Out of Step - July 31, 2011

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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!

Download the new one HERE

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