Monday, May 12, 2025

Sonic Overload 5/5/25

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PART 1

MINOR THREAT-Salad Days (Dischord)

CRUSHED BUTLER-It’s My Life (Radio Heartbeat)
REATARDS-I Do What I Want (Empty)
CATHOLIC BOYS-Brain Wash City (Kryptonite)
TRUST FUND BABIES-Up To No Good (Radio)
CAUCUSOID-Sunday Morning (demo)
SHIRKS-Sex Gear (Grave Mistake)

NECRON 9-People Die (Unlawful Assembly)
HEAVEN’S GATE-Frail Mary (Beach Impediment)
ARCHAIC-Maggot (La Vida Es Un Mus)
PHARMA-End of Days (Big Neck)
NO FUCKER-Maelstrrom Of Decay (No Real Music)

WETBRAIN-Who Are We Supposed To Worship? (Painkiller)
COFFIN PRICKS-Group Home Haircut (Council)
PERMANENT MAKEUP-Wrong Way Driver (New Granada)
FRUSTRATION-Angle Grinder (Born Bad)

PART 2

BLACK FLAG-Best One Yet (SST)
SCREAM-The Zoo Closes At Dark (Rough Trade/Dischord)
IRON CROSS-Fight ‘Em All (Skin Flint/Dischord)
LAW AND ORDER-Power (Fetal)
GANG GREEN-Rabies (from “This Is Boston, Not LA,” Modern Method)
CIRCLE JERKS-Stars and Stripes (Trust)

SCIENCE MAN-How The Butcher Gets Paid (Swimming Faith)
UNA BESTIA INCONTROLABLE-Nosaltres Som La Carn (La Vida Es Un Mus)
HOTEL WRECKING CITY TRADERS-Chasing The Tendrils (Cardinal Fuzz)

WALKINGSEEDS-Rollin’ Machine (Fist Puppet)
KATHERINE-Get Out (demo)
MIL MASCARAS-Fuzz (Hozac)
GEN GAP-Fuck Shit (MF)

PART 3

THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY-Photonegative (Smog Veil)
GAY ANNIVERSARY-TV (Slovenly)
BRAINIAC-Cookie Don’t Sing (Touch and Go)
THE MISS-Question & Answer Session (Morphius)
U-MEN-Juice Party (Black Label)

BROWN SUGAR-Candy (Cowabunga)
ROUGE-Sunday Afternoon (Saalepower 2)
THE BUG-Residual Mope (IFB/Not Normal)
WRIGGLE-Leash (demo)
DEFORMITY-Glass Eyes (demo)

THE ALARM-What Kind Of Hell? (Twenty First Century Recording Company ) in memory of Mike Peters 
CHROME-In A Dream (Subterranean)
DROID’S BLOOD-Be Free (Drunken Sailor)

PART 4

TOTAL DICKS-Care To Bleed (High Fashion Industries)
NANDAS-Butterfly Exhibit (Toxic State)
PRAG-Winter Mute (Nopatience)
LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS-Ghoul Breath (ETT)
WARM BODIES-We Don’t Care How They Do It New York (self-released)

PHOBIA-Pretend You’re Not Crazy (from “The Boston Bootleg,” Varulven)
SCARS-Horrorshow (Fast)
RICH KIDS-Rich Kids (EMI)
BIG IN JAPAN-Society For Cutting Up Men (from “To The Shores Of Lake Placid,” Zoo)
CHUDDY NUDDIES-Do The Chud (Eric’s)

BOB SEGER SYSTEM-2 + 2 = ? (Capitol)

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Sonic Overload 4/28/25

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PART 1

ABRASIVE WHEELS-Vicious Circle (Riot City)

SCIENCE MAN-Control Collar (Swimming Faith)
KALEIDOSCOPE-Cities Of Fear (La Vida Es Un Mus)
FUGITIVE BUBBLE-Steel Dust Mites (Sorry State)
CONDOMINIUM-Eating The Universe (Sub Pop)

GIRLS AGAINST BOYS-Let Me Come Back (Touch and Go)
STEEL POLE BATH TUB-Bozeman (Boner)
NATION OF ULYSSES-Spectra Sonic Sound (Dischord)
ARCWELDER-Pound (Touch and Go)

SPLIT SYSTEM-Climbing (Legless)
GUS BALDWIN & THE SKETCH-Itch (Permanent Teeth)
MK ULTRAS-Total Chaos (Mandinga)
OH TELEPHONE-Repo Man (Voodoo Rhythm)
PEECHEES-Genuine Article (Kill Rock Stars)

PART 2

NONE OF THE ABOVE-Ultra Violent (Rabid Cat)
OFFENDERS-We Must Rebel (R Radical)
CHRONIC SUBMISSION-Four Points (Schizophrenic)
TAR BABIES-Be Humble (Bone-Air)
VOID-Dehumanized (from “Flex Your Head,” Dischord)
UNITED MUTATION-Sensations Fix (from “Alive & Kicking,” WGNS)

REVOLTING COCKS-Stainless Steel Providers (Wax Trax)
BRUTE SPRING-Into Ribbons (Swimming Faith)
FUTURE-Draw To A Close (from “Wspólna Sprawa,” Syf)

QUEEN-Keep Yourself Alive (Elektra) in memory of Roy Thomas Baker 
T. REX-Jeepster (Reprise)
CARS-Shoo Be Doo (Elektra)

PART 3

NERVOUS EATERS-Just Head (Rat)
FLESHAPOIDS-Nuke The Whales (Trashtone)
PAJAMA SLAVE DANCERS-Homo Truck Driving Man (Pajamarama)
JOHN OTWAY-Head Butts (Polydor)

PAPRIKA-Let’s Kill Punk (Iron Lung)
JAD-Na Kolanach (self-released)
TÀRREGA 91’-No Puc Viure En Societat (La Vida Es Un Mus)
GAGU-Eye (Dirtbag)
PHAGOCYTE-Housewife (self-released)
SEX SCENES-Happy Now (Big Neck)
X2000-El Linaje (Symphony of Destruction)

PINPOINT-Richmond (Albion)
HATES-No Talk In The 80s (Faceless)
METEORS-Blitzkrieg (Passport)
X-Johny Hit and Run Paulene (Slash)

PART 4

COLA FREAKS-Menneske Lim (Scion)
CARRION KIDS-Leche de Cristo (from “Palestine Solidarity Compilation Vol. 2”)
FUGUE STATE-In The Lurch (Strange Mono)
MEERCAZ-Unlust (Tic Tac Totally)

PERE UBU-Final Solution (Twin/Tone) in memory of David Thomas 
PERE UBU-Non-Alignment Pact (Blank)
PERE UBU-Go (Rough Trade)
ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS-Down In Flames (Smog Veil)

PERE UBU-Heart of Darkness (Radar)

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Sonic Overload 4/21/25

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PART 1

MOLLS-White Stains (Skids)

HEAVEN’S GATE-Much Worse (Beach Impediment)
PARANOID-Vanished Resilience (Beach Impediment)
NISEMONO-Hidoie Omoide (Toxic State)
SAVAGE PLEASURE-The Blistering Plague (Toxic State)

PART TIME CHRISTIANS-Religion On A Stick (Alternative Tentacles)
LIL BUNNIES-Carrot Belly Bunny Rock (Moo-La-La)
FEEDERZ-Jesus Entering From The Rear (from “Let Them Eat Jellybeans,” Alterntive Tentacles)
SCRATCH ACID-Damned For All Time (Rabid Cat)

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-They Saved George the Third’s Brain (Beer City)
PSYCHIC PIGS-I’m On Drugs (Slovenly)
MK ULTRAS-Listen To Me (Big Neck)
SEX SCENES-Fed Up (Big Neck)
COLD MEAT-Sprawling Wellness (Helta Skelta)

PART 2

PUBLIC ENEMY-Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Def Jam)
HO99OR-No Regrets (demo)
ISS-Popes, Queens, Wings and Things (demo)
FOLDED SHIRT-Eleven and a Bucket (Fashionable Idiots)

THE MASSACRED-Power On Top Of Power (Active-8)
X2000-Hedonia Depressiva (Symphony of Destruction)
GUERRA FINAL-Historia Belica (Desolate)
LONG KNIFE-Artificial Heart Recall (Feral Ward)
JUDAS PRIEST-Running Wild (Columbia) in memory of Les Binks 

UK SUBS-Rat Race (Gem)
ADICTS-Straight Jacket (from “Punk and Disorderly,” Posh Boy)
ONE WAY SYSTEM-Give Us A Future (Captain Oi)
FLEAS AND LICE-Up The Punks (Rodent Popsicle)
PORTRAIT OF POVERTY-Portrait of Poverty (from “10 Things Jesus Wants You To Know”)

PART 3

PHAGOCYTE-I Am An American (self-released)
PAPRIKA-Unblinking Eyes (Iron Lung)
YELLOWCAKE-A Fragmented Truth (Not For The Weak)
VAXINE-War Criminals (General Speech)
DEF CHOICE-Baseball Cards To Colored Vinyl (Underestimated)
VASELINE CHILDREN-Nothing To Give (Thrashbastard)
AMERICAN CHEESEBURGER-1020’s Sweet Moves (No Idea)

UNDERTONES-Hypnotised (Sire)
BREAKING CIRCUS-Knife In The Marathon (Homestead)
EXPANDO-BRAIN-Flogging A Dead Relationship (Vacant Lot)
WHITE WHALE-Three (demo)
HYGIENE-Asbestosis (from “Terminal Decay,” Artcore)

FEN FEN-Nothing To Say (Sweet Time)
STRESS BALLS-Doomed To Life On Earth (self-released)
FERAL FUTURE-The Trigger (Western Medical)
MEKONS-Where Were You? (Fast)
CHELSEA-Urban Kids (Step-Forward)

PART 4

KNEECAP-H.O.O.D. (self-released)
M(H)AOL-I Miss My Dog (Merge)
JESUS LIZARD-Westside (Ipecac)
CIRCUS LUPUS-Pacifier (Dischord)
FUGAZI-Styrofoam (Dischord)

THE CURE-A Forest (Fiction)
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD-Low Life (Rhino)
FASHION PIMPS & THE GLAMAZONS-Dream Police (Feel It)
A FRAMES-Futureworld (S-S)

21-645-Red Red (from “Nobody Gets On The Guest List,” Throbbing Lobster)

Monday, April 21, 2025

Sonic Overload 4/7/25

Listen weekly at www.sonicoverload.net. This week's show is in memory of Al Barile


PART 1

SS DECONTROL-Glue (X-Claim) in memory of Al Barile 

SS DECONTROL-Boiling Point (Trust)
SS DECONTROL-Fight Them (Trust)
SS DECONTROL-The Kids Will Have Their Say (Trust)
SS DECONTROL-Nothing Done (X-Claim)
SSD-Words That Kill (Modern Method)
SS DECONTROL-How Much Art?/Wasted Youth (demo)

THE STITCHES-In Heaven (Wanda)
CHAIN WHIP-Self Destruct (Neon Taste)
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE-Bukake Sake (Shogun)
BILL BONDSMEN-Peasant Under Glass (self-released)
TOZCOS-Ritmo De La Muerte (Verdugo)

FUGUE STATE-Moot Point (Strnage Mono)
KING SEXY-Fake Nice (Celibate Playboy)
WIRMS-What’s Ailing Me (What’s For Breakfast?)
PISSE-Marlboro Mann (Phantom)
ROOFIE & THE NIGHTSTALKER-GHB (Rich Bitch)

PART 2

EXODUS-A Lesson In Violence (Combat)
SLAYER-Kill Again (Metal Blade)
FEAR-I Don’t Care About You (Slash)

DEATH SPA-Drill The Corpse Lobe (self-released)
EDUCATION-Juvenile (Symphony of Destruction)
X-INTRUDER-Built In Weakness (Discos Enfermos/No Front Teeth)
MANMACHINE-Something’s Wrong (self-released)

GUIDED BY VOICES-Game of Pricks (Matador)
GUIDED BY VOICES-Motor Away (Matador)
AFGHAN WHIGS-Amphetamines and Coffee (Sub Pop)
AEROSMITH-No More No More (Columbia)

PART 3

STOIC VIOLENCE-Fight Them All (Video Disease)
CHEAP HEAT-Prime Time (Brain Slash)
WET SPECIMENS-Curtain Call (Brain Slash/No Norms)
MOTHER NATURE-I’m Tired (Static Shock)
THE SLIME-Crab-Walk (self-released)
CLUSTERFUX-Flat Tire (Beer City)

SOFT BOYS-I Wanna Destroy You (Matador)
X-RAY SPEX-Art-i-ficial (EMI)
DICKIES-Waterslide (A&M)
BLONDIE-Living In The Real World (Chryalis) in memory of Clem Burke 

AMEROL-Desperate Living (Helta Skelta)
PEOPLE’S TEMPLE-American Hardcore Sucks (Roachleg)
BAD ANXIETY-Cool Moves (Feral Kid/Refuse)
CHRONIC SEIZURE-Over My Shoulder (No Way/Fashionable Idiots)
PITFALL-Scapegoat (Hate Ape)
NO TALK-A Houston Punk Is A Dead Punk (Psychowolf)

PART 4

CLASSIC RUINS-1+1<2 (Ace of Hearts)
THE NOT-Action Man (self-released)
LAST STAND-Scumguns (Taang)
THE EDGE-Corporate Abuse (Throbbing Lobster)

GANG OF FOUR-What We All Want (Warner Bros) in memory of Dave Allen 
GANG OF FOUR-At Home He’s A Tourist (Warner Bros)
GANG OF FOUR-He’d Send In The Army (from “URGH! A Music War,” A&M)
SHRIEKBACK-Feelers (Y)

GANG OF FOUR-To Hell With Poverty (Warner Bros)