Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast

On the latest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast, Chris and Mark interviewed Ken Penn. Ken is a long time Virginia hardcore kid who has been in bands such as Grip, Dayspring and Time Flies. We talked to Ken about finding hardcore as well as his bands. Ken is also a professional photographer and we grilled him on that aspect of his life as well. Check it out and enjoy!

Episode Music is "Diffidence" by Grip

On the latest episode of the NCS Podcast we interviewed Connor Kennedy who plays guitar in Slam Dunk and Bass in Selfish Act. We talked to Connor about getting into hardcore/punk and his two bands. We also had Connor tell his top records of 2025. Enjoy!

Episode Music is Hysteric Glamour by Slam Dunk

On this episode Mark and Chris were joined by Derek, Alex and Len Carmichael to talk about thier favorite releases of 2025. Mark had to leave a little to take care of some stuff on the home front but The rest of the crew gave thier choices for thier top records of 2025 . As always when we do the best of episodes we had some friends give us their picks at the end.

Enjoy and happy new year!!!!

On the latest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast we interviewed John Vaughan the bass player of Buffalo Hardcore stalwarts Spaced. John also sings and plays bass in a band called gas station. We interviewed John about finding this scene of course and his various bands. We also talked to John about being straight edge and some other subjects. Enjoy this and we wish everyone a happy 2026!
Episode music is "Crosswords In Pen" by gas station.

On this episode of the NCS Podcast Mark rolled solo and interviewed Adrian Naz of the Canadian/Buffalonian hardcore band Hostile Thoughts. He was formally in a band called Born Without Hope . We talked to Adrian about finding hardcore , his band and promoting shows .Hostile Thoughts should be down here in Buffalo in the near future so check em out when they come through.

Episode Music is "Ruthless" by Born Without Hope