Summer Shows!

So the votes were cast, die were thrown, horses were whipped and beheaded, grass has been mowed, etc, etc.

Any way you want to look at it, Fred and I will be having radio shows this summer. Look out for:

Beckett's Metal - Saturday 12PM to 3PM
Fred's Show (He'll have to tell you what it's called) - Thursday 4PM-6PM

That's right guys, your favorite two people to play you metal will now send 5 HOURS of mind-bending extreme-ness your way every week. The schedule kicks off Thursday this week (May 22nd) so, Fred willing, you may get to hear us right away.
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EDIT FROM FRED (in Baltimore): So, after hours of deliberation between me and my associates, a name for my show has been decided upon:

Pay-To-Play: Pat Robertson's Crust and Powerviolence Hour with Fred White

See you on Thursday.

5.19.08 Playlist **LAST SHOW**

Playlist for 5/19/08:

High on Fire - The Face Of Oblivion
Boris - Blackout
G.G. Allin - Murder for the Mission
EYEHATEGOD - Left To Starve
Acid Bath - Bleed Me An Ocean
PENTAGRAM - Lazylady
The Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather
Goblin Cock - Kegrath The Dragon Killer
Monster Magnet - Medicine
Mama Tick - Horsedoctor
Slughog - Left
Shank - Stink of Exist
Shank - Adhesive the Equipment
Gride - Manipulance
Shellac - Crow
Gored - Mechanisms
GREENMACHINE - Heap
Christpunchers - Cutty
Orange Goblin - Vagrant Stomp
Sleep - Dragonaut
Cows - Organized Meat
TAD - Behemoth
Slint - Good Morning Captain
Dystopia - Green Destroyed
Tone - Confidence and Progress

This is the last one, guys: download it here.

Also--in the process of moving, won't have internet for a bit, be back in a week hopefully...

--fred

Acid Bath Disco!

Alright ladies, this time you get a Twofer. Well, they only had two albums anyway. Acid Bath is, as of right now, one of my favorite bands to listen to. We're talking good ol' Louisiana Sludgecore. You want to know about the NOLA metal scene, look no further. Fuck that Phil Anselmo shit, that guy's a poser compared to these guys (just kidding Phil, I loved Pantera!)

Acid Bath is good to listen to because they jump styles practically between songs, going from swampy rock riffs to highly melodic (but still kick-ass) ballads. Surreal lyrics and the great vocals of Dax Riggs top it all off. I swear, just try to listen to Scream of the Butterfly without getting chills. If you want more, you should definitely check out Deadboy and the Elephantmen which is fronted by Dax, or check out Dax Riggs' solo stuff. It's a shame, their bassist was killed by a drunk driver, otherwise we might have gotten a few more genius albums by this great band.

Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops
Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics

Slint - Spiderland (1991)

Slint - Spiderland

Slint definitely has their little spot in the rock music history books. Credited with launching (along with Squirrel Bait whose members are featured here, Rodan, and Crain) the post-rock and math-rock movements of the late 90s, Slint is the go-to for any music anthologist looking for that "little band that started it all". They split after only two full-lengths and one EP, but doesn't it seem like all these wildly influential bands were short-lived?

Keep in mind Isis, Neurosis, Godspeed, and Pelican fans, this isn't your post-rock. This is your Dad's post-rock, sophisticated and intricate but more rooted in Indie and Alternative Rock than metal or neo-classical. We played them on the show twice, and we sure like 'em. Check it out.

Jaked off Shorts and Loaded Heads

Hey there all you MINDGRINDER fans and album freeloaders, I got a little summat for both of you. I know Fred takes care of the majority of the posts around here which is cool because I'm lazy as hell and don't know HTML. Anywho, for the MINDGRINDER's fanbase, we're winding down for the semester (one more show on the 19th) and we're getting in to the summer. Stay tuned for our individual summer shows (names and time-slots to be announced). Also, and I'll have to discuss with Fred, I'd like to do the show with him again in the Fall and if we do that we'll have a much expanded repertoire of music so when that happens definitely let us know what kind of stuff you want to keep or start hearing from us

Now, for you free-loading, mother-humping sons-of-bitches, I've got this great album that you can download for free, and it's not even illegal! They're called Jaked Off Shorts and Loaded Heads and if the name isn't enough for you, the music will more than satisfy. Fans of avant-garde black metal (Ulver, Arcturus, Sigh) will be pleased as will fans of other Weird Rock like Mike Pattons more schizophrenic projects or Tub Ring. The music itself is all over the place, but it's definitely got hooks and some great electronic effects for texture. Check this shit out already.

Track Picks:
02 Cricket Poison Even Kills Vultures
04 Worst Episode Ever
10 Level Neurotica

Jaked Off Shorts and Loaded Heads - Feeding the Future

Playlist 5.12.08

Playlist for 5/12/08

His Hero is Gone - The End Result of 11 Days in the Mental Hospital
Ogre - The Gas
Unpersons - Time/Faded Wallpaper
Polvo - Vibracobra
Graves at Sea - Red Monarch
Capricorns - 1977 Blood for Papa
Lord By Fire/"Sword" - Cemophora Coccinea
Butthole Surfers - Graveyard
!T.O.O.H.! - Aura & Ziata
Crain - Monkeywrench
Electric Wizard - We Hate You.
Squirrel Bait - Kid Dynamite
Buzzov*en - Behaved
Witch - Disappear
Green River - P.C.C.
Old Grandad - Sick Sense
Oxbow - Bull's Eye
Unsane - Last Man Standing
Hog Molly - Short Bus
Harvey Milk - Sunshine (no sun) Into the Sun
Sonic Youth - White Cross
Janitor Joe - Flyblown
Cows - By The Throat
Asunder - A Clarion Call

MINDGRINDER Playlist for 5.05.08

Playlist for 5/05/08

Helios Creed - The Descent
Polvo - Thermal Treasure
Infest - Lying To Myself
Infest - Behind the Tongue
Infest - My World, My Way
TAD - High on the Hog
The Obsessed - Blind Lightning
L7 - Wargasm
Mama Tick - Shout At The Devil (Motley Crue Cover)
Iron Monkey - I.R.M.S.
Pentagram - Review Your Choices
Fistula - No Regrets
Cathedral - Texting
Desert Sessions - Hanging Tree
Cows - Big Mickey
NIRVANA - Stain
Queen Elephantine - Plasma Thaw
Tar - Satritis
Soundgarden - Slaves & Bulldozers
Battle of Mice - Wrapped in Plain
Dead Meadow - Good Moanin'

Playlist for 4.28.08

Playlist for 4/28/08

Kylesa - Where The Horizon Unfolds
Nocnitsa - Extinction is Bliss
Ol' Scratch - Beridden
Unsane - Against the Grain
Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Malevolent Creation - Coronation Of Our Domain
Melvins - A History of Bad Men
Dystopia - ? (Rehearsal Instrumental)
The Christpunchers - Black Lung In The Age of Crime
Made Out Of Babies - Proud To Drown
Grief - Torso
Roky Erickson - Love To See You Bleed
G.G. Allin - Murder For The Mission
Toadliquor - Sections of Interstellar Space
Gored - Mechanisms
EyeHateGod - Left to Starve
Harvey Milk - Merlin is Magic

MINDGRINDER stuff.....

So, I wanted to take some time to update some of you on the status of our show and some stuff about our blog.

First off; I wanted to clarify something--this blog isn't centered around the albums/songs that we post, like most music blogs, but rather our radio show; hence the blog being pocked with playlist posts. The poll at the bottom of the page is for music being played on our show....not music that we upload here. So...if you like the stuff we're sharing with you--you might discover some more stuff you like on our show. Our show's on at 4-6am (Eastern Time Zone) on Mondays -- you can stream it on the WMUC Website, and you can also download our show from the Show Archive (on the main page) if you can't catch our show live/don't want to stay up til FOUR IN THE FUCKING MORNING (we'll have a better slot next semester). You could listen to our show from work....download it to your iPod and listen to it while you're driving, play it really loud to annoy your neighbors, WHATEVER--just let the grinder into your household. Now, enough with my weak persuasion attempts...

Next up...grinder during the hot season. We're not entirely sure if we're going to continue grinder through the summer...when we know--you'll know; however, if we don't, we'll pick up and continue the show at the start of the Fall Semester (August/September). Also, in the same possibility that we don't do the show during the summer; I'll start my own show outside of safe harbor (this is the interval of time where we can play songs containing offensive content, which is from 9/10 pm, to 6 am. The FCC is a real bitch.) and play pretty much whatever I want. But--whatever happens, we'll still update the blog in the same fashion we have in the past couple of months.

And lastly: this concerns bands with demo tapes/cds that want to be played on the air. You're more than welcome to send your stuff, just contact me at FredWhite3(*-at-*)gmail.com, and we'll swap information. I'm still accepting demos; if I don't get your tape/CD before this semester is over, I will still play it on whatever show I host during the summer (as long as I can get away with the content of it outside of safe harbor). So--the offer is STILL ON THE TABLE. Do you want your band played on the air? Contact me.

And, that's it. This has been a pretty fun semester on the radio and I've met a lot of great people, on and off the internets. Hopefully we can continue producing the quality that we've maintained so far, keep having fun with grinder(and keep from flunking out!), and most of all, keep bringing you guys great new music; both on the airwaves and on the internets. See you Monday.

--fred

Happy 4/20 -- Playlist

Playlist for 4/21/08






Alice in Chains - God Am
Boris - Huge
Big Business - Be Stiff
King Snake Roost - Gutterbreath
Amen Ra - Die Strafe. Am Kreuz. Ich Schreibe eine Bible in Blut.
Birushanah - Akai Yami
Cavity - Pulling Up The Stakes
Faucet - Steel Belted Penis
Sleep - Evil Gypsy - Solomon's Theme
Crowbar - Obedience Thru Suffering
Eternal Elysium - Splendid, Selfish Woman
Thrones - Coal Sack
Desert Sessions - The Idiot's Guide
Don Caballero - New Laws
EyeHateGod - Shinobi
Oroku - Drow
Dozer - Captain Spaceheart
Unearthly Trance - Penta(grams)

Alot of Buzzy songs. Yeah....

Playlist for 04.07.08

4/07/08 - K. Cobain Edition

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain - Smells Like Teen Spirit
NIRVANA - Spank Thru
NIRVANA - Aero Zeppelin
Beatles - In Your Life
Slayer - Chemical Warfare
CELTIC FROST - (From The) North Winds
David Bowie - Speed Of Life
Leadbelly - In The Pines
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral
Beat Happening - Tiger Trap
The Knack - My Sharona
Melvins - Grinding Process
Melvins - Matt-Alec
Melvins - Forgotten Principles
Fecal Matter - Downer
Fecal Matter - Unknown Song #7/Vaseline
GnR Stage Banter
GnR - I.R.S.
Judas Priest - The Ripper
The Breeders - Doe
The Breeders - Hellbound
Sonic Youth - Mildred Pierce
Sonic Youth - Drunken Butterfly
TAD - Wood Goblins
The Boredoms - Jet Net
NIRVANA - Heart-Shaped Box
Bad Brains - Attitude
Bad Brains - We Will Not
Black Flag - Loose Nut
NIRVANA - I Hate Myself and Want To Die
FANG - The Money Will Roll Right In
Flipper - Ha Ha Ha
NIRVANA - You Know You're Right (Original Mix)

Also, this totally slipped my mind when we were on the air:

Thank you Mike Ziegler for surfacing the some of the sources (and so many many more) that we used this morning. Your effort is appreciated.

3.31.08 Playlist

Playlist for 3/31/08

Venom - In League With Satan
Alabama Thunderpussy - S.S.D.D.
TAD - Candi
Greenmachine - Burning Door
NIRVANA - Oh the Guilt (Instrumental)
NIRVANA - Sifting (Instrumental)
Acid Bath - Cassie Eats Cockroaches
Vulture Industries - The Benevolent Pawn
The Sword - Maiden, Mother & Crone
Moonshine - Dead Ringer
Mclusky - What We've Learned
Distorted Pony - Dept. of Existence
The Pixies - Gouge Your Way
High on Fire - Cyclopian Scape
Kyuss - Molten Universe
Baroness - The Birthing
Sonic Youth - In the Kingdom #19
Sonic Youth - Star Power
RWAKE - The Lure of Light
Shank - Stink of Exist
Shank - Planet Sized Sam
Shank - Adhesive the Equipment
Shank - I Love Powerviolence
Earth - Rise to Glory

3.17.08 and 3.24.08 Playlists

3.17.08
MINDGRINDER
Tar - Walking the King
Lightning Bolt - 2 Morro Morro Land
Melvins - Boris
Deep Purple - Space Truckin'
KARP - Lorch-Miller
The Jesus Lizard - Boilermaker
Big Business - Grounds For Divorce
Scratch Acid - Cannibal
Scratch Acid - Greatest Gift
Scratch Acid - Monsters
Comets on Fire - Dogwood Rust
Tom Waits - Diamonds and Gold
Alice in Chains - Them Bones
Boris - Kane: The Bell Tower of a Sign
Corrosion of Conformity - Clean My Wounds
NIRVANA - Scentless Apprentice (Steve Albini Mix)
Angry Samoans - Right Side of My Mind
Slint - Good Morning Captain
The Abominable Iron Sloth - Hats Made of Veal and That New Car Scent
Cannibal Corpse - A Skull Full of Maggots
Jungle Rot - Consumed in Darkness
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood

Filling in for Rudie-patootie
Husker Du - The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill
Dinosaur Jr. - Tarpit
Pelican - Drought
Dystopia - Slaved Chains
TAD - Just Bought the Farm
Soundgarden - 4th of July
Swans - New Mind
Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade - D's Diner
King Crimson - The Great Deceiver
Man Man - Black Mission Goggles
Mudhoney - Chain That Door
Iron Maiden - Wasting Away
Pantera - Cemetary Gates
Black Sabbath - Lord of This World
Jello Biafra & DOA - That's Progress
Sepultura - Kaiowas
Lamb of God - A Devil in God's Country
The Red Chord - Lay the Trap
Meshuggah - Shed
Meshuggah - Concatention
3 Inches of Blood - Night Marauders
Electric Wizard - Vinum Sabbathi
Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis
Praxis - Interface/Stimulation Loop
Motorhead - (We are) The Road Crew

3.24.08
MINDGRINDER
Mclusky - Collagen Rock
The Ocean - Fluxion
The Ocean - Neoarchean
PENTAGRAM - Sign of the Wolf
Celtic Frost - The Usurper
GG Allin - Watch Me Kill
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Awake
The Immortal Lee County Killers - Go to Hell on Judgement Day
Gore - Bank
The Melvins - Hog Leg: Like Stee, Moanin' Ludlow
Helios Creed - Throw Away the Rind
Noothgrush - Sysyphus Narrow Way
Faucet - Daddy-O
Mama Tick - Suck
Mama Tick - Horsedoctor
Grey - A Blurr
The Black Angels - Black Grease
Big Black - Steelworker
Thrones - Nostos Algos
Blue Oyster Cult - Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll
Old Grandad - Don't Call Me a Deadhead
Cursed - Friends in the Music Business
Priestbird - Grazie Signore
Priestbird - Life Not Lost

Week of March 9th, 2008 Playlists

A wee bit late on this but....

Playlists for the Week of March 9th, 2008:

ULTRAGRINDER (3/10/08)
Mastodon - Aqua Dementia
Masters of Reality - J.B. Witchdance
Machine Head - Nation On Fire
Tyr - God of War
Finntroll - Nedgang
GWAR - Salamanizer
Hog Molly - Let it Ride
EvilDead - Annihilation of Civilization
Lux Occulta - Mother Pandora
BEHEMOTH - Demigod
Shank - Stink of Exist
Shank - Adhesive the Equipment
Gride - Manipulance
Iron Lung - Complications
Iron Lung - Regenerate
Iron Maiden - Phantom of the Opera
Judas Priest - Dying To Meet You
Death - Regurgitated Guts
Macabre - Mary Bell
Macabre - What The Hell Did You Do
Ween - Voodoo Lady
Pantera - Shedding Skin
Pantera - Yesterday Don't Mean Shit
Dystopia - Hidden Track
Dystopia - Stress Builds Character
Tomahawk - Bird Song
King Diamond - Welcome Home

MINDGRINDER (3/10/08)
High on Fire - Waste of Tiamat
Buzzov*en - Mainline
Buzzov*en - Crawl Away
Slayer - Necrophobic
Slayer - Behind the Crooked Cross
Slayer - Blood Red
Down - Temptation's Wing
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
The Atomic Bitchwax - Birth to the Earth
Gallhammer - Killed By The Queen
Alice in Chains - Sludge Factory
NIRVANA - Negative Creep
Acid Bath - Dr. Seuss is Dead
Black Sabbath - Into the Void
Asbestosdeath - Nail
Sleep - Dragonaut
Buckethead - Frankenseuss Laboratory
Melvins - The Bloated Pope
Old Grandad - Bovine
Orange Goblin - Cities of Frost
Bongzilla - 666lb. Bong Session
Mastodon - Iron Tusk
Sunn 0))) & Boris - Etna

Grow N' Sexy with Fred (3/12/08)
Dinosaur Jr - Sludgefeast
The Germs - Land of Treason
The Germs - Richie Dagger's Crime
Melvins - Revolve
NIRVANA - Heart Shaped Box (Steve Albini Mix)
Bad Brains - Sailin' On
Bad Brains - Don't Need It
Bad Brains - Attitude
Bad Brains - The Regulator
Pixies - Mr. Grieves
TAD - Leafy Incline
Grazhdanskaya Oborona - Я не верю в анархию
Minutemen - June 16th
Minutemen - Cut
Hammerhead - The Starline Locomotive
Black Sabbath - Killing Yourself to Live
Pentagram - Burning Saviour
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Effigy
Cynic - Celestial Voyage
Cynic - The Eagle Nature
The Beatles - In My Life
Tone - Sketch
The Whip - Sheep and Goat Judgement
Slughog - Lake
Danzig - Mother
R.E.M. - Driver 8
Sonic Youth - 'Cross the Breeze
Treepeople - Something Vicious For Tomorrow
Mad Season - Lifeless Dead

Highlights from MINDGRINDER coming soon...

Playlist 3.03.08

Eyehategod - Dixie Whiskey
Superjoint Ritual - Absorbed
Alice in Chains - Hate to Feel
Cows - Big Mickey
Cows - Hitting the Wall
Officer May - Time Is Taking It's Sweet Time
NIRVANA - Lithium (demo)
NIRVANA - In Bloom (demo)
Dinosaur Jr. - In a Jar
Gojira - Ocean Planet
Dystopia - Green Destroyed
Acid Bath - Bleed Me An Ocean
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Treepeople - Something Vicious For Tomorrow
Danzig - How the Gods Kill
High on Fire - 10,000 Years
Melvins - Venus in Furs (Velvet Underground Cover)
Motorhead - Sweet Revenge
Hammerhead - Tuffskins
KARP - Blue Bud (Demo)
Cult of Luna - Revolution Embodied
Pelican - Dead Between the Walls
Isis - Celestial (The Tower)

Highlights!
Acid Bath - Bleed Me An Ocean
Gojira - Ocean Planet
Officer May - Time Is Taking It's Sweet Time
Cows - Hitting The Wall
NIRVANA - In Bloom (demo)
Dystopia - Green Destroyed
Treepeople - Something Vicious For Tomorrow

Christpunchers interview coming soon....stay locked.

Playlist 2.25.08

Playlist Week of 2/24/08:


Melvins - Queen
Grazhdanskaya Oborona - Все совсем не то
Grazhdanskaya Oborona - Моя оборона
Skin Yard - No Control
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Big Business - Another Fourth of July...Ruined.
The Christpunchers - Cutty
Rwake - Imbedded
Danzig - 777
Janitor Joe - Boys in Blue
Hammerhead - All This is Yours
Monster Magnet - Medicine
Thrones - Black Blade
The Melvins - With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands
Alabama Thunderpussy - Motor-Ready
Gallhammer - Aloof and Proud Silence
The Atomic Bitchwax - Kiss the Sun
Soundgarden - Hunted Down
Slughog - Left
The Butthole Surfers - Sweet Loaf
The Melvins - ANAL SATAN.
Old Grandad - Urine Angel
Black Mountain - Stormy High
The Whip - Freelance Liason
Helmet - In the Meantime

Highlights:
Black Mountain - Stormy High
*Gallhammer - Aloof and Proud Silence
Hammerhead - All This is Yours
Old Grandad - Urine Angel
Monster Magnet - Medicine
RWAKE - Imbedded

*note: this is a different version than that of the one we played during our broadcast.

Bonus: Hammerhead - Brest

Playlist 2.18.08

Playlist week of 2/17/08:

High on Fire - The Face of Oblivion
TAD - Behemoth
Big Black - L Dopa
Boris - Black Out
The Black Angels - Young Men Dead
The Cows - Organized Meat
Fudge Tunnel - Stuck
Nailbomb - Wasting Away
The Birthday Party - Nick the Stripper
The Christpunchers - Cold Hands
Electric Wizard - Barbarian
Jesus Lizard - Mouth Breather
Husker Du - Folk Lore
Flipper - Nothing
Sun O))) - O))) Bow 1
Goblin Cock - Kegrath the Dragon Killer
Vidensang - Second Movement
Boris - Rattlesnake
Bad Brains - The Regulator
Janitor Joe - One Eye
Treepeople - It's Alright Now Ma
Kyuss - Thumb
Orange Goblin - Vagrant Stomp
Alabama Thunderpussy - Get Mad/Get Even
Yawning Man - Rock Formations
Priestbird - Who Took Berlin (Part I)

Highlights from this week:

Janitor Joe - One Eye
Orange Goblin - Vagrant Stomp
Cows - Organized Meat
TAD - Behemoth
Yawning Man - Rock Formations
Kyuss - Thumb
The Black Angels - Young Men Dead
Priestbird - Who Took Berlin (Part I)
Alabama Thunderpussy - Get Mad/Get Even