Thursday, September 27, 2012

Sonic Overload 9/17/12

This week’s show has no particular theme—no holiday content, no political audio, no real agenda. Actually, maybe that’s not true. The last song kind of sums up what I hope this week’s show (and all of ‘em, for that matter) is—fun fun fun! Damn, that’s kind of corny. But I’m finishing this show a bit later than usual, there’s the premiere of “Boardwalk Empire” and Monday Night Football to watch so I’m keeping this short. Enjoy!

Sonic Overload 9/17/12

TRACK 1

UNDERDOG-Say It To My Face (New Beginning)

SALVATION-The Tethered Man (Youth Attack)
CEREMONY-Moving Principle (Bridge Nine)
LEATHER-Novitiate (Jade Tree)
PROLETARIAN ART THREAT-Proletarian Gospel Drive (Lean Enterprise)
VILE BODIES-Indentured (demo)

SICKOIDS-Psychic Cold War (Residue)
PEACEFUL MEADOWS-Sheep (Allied)
GHOULIES-Cross The Line (Rockstar)
KILL THE MAN WHO QUESTIONS-Remain Engaged (Cheap Art)
THE CONTROL-Head and Shoulders (+/-)

WETBRAIN-What Are We Supposed To Worship? (demo)
TYVEK-Summer Things (In The Red)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING- Memory Lane (Almost Ready)
VIDEO-Leather Leather (Play Pinball)

TRACK 2

BAD VIBES-God Damned Again (Steel Cage)
OUTNAUTS-In The Inside Flow Witch Changes As Nothing (from “A Reason For Living,” Dan-Doh)
TEENGENERATE-1979 (Crypt)
THROBBIN URGES-Under Suspicion (Dead Beat)
EASY ACTION-Get It (Reptilian)
RAW NERVE-Strychnine (Youth Attack)

SHEER TERROR-Just Can’t Hate Enough (Blackout)
VITAMIN X-Shatter The Beast (Tankcrimes)
VIOLENT MINDS-Fight Authority (Parts Unknown)
GUNS-Close Up (Smog Veil)
EVEN WORSE-Emptying The Madhouse (from “New York Thrash,” ROIR)
DEAD SILENCE-One From The Inside (Vinyl Communications)

SWORN LIARS-Krank (Big Neck)
READ YELLOW-Read Yellow (Fenway)
C.AARMÉ-Tu Puta Mi Casa (Burning Heart)
HOLOGRAMS-ABC City (Captured Tracks)

TRACK 3

TOTAL RECALL-Stabber Lee (United Shoebrothers)
PLASTIC CROSS-Grown Up Liars (Don Giovanni)
DEATH BY SNOO SNOO-Robottiati (Creative Class War)
POTTY MOUTH-Girls XL (Puzzle Pieces/Ride The Snake/Feeble Minds)
SIGNAL LOST-Blueprint For Babylon (Prank)
RAINCOATS-Fairytale In The Supermarket (DGC)

SHITTY LIMITS-Vehicle (Sorry State)
NARCS-Rat Bone (Cowabunga)
THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY-Progress (For Real) (Exit Stencil)
RED RED RED-Beyond (Big Neck)

WITCHES WITH DICKS-It’s Not Me It’s You (Kiss Of Death)
SNFU-Cannibal Cafe (BYO)
DESCENDENTS-Bikeage (New Alliance)
REZILLOS-Cold Wars (Sire)

TRACK 4

THE SYSTEM-Dogs Of War (Skuld)
THE CLEARER-Storm (Forge)
MIKA MIKO-Take Hold (Kill Rock Stars)
GIRLS AT OUR BEST-Getting Nowhere Fast (Vinyl Japan)
SAVAGE BELIEFS-Shake Your Neighbor’s Hand (from “The Middle of America Compilation,” HID)

MISSION OF BURMA-Funworld (Matador)
SOMEONE AND THE SOMEBODIES-People Are Dumb (demo)
PASSIONS-Palava (Fiction)
DEADBEAT ECHOES-Forces (Louder Than War)

BIG BOYS-Fun Fun Fun (Touch & Go)

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Sonic Overload 9/10/12

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Sonic Overload 9/3/12

Labor Day already and, as is the tradition, there are plenty of songs to mark the day. Of course, last week was the Republican convention. I didn’t include any audio because I wanted to make this an enjoyable show. But, man, what a revolting group of people, from the top down, and they believe in policies that are overtly hostile to working and middle class people. Members of teachers, firefighters, police and other unions who perform invaluable public services are made to look like thugs and ingrates. Things like Medicare, Social Security, safety regulations, even civil rights regulations are on the table with some of these characters. Not that the Democrats are all that much better but they at least pay lip service to people who aren’t super-wealthy or white.

Enough of that—I have a BBQ to attend to. Next week, the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks will be noted but it’s not going to dominate the show. I think I’ve expressed my feelings on the issues surrounding the attacks and the aftermath over the years but there’ll still be a remembrance.
     
Sonic Overload 9/3/12

TRACK 1

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES-I Want More (Frontier)

PAINT IT BLACK-Labor Day (Jade Tree)
FOR THE WORSE-Working Class Myth (Rodent Popsicle)
CONCRETE FACELIFT-Early Morning Struggle (Welfare)
HEADGRENADE-Blue Collar (702)
NO MISTAKE-FBLA (demo)
BRING DOWN THE HAMMER-We Are The Machines (Know)
F-MINUS-Slave Labor (Hellcat)

NAKED HIPPY-Work (Smile Or Die)
HYGIENE-Office Job (La Vida Es Un Mus)
SUNSHINE SS-Another Day Another Dollar (Sacred Plague)
PINK LINCOLNS-I’ve Got My Tie On (Stiff Pole)
RANDY-I Don’t Wanna Work (Burning Heart)
WRETCHED ONES-Working Man (Headache)

ICON GALLERY-Broken Idols (Dear Skull)
DRY HUMP-Everybody Loves You (Cowabunga)
SLICES-Still Cruising/Trying To Make A Living (Iron Lung)
TV FREAKS-Co-Worker Blues (Schizophrenic)

TRACK 2

NEGATIVE DEGREE-Service Industry (Offside)
REAGAN SS-Hard Work (Gloom)
RAT BYTE-My Boss Is A Jerk (FNS/Party Time)
ACID REFLUX-Customers Fuck Off (No Way)
GOVERNMENT WARNING-Slave Labor (Feral Ward)
NEW BOMB TURKS-Born Toulouse-Lautrec (Crypt)
NUBS-Job (from “Killed By Death #5”)

POTTY MOUTH-Hazardville (Puzzle Pieces/Ride The Snake/Feeble Minds)
FOREIGN OBJECTS-Fable (Cut The Cord)
MÜLLTÜTE-Pest (Heartfirst)
INSUBORDINATES-1968 (Feral Kid)
BRAIN HANDLE-Overdriven (Fashionable Idiots)
ANNIHILATION TIME-Get A Job (Tee Pee)

SEX PISTOLS-Did You No Wrong (Virgin)
STRIKE UNDER-Fucking Uniforms (from “Busted At Oz,” Autumn)
BLACK FLAG-Clocked In (SST)
MDC-I Hate Work (RRadical)
THE PIST-Black and Blue Collar (Elevator)

TRACK 3

MARGINAL MAN-Missing Rungs (Dischord)
SUBHUMANS-Get To Work On Time (Bluurg)
ARTICLES OF FAITH-Five O’Clock (Reflex)
MAGAZINE-Model Worker (Virgin)

PUFFY AREOLAS-1982 (HoZac)
BITS OF SHIT-Rock Sing (Homeless)
FAG COP-Nailed It To The Cross (Rank Toy)
HANK WOOD & THE HAMMERHEADS-Go Home (Toxic State)
OOGA BOOGAS-I Can’t Clear My Name (Aarght!)
UV RACE-UV Race (Almost Ready)

INSERVIBLES-Comedia-Perdicion (SPHC)
ZEBRAS-The Mighty Bayonet (Secret)
CLAW TOE-Geriatric Stalker (Criminal IQ)
CONDOMINIUM-Teeth (self-released)

TRACK 4

SORRY-Stop (Homestead)
PULSES-Factory (Dirtnap)
FUSES-At Least You’re Getting Paid (American Punk)
MEKONS-Work All Week (Virgin)
MINUTEMEN-This Ain’t No Picnic (SST)
GANG OF FOUR-I Found That Essence Rare (Infinite Zero)

DILLINGER FOUR-Super Powers Enable Me To Blend In With Machinery (Hopeless)
THE STRIKE-Kicking Ass (Johann’s Face)
STIFFS, INC.-Work Work Work (Onion)
SWINGIN UTTERS-Petty Wage (New Red Archives)
STRANGLEHOLD-Corridor Girls (Taang)

BORN AGAINST-Well Fed Fuck (Kill Rock Stars)

Friday, September 7, 2012

Sonic Overload 8/27/12

Plenty to talk about this week, right from the outset—Republican Congressman Todd Akin, who’s running for Senator in Missouri, shows some tremendous ignorance about women’s reproductive systems, as well as regressive viewpoints on the matter of reproductive choice and the latter applies quite a few other Republicans, as well. Meanwhile, their white pride rally, uh, convention happens in Tampa this week and it appears as though they’ve dodged a bullet as tropical storm Isaac will be missing them. I guess God’s looking out for them, unlike those heathen in New Orleans. I recall that when Hurricane Katrina hit that city, Pat Robertson said it was God’s punishment for abortion. Unfortunately, as I type this, it looks like New Orleans is going to get nailed by this storm, as well. So, yeah, I talk about politics a little more this week, but you’ll be happy to know it still doesn’t dominate the show—but I might as well take advantage of my punk rock soapbox.

Sonic Overload 8/27/12

TRACK 1

DEAD VIRGINS-Rape Capitol Hill (from “Something In The Water,” Under The Volcano)

CÜLO-Brain Cavity (Deranged)
SCHOOL JERKS-Nothing Else (Riff Raff)
NO MISTAKE-Crossed Words (self-released)
SOCIAL CIRCKLE-No, I Won’t (Side Two)
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT-The Good Times Are Killing Me (Nation Of Finks)
SNOBS-Control (My War)

WHITE PAGES-Forever Unclean (Can’t Stand Ya!)
GOD EQUALS GENOCIDE-Wasting Time (Razorcake)
NARCS-Slime (Cowabunga)
SLUGZ-Empty Space (Cowabunga)
STREET TRASH-Five Dirty Fingers (No Class)
CELIBATE RIFLES-Jesus On TV (What Goes On)

GUNS-I’m Not Right (Red Hour/Smog Veil)
DIE KRUEZEN-Don’t Say Please (Touch & Go)
AGENT ORANGE-Your Mother Sucks Cocks In Hell (Kangaroo)
YOUTH BRIGADE-Snow Job (Recollect)
TOXIC NARCOTIC-People Suck (Rodent Popsicle)
CHRISTMAS-Dig We Must (demo)

TRACK 2

MENSTRUAL TRAMPS-Pro-Choice (self-released)
INSERVIBLES-Pepenadores (La Vida Es Un Mus)
MERDA-Efedrina (Sound Pollution)
CRAZY SPIRIT-Bricks (Toxic State)
PERSUADERS-Low Life (Savage)
WOVEN BONES-Your Way With My Life (HoZac)

BIRTH DEFORMITIES-Mentally Damaged (Cowabunga)
DICTADURA-Talk It’s Your Thing (Stomp)
MODERN PETS-Alert! Alert! (P. Trash)
RIKK AGNEW-OC Life (Frontier)
NIGHT BIRDS-Killer Waves (Grave Mistake)

THOSE UNKNOWN-Cries Of A Nation (TKO)
CRAMPS-The Crusher (IRS)
FLYING LIZARDS-TV (Virgin)
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-Fuck You, Norway (Pogostick)

TRACK 3

ANGST-Neil Armstrong (Happy Squid) in memory of Neil Armstrong

STRANGLERS-Rok It To The Moon (IRS)
THE STALIN-Reizoku (Political)
THE MISS-Game Set Match (Morphius)
FOUR ROSE SOCIETY-Hotel Sarajevo (Whitehouse)

FOREIGN OBJECTS-Mammonism (Cut The Cord)
WHITE LUNG-Bunny (Deranged)
CROSS STITCHED EYES-We Follow (Alternative Tentacles)
NÜ SENSAE-Curdle The Cream (Suicide Squeeze)
TUB-Charles Murray (Redd)

REPLACEMENTS-Fuck School (Twin-Tone)
WRECKS-High School Anthem (demo)
SCROUNGERS-A Good Solid Education (self-released)
VAINS-School Jerks (from “Killed By Death #9”)
THE FALL-Hey! Student (Matador)

TRACK 4

CONTORTIONS-Contort Yourself (PVC)
PLUGZ-A Gain - A Loss (Restless)
PLATES-Salvation (Big Neck)
CHELSEA-Decide (Step Forward)

OUTSIDERS-Calling On Youth (Gift Of Life)
DEPARTMENT S-Going Left Right (Stiff)
ROMEO VOID-White Sweater (415)
RUTS DC-Formula Eyes (Virgin)

HEAVEN 17-(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (Virgin)