Sonic Overload 10/10/11

Occupy Wall Street continues and rallies and protests have sprung up all around the country. There’s also the inevitable backlash, mainly from Republican politicians and pundits (big shock). One of the presidential candidates, Herman Cain, had the audacity to say "Don't blame Wall Street," Cain said. "Don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself.” He also said that being gay is a choice and has a radical tax agenda that would include a 9% sales tax on everything, including food—of course, this will affect poor people a lot more than others. I don’t have the time or space to spell out his viewpoints but it’s made him a darling of Tea Bag Nation.

In the meantime, two former Bank of America executives received severance packages totaling about $11 million between them and that’s while the company is laying off 30,000 people and will start charging fees to use their debit cards. You couldn’t have a more perfect example of what’s wrong with this country.

And, oh yeah, it’s Columbus Day and that’s marked at the beginning of the show, with the “Reconsider Columbus Day” public service announcement that you can see on YouTube and a few songs about how indigenous people suffered after America was “discovered.”

Despite all this weighty subject matter, I don’t dwell upon it all that much. I think you’ll find this week’s show provides a couple of hours of loud ass-kickin’ fun that will take your mind off all the crap I mentioned...

Sonic Overload 10/10/11

TRACK 1

ONxALERT-Mending 500 Years (from “Bridging Oceans,” Third Party)

DEFECT DEFECT-Stolen Ground (Residue)
LOS JODIDOS-500 Anos De Mentiras (from “Ratas De Ciudad,” SouthKore)
LOS CRUDOS-No Exisen Palomas Blancas En Mi Barrio (Lengua Armada)
SIEGE-Sad But True (Deranged)
NAIFA-Nao Sou Seu Amigo (Faca Cega)

OBN IIIS-Wager My Heart (Tic Tac Totally)
BURNING ITCH-You Should Fucking Die (Tic Tac Totally)
WAX MUSEUMS-I Eat Vomit (Tic Tac Totally)
RIP OFFS-Ugly (Rip Off)
GORILLA ANGREB-Livstid (Feral Ward)
GOD EQUALS GENOCIDE-Why Would You Want Me To Feel Safe (Shock To The System)

MUKEKA DI RATO-Acabar Com Voce (Sound Pollution)
PROLETARIAN ART THREAT-Proletarian Gospel Drive (Lean Enterpise)
GORILLA BISCUITS-Competition (Revelation)
CRUCIAL UNIT-Let’s Unite The Punx and Skinz, Put ‘em On A Boat, Send ‘em Off To Sea and Sink Those Fuckers (Crucial Blast)
PSYCHO-Contempt (Ax/ction)
KICKER-Walking Headache (Inimical)

TRACK 2

TOXIC REASONS-Break The Bank (Sixth International)
GOVERNMENT ISSUE-Understand (Dr. Strange)
OUT ON A LIMB-Peking Man (Taken By Surprise)
PAC-MEN-Action (Red Tape)
CIRIL-Hell Fell Down Again (Know)

HOLY SHIT!-I Hate Banks (Trigger-On-The-Dutendoo)
HOAX-Suicide Pact (Youth Attack)
ORGANIZED SPORTS-Entertain Me (Bulkhead)
NOMOS-Mendicant (Deranged)
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE-Grizzly Graham (Shogun)
HERO DISHONEST-The Biggest Asshole (IfSociety)

BLITZ-I Don’t Need You (No Future)
PARTISANS-Partisans (Anagram)
MAJOR ACCIDENT-Clockwork Toys (Step-Forward)
UNDERDOGS-Dead Soldier (Riot City)
RED ALERT-Rebels In Society (Captain Oi)

TRACK 3

NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS-We Own The Night (Abscess)
CONDOMINIUM-I Don’t Hate Any Of You (self-released)
HUMAN EYE-Dinosaur Bones (Hook or Crook)
SPECIAL AFFECT-Headache (Special Affect)
ESTRELLA 20/20-Marvelous! (Estrus)
HALF JAPANESE-There’s A Girl (Iridescence)

DARK AGES-Merchants Of Cool (Sorry State)
YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH-Philosophy (Fringe)
EXECUTIONER-The Burn (Patac)
KILLROY-66 Big Build-Up (Ghetto-Way)
PERSONALITY CRISIS-People In Glass (Risky)
GERM ATTAK-Crown Attorney (Loud Punk)

YOUNG OFFENDERS-Black Hands (Derenaged)
MOST SECRET METHOD-Inch (Dischord/Superbad)
PRICHARD-Ranch-Style (self-releaed)
EXPANDO-BRAIN-Flogging A Dead Relationship (Vacant Lot)

TRACK 4

PITBOSS 2000-Yankees Suck (self-released)

SEX PISTOLS-New York (Virgin)
RENTALS-New York (Beggars Banquet)
RADIATORS FROM SPACE-Television Screen (Chiswick)
DICKIES-Poodle Party (A&M)

RIPPER-Heart Of Darkness (Black Water)
KILL THE MESSENGER-Overfull (Indecision)
THE VOWS-Speak To Truths (Indecision)
ANNIHILATION TIME-Jonestown (Tee Pee)
R’N’R-I’ve Had It (DeadAlive)

ROSE TATTOO-Astra Wally (Atlantic)