On this episode of the NCS Podcast we got to interview Adam Rubenstein who is one of Mark's favorite musician. Adam was in the bands Chamberlain and Split Lip before doing work under the name of Adam Dove. Adam has a new record that is coming out soon called "Firebreak" coming out 8/14/26 on Spartan Records. We talked to Adam about his musical journey that started over 35 years ago. We talked Split Lip and Chamberlain and we talked about his new record. Enjoy!

Episode music is "Choosing Sides" by Adam Rubenstein it features a guest appearance by Dashboard Confessional

On the latest episode of the NCS Podcast we interviewed Julie White singer of the Long Island Band Pound For Pound. Julie lived in Buffalo for a bit before returning to Long Island a few years ago . Julie had played in such bands as Selective Aggression and the Elite while she was in Buffalo. We talked to Julie about her hardcore history and what shes been up top lately. Julie has been on a couple of times and is always fun to talk to. Check out Pound for Pound if ya see em on a flyer.

Episode music is "Add Up the Plates" by Pound for Pound

On this episode of the NCS Podcast Mark and Derek had on Blake Ellman who is currently the drummer of the band Taker. Blake has been in a lot of bands over the years. They Live, No Time Left, No Reason, Failures Union amongst others. We talked to Blake about finding hardcore , pretty much all of his bands and his family. It was a fun and long interview which is befitting of Blakes long career as a drummer. Check it out!

Episode Music is "Divided" by No Reason

On the latest episode of the ncs podcast we interviewed Ricky Bertucca the bass player of the Buffalo band WarBond. We talked to Ricky about finding hardcore/punk. We talked to Ricky about his band WarBond and how that band formed. We talked about what Warbond has going on now and in the future. We also talked to Ricky about subs and hobbies.
Check it out!

Episode Music Is "Be Heard" by WarBond

On the latest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast we have a Coretalk!!! We did a Sick Of It All song draft. What we mean by a draft is that we got a group of friends together and picked our favorite SOIA songs. Once someone picks a song that song is off the table. In addition to picking our favorite songs and talking about why we love them we talked about cool SOIA experiences that we have had. We were joined by Jeffers, Shanzig and Lone Star Larry. Check it out it was a fun episode. If you stick around to the end you can hear the House of Pain remix of Just Look Around.

Lou from Sick Of It All has been fighting cancer. Definitely seek out the Gofundme that has been set up for him if you can.

On the latest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast Chris and Mark interviewed Liam @ Quinn from the band Autoignition. We had Liam on before but we brought him back with his brother Quinn to talk about what Autoignition has going on these days. Auto just put out a new release that we highly recommend called "Against The World" the record should have a physical release on Static Era records. Auto has done quite a bit of touring as well so check them out if they come to your area.

Episode Music is "Buzzer Beater" by Autoignition

On the latest episode of the NCS Podcast we interviewed Iván Murillo who currently sings for the band 25 Ta Life but has been in bands such as Manipulate, Dead Wrong and Skarhead. We talked to Ivan about growing up in Connecticut  and finding hardcore. We also  talked about his aforementioned bands and how they've affected his life . We chatted about how he became the current vocalist of 25 Ta Life. We also talked about wrestling and his time working for WWE. Finally we talked about a team that he and Mark  love that we dont want to jinx! Enjoy this cool discussion

Episode Music is Shadow Walker by Manipulate.

On the lastest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack podcast we talked to Joe Affe of the band Maximum Penalty. MP is one of Chris' favorite bands so we had to have one of the bands founders on. We talked about the formation of Maximum Pentalty and alot of the lore surrounding them. We talked about the younger generation embracing them with Flatspot putting out music for them and End It covering them on their latest record. MP was definitely one of the most underrated bands of their time and we urge you to check em out as soon as you can if you have not.

Episode Music is "Fight My Way Back" by Maximum Penalty

On the latest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast we talked to Jake Amadori of the band Robbery Club. Robbery Club is a punk/indie band from Buffalo who have been putting out a lot of material lately. Most recently "Mason's Song" which you can hear wherever you stream
music. We talked to Jake about how a guy from Derby, NY gets into andmakes  the music he's into. We talked a little about his former band Ghostpool and his current band Robbery Club. Jake is also an avid photographer . Check this out and  we urge you to go see Robbery Club at your earliest convenience.

Episode Music IS "Sharp Air" by Robbery Club

On the latest episode of the NCS Podcast we had Teagan Finnegan of the band Sostre! We've had Teagan on before for a coretalk and a short interview about Sostre! but now we are diving deep. We talked to her about her scene roots. We talked more about Sostre! now that they have more material out and we talked a bit about her dad Brandon. It was a
great conversation and I'm sure Teagan will be back again to talk about something.

Episode Music is "Once Wretched" by Sostre!