Episodes

  • Pete Hanbury (Walking Wounded)
    Jan 16 2025

    On this episode, I'm joined by Pete from Walking Wounded. We chat about a lot of coffee things, Alabama metalcore, living in Cleveland, building drums, Bestial Condemnation EP, and lots of other stuff.


    During this episode I was drinking a cup of CHINA from PERC.


    Episode Links:

    https://perccoffee.com/en-ca

    https://www.cafedomestiquemadison.com/

    https://walkingwoundedoh.bandcamp.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/pete_hanbury/

    https://www.instagram.com/beansandbreakdowns/

    https://figleafcoffeecompany.com/



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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • John Edwards (Sound for Terror, Undeath, and more)
    Jan 9 2025

    On this episode, I'm joined by John, Front of House sound tech for Terror, Undeath, Fleshwater, Fiddlehead, and many others. We chat about his dislike of coffee, Savannah lore, upcoming plans for the year, and dealing with terrible venue staff. We're also joined by a special guest, Nolan Mobley.


    During the episode, I was drinking Leticia Lopez from Origin Coffee Bar.

    Episode Links:

    https://origincoffee.bar/

    https://www.instagram.com/scumtocome/

    https://linktr.ee/agonize912

    https://www.instagram.com/beansandbreakdowns/

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Ryan Stevens (Gigan Animal Thugs)
    Jan 2 2025

    On this episode, I'm joined by Ryan to chat about his favorite coffees, @thebeanexplorer, playing drums, his intro to heavy music, going to nursing school, and playing for a number of different bands.


    During the podcast, I was drinking El Paraiso from Balance.


    Episode Links:

    https://www.balancecoffeeroaster.com/

    https://www.aliascoffee.com/

    https://streetsofhateny.bandcamp.com/album/crime-scene-photos

    https://www.instagram.com/beansandbreakdowns/

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    53 mins
  • Mike Rule (Shed My Skin TV, HardTimes.ca)
    Dec 12 2024

    On this episode, I'm joined by Mike, host of Shed My Skin and HardTimes.ca to chat about good coffee, the early Montreal scene, interviewing Peter Steele, gatekeeping, and what current hardcore looks like.


    During the episode I was drinking Rebeca from Casa Barista.


    Episode Links:

    https://cafebarista.ca/en

    https://www.casabaristacoffee.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/@shedmyskintv/videos

    https://www.beansandbreakdowns.com/

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Dominic Hart (The Sissy Boys)
    Dec 5 2024

    On this episode, I'm joined by Dom from The Sissy Boys to chat about his coffee taste, cleaning your Keurig, moshing, growing up punk, playing Tied Down, and We Want To Fight EP.


    During the episode I was drinking Sol De La Mañana from EVEN.


    Episode Links:

    https://www.instagram.com/evencoffeemtl/

    https://delayedgratificationrecords.bandcamp.com/album/we-want-to-fight

    https://www.beansandbreakdowns.com/

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    1 hr
  • Andrew Cormier (Piercing Damage)
    Nov 28 2024

    On this episode, I'm joined by Andrew, vocalist of Piercing Damage to chat about the Atlantic Canada scene, his taste in coffee, the origins of Piercing Damage, lots of gear talk, and releasing on Be About It.


    During the episode I was drinking Decaf from Balance Torrefacteur.


    Episode Links:

    https://www.balancecoffeeroaster.com/

    https://piercingdamagehc.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2024

    https://www.beansandbreakdowns.com/

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Ben Thum (Skull Gate)
    Nov 22 2024

    On this episode, I'm joined by Ben, bassist for the band Skull Gate, to discuss growing up in the Ottawa scene, sugary coffees, Eggnog haters, writing most mosh-worthy thrash riffs, and Veils, the newest release from Skull Gate.


    During the episode I was drinking Sumava from Pilot Coffee Roasters.


    Episode Links:

    https://pilotcoffeeroasters.com/

    https://skullgate.bandcamp.com/music

    https://www.beansandbreakdowns.com/


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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Duncan Newey (NO CURE, bleak, Emaciated)
    Nov 14 2024

    On this episode, I'm joined by Duncan, Drummer for the band NO CURE, to chat about his background in coffee, getting into heavy music, playing in a band that lives a thousand miles away, and terrible tour coffees.


    During the episode, I was drinking Carlos Recinos Alvarado from JUNGLE.


    Photo by Thaddeus Sisneros.


    Episode Links:

    ⁠https://monomythcoffee.com/⁠

    ⁠https://junglelivraisoncafe.com/⁠

    ⁠https://nocurexxx.bandcamp.com/⁠

    ⁠https://bleakleacounty.bandcamp.com/music⁠

    ⁠https://emaciated.bandcamp.com/music⁠

    ⁠https://www.beansandbreakdowns.com/⁠

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    1 hr