Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Sonic Overload 7/13/09

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night and also making note of Sarah Palin's resignation as governor of Alaska. If anyone can make sense of what she's saying during that clip, please let me know.

Sonic Overload 7/13/09


TRACK 1

DOA-Disco Sucks (Sudden Death)

ROTTERS-Disco Queen (Dionysus)
ANTI-PLAYAX-L’ultima Dansa (Trabuc)
SLOWMOTIONS-Dance (HG Fact)
MY DOG POPPER-Rock Stars Are Assholes (from “It Came From The Pit,” Psyche Industry)
FYP-Drown A Meter Maid (Recess)

TOTAL ABUSE-The Same Mistake Since Birth (Deranged)
SLAP THE CULTURE-Breeding Waste (Cock Suck)
POINTBLANK-Monster (demo)
WASTED TIME-Burning Bridges To Keep Warm (Grave Mistake)
BOILS-When The Sun Goes Down (Creep)
SUNPOWER-Bored Generation (Still Holding On)

ANGEL SLUTS-Five and Dime (Wrecked-Em)
BOMBER-Used (Cowabunga)
DARK AGES-What Do You Believe? (Cowabunga)
RHYTHM SYNDROM-Human Condition (Cowabunga)
FOREIGN OBJECTS-White Elephant (Loud Punk/Shock To The System)

TRACK 2

USERS-Sick Of You (Raw)

TIME BOMB 77-Politicians (GMM)
RIISTETYT-Mieletonta Vakivaltaa (Havoc)
MODERAT LIKVIDATION-Tio Timmar (Havoc)
MAKABERT FYND-Borgare (Flat Black)
CRUDE-The Scum Selled Oneself (Feral Ward)

FINAL CONFLICT-Abolish Police (SOS)
DISFEAR-In Exodus (Relapse)
PARASYTIC-Midnight Sun (Despotic)
TYGERS OF PAN TANG-Take It (MCA)

TRACK 3

NEGATIVE ELEMENT-Dough Boy (Akashic)
DIE KREUZEN-Don’t Say Please (Touch & Go)
WHITE TRASH-Wake Up (Local Anesthetic)
SOCIAL SUICIDE-Beat Them (from “Mixed Nuts Don’t Crack,” Crackle)
REFLEX FROM PAIN-Media Control (CIA)
EARTH QUAKE-Street Fever (Beserkley)

PSYCHED TO DIE-Conditioned To Fail (Dirtnap)
BEAR PROOF SUIT-Waiting For The Rock To Drop (Urban Pirate)
INTERFUSE-Twig & Leaf (Tragic End)
CRAWLERS-Escape From Sobibor (Blind Spot)
BRUISE VIOLET-Parasitic Sea (Emancypunx)

POLES-CN Tower (Nimbus 9)
LURKERS-Out In The Dark (Captain Oi)
SUICIDE COMMANDOS-Complicated Fun (from “Big Hits Of Mid-America Volume Three,” Twin-Tone)
SPITTIN TEETH-Second Generation (from “The Siren,” Posh Boy)

TRACK 4

PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS-Just Like Me (Sundazed) in memory of Drake Levin
IMPEDIMENTS-Stoned To Bed (HappyParts)
COCOCOMA-Go Ahead (Goner)
DESTRUCTION UNIT-Warm Leatherette (Empty)
DIGITAL LEATHER-Omens (Empty)
HEALERS-Obey The Law (from “Rocky Mountain Low,” Hyperpyncal)

URBAN WASTE-Wasted Life (Mad At The World)
DOCTORS OF MADNESS-Doctors Of Madness (United Artists)
UNREST-Oils (Caroline)
EXPANDO-BRAIN-Flogging A Dead Relationship (Vacant Lot)
MIKA MIKO-I Got A Lot (New New New) (PPM)

DEAD MILKMEN-Instant Club Hit (Restless)

Sonic Overload 7/6/09

So late, so late but here it finally is. And it's an "agenda free" show. Heck, I don't even mention that deceased pop star who wore on glove! And if the last song doesn't get you singing along at the top of your lungs, then check your pulse...

Sonic Overload 7/6/09


TRACK 1

BATTALION OF SAINTS-My Mind’s Diseased (Taang)

NIGHTSTICK JUSTICE-Control (Grave Mistake)
COKE BUST-Your Hold (Six Weeks)
SOCIALCIDE-Power Tripper (Even Worse/Kangaroo)
SHINING-A Song For The Rest Of the World... Except You Of Course! (Pick Up)
BAD ANTICS-Responsibilities (Flat Black)
GOVERNMENT WARNING-Shirked Obligations (Grave Mistake/No Way)

FOREIGN OBJECTS-Leave Me (Loud Punk/Shock To The System)
GARBAGE STRIKE-Reagan’s Ghost (demo)
GROINOIDS-Angel (Fatalist/Boston’s Finest)
GENERAL INTEREST-Nuke The Ocean (Ride The Snake)
NATION OF ULYSSES-Cool Senior High School (Fight Song) (Dischord)

JED WHITEY-(I’m) Retarded (Brain Defect)
SCARED OF CHAKA-Permission To Die (Hopeless)
ROGUE NATIONS-Captain Assgrab (Suicide Watch)
GRABASS CHARLESTONS-Galaga (No Idea)
FLUF-Degrader (Headhunter)

TRACK 2

INMATES-Fainting Goat Never Die (Even Worse/Kangaroo)
CRAIN-Monkeywrench (Automatic)
DEADSTOOLPIGEON-Adrift (Crucial Response)
CRUNT-Black Heart (Trance Syndicate)
JANITOR JOE-Boys In Blue (Amphetamine Reptile)
ESTRANGED-Fast Train (HG Fact)

MANIACS-Chelsea 77 (United Artists)
MAGAZINE-Touch and Go (IRS)
TABLE-Sex Cells (Chiswick)
NEW HEARTS-Just Another Teenage Anthem (CBS)
SEX PISTOLS-Did You No Wrong (Virgin)
GAY COWBOYS IN BONDAGE-Domestic Battlefield (Burrito)

TRACK 3

ANTIDOTE-Life As One (Hellbent)
TSOL-Superficial Love (Nitro)
CIRCLE JERKS-I Just Want Some Skank/Beverly Hills (Frontier)
APB-Chain Reaction (Oily)
RAMONES-Go Mental (Sire)

KAJUN SS-Know Your Place (Therapeutic)
MOORAT FINGERS-Pubehead (Radio Blast)
MONSTERS-Go Away—Fuck Yourself (Voodoo Rhythm)
FINAL SOLUTIONS-In A Coma (Goner)
COLUMBIAN NECKTIES-Got To Give Me Love (Sounds of Subterrania)

GROUND ZERO-Cybernetic War (Ground Zero)
MISSION OF BURMA-Academy Fight Song (Ace Of Hearts)
RUTS-Staring At The Rude Boys (Virgin)
360’S-Illuminated (Link)

TRACK 4

COMPLICATIONS-Last Journey (demo)
POPULAR SHAPES-Everyone Hawaiian (On/On Switch)
DEATH OF SAMANTHA-Sexual Dreaming (Homestead)
CITIZEN FISH-Used To Work (Lookout)
ATV-Life (Cherry Red)

BUNNY SKULLS-Devolved (Punks Before Profits)
SMART COPS-A Quatro Zampe (Sorry State)
HYGIENE-TV Girl (Dire)
LOGIC PROBLEM-Inherent (Grave Mistake)
MK-ULTRA-Nameless In Life, Faceless In Death (Lengua Armada)
KOROVA-Running In Circles (self-released)

APPENDIX-Suicide (Rock-O-Rama)
DEPRESSION-Time Bomb (Reactor)
CIVIL DISSIDENT-20th Century Holocaust Pt 2 (Prank)
BLITZKRIEG-Lest We Forget (No Future)

MENACE-GLC (from “Oi! Greatest Hits Vol. 1,” Dojo)

Friday, July 10, 2009

Sonic Overload 6/29/09

The annual salute to America show! And paying (mercifully brief) tribute to some guy who called himself the King Of Pap, er, Pop and a more-deserving tribute to Sky Saxon of the Seeds

Sonic Overload 6/29/09

TRACK 1

HÜSKER DÜ-In A Free Land (New Alliance)

PATRIOTS-Land Of The Free (Another Lousy Record)
MELEE-Fuck You To The Red White and Blue (from “DIY or Die,” Suburban Voice)
POISON IDEA-Ugly American (Taang)
WE THE PEOPLE-I Don’t Bleed Red White and Blue (Stop Whining Start Winning)
ZERO BOYS-Amerika (Secretly Canadian)

BURY THE LIVING-Of God and Country (Kangaroo)
HOLY MOUNTAIN-America (No Idea)
ANOTHER OPPRESSIVE SYSTEM-Fourth Of July (Profane Existence)
BORN DEAD ICONS-Colored Rags (Feral Ward)

SMART COPS-Cop Medley (Hell Yeah)
COKE BUST-Countdown To Death (Six Weeks)
BLANK STARE-Bitter Taste (Refuse)
WASTED TIME-Futility (Grave Mistake)

TRACK 2

CAPITAL SCUM-Michael Jackson (from “Alle 24 Goed,” Demolition Derby)

MINUTEMEN-Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing (SST)
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE-Ritual (Grand Theft Audio)
PESD-Blyski (Trujaca Fala)
YOUNG GODS-TV Sky (Play It Again Sam)

SEEDS-Pushin’ Too Hard (GNP Crescendo) in memory of Sky Saxon
WHITE DRUGS-Girlfriend For Sale (Kunst-Waffe)
THIRD DEGREE-Soy El Diablo (Livewire)
GUNS N’ ROSA PARKS-I Hate Assholes (demo)
OMEGAS-Gimme Oblivion (Powered)
NITAD-När Skeppet Sjunker (No Way)

DIRECT CONTROL-Getting Closer (Feral Ward)
DARK AGES-Radioactive States Of America (Cowabunga)
CRUCIAL CAUSE-Blood Money (Flat Black)
COLD SHOULDER-America’s Son (Cowabunga)
LIMP WRIST-Knuckles (Waiting)
SET TO EXPLODE-Set To Explode (Grave Mistake)

TRACK 3

PAINTBOX-Big Ant (HG Fact)
KAIBOUSHITSU-title in Japanese (HG Fact)
FASTS-Die or Die (Sound Pollution)
CLUSTERFUCK-Do The Berkowitz (Vital Center)
GOVERNMENT WARNING-Glued (Grave Mistake/No Way)

K-JELL-Struggle and Break Through (October Party)
KOSHER-Bored In America (BYO)
RF7-Left My Arm In Fallujah (Just 4 Fun)
KLAN-Pushin’ Too Hard (from “Best of Rodney on the ROQ,” Posh Boy)
CABARET VOLTAIRE-No Escape (Superfecta)

ZEROS-Hungry (from “Streets,” Beggars Banquet)
GENRAL FOODZ-Be So Funny (Destiny)
JUDAS PRIEST-Rapid Fire (Columbia)
ENGLISH BEAT-Noise In This World (IRS)

TRACK 4

TOURISTS-It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way (Epic)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE-Lose My Breath (Sire)
SKIDS-Into The Valley (Virgin)
CHILDREN ON STUN-Hollow (Cleopatra)

SOCIAL UNREST-Red, White and Blue (New Red Archives)
ECONOCHRIST-Fuck Your American Dream (Ebullition)
SCREAM-U-Suck-A/We’re Fed Up (Dischord)
BROTHER INFERIOR-Land Of The Free (Sensual Underground)

GOATS-Typical American (Columbia)

Friday, July 3, 2009

Sonic Overload 6/23/09

I recorded this one a day late, since I spent the previous weekend at the No Way Fest in Richmond, VA. So the show features a whole bunch of new records plus an extremely self-indulgent synth-rock (for want of a better term) set--but they're all great songs. Trust me.

Sonic Overload 6/23/09


TRACK 1

ZERO BOYS-High Places (Secretly Canadian)

WASTED TIME-Black Mold (Grave Mistake)
DIRECT CONTROL-Mortality (Feral Ward)
GOVERNMENT WARNING-Urban Warfield (Grave Mistake/No Way)
BUKAKE BOYS-Mind Police (Vile Minds)
OMEGAS-Secret Signals (Powered)
CHRONIC SEIZURE-Hidden Suicide (No Way/Fashionable Idiots)

LIMP WRIST-Bought Out (Waiting)
GRIMPLE-A Fucked Up Beautiful Day (Prank)
TMA-Psychopathic (Jimboco)
MODERN INDUSTRY-No Change (Toxic Shock)

NIGHT BIRDS-Send Me Home (demo)
INSUBORDINATES-1969 (Feral Kid)
GENERAL INTEREST-Crusty Dog Show (Ride The Snake)
1.6 BAND-One Eye Open (Gern Blandsten)
BIG BOYS-Gator Fuckin (Touch & Go)
CITIZENS ARREST-In The Distance (Wardance)

TRACK 2

CARBONAS-I’m A Schizo (Goner)
SMART COPS-King Of Punks (Sorry State)
MAKABERT FYND-Va E De För Trass (Flat Black)
LOGIC PROBLEM-Sarcophagus (Grave Mistake)
TIMEBOMBS-Strife (Flat Black)
TYVEK-Frustration Rock (What’s Your Rupture?)

POP RIVETS-Dream Of ’63 (Damaged Goods)
PAGANS-I Juvenile (Crypt)
PHANTOM RATS-Shake Shake Shake (1+2)
TEENGENERATE-Shake, Rattle and Roll (Crypt)
SUPERSNAZZ-Breakout (Sub Pop)

THIS IS MY FIST-Jesus Plus Nothing (from “California Thrash Demolition,” 625)
STUNTMEN-Kick Them Out (Black Hole)
GENERATION X-Ready, Steady, Go (Chrysalis)
SWINGERS-Counting The Beat (Backstreet)
SLAMMIN’ WATUSIS-King Of Cha-Cha (Epic)

TRACK 3

INSOMNIO-Puppet (Trabuc)
DEEP SLEEP-Textbook Timebomb (Grave Mistake)
CLOAK/DAGGER-Red Hair (Jade Tree)
HOT SNAKES-Past Lives (Swami)
NAKED RAYGUN-Treason (Touch & Go)
CLOBBER-Map Precedes The Territory (Half Baked)

A FRAMES-Ionic (S-S)
DAISY CHAINSAW-All Of The Kids Agree (A&M)
DAILY VOID-The Man W/O A Face (Dead Beat)
1000 HOMO DJS-Hey Asshole (Wax Trax)

TRACK 4

AG’S-Beware (Ringing Ear)
STRETCH MARKS-Dog’s World (Head Butt)
FRITES MODERN-Een Krachtig Strijdlied (self-released)
RAW POWER-Fuck Authority (Westwold)
IGGY & THE STOOGES-Raw Power (Columbia)

TUXEDOMOON-What Use (Ralph)
OMD-Messages (Virgin)
NEW MUSIK-This World Of Water (Epic)
CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE-Kitchen Motors (Go Go)
LOS MICROWAVES-Time To Get Up (Posh Boy)

FLASH AND THE PAN-Walking In The Rain (Epic)