Watch Me Pod

About Watch Me Pod

The Salad Bar for Punk, Emo, and Hardcore, with Hugo and Jim.

Publisher

Jim Howes

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 Jan 2022

Latest episode

30 Dec 2022

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Dec 2022

   21 - WE GET IT, YOU LISTEN TO TITLE FIGHT FEAT. THE E WORD

   We're ending 2022 by talking about the one and only Title Fight. To bring us home, we had Kyle and Ellie of the E Word Podcast join us again. First, a quick year-end wrap-up of records from 2022 we think you should check out: Fuss, Spider God, Squint, and PLOSIVS. There's been so much great stuff this year and hopefully these are things that you'll check out alongside the heavy hitters. As for Title Fight, you know them and you love them. It's hard to think of a band that has ever been more unifying and important at the intersection of punk, emo, and hardcore. Their legacy is immense, and it's impossible to predict what would happen if they got back together. We try to unpack that here as best we can. Will Jim fake their death in order to get Title Fight back together? Listen to find out! We're slowing down for 2023. We'll see you when we see you, with some heat. Thanks for being with us this year. We love you. Have a safe and happy new year <3.

2. 

   21 Nov 2022

   20 - THE TROY-CORE TRUTH FEAT. ELI ENIS

   If you like heavy hardcore, you likely know Troy-Core by sound, if not by name. This marginal scene in Upstate New York in the 1990s created some of the most unhinged, brutal, and heavy hardcore bands the impacts of which can be felt all the way to the current day – sometimes being referenced pretty directly by acts like Twitching Tongues and God's Hate. Anything this influential is worth exploring a little, especially when it's shrouded in mystery. We're joined today by former Upstate NY resident and avid Troy-Core enjoyer Eli Enis. Eli is an editor at Revolver Magazine, hosts the Endless Scroll podcast, and has bylines at Rolling Stone, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Vice, MTV News, Stereogum, The Alternative, & more. As always, we start with current events. Punitive Damage. Candy Apple. Restraining Order and Spaced. Envision. Riot Stares. 185 Miles South. Prize Horse, Taking Meds, and Webbed Wing. Gates To Hell, Snakeout, Sawchuk, and Mutilatred. Citizen, Prince Daddy, and Militarie Gun. Who Decides. Fleshwater. For more of Eli's lovely voice and opinions, check out Endless Scroll Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/002BZK0oGRZhDfFDjUoqcM?si=3f84f43a509943a6 (https://open.spotify.com/show/002BZK0oGRZhDfFDjUoqcM?si=3f84f43a509943a6) Troy-Core Essentials playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS6kgPyy16uECM58HZ0npfWABbZBhQsWT (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS6kgPyy16uECM58HZ0npfWABbZBhQsWT)

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   17 Oct 2022

   19 - REAL MALL EMO: FURTHER SEEMS FOREVER FEAT. HANGING FORTRESS

   Ohio Death Metal going in on 2000s Emo? Seems like our kind of thing. We've got Ian of Hanging Fortress, Holy Coast, and Settle The Sky here to talk about the 2000s band ever, Further Seems Forever. First in line is current events: The No Pressure/Enervate/Instill/Big Laugh/Pain Of Truth gig. Regulate/Jon Markson. Meka, Hu-Mid. Sunny Day Real Estate power outages. Furnace Fest: Dying Wish, Sick Of It All, Elliott, Poison The Well, and Strike Anywhere. Escuela Grind. High Vis. Glitterer. Further Seems Forever navigated a chaotic series of lineup changes over the course of the early 2000s to churn out some really good records and some really solid tracks on the records that weren't as complete. Their adjacency to the Christian Hardcore world gave them an exceptional opportunity to expose big audiences to their unique brand of luxuriously composed Emo-Indie crossover. Their records were backdrops for some of the finest work done by vocalists from some of the more disparate corners of Emo, and while they are very much a Bands' Band, their music is held fondly in the hearts of true heads across the scene. Dive in! Andrew Sacher BrooklynVegan The Moon Is Down piece: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/a-look-back-on-further-seems-forevers-the-moon-is-down-for-its-20th-anniversary/ (https://www.brooklynvegan.com/a-look-back-on-further-seems-forevers-the-moon-is-down-for-its-20th-anniversary/) Discography playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K18Dk9LBsZhRFEYiSzsj8?si=31a7a0f609cf43a2 (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K18Dk9LBsZhRFEYiSzsj8?si=31a7a0f609cf43a2)

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