Hardcore Dropout

Bryan Phillips plays in a band called All Beat Up from San Diego, CA. He's a punk rock and hardcore lifer. From booking DIY shows, to running a record label, to recording local bands, he is the embodi...

14 Feb 20252h 6min

Xavier Rios plays drums in Life Cycles from San Antonio, Texas. They're a crossover thrash band, they absolutely rip and deserve your attention. We talk about his background in music, Pearl vs. Tama, ...

5 Feb 20251h 41min

I had my Instagram followers submit their big predictions for the year. Some include nu-metal finally dying out, Turnstile putting out new music, Kublai Khan on Jimmy Kimmel, Poppy becoming a mainstre...

29 Jan 202535min

Genesis Rascon is the singer of Fortuna Malvada and books hardcore shows via Still Cold Booking. We had a great conversation about booking shows, important hardcore albums, protecting local venues, an...

22 Jan 20251h 47min

Knocked Loose broke new ground by being the biggest and heaviest hardcore band to ever go on National TV. I try to capture how special this moment is for hardcore. Also I saw The Devil Wears Prada for...

4 Dec 202414min

Whether it's Ronnie Radke from Falling in Reverse and the laptop dilemma, or Craig Reynolds pointing out drummers using kick drum tracks, backing tracks are a hot topic. Are they good? A necessary evi...

27 Nov 20241h 3min

Poppy just dropped her new album "Negative Spaces" and some are calling it metalcore. It's got some great metalcore songs on it, but by no means is it a metalcore album. But nonetheless it's a referen...

19 Nov 202412min

What an unbelievable weekend. Kublai Khan TX dropped their newest full length and I talked about how they've reached the popularity they have. Yes it has a lot to do with TikTok dances. Also I finally...

26 Sep 202430min