Hardcore scene talk, mapped in real time.
Jamie Orque Podcast runs on hardcore scene memory, new-band excitement, and long conversations with musicians about how songs, demos, and shows come together. It is informal and specific, moving from K-pop detours and personal asides into South Jersey, San Diego, New York, Japan, Korea, and wherever the next show is happening.
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Jamie Orque Podcast is an interview-driven hardcore and independent music show with a strong sense of place. It hears scenes as geography first: South Jersey, Philly, Delaware, New York, San Diego, Oxnard, Osaka, Korea, and whatever venue or tour stop has become the latest point on the map. The conversations are casual. They also get very specific. Guests talk about demos, recording decisions, bass parts, new songs, first gigs, record-release plans, flyers, merch tables, after shows, and the strange momentum that turns a loose idea into a real band. The show has a clear affection for bands still in motion. It wants to know who is booking the show, who filled in on drums, who made the art, who came out early, and how a new group might pull more kids into the room. There is plenty of scene chatter, but it usually leads somewhere useful. A talk about Capillary becomes a conversation about growth after a demo. A San Diego hardcore story becomes a reminder that bands often start through friends trading favors and taking a chance. A discussion with Chang-hwan moves from If It Rains into lyrics, adoption, identity, and the need for hardcore to carry real personal experience. The show is loose enough to include banana lattes, K-pop photo cards, K-con anticipation, new glasses, Japan travel, and repeated love for From Within Records and Good Fortune Printing. That informality gives the archive its texture. It feels less like a polished media product than a running record of who is doing what, where, and why it matters to the people already paying attention.
Made for: For hardcore and independent music fans who care about demos, lineups, local rooms, tour routes, labels, and the friendships behind them. It especially suits listeners who enjoy scene-specific detail and relaxed musician interviews.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its lived-in specificity: bands are placed inside towns, venues, labels, friends, and half-finished plans instead of treated as isolated releases. Personal tangents and scene history share the same space.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed musician conversations reveal how hardcore bands, records, shows, and local networks are built and sustained.
Jamie Orque Podcast treats hardcore as a working community, built through bands, shows, labels, and the people who keep each piece moving. The host's interviews stay close to musicians' lived experience, following conversations from songwriting and recording into touring, local…
A demo becomes somebody's tattoo; you'll want the story of the first gig, too.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A new band's April show opens into a grounded conversation about starting small, finding influences, and making a scene feel possible.
The conversation frames the forthcoming Guild Hall show as a snapshot of a new band learning how to take shape in public. There is a demo to finish before April, real-life schedules pressing in, and a steady question underneath it all: how does one performance make younger…
A scene-aware look at Capillary's songs, recording, and the geography around their shows.
Jim and Jake spend most of their time on how Capillary has changed from the demo into newer songs, and the best part is the practical talk around it: how bass lines shift once songs hit a stage, how better recording can make a thin demo worth keeping, and how Suitser, Wilting,…
A loose, scene-level hang about after-shows, release plans, and the next record.
Brennan Wilkinson's episode feels like a loose, scene-side conversation that keeps coming back to the same pressure point: how much motion is too much?
A funny, grounded origin story about demos, first gigs, and the social machinery of San Diego hardcore.
Brady traces a hardcore band's earliest stretch with a good feel for the small moments that make an origin story stick: the rough demo, the first gig, the worn-out voice after singing, and Hadrian from Stable's artwork later turning up as a tattoo.
A hardcore conversation about honest lyrics, identity, and the history that gives conviction its weight.
This episode is strongest when it treats hardcore as more than impact and velocity. The host reconnects with Changwon after years away from their last exchange, starting with If It Rains, Pummel, and the pull of lyrics shaped by lived experience.
Capillary links recording care to the strange geography of South Jersey shows.
Jim Leeds and Jake trace Capillary's path from its self-titled demo-era material toward In Remembrance, framing the change less as a reinvention than as a clearer understanding of what the band could do.
A grounded episode about booking, releases, and the practical work that keeps local hardcore moving.
The episode is strongest when it stays close to the labor that keeps a local hardcore scene active: booking rooms, choosing releases, and deciding what really fits a label's purpose.
Indie music marketing from the scene floor.
Jamie Orque interviews Jim Leeds and Jake from the New Jersey emo/alternative band Capillary.
Jamie Orque hosts Josh Howell, who runs Armageddon Records and plays in Florida hardcore bands like Steadfast and Contention.
This episode features an interview with Avery and Casey, discussing their bands and experiences, after promotional announcements for various causes and merchandise.
Jamie Orque Podcast #494 opens with a banana latte, a K-pop photo-card hunt for Semi, and a complaint that KCON's lineup does not justify $500.
Jamie brings Jim Leeds and Jake from Capillary onto the show.
The host opens with sponsor shoutouts and a thank-you to listeners, noting that this is the last episode of 2025.
The host promotes upcoming music releases and tours, shares personal travel experiences in Korea and Japan, and introduces sponsors before hinting at a guest interview.
This episode opens with sponsor announcements for From Within Records and Good Fortune Printing, followed by a personal update about the host's new glasses.
Brady joins the host to talk about discovering new bands at shows and the early days of Abstain.
Jamie Orque interviews Chang-hwan, a Korean adoptee and musician active in Pummel, If It Rains, and the all-Asian hardcore band No Model, about building Asian-American identity into underground music and the lasting weight of transracial adoption.
This episode features announcements about a hardcore music tour, a straight edge compilation, and a fanzine project, with a mention of upcoming guests and K-Con.
This episode promotes upcoming live shows in California for From Within Records, encourages listeners to check out their podcast episode featuring Lennon Livesay, and recommends Good Fortune Printing for merchandise needs.
This episode features promotional announcements for From Within Records' new hardcore bands and merchandise, along with personal updates about the host's upcoming return to the LDB festival in Louisville.
The host shares a GoFundMe for Jeremy, a singer with a spinal condition, and promotes From Within Records and the new Lead Spirit vinyl.