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Alternative music podcast vibing anything post-hardcore-punk-metal adjacent // Hosted by Owen and Paige
Owen and Paige hosts The Pitch of Discontent, a music show with 150 episodes published.
Fresh from rocking their Download Fest debut, Naarm/Melb alternative act Wayside are already back in the studio with longtime collaborator Will Yip and hard at work on their upcoming third LP. We caught up with Izzy De L
After closing out their loose album trilogy with 2023’s introspective ‘ The Noble Art of Self Destruction ,’ Welsh post-hardcore trio Holding Absence jumped at the chance to explore new sonic territory on LP #4. Vocalist
With the group's latest EP dropping next month, Mackenzie & Callum from Sydney metalcore outfit Irken Armada stopped by the studio for a ripping chat about all things ‘Love Soaked Wounds’. We get into the band’s origins,
With their first Australian tour appearance coming over twenty years into the group’s career, it’s been a long time coming for post-hardcore staples Armor For Sleep. We caught up with frontman and songwriter Ben Jorgense
With their ‘Cruelty in the East Coast’ headline tour dates kicking off this week, frontman and visionary mastermind Hayden Oakley dropped by the studio to chat about all things Alera. Hayden digs into the great ‘poser sc
For the next entry in our Dispatch Bay series, we’re backstage at The Forum in Naarm/Melbourne to chat with Cove Reber and Beau Burchell of Saosin during the group’s 2026 World Tour. With the band high off celebrating th
After closing the door on his long-standing solo effort Agnes Manners, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Matt Gravolin decided to rejoin the Hellions fold late last year for an exclusive run of reunion shows. With the g
Angel Du$t might be ‘Cold 2 The Touch’ off the back of their latest (and greatest) LP, but you know when vocalist and golden-toothed hypeman Justice Tripp rips the mic, what you’re about to witness is destined to be stra
All good things must come to an end, and in many ways, every death is just a new beginning. Friend of the show, big riff lifer, and returning champion Nate Garrett joins the pod this week to chat about bringing his incre
For our next guest episode, Xavier Morris and returning champion Alex Bertuna of Naarm/Melbourne sonic aggressors Melting jump on the show to chat about the upcoming release of the group’s sophomore EP, the hefty ‘A Path
Despite their long-awaited fifth studio album being born from the subconscious pit of desire, loss, and personal struggle, UK alternative juggernaut Don Broco still know how to have fun. Frontman and all-around legend Ro
On their first studio album in seventeen years (!), Poison The Well sound aggressively triumphant. Rather than an empty vessel for the nostalgia of their glory days, ‘Peace In Place’, the group’s sixth LP and debut for S
With Massachusetts stalwarts Converge well into their fourth decade of molten metalcore fury, it’s no surprise that their long-awaited eleventh studio album and first core-member record in nine years, ‘Love Is Not Enough
For our first Dispatch Bay episode for the year, we caught up with Jordan Buckley & Will Putney from Better Lovers for a quick chat before doors at their Max Watts show in Melbourne. We're chatting about the group’s whir
Fresh from rocking Flippin’ The Bird fest in Frankston this week, we’ve got Naarm/Melbourne’s very own “Boltdown” experts Death Tax on the show. Vocalist Jordan Dans jumps on the pod to chat about putting together the he
It’s a classic roundup episode this week as Owen & Paige jump into another fully stacked release slate. We’ve got hardcore luminaries, metalcore bruisers, prog prodigies, post-hardcore crooners, and much more. Dig in!! -
We’re stoked to have Mikey Arthur from Naarm/Melbourne outfit The Gloom In The Corner on the show for a ripping yarn about theatre kid metalcore, MCR, and all things Gloom. Mikey chats about the desire for songwriting re
It’s only mid-Feb and already the release calendar is going crazy! To make sense of it all, Owen is back for another solo roundup this week, covering all things heavy and alternative. We’ve got North QLD metalcore, Irish
After dropping one of the best hardcore records of 2025, we’re incredibly stoked to have Sam Octigan from Iron Mind on the show this week. It’s been a whirlwind not-quite year since the Naarm/Melbourne hardcore crew drop
They’re saying it’s the best, most definitely not-late roundup yet! Paige returns to the show for this week, so we get down to business: playing killer tunes. We’ve got metalcore heaters, post-metal monoliths, wild colla
Ben Jorgensen
Armor For Sleep
1 appearance on this show
Nate Garrett
Spirit Adrift
1 appearance on this show
Jordan Buckley
Every Time I Die
1 appearance on this show
Will Putney
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1 appearance on this show
Mackenzie Begg
Irken Armada
1 appearance on this show
Hayden Oakley
Alera
1 appearance on this show
Cove Reber
Saosin
1 appearance on this show
Matt Gravolin
Hellions
1 appearance on this show
Alex Bertuna
Melting
1 appearance on this show
Mikey Arthur
The Gloom In The Corner
1 appearance on this show
Sam Octigan
Iron Mind
1 appearance on this show
Dan New
Naarm/Melbourne hate crew Tumour
1 appearance on this show
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