Update - New Radio Schedule

Long time no update! It's been a pretty long fruitful summer full of job hunting and moving and now I feel like I finally have the time to get back up to pace with the blog and reboot the radio show for one more year. The schedule for WMUC's upcoming Autumn semester has been posted with MINDGRINDER re-taking Tuesdays at 10PM-12AM, our former timeslot that we held down from Fall 2008-Spring 2009. Unfortunately, Trey is no longer a permanent co-host on the show, but he, along with Hasan from Death By Hanger, is still a member on the blog, so hopefully their contributions will help alleviate some of the downtime in the next year. I'm still shopping around for some more people who might want to contribute to an already established blog, so if you're interested, shoot me an email. Anywho, thanks for the support from those of you that still visit the site and have added us on facebook. We'll be back soon with some tunes.

--fred

Mercenary Cockroach - Steps to Nowhere

Fast bootyblaster grind from Croatia. For fans of Insect Warfare.

"RATATATATATATATATATATA URRRRRHHHHHHGGGGGGGHHHHHH"

Mercenary Cockroach - Steps to Nowhere

Love Battery - Dayglo

In 1992, this band was the critic's darling for releasing this record, though they pretty much proved Trey's Theory of Psychedelic/Garage Influence; wait until naughties, when being a hippie is cool again. Much like The Screaming Trees (see above Theory) they pretty much toiled outside the mainstream while all their contemporaries went on to make millions, though they certainly had the requisite cult following of any decent band. They had Tommy Tillman of U-Men fame (or lack thereof), and at one point Dan Peters (Mudhoney) though he had long been replaced by Jason Finn when Dayglo came out. It's a solid release by a solid band and although their other releases pale in comparison, 1999's Confusion Au Go Go saw the triumphant return of Peters and another great record which turned out to be their swan song.

It wouldn't be here if it didn't carry our recommendation, so checks it out already.

Love Battery - Dayglo

Disclaimer: Trey's Theory of Psych/Garage Influence is not in anyway original or even true, probably. The writer just think's he's clever, but everyone knows he's a sociopath. Also, the first song hiccups a little near the end, sorryz!

Neurosis - Aberration EP / Short Wave Warfare

Neurosis in their HxCx days; recorded and released a year before 'The Word As Law'.

Aberration EP

Tracklisting:
Nonsense
Self-Doubt
Pollution

Short Wave Warfare
(Live Album with recordings from 'Pain of Mind'/'Word As Law' tours)

Tracklisting:
Grey
Pollution
Common Inconsistencies
Black
Obsequious Obsolescence
Self-Doubt
Nonsense
Blisters
Shallow
To What End
Tomorrow's Reality
The Choice

--fred

Welcome Our New Member

He has a beard, likes Celtic Frost with burritos, wears no pants and we've known him for close to a decade. Give him a warm welcome--more writers means more posts and less stupid shit.

--fred

Warsore - Brutal Reprisal + Re-Opened Wound

Grimy old-school grind from Australia--for fans of Unholy Grave, Agathocles, Napalm Death, and the like:

Warsore - Brutal Reprisal
Warsore - Re-Opened Wound

--fred

Cro-Mags - Best Wishes + 1984 Demo

Oof. Documentation of another great hardcore/crossover band biting the dust after they make jump over to Heavy Metal or, in this case, Thrash. This one will grow on you after awhile. Also included is their '84 demo which features most of the songs from Quarrel...I think it was released as 'Before the Quarrel' later on.

Cro-Mags - Best Wishes
Cro-Mags - 1984 Demo (Before the Quarrel)

--fred