Sonic Overload 7/11/16

I pretty much took a break from the news over the weekend, opting to check out some good punk shows with Infest, Siege (!), Dropdead and others, both in Cambridge and in Boston. And except for a brief mention by Dropdead, I don’t think I heard any of the bands say a word about it. Not that I’ve forgotten the deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge or Philando Castile in Minnesota or the five officers killed in Dallas or the shooter, Micah Johnson, being blown up by a police bomb. While it’s difficult to muster much sympathy for him (none, in fact), I still have an issue with the police using military weapons.  I play a song called “Long Hot Summer” by the Narcs, about police violence against black people in 1964 and, 50+ years later, here we are still talking about it. It could very well be a long, hot summer and worse fall.

By the way, not as much new music this week. I had to record the show on my laptop since my desktop seems to have finally met its demise and it makes it harder to program my iPod for the digital tracks I play… I still got a few on there.

Sonic Overload 7/11/16

TRACK 1

BLACK FLAG-Police Story (from “Let Them Eat Jellybeans,” Alternative Tentacles)

INFEST-Where’s The Unity? (self-released)
SIEGE-Conform (Deranged)
DROPDEAD-A Disease Called Man (Prank)
SCAPEGOAT-Scum (Painkiller)
FUCKING INVINCIBLE-Like A Child (Atomic Action)
LOW THREAT PROFILE-This Fight’s Not Over (Draw Blank/Deep Six)
SPAZZ-Stabbed In The Back (Tankcrimes)

DEVILS-Coitus Interruptus (From A Priest) (Voodoo Rhythm)
NARCS-Long Hot Summer (Cowabunga)
FAGGOT-Fuck You America (Selfish Satan)
MIKE AND THE MOLESTERS-Get Ya Back (Little Deputy)
TRICKY WOO-Riot Time (Tricky Woo)
GUN CLUB-Devil In The Woods (from “Keats Rides A Harley,” Happy Hermit)

DAWN OF HUMANS-Mangled Puzzle (Toxic State)
LATEX-Chain Whip (Sensual World/World Gone Mad)
SUPER UNISON-Recognize You (Deathwish Inc.)
RED THREAD-Double Speak (Shock To The System)
I OBJECT-Chopping You Down (Still Holding On)

TRACK 2

BROKEN IDOLS-Life Sux (demo)
GENRAL FOODZ-Be So Funny (Destiny)
GROUND ZERO-Cybernetic War (self-released)
MX-80 SOUND-Follow That Car (Ralph)

IKARA COLT-Rudd (Fantastic Plastic)
JR EWING-Calling In Dead (Coalition)
OLDE GHOST-Schadenfreude (Handstand)
PACHINKO-Lesbians or Lovers (Alternative Tentacles)
CONFIDENCE MEN-Funnypapers (Art Fraud)

SOCIAL SUICIDE-Born Again (from “Mixed Nuts Don’t Crack,” Crackle)
NEGATIVE ELEMENT-Dough Boy (Version Sound)
ADRENALIN OD-Suburbia (Buy Our Records)
IMPACT UNIT-Nightstalker (Big Rig)
DYS-Brotherhood (X-Claim)
EFFIGIES-No Progress (Touch and Go)
DXA-New Right (demo)

TRACK 3

LOS CRUDOS-Asesinos (Lengua Armada)
SIN ORDEN-No Es Mi Culpa (Lengua Armada)
POISON PLANET-Boycott Everything (Third x Party)
DUSTHEADS-Passive Aggressive (Don Giovanni)
LOOK BACK AND LAUGH-By The Pound (Lengua Armada)
SECRET SEVEN-Rise Up/Reach Out (Thrash Steady Syndicate)
NAZTI SKINZ-Race War (Youth Attack)

MDC-I Remember (RRadical)
KIDS-Fascist Cops (Philips)
NO TALK-Police Mafia (Psycho Wolf)
L.O.T.I.O.N.-Vid The Pigs (Toxic State)
BABY BUDDHA-Robot Police (Posh Boy)

OAF-Revenge (demo)
NURSE-Blood Breath (Scavenger of Death)
SLUGGA-Kill Me (demo)
RUNNING-No Wave José (Castle Face)

TRACK 4

NEW SWEET BREATH-Go Away (Mag Wheel)
NILS-Scratches and Needles (from “Something To Believe In,” BYO)
SPOKE-Ruptured Seam (Allied)
SEAWEED-Kid Candy (Sub Pop)
MANIC STREET PREACHERS-Suicide Alley (from “Underground Rockers Volume 2,” Link)

SUBURBS-Urban Guerrilla (from “Big Hits of Mid-America Volume Three,” Twin-Tone)
GIRLS-Jeffrey I Hear You (Hearthan)
B-52’S-6060-842 (Warner Bros.)

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-Police, Police (Elevator Music)