episode, now with extra DVD commentary dub energy! 🎤 We've got metalcore bangers of the old and new variety, alt-rock mood pieces and post-rock tearjerkers, alongside two distinct death metal flavours and a synthwave house drop special. Let's go!

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As we barrel into the end of 2024, there’s still plenty of new releases to cover. Owen & Paige chat about a slew of metalcore ragers alongside industrial noise-rock freak-outs, alt-rock fiddling, prog anthems, and a synth-heavy slice of Aussie “Paladin rock”. LFG!

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Stoked to have Ned Russin of Glitterer and Title Fight on the pod this week as part of the 2025 lineup for New Bloom Fest alongside Basement, Balance & Composure, DRAIN, One Step Closer, and Sweet Pill.

Dialing in from Peru in the middle of a Latin America tour run (hence the lack of reliable video bandwidth), Ned talks about the intentionality behind the group’s latest LP, ‘Rationale,’ how touring has shaped his entire adult life, the seductive trap of solipsism, and cultivating a hardcore mindset.

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Follow New Bloom and grab tickets for 2025 dates (8-10 March) here: www.newbloomfest.com.au 

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🔥Here’s our brief chat with fellow podcaster, label head, frontman, record store guy, and all-round legend Jeremy Bolm of post-hardcore staples Touché Amoré🔥

The Cali group are gearing up to release their sixth full-length album, ‘Spiral In A Straight Line’ (out on October 11th via Rise Records/BMG), which is also their second collaboration with famed producer Ross Robinson (Korn, Limp Bizkit, Sepultura) following 2020’s critically acclaimed ‘Lament’. 

Jeremy pulls zero punches in our chat, as he delves into the universality of grief, anxiety, the idea of legacy, and growing older.

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We were lucky enough to grab some backstage time with Claudio Sanchez–guitarist, lyricist, author, and principal songwriter for Coheed and Cambria and The Prize Fighter Inferno–while he was in Naarm/Melbourne to headline the inaugural run of the recent Monolith Festival.

Claudio chats to us about returning Down Under, the narrative tension between his overarching Amory Wars sci-fi concept storyline and real-life events, capturing the spark of inspiration while fighting against imposter syndrome, and answering questions from an unofficial (and on-the-spot) Reddit AMA thanks to the eager fans of r/TheFence.

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Owen and Paige are strictly business this week for another cracking lineup of alternative tunes. We keep things Down Under with pop essentialism, experimental death metal, flexing hardcore, and bright horn-filled indie rock. Then on the global front, we’ve got football breakdowns, noise rock meltdowns, and the existential folk horror of interdimensional cosmic messages. It’s all here, folks. So dive right in.

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For our final guest episode of 2024, we’re joined by Mitch Alexander, media personality, political activist, and vocalist for Naarm/Melbourne metallers Eye of the Enemy.

Mitch gives us the lowdown on the quintet’s new four-track concept EP, ‘Only Equals Negotiate,’ and how his fiery lyrics articulate the historical contingency and material dimensions of power, revolution, and collective action. We also chat about band indignities, the tension between performance and authenticity, his creative process, and why George R.R. Martin should just write the goddamn books already.

Follow Eye of the Enemy here: https://eyeoftheenemy.bandcamp.com/ 

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🔥Here’s our brief chat with Fit For An Autopsy frontman and ecstatic dog dad Joe Badolato 🔥

The New Jersey metaller’s seventh studio album, ‘The Nothing That Is’ (out on October 25th through Nuclear Blast/Human Warfare), is an existential battering ram that takes aim at geopolitics, social decay, environmental collapse, and the crushing despair at the heart of human existence.

Joe chats with us about his good boy Bruce, finding joy in the recording process, authenticity in performance, filling in for Lamb of God (!), and much more.

Follow Fit For An Autopsy and pre-order/stream ‘The Nothing That Is’ here: https://linktr.ee/FitForAnAutopsy 

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