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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Theme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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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Theme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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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Theme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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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Theme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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.

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

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Theme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

🎥🤖 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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Theme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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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Theme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

🕰️💀 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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Theme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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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Theme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).

🔥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

➤ Follow Blind Girls here: https://linktr.ee/blindgirls 

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

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Theme/title music: “L​.​S​.​I​.​A.” by Angstbreaker (CC BY-SA 3.0).