On this episode of the NCS Podcast we interviewed Jordan Buckley of the band Better Lovers. Jordan is most known for his time in Every Time I Die.. We talked to Jordan about a variety of topics including his getting into hardcore, ETID, starting his current band Better Lovers and the recent fest that his band hosted in Buffalo "Blissmas" . It was cool to finally get Jordan on the podcast enjoy this and as we alluded to maybe we will have Jordan back on here for a part 2.

Episode Music is "To Die For" from Every Time I Die demo.

Hey gang the first podcast of 2025! We interviewed Daryl Taberski of Snapcase! We've had Daryl on the podcast a few times but we've never done an interview just about Daryl. HEs been on coretalks and we've talked about specific releases but never a how you found hardcore etc interview. So here it is! We talked to Daryl about getting into hardcore his musical journey and all relevant topics. We talked about some upcoming Snapcase stuff that's on the horizon as well. We thank Daryl for supporting this podcast from the beginning (he was on our first episode) Enjoy this episode and we will see you on the next one! Thanks!

It's the end of another year! As is tradition we chatted about our favorite releases of the year. Chris , Mark and Alex invited some special guests to talk about our favorite releases of 2024 . We invited Teagan, Shanzig and Larry Bleachmouth into the studio to give their favorites as well. After the episode stay tuned because we invited some of our guests back to give us their favorites! Enjoy and we will see you all in 2025!

Happy Holidays everyone. We have a special Christmas Bonus episode of the NCS Podcast! A few years ago Mark interviewed Chamberlain (aka Split Lip) for his other podcast the HMNI Fanzine Podcast. We decided to republish it on the NCS Podcast since we are now interviewing people who aren't necessarily from Buffalo. Chamberlain is one of Marks favorite bands and they were definitely a staple of the 90's hardcore/emo scene. Enjoy this interview that Mark conducted from 2022 with Curtis and David which looks back at their career. This was done ahead of the reunions that they played in April of 2022. Enjoy.

Episode Music is "From Infinity to The County Fair" by Chamberlain

On this episode of the podcast we had photographer Danielle Dombrowski on the show. Co host Mark is a photographer so it was cool to nerd out a bit on photo stuff! We talked to Danielle about getting into the 'core. We chatted about past and current photo adventures including having her pictures appear in records and shooting shows. Danielle has been on the cast before and i'm sure we will have her on again! Enjoy! Peace!

Episode Music is "All I Have" by Bulldoze

On this episode of the podcast we interviewed Keith Freeman of the band Restraining Order. Keith has been in a million bands including the aforementioned Restraining Order, Violence To Fade, Maniac and many more. We talked to Keith about getting into hardcore and his various adventures in hardcore. We talked alot about restraining order and playing all over the world. This was fun and we hope you enjoy this interview with Keith. Peace!

Episode Music is "Unstoppable Force" by Violence To Fade

On this episode of the cast we did a coretalk. Chris, Mark and Alex brought on Shanzig and Larry Bleachmouth to chat. We talked about a few topics first Wrestling! Then Buffalo band we think should have gotten bigger and finally we talked about the criteria that makes you stop supporting a band. There are many reasons which you have to listen to the episode to find out! What are your reasons? let us know.

Episode music is "Movies" by Hold Out off of their newly released single.

hey gang we did a little something different this episode. We took tow relatively new bands, Seconds Left and Do Crime and we interviewed and we put them together on this one episode. We talked to Liv and Griffin from Seconds Left and We talked to Derek and Torsten from Do Crime. We chatted with the two bands about their origins and what they've got going on and coming up. Check these two up and coming bands out!

On this episode of the NCS Podcast we interviewed the owner of Dark Empire Records, the Dark Emperor. We talked to him about how he came to run Dark Empire records which was founded by Dwid, We talked about their most recent release the Confront reissue as well as other records that the label has put out recently. Enjoy!

Episode Music is "payday" by Confront

On this episode of the podcast we interviewed straight edge photographer Tia Slaughter who is from Ohio but has been living in the area recently and going to just about every show that she can. She takes photos and creates other content for bands . We talked to her about photography and related topics. She also had some cool information about uber driving that we never knew. Chances are you are at a show in this area youve seen Tia capturing content. Enjoy this.. Co Host Mark is a photographer and loves to nerd out on photography! Enjoy

Episode music was picked by Tia and is "Proud" by SALT