Monday, July 27, 2026

Sonic Overload 7/20/26

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PART 1

FLUX OF PINK INDIANS-Tube Disasters (Crass)

VARUKERS-Another Religion Another War (Abstract)
GENOCIDE EXPRESS-Genocide Express (from “Cleanse the Bacteria,” Pusmort)
DECLINO-Inutile Trionfo (from “P.E.A.C.E./WAR,” R Radical)
ANTI CIMEX-War Machine (Agipunk)
ACCUSED A.D.-Martha’s Revenge (Skinwalker)

CANDY MACHINE-Syndicate (Skene)
COFFIN PRICKS-Group Home Haircut (Council) 
aMINIATURE-Foreign Room (Sing Fat)

ALIEN NOSEJOB-Public Belief (Iron Lung)
FRIED E/M-Capitalist Eyes (Lumpy)
EFIALTIS-Efialtis (Static Shock)
POLAR BODY-Clean (demo)
INVERTEBRATES-No More (Beach Impediment)
ZODD-Ultra Brute Force of Abuse (La Vida Es Un Mus)

PART 2

GIRLS-Jeffrey I Hear You (Hearthan) in memory of Jeff Cohen 
WILLIE “LOCO” ALEXANDER-Dirty Eddie (Northeastern)
GROUND ZERO-Cybernetic War (self-released)

CUT THE SHIT-No Way Out (Gloom)
STRAIGHT TO HELL-We Will Bury You (Deadalive)
S.O.H.-Delirium (No Norms)
G.U.N.-Sex Tourist Blues (Poison Vision)
WASTED TIME-Leech/No Shore (Grave Mistake)
DEEP WOUND-Lou’s Anxiety Song (Radiobeat)

ORCHESTRAL MANOEVRES IN THE DARK-Messages (Virgin)
PONY-Prizefighter (Homestead)
LOST SOUNDS-Don’t Turn Around (Goner)

PART 3

NIGHTFREAK-Midnight Rattlesnakes (Big Neck)
MESH-Potato Head (Feel It)
SILENT ERA-Pale Blue Dot (demo)
TOUCH MY RASH-Sexless Existence (Bittersick)

GENRAL FOODZ-Be So Funny (Destiny)
MANIACS-Chelsea 77 (United Artists)
NEW HEARTS-Just Another Teenage Anthem (CBS)
BOOMTOWN RATS-She’s So Modern (Columbia)
PENETRATION-Money Talks (Virgin)

OIL-Ban The Forbidden Beat (Coalition)
SEVEN FEET FOUR-Auto Emotion (Coalition)
BOOKS LIE-Williamsburg Is Burning (Satellite Transmissions)
RYE COALITION-The Higher The Hair The Closer To God (Gern Blandsten)

PART 4

CEMENT SHOES-Fruity Funhouse (Feel It)
FACTUMS-Bend (Sacred Bones)
FURIOUS PARTY-Ice Cream (demo)
BEDTIMEMAGIC-Endless Slumber (Nefarious Industries)
CORNPONE-Bonus Egg (Australian Cattle Gods)

L7-Shitlist (Slash) in memory of Jennifer Finch 
GREEN RIVER-This Town (Sub Pop)
GUZZARD-Wubba (Amphetamine Reptile)
CRUNT-Black Heart (Trance Syndicate)
HURRIGANES-Tallahassee Lassie (Love) in memory of Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon

PEZBAND-Love Goes Underground (Passport) 

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Sonic Overload 7/13/26

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PART 1

BAR FEEDERS-Toolshed (Fast Music)

GOTTLIEB-Pipe Bomb (Quiet Panic)
PICKET LINE-True Blue (Mind Eraser)
WANTED-Exposed (demo)
PISS POOR-Raw Meat (Big Neck)
MALE PATTERNS-Unwritten Laws (Peterwalkee)

BART AND THE BRATS-Kill Your TV (Big Neck)
CHINESE JUNK-Fuck You, I’m Broke (Big Neck)
MESH-Boots On The Pavement (Feel It)
SNIFFANY & THE NITS-Hyperspace (Gob Nation)

HEROIN-Undertaking (Gravity)
WOLVES-9 (Coalition)
TRUE NORTH-Rocknroll (No Idea)
THE COST-These Days (New Disorder)
AMERICAN STEEL-Graveyards (Lookout) 
ARRIVALS-Analee (Thick)

PART 2

EFFIGIES-Quota/Technos Gone (Ruthless)
ELECTRIC DEADS-Fish In A Pool (Noise & Distortion)
APPENDIX-Itsemuhra (Höhnie)
ANTHRAX-Exploitation (Happy Release)
EXILED-Artificial Friend (Fountain of Youth)
DOUBLE-O-There’s No Reasoning (R&B) 
DIRECT ACTION-Hate Generation (Schizophrenic)

CLIFF AND IVY-Stone and Mind (House of Extreme Darkness)
FALSE FLOWERS-Another Lullaby (Strange Club)
PUBLIC FIGURES-Repeat It (self-released)
ODOR EATER-85 Decibels (Feel It)

BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS-Go Down Gamblin’ (Columbia) in memory of David Clayton-Thomas 
CHICAGO-Free (Columbia) in memory of Walt Parazaider 
GUESS WHO-Hang On To Your Life (RCA)
BYRDS-Hey Joe (Columbia)

PART 3

FAILURE FACE-King of Shit (Give Praise) in memory of Rob Sexton
SHAVED APE-Crowd Cloud (Sorry State)
SHORT CHANGED-Fuck You, Fight Me (Rodent Popsicle/Goat Power Recreation)
DETHFOX-Natural Media Teleforce (Chaos Rural)
KRÖMOSOM-Are You Free? (Southern Lord)
ENZYME-Under Siege (La Vida Es Un Mus)

LOVE BATTERY-Between The Eyes (Sub Pop)
PAVEMENT-From Now On (Drag City)
CRIMSON SWEET-Still Glistening (On/On Switch)

MISSION OF BURMA-This Is Not A Photograph (Ace of Hearts)
PASTICHE-Talk Show (P*P)
RUTS-Staring At The Rude Boys (Virgin)

PART 4

QUANGO-Fatality (Danger)
RANK/XEROX-Discipline (Make A Mess)
FOREIGN OBJECTS-Look Around (Vinyl Rites)
WHITE LUNG-Drown With The Monster (Domino)
SYNTHETIC ID-Blind Spots (Castle Face)

B-52’S-6060-842 (Warner Bros.)
NASTY FACTS-Drive My Car (Jimboco)
TRAGICS-Mommi I’m A Misfit (Loud Punk)
TYRANNA-Back Off Baby (Boppa Do Down)
WILMA & THE WILBERS-Tiger Beat (Bedrock)

DB’S-Black and White (Albion) 

Monday, July 13, 2026

Sonic Overload 6/29/26--Salute To America, 250th anniversary edition

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PART 1

BROTHER INFERIOR-Land of the Free (Sensual Underground Ministries)

NAKED RAYGUN-Home of the Brave (Homestead)
HÜSKER DÜ-In A Free Land (Reflex)
THE FREEZE-American Town (Modern Method)
PEDESTRIANS-American Town (demo)
PEOPLE’S TEMPLE-Patriotic & Brain Dead (Roachleg)

PHAGOCYTE-I Am An American (demo)
EXPERT PIE-No One Is Treading On You (self-released)
S.L.I.P.-There’s No Hope For The U.S.A. (Sorry State)
MAD DOG-National Anthem (demo)
THE BUG-American Hate (demo)
NAZTI SKINZ-Defending Liberty (Youth Attack)

FAGGOT-Fuck You America (Selfish Satan)
EXTERMINATORS-Patriotic American (Slope)
THE CLASH-I’m So Bored With The USA (CBS)
ANAL CUNT-American Woman (Earache)
MELT-BANANA-Surfin’ USA (Tzadik)

PART 2

MELEE-Fuck You To The Red White and Blue (from “DIY or Die,” Suburban Voice)
7 SECONDS-Fuck Your Amerika (from “Not So Quiet On The Western Front,” Alternative Tentacles)
VICIOUS CIRCLE-You’re An American (from “RIX-Core,” Atomic Action)
PTL KLUB-Constitutional Monarchy (F.OA.D.)
WHIPPING BOY-America Must Die (GTA)
PATRIOTS-Land of the Free (Another Lousy Record)
ECONOCHRIST-Fuck Your American Dream (Truant)
FU’S-My America (X-Claim)

L.O.T.I.O.N.-Boots on the Ground (Toxic State)
SUICIDE-Rocket USA (Red Star)
SPECIAL INTEREST-The State, The Industry, The Community & Her Lover (Raw Sugar)

ART OBJECT-USANRK (Constant Motion)
PAGANS-Dead End America (Drome)
MC5-American Ruse (Atlantic)
APPLIANCES-SFB-Living In America (SFB)

PART 3

BALANCE OF TERROR-This Is Nowhere (Paralogy) in memory of Bryan Livov 
WRECKAGE-White House Spokesperson (Busted Heads)
KEGCHARGE-God Bless America (Hardcore Holocaust)
ANCIENT FILTH-This American Lie (self-released)
MALE NURSES-Red. White. Blue (Deranged)
GOONS-USA (Torque)
JOHN THE BAKER AND THE MALNOURISHED-Fuck The Fascist USA (Crucial)

D.I.-Living In The USA (Reject)
FRITES MODERN-USA (Boy Bensdorp Platen)
SOCIAL UNREST-Red, White and Blue (Libertine)

THOSE UNKNOWN-Cries of a Nation (TKO)
CHOKING VICTIM-Hate Yer State (Hellcat)
SWINDLE-USA (Grilled Cheese)
MAN AFRAID-Stars and Stripes Forever (Half-Mast)
BRIEFS-We Americans (Strange Club)

PART 4

GEORGE CARLIN-God Bless America (Eardrum)
TOXIC REASONS-God Bless America (T-reason)

BROKEN PRAYER-National Cum (Sorry State)
TERROR VISIONS-Death In America (Goner)
HO99O9-Hated In Amerika (self-released)
ISS-Barron Wasteland (Sorry State)
GENE-America Was Never Great (demo)
DJ FREAK-God Damn America (Serioius 21)

CIRCLE JERKS-Stars and Stripes (Trust)
REAGAN YOUTH-USA (Freeway Ent.)
SIN 34-American America (PNV)
SCREAM-U.Suck.A/We’re Fed Up (Dischord)
ARTICLES OF FAITH-American Dreams (Reflex)
DILLINGER FOUR-The Great American Going Out Of Business Sale (Hopeless)

KIM WILDE-Kids In America (EMI America)

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Sonic Overload 6/22/26

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PART 1

SWINGERS-Counting The Beat (Backstreet)

GRAY MATTER-Chutes and Ladders (Dischord)
MIDDLE CLASS-Politics (Body and Soul) (from “The Well,” Independent Project)
TUBERS-High Tide It’s Inside (No Idea)
BRAINIAC-Ride (Grass)
MAN OR ASTRO MAN-Lo Batt. (Touch and Go)

SWEEPING PROMISES-Cocoon (Sub Pop)
SNIFFANY & THE NITS-Best Of Luck (Gob Nation)
GENTILESKY-Money Making (Slovenly)
DISPLAY HOMES-Precursor (ETT)

UNDERDOG-Say It To My Face (New Beginning)
INFEST-Where’s The Unity? (Deep Six/Draw Blank)
ROLLINS BAND-You Look At You (2.13.61)
LEFT INSANE-Neck Deep (Nemesis)

PART 2

KILLING JOKE-Tension (EG)
YELLO-The Evening’s Young (Polygram)
COLIN NEWMAN-Don’t Bring Reminders (Beggars Banquet)

SNOBS-Control (My War)
PINKEYE-Thaco (Slasher)
MAD MEN-The Awakening (demo)
SCHOOL JERKS-Outcast (Grave Mistake/Bad Vibrations)
BIG BLEACH-Bleacherz (More Power)
STOIC VIOLENCE-Chained (Video Disease)
FLACCID-Concrete (demo)
AGARI-Roadkill (demo)

STARZ-Night Crawler (Capitol)
RED CROSS-Kill Someone You Hate (Smoke 7)
GO-GO’S-We Got The Beat (Stiff)
SLAMMIN’ WATUSIS-King of Cha-Cha (Epic)

PART 3

WANTED-Smoking Gun (demo)
PIG RIDES-Nothing Left (Color and Time Tonight)
HEZ-Joula Personal (Under The Gun)
LAND OF WOLVES-Worth Has Won Out (self-released)
GOOD TOUCH-All Together (Coin Toss)
VIC BONDI AND HIS ISSUES-Sun God (Alternative Tentacles)

NOMEANSNO-And That’s Sad (Alternative Tentacles)
UPRIGHT FORMS-Mission (SkinGraft)

TUXEDOMOON-What Use? (Ralph)
LOS MICROWAVES-Time To Get Up (Posh Boy)
PLASTIC BERTRAND-Super Cool (Mode)

PART 4

VACUUM REBUILDERS-Cinnapunke (Pee Blood)
MONOTONY-Monotony (Faux Disc)
UNNATURAL HELPERS-My Brother’s Been Kissin’ My Girlfriend (from “Babyhead,” S-S)
CUNTZ-Nah Man (Homeless)
SCHUND-Chaos (Höhnie)
L.O.T.I.O.N. MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION-Machine Hallucinations/Celebrate The Suffering (Static Shock)

APB-Chain Reaction (Oily)
SKIDS-Open Sound (Virgin)
TV21-Something’s Wrong (Deram)
REZILLOS-Cold Wars (Sire)
SIMPLE MINDS-Tonight (MindMood)

SLAMBOOK-Hollywood Ten (Lorem Ipsum)