We're Not the First, I Hope We're Not the Last

Hey gang. I want to let everyone know that this is going to be the last Out of Step Podcast. It has been great for the last few months and thanks so much for listening and spreading the word. It is a bittersweet ending for me, but I really think it is the right thing to do. When I took the show to the podcast realm, I knew it would be more work than when we were on the radio. We were basically putting everything together on our own and this meant that everything was a bit more work. I'll save the gory details and just say that the main reason is that to do the show I want to do. That is to say, a show that is full of interviews, live bands and that is entertaining for you as a listener has just become far too time consuming for me at this point. I love the show, I love the music, and especially love the listeners, but I firmly believe that if I can't do a show that is up to my quality and content standards, I don't want to do one at all. I don't think that the quality has dropped, but I could see that it was going to sometime soon, at least from where I am sitting. Like I said, the amount of work and time commitment has just gotten to be more than I can handle. So, I want to say thanks to the bands, sponsors, and of course, the listeners for coming along for the podcast. I know I'll miss it alot, so thanks for making it worth doing for all these years.

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It is a bit longer show this time as I wanted to squeeze in alot of my favorites. We had a good time making it, so I hope you enjoy it. Thanks again for all the support!

Off With Their Heads - Theme Song – Hospitals – Rock Bottom
Dillinger Four – Folks Song – Situationist Comedy – Fat
Mean Jeans – Total Creep – Are Your Serious? – Dirtnap
The Lillingtons – Lillington High – Lillington High – Clearview
The Queers – Born to Do Dishes – Don’t Back Down – Lookout!
Screeching Weasel – My Brain Hurts – My Brain Hurts – Looout!
Ex Humans – Islands – Ex Humans – Rob’s House
Carbonas – Didn’t Tell You a Lie – Carbonas – Goner
The Busy Signals – Kiss and Tell – The Busy Signals – Dirtnap
Beat Beat Beat – Don’t Tell Me Now – Living in the Future – Alien Snatch
The Bronx - Heart Attack American – The Bronx – White Drugs
Turbonegro – Selfdestructo Bust – Apocalypse Dudes - Bitzcore
The Riverboat Gamblers - The Art Of Getting Fucked Over – Backsides – Vile Beat
The Devil Dogs – Baby I’m a King – 30 Sizziling Slabs - Crypt
Ratsia – Elämän Syke - Elämän Syke – Svart
Eppu Normaali – Jee Jee – Jee Jee – Combat Rock Industry
Troublemakers – Mammas Flickor – Göteborg – Höhnie
Slime – Störtebeker - Alle Gegen Alle – Aggressive Rockproduktionen
Kakka-Hätä 77 - Vuosisadan Rakkaustarina - Huoltoasemalle Unohdettu Mies – Stupido
Idle Hands - Make It Better – Postponed – Hardware
No Hope for the Kids – Kolyma – No Hope for the Kids – Kick n Punch
Dean Dirg – Can’t Tell Me – Raus! – Six Feet Under
The Marked Men – We Wont Talk About it – Marked Men – Rip Off
MOTO – Gonna Get Drunk Tonight – Raw Power – Criminal IQ
Vee Dee – TV Police – Further – Criminal IQ
Tranzmitors – Look What You’re Doing To Me - Look What You’re Doing To Me – Deranged
The Exploding Hearts - I'm a Pretender – Guitar Romantic – Dirtnap
Cleveland Bound Death Sentence – Baltimore - Cleveland Bound Death Sentence – THD
Mr. T Experience – I Just Wanna Do it With You – Love is Dead – Lookout
The Soviettes – Go Lambs Go! – Soviettes – Adeline
Cock Sparrer – We’re Coming Back – Shock Troops – Pirate Press

The Safe Word is...

This week, Jeremy. drummer for the Minneapolis band, Safewords joins us to guest DJ and talk about his current bands (and some from the bast).

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Wives - Babies - Erect The Youth Problem
Teenage Bottlerocket - A Bomb - Total
Gaunt - Breakin Down - Yeah, Me Too
XBXRX - Gold Cross - Sixth in Sixes
Dead Meat - By Myself - Early Recordings
Mount Shasta - Double Barrol Cactus
Saccharine Trust - I Am Right
Pissed Jeans - False Jesii Part 2
Wire - Sand in My Joints
New Labor - Space Race
OFF! - Black Thoughts
Thee Oh Sees - Ghost in the Trees
Race Bannon – II - Satan's Kickin' Yr Dick In
Toys that Kill - Illegitimate
Wrangle Brutes – 45 - Zulu
Enemy Mine – TRCR – Enemy Mine
Minute Men – Little Man with Gun - Post-Mersh, Vol. 2
Monorchid – ??? - Let them Eat
Skull Kontrol - New Rock Critic - Deviate Beyond All Means Of Capture
Ganglion - Thinning the Herd – Of the Deep
Ass – No Escape- Ass
Die Electric - Man Outside - Mpls
Dynamiters - Oh No – Push Pull
Safewords - Hiroshima Lovers – Unreleased
Regulations – Go Nowhere – Electric Guitar

On Time?

Yes, for once it is on time. Again, my apologies for the lateness as of... late. New Australian stuff! French Oi! Requests! Italian stereotypes!

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Los Reactors - Dead In The Suburbs - Dead In The Suburbs – Rip Off
Royal Headache – Never Again – Royal Headache – R.I.P. Society
Straight Arrows – Bad Temper – It’s Happening – Juvenile/Rice is Nice
Digger & the Pussycats – Dirtbag – DIY – P. Trash
Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys – Nobody Else – Nobody Else – R.I.P. Society
Inservibles - Una Vez Mas – Inservibles – Shogun
Overnight Lows - Static Scars - City Of Rotten Eyes - Bachelor Records
Peligro Social – Amor Termino – No Religion – Tank Crimes
Cannomen - Black Hole - Black Hole – Flat Black
Molested Youth - It only makes you worse – Same EP – Deranged
The Vindictives - The Time of My Life – The Many Moods of… - Liberation Records
Thee Headcoatees – Boysville – Girlsville – Rough Trade
Black Lips - Oh Katrina – Live at Rob’s House – Rob’s House
Komintern Sect - Unis par le vin - Les Seigneurs De La Guerre - Chaos
Reich Orgasm - Futur Pour Tous – Reich Orgasm - Chaos
Al Kapott - L'ours – L’ours – Self-Released
Trots Kids - Je Sens Mauvais - La Complète... – Combat Rock Industires
Today’s Overdose – Reignition – Today’s Overdose – Profane Existence/CMF/Wasted Sounds

Short, Fast and Loud (and Late)

A shorter show this week, but no less awesome. Start it off with an all-local garage set and it goes from there. Obscure Yugoslavian punk? Check! A band named after a legendary Russian war-bear? Check! Strap in and check it out!

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Pekinska Patka - Ruzan Pametan I Mlad
Voytek - Saturday Night Again
Teenage Moods - Yellow War
Teenage Strangler - Unstable World
Bombay Sweets - I Take You Alone
Social Circkle - Security Force
Male Nurses - Red White Blue
TV Evangelists - Farewell Falwell
Regulations - In the Shadow of the Mall
Personal and the Pizzas - I Don't Wanna Be No Personal Pizza
The Drags - "MY GIRLFRIEND'S IN THE F.B.I.
Captain 9's & the Knickerbocker Trio - I Think I Wanna Be
The Rip Offs - Cops
Naked Raygun - Burning Red
M.O.T.O. - Kissing All the Wrong Asses
That's Incredible - It's All Good
Pinhead Gunpowder - West Side Highway
Trigger-Happy Cowboys - Chrome & Honour
Sheena and The Rokkets - "涙のハイウェイ
Kakka-Hätä 77 - Samaa Paskaa Aina Vaan
Sceptres - Snake

Cries for Attention

This week, after starting the show with a questionable track it can only get better right (Sorry Nate, even after listening back, I still am not feeling it)? All that plus you get will learn about the REAL reason Adam does Out of Step!

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Invasionen – Korrumperat – Hela Världen Brinner – Ny Våg
Bad Sports - Get My Head - Kings Of The Weekend – Dirtnap
Hex Dispensers - Personality X-Ray - Sister Series, Vol. 3 – Razorcake
Forgetters - Vampire Lessons – Forgetters – TSTF
Fleshies - Gay Holiday - Scrape The Walls – Alternative Tentacles
Brain Tumors – Unpaid – Brain Tumors – Fashionable Idiots/Pass Judgment
Much Worse – Tarred Lungs – Absolute Nightmare – No Way
Double Negative – Endless Disappointment – Daydreamnation – Sorry State
Deaf Mutations – Crash the Clubs – Crash the Clubs – Static Shock
Complete Control - Locked In – Reaction – TKO
Wasted - Down and Out - It Wont Go Away - Scene Control
Trouble - Youth Is Wasted By The Young – Nobody Laughs Anymore – GMM
Modern Action – Molotov Solution - Molotov Solution - Modern Action
Red Dons – A Forced Turning Point – A Forced Turning Point – Taken by Surprise
Insomnio – The Spark – Happy Loneliness – No Way
Sedatives – Human Beings – Human Beings – Taken by Surprise
Bloody Gears – End of the Line – End of the Line – Deranged
Los Explosivos – Se Apago - Los Explosivos – Slovenly
Perfect Fits – Songs About Girls – Songs About Girls – Douchemaster
FM Knives – 16 D.O.A. - Useless & Modern - Broken Rekids
Hard Skin - Me And The Boys - Hard Nuts And Hard Cunts – Helen of Oi

Better Late Than Never

Sorry for the delay folks, I got swamped by broken cars and all sorts of other stuff. By the time I realized I had forgotten to upload the show, it was Sunday evening. I will make up for it with extra great music.  Who am I kidding, it's always great music. Enjoy!

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Artist - Song - Album - Label

Raxola – 84 Man – Raxola - Phillips
Tenement – Simple Things (Can Seem So Involved) – Napalm Dream – Mandible
The Measure [sa] – Drunk by Noon – Songs About People… and Fruit ‘n’ Shit – Don Giovanni
New Bruises – The New Black – The Measure [sa] split – Kiss of Death
The Gateway District – Run Away – Perfect’s Gonna Fail – It’s Alive
In Defence - Democracy Hi-Five - Party Lines and Politics - Profane Existence
ArnoCorps - Total Recall - The Greatest Band Of All Time - Anticulture
No Talk Levi Leather Uniform - Leather Discipline - Cut Throat Records
Brutal Knights - Electronics - Total Rebellion - Taken By Surprise
The Ladies Dismemberabilia Six More Reasons To Hate... 7" Label: Grave Mistake
Sonic Avenues – Fading Love – The Steve Adamyk Band split – P. Trash/Timme Heie Humme
The Steve Adamyk Band – Bored of Love – Sonic Avenues split - P. Trash/Timme Heie Humme
Mothers Children – Squeeze – That’s Who! – Deranged
Marvelous Darlings – I’ll Stand by Her – I’ll Stand by Her – Plastic Idol
Government Warning – Executed – Executed - No Way Records
Fix My Head - Fix My Head - Empty Slogans - No Options
Civil Victim - Puppet Existence - No False Hope - Loud Punk
Desperat – Mobilterror - Demokrati eller Diktatur ?-   De Nihil Records
Modern Pets – Lovesick – Vista Alienation – Modern Action
The Heartattacks – Stay/Go – Stay/Go – Plastic Idol
Pressgang – Self-Destruction - Sexsatan EP - Hardware
The Toyotas – I Can’t Dance – We Can’t Dance – P. Trash
Big Fuckin Skull  - I Found A Skull (And It Aint My Skull) - Six Skulls Against The World – Self Released

Guestless but Not Gutless

After recovering from the Dwarves last week, Adam and Nate bring you another great hour (well, 53 minutes, actually) of punk rock from around the block (in Minneapolis) and around the world!  A

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No Hope for the Kids – Secret Police – Das Reich – Backwards Masking

Crisis of Conformity – Fist Fight! – Fist Fight! – Drag City

The Ergs! – Throttle Boy – Thrash Compactor – Firestarter

Psyched to Die – Sterile Walls – Sterile Walls – Grave Mistake/Firestarter

Deep Sleep – Textbook Timebomb – Manic Euphoria – Grave Mistake

Bill Bondsmen – Disaster Prone – Disaster Prone – Local Cross

Those Unknown – For All Commons – Those Unknown – TKO

Beltones – Cheap Trinkets – Cheap Trinkets – TKO

GC5 – Between Aspirations – Horseshoes and Hand Grenades – Thick

Eightysixed - To Those Before And After.... – Get Kicked Out - Charged

Lost Boys – Cocktail Morozov – Gueules Pérmées – Rock Bottom

Cola Freaks – Uppers & Downers – Cola Freaks – Hjernespind

Daylight Robbery – Blue Cage – Through the Confusion – Residue

Atom Notes – Startline – Atom Notes – Combat Rock Industry

The Gammits MW – Commoditfied - Teetering On The Edge Of Destruction

The Cadavers -  Population Destroyed - "Nevermind the Bodies, Here's the Cadavers " - NoMa Beach

The Shitty Limits - We Had A Gang – Espionage - Dire Records

Frozen Teens – New Year – Street Legal split – Shut Up

Chinese Telephones – All Right – Dear Landlord split – It’s Alive

This Is My Fist – All That is Wrong – Marked Men split – No Idea

Something Fierce – Aliens Two – Don’t Be So Cruel – Dirtnap

Fy Fan – Snik Snack - Ah Nej - Adult Crash

Rock Legends Join Podcast Legends: The Dwarves on Out of Step!

This is big gang. This week, we welcome the first live band of the Out of Step podcast era and it is none other than Rock Legends: The Dwarves! The last time they were on it was up there as one of my favorite in-studios of all time and by far my favorite interview I've done. This one doesn't disappoint either. HUGE thanks to the Dwarves for coming in and thanks to Matt Castore, proprietor of A Harder Commune Studios. If you are looking to record your band, get in touch with him at ahardercommune@gmail.com

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Artist - Song - Album - Label

The Vicious – Obsessive – Obsessive – Feral Ward
Wax Museums – Mad Gasser – Eye Times – Trouble in Mind
Bad Sports – Face Like That – Bad Sports – Douchemaster
The Aggravation – Controlled – Pressure EP – P. Trash
The Bayonettes – Stuck in This Rut – Stuck in This Rut – Deranged
School Jerks - 4-F - Control - Cowabunga!
Male Nurses - Religious Hypnotist - S/T - P. Trash
La Piovra – Risacca - The First Discovered Treasures - Track 8
Annihilation Time - Feel It - Cosmic Unconciousness - Tank Crimes
Under Pressure - Come Clean - Come Clean - Escape Artist
The Dwarves LIVE IN-STUDIO!
Gauze – Pressing On – Gauze – Prank
Crow – Vertigo – Vertigo – Prank
Assault – Break Through – Assault – Partners in Crime
Organism – Humanity – Hope - Hardware
Mixtapes - I Was a Teenage Poltergeist - Mixtapes/Direct Hit! Split - Kind Of Like Records

Podcast #8: Adam Flies Solo Again

Just you and your old pal Adam for this one. Brand new stuff from Night Birds and Night Fever plus some Out of Step stand-bys like Dean Dirg, Manikins, The Thumbs and More!

I will also say, do not miss next week's show (well, you really shouldn't miss any of them. Aaaaannnnnyways....) as we will have the first in-studio of the podcast era, Rock Legends: The Dwarves! I am beyond psyched for this one. Be sure to listen!

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Artist - Song - Album - Label

The Dwarves - Happy Birthday Suicide - The Dwarves Are Born Again - MVD VISUAL
Night Birds - Landfill Land - The Other Side of Darkness - Grave Mistake
The Formaldehyde Junkies - Nuke the Frats - …are a Total Wreck - Fashionable Idiots
Night Fever - Transparent - Transparent EP - No Way
Strike to Survive - Energy Vampires - Demo - Self Released
The Credentials - Descending The Garbage Chute - Show 'Em The Hand Vol. II - It's Alive
The Immigrants - Making An End Today - Far From Home - Self-Released
Accelerators - Borrowed Time - Accelerators - Stardumb Records/Squinty Joe Records
The Thumbs - All Lesser Devils - All Lesser Devils EP - Adeline
Oak & Bone - Acid Coffin - Oak & Bone LP - Label: Hex Records
The Aframes - Futureworld - Aframes2 - S-S Records
400 Blows - The Secret Life - Angel's Trumpets And Devil's Trombones - Narnack
Diet Cokeheads - High Country - Nasal - Drugged Conscience
Dean Dirg - We're Ok - Verpisst - Hardware Records
Henry Fiat's Open Sore - Don't Try This at Home - The Parallel Univers of... - Raw Deluxe Records
The Toyotas - No Likes Me Messin Around - Make Headlines - P. Trash
Manikins - Epileptic - Epileptic - P. Trash
Catholic Boys - Hurt To Hate - Hurt to Hate - Bancroft Records
Damnation Kids - Runaway - Runaway - P. Trash
Live Fast Die - Forged in Flames (1776) - Guitar Star - Permanent Records
Boston Chinks - Coltrane - Coltrane - Goner
The Shirks - On Time - Cry Cry Cry - Grave Mistake
Sloppy Seconds You Can't Kill Joey Ramone - You Can't Kill Joey Ramone - Wallride

Tyler from Mall'd To Death and Triple Crossed

Sorry for the late posting. Hopefully you have already subscribed and have this info already. This week, Tyler from local pop punkers Mall'd to Death and 80s style Triple Crossed joins us to take the reigns and spin records.

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Dillinger Four – Contemplate This on the Tree of Woe – C I V I L W A R – Fat
Radon – Write Back or Get Smacked – Metric Buttloads of Rock – No Idea
The Lillingtons – All I Hear is Static – The Too Late Show – Red Scare
Scared of Chaka – All My Friends are Ghosts – Tired of You - Hopeless
Fifteen – Helter Smelter – Buzz - Grass
J Church – Quickstep – One Mississippi – Honest Don’s
Dead to Me – Ran That Scam – Little Brother EP - Fat
Crimpshrine – Rearranged – The Sound of a New World Being Born - Lookout
Banner Pilot – Empty Lot – Collapser – Fat
Mall’d to Death – Blood for Gas Money – Can’t Make a Living – Geykido Comet
Toys That Kill – Little Bit Stranger – The Citizen Abortion – Recess
JFA – Zimbobway – Untitled - Placebo
Heat Tape – Quotes from an Unopened Letter – Raccoon Valley Recordings – Red Scare
Jawbreaker – The Boat Dreams from the Hill – 24 Hour Revenge Therapy – Blackball
Bracket – 2Rakoo5 – Live in a Dive – Fat
The Hollowpoints – Shea Politika – Old Haunts on the Horizon – Sailor’s Grave
Paint It Black – Womb Envy – CVA – Jade Tree

Another Week, Another Great Show + Upcoming Guests!

Another great show for you this week. New stuff from OOS faves Kakka Hata 77, Social Circkle, and locals, the Manix + tons more good stuff you're sure to love. Coming soon,: Guests Galore: Tony from In Defence, Tyler from Mall'd to Death, and .... The motherfucking Dwarves in studio playing and giving you some dirty talk. Dig it!

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Artist - Song - Album - Label

Hjertestop - Sla Dig Selv Ihjel - Vi ses i Helvede – No Way
Kakka-Hätä 77 - Vuosisadan Rakkaustarina - Huoltoasemalle Unohdettu Mies – Stupido
Slime – Störtebecker - Alle Gegen Alle - Aggressive Rockproduktionen
Rasta Knast - Legale Verbrecher - KampFlieder Teil 2 - Graffiti
Bäddat för Trubbel - Snalla, Snalla - ISO 9004 – Ken Rock
Retainers – Next to You – Retainers – P. Trash/Radio 81
Jay Reatard – Turning Blue – Blood Visions – In the Red
Vee Dee – Vendetta for No One – Furthur – Criminal IQ
The Hex Dispensers – Doomsday Romantic – Winchester Mystery House – Douchemaster
Social Circkle - Security force – Expiration Date – Side Two
Lights Out – Be Quiet and Obey – Destroy Create – Yo Yo
Ralph – Walk Away – Ralph – Scavenger of Death
CREEM – I Hate You – Good Riddance - Katorga Works
Lover! – Home Alone – Home Alone – Windian
Nobunny – It Tastes Just Like a Milkshake – Brace Face – Douchemaster
Mean Jeans – Tears in My Beer – Tears in My Beer – Trouble in Mind
Mind Spiders – Going Away Tonight – Mind Spiders – Dirtnap
The Manix – Fingers Crossed – Neighborhood Wildlife – It’s Alive
Today is the Day We are Getting Married – Show ‘em the Hand Vol. 2 – It’s Alive
The Crumbs – Win or Lose - Show ‘em the Hand Vol. 2 – It’s Alive
Varsity Weirdoes – Highschool Teen Party – Highschool Teen Party – It’s Alive
Cococoma – Take My Time – 6 ¼-125 - Goner

Out of Step - July 31, 2011

After a month on the podcast waves, we've finally made it into the iTunes store. Be sure to review us, as it helps get more listeners and give the show more exposure. Download it HERE as per usual or subscribe in iTunes HERE

This week's show features new tracks from Mall'd to Death, the Assassinators, Ice Age, and more!

The Moonhearts – I Hate Myself – Moonhearts – Tic Tack Totally
Mall’d to Death – Migraine Belt – The Process of Reaching Out – It's Alive
The Ridicules – Sunday Drivers – Show ‘em the Hand Vol. 2 - It's Alive
The Creeps – Voices (Again and Again) - Show ‘em the Hand Vol. 2 - It's Alive
City Mouse – Dumb Dumb Dumb - Show ‘em the Hand Vol. 2 - It's Alive
The Assassinators – Med Næb Og Klør – I Disse Mørke Tider… - Halo of Flies
La Fraction – Le Temps Qui Passe – La Vie Révée – Feral Ward
Imperial Leather – Power of Blame – Do You Know Where Your Children Are? – Profane Existence
Subhumans – Point of View – Internal Riot – Bluurg
Ice Age – New Brigade – New Brigade – Dais
Kent State – Crashing Satelites – Kent State – Parnoid Futures
The Energy – Destroy Imagination – The Energy’s First Album – Team Science
Party Fowl – STDs – STDs – Goodbye Boozy Records
Guilty Faces – Another Distraction – Domestic Bliss – Deranged
Amoebas – Gimme a Fix – Gimme a Fix – Gimme Gimme
Regulations – Police Siren – Regulations - Havoc
Sick Mormons – Taekwondo – Sick Mormons – Gummopunx/Demonomania/Angry Youth
Glow Kit – Television Too – Glow Kit – P. Trash
The Love Triangle – Splendid Living – Splendid Living – Dire
Agro Jive – Burn Little Girl – Agro Jive – P. Trash

Episode 4 - Post Anniversary Welcome

Adam flies solo this week and plays some great punk, hardcore, garage and new new wave (nu-wave?). If this is your first time checking out the show after the big 10 year bash at the Triple Rock, welcome! We hope you dig it! Say hey at the Facebook page or the blog if you like it! Down load the new one HERE

MOTO - Gonna Get Drunk Tonight - Moto Raw Power - Criminal IQ
Future Virgins - Ruin Me - Western Problems - Plan-it-X
Sick Sick Birds - Bullet Goes a Mile - Chemical Trains EP - Toxic Pop
Idle Hands - Cape Ann - Postponed - Hardware
De Høje Hæle - Røvguitar - Skal vi aldrig Videre? - Hjernespind
Sankt - Dött liv - Demo Tape - Self Released
UX Vileheads - Kill for peace - Catch 22 - Deranged
Instängd - Allt jag vill ha - Drag Utan Drog - Sorry State
Knife In The Leg - Uneven Fights - The First Two Stabs - Nikt Nic Nie Wie
The Boonaraaas!!! - Girl I Hate The Most - Go Get Goo Goo - Thunderwoman
Bad Banana - LeAnna - Cry About It - Puzzle Pieces
Jeffie Genetic and His Clones - Oh No I've Been Cloned - Need a Wave - Dirtnap
The Epoxies - My New World - My New World - Metropolis
Neon Piss - Bullet In The Back - Neon Piss Demo 2010 - Self Released
Red Dons - Pariah - Fake Meets Failure - Deranged
Autistic Youth - I Don't Believe - Idle Minds - Dirtnap
Cola Freaks - Kniven - Cola Freaks LP - Douche Master
Neo Cons - Rent Controlled – Neo Cons - Deranged
Nazi Dust - Invest And Sacrifice - Nazi Dust - Youth AttackDeath
Sunshine SS - Destination Oblivion - Throw My Brain Against the Wall - Death Agonies & Screams
Brat Pack - Radical Development - Stupidity Returns - Shield Recordings
The Shirks - Cry Cry Cry - Cry Cry Cry - Grave Mistake
Retainers - Waste of Time - Retainers - Self Released
Frantic - Whitetown - Attaque of the Grizzlie - Douche Master

Out of Line by Andrew Penkalski

By Andrew Penkalski of the MN Daily Original article can be found HERE

"Back in May, Adam Mehl started patching together the celebratory schematics for the 10th anniversary of his well-nourished Radio K show, Out Of Step Radio. After a decade of giving the University of Minnesota airwaves a ruffian slant, Mehl had been mulling over what shiny new toys should be deployed for this midsummer soiree.

He had been working on putting together a compilation record for the anniversary party. He started tinkering with promotional material. During what Mehl thought was a party-planning meeting, the programming directors at Radio K proceeded to give his weekly punk hour a cruel kick in the groin.

“We were talking about logo requirements,” Mehl, a 2006 graduate, said, “and that’s when I was told it was done.”

Radio K’s reclamation of the show’s airtime wasn’t a decision aimed directly at Mehl’s program. It was the result of a slow crawl toward diminishing alumni presence throughout their programming. Fellow co-host Nate Rastetter, who graduated in 2003, bowed out of his on-air duties back in 2010 when the station began requiring each show to have at least one student on air with a two-host limit. The station struck their final blow earlier this year when they decided to close their studio doors to all alumni.

So on June 26, Mehl said goodbye to his Sunday afternoon timeslot and Radio K’s homey youth-run studio, which allowed him to be a local punk tastemaker for the last seven of Out of Step’s 10-year broadcast history. But never ones to bow down to the man, Mehl and Rastetter have been doling out their revived radio hour in podcast form since July 3.

“I wanted to do [a podcast], and this was sort of the kick in the ass for me to do it,” Mehl said. “I wasn’t super thrilled about it because I love Radio K, and I like being part of the station.”

But as Mehl and Rastetter wrap up their first month of online offerings, they’re starting to taste the lemonade that they’ve squeezed from Radio K’s lemons. They can make call-to-action statements and douse bands with endorsements or condemnations as they see fit. Now that they’re not speaking through a family-filtered microphone, their songs need not be censored or lyrically sterile — a fact that will now allow them to play the other 90 percent of punk rock.

“There were so many songs I’ve wanted to play but you can’t play, because it has a bad word in it,” Rastetter said. “Now we can play whatever we want.”

Now that their passion project has been given a bit of a soapbox treatment, the show belongs to Rastetter and Mehl even more so than it did on campus. It’s also why their regular turnstile of guest DJs has become more important — like this week’s inclusion of Minneapolis’ Western Curses guitarist Pete Ayres.

“I’ll be going through phases where all I’ll listen to is hardcore or garage or pop-punk,” Mehl said, “and I want to make sure that the genres that I’m not listening to are represented.”

Their close relationship with the local punk scene has been one of the show’s largest points of support, and the bulk of the acts on this week’s anniversary party lineup have worked with Mehl and Rastetter in the past. Matt Castore of local hardcore act Condominium has been trading recording space for ad space — a necessity for recording in-studio performances since their Radio K exile.

“There’s a lot of crossover for someone like me or Adam who like all these different genres,” Rastetter said. “It seems like the really active people in the scene are more open-minded instead of sticking to one little subgenre.”

Still, Out of Step maintains a decidedly narrow scope. But it’s this committed focus of genre-driven radio hours that have been whittled down across the flavor-of-the-week airwaves.

“I think there’s a place for specialty shows, and I wish they were a little more prominent because I think that’s some of the coolest stuff,” Mehl said. “Out of Step, for example, was playing current Radio K staples for years beforehand, like King Kahn and BBQ Show and Hunx and His Punx.”

With optimism reviving their creative pursuit and a greater opportunity to pursue a national audience, Out of Step Radio seems to be celebrating a rebirth more than an anniversary. In true punk-rock fashion, it is good to see some people rewarded for stepping out of line."

The First Official Guest on the Podcast

Episode 3 features the first guest of the podcast era: Pete from Getting Even and Western Curses! Pete brings some great jams along with some sailor talk. A seriously solid program. Don’t forget, the OOS 10th Anniversary show at the Triple Rock is this Wednesday, July 20th!

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The Peabodys – Today is the Day – Peabodys - Bling Bling
Turbonegro – Screwed and Tattooed – Small Feces 1 – Bitzcore
Fucked Up – Turn the Season – David Comes to Life – Matador
Iron Chic – Those Heads are Our Heads – Pacer split – All in Vinyl
Western Curses – Rattled and Rolled – Demo – self-released
The Dirty Hits – When Hearts Attack! – The Rumble & the Roar – Cheat Sheet
House Boat – My Life Hurts – The Delaware Octopus – It’s Alive
Shorebirds – Run Away – It’s Gonna Get Ugly – Solidarity Recordings
Teenage Bottlerocket – Punk House of Horror – Mutilate Me - Fat
Särkyneet – Mitä On Olla Levoton - Mitä On Olla Levoton – Combat Rock Industry
The Estranged – Lunacy – The Subliminal Man – Dirtnap
Spectres – Romans – Last Days – Whisper in Darkness
Masshysteri – Beskjutna – Masshysteri – Feral Ward
Getting Even – Scene of the Crime – Getting Even EP – One Percent/Pass Judgment/Rock Bottom
Brain Tumors – Midnight Surgery – s/t – Pass Judgment
Wiccans – Disorder – Skulldugery –Self-Released
Much Worse – Psycho Thrills – A Proper Execute – Pass Judgment
The Steve Adamyk Band – I’ll Take You Anywhere – s/t – P. Trash
Mind Spiders – Ripped – s/t – Dirtnap
White Wires – Stayed Up Late – s/t - Douchemaster

Episode 2 now available!

Ok gang, full playlist to come. I'm posting this from my phone so it is tough to do it all on the tiny screen. The big thing is that the 2nd podcast is available now. I you subscribed, you've got it already. If not you can download HERE (and why aren't you subscribed?!?!). More to come...

UPDATE:

Here is the playlist! Enjoy and if you hear something you like, go buy it from the bands!

Sharp Objects – Left Without a Heart – Another Victim – Modern Action
The Gateway District – “Run Away” – Perfect’s Gonna Fail – It’s Alive
RVIVR – “Life & Death” – RVIVR - RTR
Arms Aloft – “DOUBLEDRANOPERCOCETNOICE” – Manix split – Kiss of Death
Dear Landlord – “Whiskey & Records” – Dream Homes – No Idea
Night Birds – Midnight Movies – Midnight Movies – No Way
Black Lungs – Valley of the Dolls – Valley of the Dolls – Deranged
Career Suicide – Cherry Beach – Cherry Beach – Dirtnap
Social Circkle – Static Eyes – Static Eyes – No Way
Firestarter – “Saturday Night (Is the End of the World)” - Saturday Night (Is the End of the World) – Shit Sandwich
The Raydios – “I Call You Back” – Now - Dirtnap
Teenage Confidential – “Sha La La” – Rock ‘n’ Roll Kiss – Screaming Apple
The Test Patterns – “Summer Days” – Blackout – Tic Tac Totally
Skitkids – “Weekday Suger Röv” – Besöket Vid Krubban – Room 101
Wolfpack – “Power and Greed” – Allday Hell – Farewell/Anomie
Bombenalarm – “The Curse” – No Mistakes – No Options
Off With Their Heads – Theme Song – Hospitals – Rock Bottom
The Kamalas – The Great Halucination – The Kamalas – Fucking Scam
Big Eyes – I Prefer to Be Alone – Demo 7” – Self-Released
Mean Jeans – Total Creep – Are You Serious? – Dirtnap

Celebrate 10 year of Out of Step!

Come celebrate 10 years of punk rock radio (and now punk rock podcasting) at the Triple Rock! The show features:

Off With Their Heads
Riverboat Gamblers
Dead to Me
Humanoids
Manix
(Plus the world famous Triple Rock Free Bacon Night!)

18+, Tickets are available at the Triple Rock, Red's Savoy Pizza in Uptown, at the Electric Fetus, and ON-LINE, $12 adv/$14 at the door.

+ DJs Paddy Costello, Eli Hanson, Maddy Tightpants, and Dave Underhill

Don't forget to subscribe to the PODCAST!

The First Podcast is Here!

This is it folks!  I am very happy to announce that this is the first podcast for Out of Step!  It's a good one so "tune in" and dig it. I am pretty pysched. Huge thanks to everyone who made this possible and to you for following us to podcast land.  If you are listening leave a comment here or at the Facebook page to let us know you are there.

Find it in the top right corner of this blog or download it HERE

Here is what we played:
Out of Step July 3rd, 2011 - Independence is Ours!

The Dwarves - "How It's Done" - Come Clean - Epitaph

Dean Dirg - "Vogue Trooper" - Verpisst - Hardware Records
Nitad - "Ingen chans" - Den Gudomliga Världen Ep - De Nihil Records
No Problem - "Most Days" - No Problem - Deranged Records
Burning Love - "Curse Breaker" - Songs for Burning Lovers - Deranged Records

Gentleman Jesse & His Men – “She’s a Trap” – She’s a Trap – Douchemaster
The Lost Patrol Band – “Automatic Kids” – Automatic Kids – Ny Våg
The Impulse International – “Tina, No” – Point of Action – Deranged
Tranzmitors – “Get Around” – Get Around – Dirtnap

Bäddat för Trubbel - "ISO 9004" - ISO 9004 - Ken Rock
Secret Prostitutes - "Hipnotis" - Nevermind the KBD...This is ADD - Bad Hair Records
Koeter - "Identitätsbierkasten" - Demo - Self Released
Smart Cops - "Facile Bersaglio" - Per Proteggere e Servire - Sorry State
Deskonocidos - "Quien Te Va A Salvar" - En La Oscuridad - Todo Destrudio

Western Curses – “Young Giants” – Dirty Hits split – Cheat Sheet
Banner Pilot – “Absentee” – Resignation Day – Fat
Dirty Hits – “Once Upon a Former Life” – Western Curses split – Cheat Sheet
Leatherface – “Never Say Goodbye” – The Stormy Petrel – Big Ugly Fish (UK)/No Idea (US)


Hunx and His Punx - "You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll" - Gay Singles - True Panther
Sinks - "Don't Need You" - I Drove the Sinks - Fashionable Idiots
Black and Whites - "Savage" - Black and Whites - Douchemaster

Tomorrow's World is Just Around the Corner

What will July 3rd bring for Out of Step?  Only one way to find out!  Subscribe to the podcast!  The feed is now active. Put this bad boy into your iTunes, RSS reader, or whatever it is you use to download podcasts and you are ready to find out: http://feeds.feedburner.com/fpg_oos

Let's Get Fancy: Homeless No More!

I am very happy to announce that Out of Step has just joined the Fancy Pants Gangsters podcast network.  Starting July 3rd, you can get your OSS fix via podcast through these guys. 

Evan, the brains behind FPG is a long-time friend and former host or Radio K's Rude Radio.  I am thrilled that he has invited us to be a part of his podcast network.  You can learn more about them at fancypantsgangsters.com but the short version is that they do tons of great shows including Girl Germs and tons more. Find out about their other great shows HERE.

This is great news that OOS now has a digital home as we leave Radio K. More to come on some big stuff including news about this blog, in-studio performances and more.  In the next day or two, I'll be posting up the RSS feed so you can get the first podcast the second it is posted.  Thanks for all the support and please spread the word!

Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die

After a bit more than 10 years on Radio K, Out of Step will be leaving the station and moving on to the web as a podcast.

It has been a great run, but the time to move on has come. Radio K has always been a student station and will continue to be one. I (along with most of the other hosts) have been lucky enough to be able to stay on long after graduation and bring you the best in punk rock, guests and other stuff. Radio K is now moving to be a full on student station and we are making room for that. Thanks to everyone at Radio K who has allowed us to keep playing punk, hardcore, garage, and more every single week. 

More than anything else, I want to give thanks especially to every single person who has been a part of the show, whether you are a listener, a donor, a caller, a guest, a band or whatever. It is all appreciated and is seriously what keeps me coming in every week. In the 7 years after taking on the show, I have tried very hard to have the show be more than just a place for me to play my records. I have always wanted it to be a place for the whole punk community to come in and play live, spin records, or promote events. That will all still be happening, just not as a live radio show.

The last show on Radio K will be on June 26th, but the first podcast will be released the following Sunday so you wont miss a week of the best in punk, hardcore, garage and more! I am working on sorting out the details of the feed, hosting etc. and will have updates on that soon. Stay tuned to this page (Subscribe via RSS!), Facebook & Twitter to be sure to be keeping up on everything. I am very excited for the benefits and freedom that podcasting will give us for the show and for the next era in the show.

In summation: Out of Step will keep on a rockin' on Radio K until June 26th and will be podcasting after that. I cannot begin to express the gratitude I have for the listeners, bands, guests, and whole punk community who have made this show possible so far. So, THANKS a fucking million for all the support and I hope you join us on the podcast.

Welcome to Out of Step's Blog

Started back in 2001, Out of Step plays punk, hardcore, garage, and more every Sunday afternnon from 2-4pm (CST).

You can find Out of Step on the AM dail at 770am, on the FM at 104.5 and 100.7, and worldwide streaming at ..www.radiok.org...

Send your CD's and vinyl to us and we will play them if they don't suck too badly

Record an Out of Step theme song and we will play it at least once. Maybe more if we like it.

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