My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:o0 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville FreeMedia.

Here’s the playlist for 09.03.2010.

My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:o0 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville FreeMedia.

This week on Kill the Head I had a special in-studio guest: Soft Opening’s Jamie Hepler. In addition to spotlighting his band’s jams, as well as fielding a few questions tossed from yours truly, Hepler played some of his favorite hard-psych hypnotism.

Soft Opening, for the uninitiated, is the best underground-rock band in Asheville (in my humble opinion, obviously). I suppose one can say they fall somewhere between vintage stoner-rock/doom and all this post-rock metal that’s so popular these days. At the same time, it’s a description that doesn’t address what makes the group vital and distinctive. Soft Opening have an authentically cracked, wasted-at-dawn vibe that reminds me of early 1990s indie-rock and lo-fi, the harder-edged stuff like Bitch Magnet and even some of Eric Gaffney’s total freak-outs on Sebadoh’s early records. For my pal Greg, Soft Opening recalls the Country Teasers — had Ben Wallers grown up listening to Sabbath and Loop, not The Fall.

Here’s the playlist.

My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:o0 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville FreeMedia.

Here’s the playlist for 08.20.2010.

My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:o0 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville FreeMedia.

Here’s the playlist for 08.13.2010.

Note: Technical difficulties hampered the first hour of the show.

My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:o0 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville FreeMedia.

Here’s the playlist for 08.06.2010.

My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:o0 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville FreeMedia.

This week’s installment of Kill the Head spotlighted the music of Moritz von Oswald and his myriad projects/labels: The Moritz von Oswald Trio, Basic Channel, Rhythm & Sound, Basic Replay, 3MB, 2MB, Rounds One to Five, Maurizio, Palais Schaumburg and more. Having revolutionized a sonic strategy that’s best described as dubby minimalism, Oswald is a true pioneer whose influence can be felt in techno, house, experimental electronics, noise and underground rock.

Here’s the playlist.

My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:o0 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville FreeMedia.

Here’s the playlist for 07.23.2010.

My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:o0 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville FreeMedia.

This week Kill the Head spotlighted the music of Sightings, the most important and vital underground art-rock band of the last decade. The show went really well, I think. A big thank you to guitarist Mark Morgan, whom I interviewed via phone.

Here’s the playlist.

My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:o0 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville FreeMedia.

Here’s the playlist for 07.09.2010.

My internet-radio show, Kill the Head, “airs” every Friday, 5 to 7:o0 p.m. (eastern), on Asheville FreeMedia.

This week Kill the Head spotlighted harsh-noise musician Pat Yankee. In addition to his Paranoid Time project, Yankee runs two labels highly respected in the underground: SNSE and Gaping Hole. I was very lucky to have the man himself in the studio. Between spinning a ton of killer jams and gabbing about his music and labels, we covered a lot of ground in just two hours. A great show all around. Thanks, Pat!

Here’s the playlist for 06.25.2010.