Exactly what it says on the tin: 2009 releases. Turns out it was a pretty great year for hardcore and adjacent music. Yes, we forgot to talk about the first Harms Way full-length and had to patch it in afterward. No, the irony is not lost on us. Does that make us level 10 pose dawgs? It certainly does not help.

Back to form. Kate shows off some cool mail, and we finally get around to talking about Hellfest, fully revealing that we are not entirely up on the new hotness and are unable to beat the unc allegations.

Short, more than a little unhinged, and not especially well regulated. We get big mad about bands juicing their Spotify numbers. Also Adam really liked Habak. Tune in next time for a more coherent, more typical episode. Xoxo, GossipGirl.

After last week we try and keep things a bit more loose, a bit more light, a bit less focused. Kate talks about the Converge/Poison the Well show the night before and complains about big pro venues. We go off on various acts we feel are underrated. Hug your friends. Love you,

This has been a rough week in our little community, and it didn’t feel right not to talk about it. We hope we did the subject matter justice. Tell your people you love them, and if you’re going through it, please know you are not alone. We love you.

We get into what we’ve been listening to, Adam shows off his latest vinyl acquisitions and reports back on his homework assignment, and we take another shot at sharing our hardcore origin stories. Corigin stories? Listen or don’t.

Adam has some cool mail to show off. Kate enjoyed Morrow and doesn’t have much to add beyond that. We spend the rest of the episode on two major releases for uncs everywhere: Poison the Well and Neurosis.

Hummus and carrots are snacks for pros. Kate attempts not to eat any on camera and fails. We spend an unreasonable amount of time glazing Patrick from Drug Church/Self Defense Family. Adam reports back on his Amen Ra assignment.

We attempt to determine whether poppy metalcore with a brass section is cringe, fringe, or dope AF. We also briefly get a little heavy about how much you should care about bigots you will never meet.

Adam gets excited about Hamartia finally being on vinyl. Kate does a deep dive on Candiria. Adam disputes the proto-partcore allegations. Kate’s mic dies halfway through, so Adam vamps and gets briefly autobiographical. We also discuss the lineups for a fest we will not be attending (Sound and Fury) and one we might (Hellfest), along with the deeply satisfying experience of listening to music for what we’ll call “academic” purposes.

Other things were definitely discussed, but I’m writing this a day later and have no interest in relistening to the episode at present.

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Kate is recovering from being sick, and the Supreme caskets were sold out by the time Adam finished the Klarna application, so we’re both feeling a little low this week. But the show must go on. We talk about the Angel Du$t show, get really into the weeds about gatekeeping, and finish things out with a conversation about weird merch. Shoot us an email at adamnkateplushate at gmail with your thoughts and ideas if you want to.