Saturday, January 30, 2010

Sonic Overload 1/18/10

This week's show pays tribute to Martin Luther King with a snippet of his lesser-know "Beyond Vietnam" speech. You should really check out this complete four minute video as it shows how little things have change in the 43 years since that address.

There's also a tribute to Jay Reatard (Lindsey) who passed away earlier this month at the much-too-young age of 29...

Sonic Overload 1/18/10

TRACK 1

JAY REATARD-Not A Substitute (In The Red)

REATARDS-Sick When I See (Empty)
REATARDS-Teenage Hate (Empty)
BAD TIMES-Bad Times (SFTRI)
ANGRY ANGLES-Apparent-Transparent (Plastic Idol)
TERROR VISIONS-Blood Is Sweet But Semen Is Sweeter (FDH)

FINAL SOLUTIONS-Eat Shit (Therapeutic)
FINAL SOLUTIONS-Rubber Stamp Test (Goner)
LOST SOUNDS-Do You Wanna Kill Me (Empty)
LOST SOUNDS-1620 Echles St. (Empty)
DESTRUCTION UNIT-This Far To Get Out (Empty)
DESTRUCTION UNIT-Warm Leatherette (Empty)

PINKO & THE ACTION BOYS-Gimme Gimme Gimme End Of The World (self-released)
RELIGIOUS AS FUCK-Doing What We Can (No Idea)
MAD WORLD-Called Out (Even Worse/Kangaroo)
BORN BAD-Toyed Soldiers (from “No Bullshit Vol. 4,” No Way)
HUMAN MESS-Anger Problems (Desensitized)
CONFLICT RESOLUTION-State Of The Union (Citizen Resistance)
CLASSACTION-Stop Making Punk Rock Suck (Rodent Popsicle)

TRACK 2

7 SECONDS-I Have A Dream (BYO)

BLIGHT-The Dream Was Dead (Touch & Go)
DEATHWISH-Tailgate (Amory Arms)
STOP & THINK-Get Lost (Lockin Out)
BROKEN NEEDLE-Revenge (Lengua Armada)
PLAN OF ATTACK-Not This Time (Organized Crime)
MISSING 23RD-Abused (Mankind)

CONDENADA-Testimony (Thought Crime)
LEWD ACTS-Young Lovers, Old Livers (Deathwish)
TRAPDOOR FUCKING EXIT-Run Idiot Run (No Idea)
CONSERVATIVES-Los Alamos Lab Technician (Sonic Swirl)

GROUND ZERO-Nothing (self-released)
THE POP-Animal Eyes (Automatic)
SUBURBAN STUDS-No Faith (Pogo)
HOWARD WERTH-Obsolete (Dangerhouse)

TRACK 3

BLACK MARKET BABY-Downward Christian Soldiers (Dr. Strange)

BREWTAL THIRST-In Your Eyes (Wet Brain)
DERROTA-Dual (Trabuc)
BOXED IN-Edifice (Flat Earth)
SIEGE-Conform (Relapse)
LAST RIGHTS-Do What You Want (Taang)

SPECIAL DUTIES-Too Much Talking (Captain Oi)
CITY-X-Avis (Grand Theft Audio)
CHAOS UK-Senseless Conflict (Riot City)
VAASKA-Muerte En Mexico (540/Todo Destruido)
MORPHEME-Kyokou Hannran Moushin (Prank)

CLOAK/DAGGER-Dead Idols (Jade Tree)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAS-Blister (self-released)
MONORCHID-A Was For Anarchy (Touch & Go)
HONOR ROLE-Lives Of The Saints #135 (Merge)

TRACK 4

RORY GALLAGHER-Shin-Kicker (Chrysalis)
SASS-Radio (Roulette)
KLEENEX-Ain’t You (Kill Rock Stars)
RIPPERS-You Can’t Leave Me All Night Alone (Slovenly)

HELMET-Bad Moon (Amphetamine Reptile)
THEE HYDROGEN TERRORS-Code Name: Coed (Load)
VIDIOTS-I Get Around (Rivers Digital Press)
ZOOPARTY-Laying Low Is Not What We Do (ACME)

B-MOVIE-Marilyn Dreams (Some Bizarre)



Monday, January 25, 2010

Sonic Overload 1/11/10

I'm late, I know, posting this two weeks after air date. It's the first "regular" Sonic Overload of 2010 and dedicated to the memory of Supertouch bassist Joe Graziano, who was found dead in his Chicago apartment earlier this month...

Sonic Overload 1/11/10

TRACK 1

DAMNED-Machine Gun Etiquette (Chiswick)

SOUTHSIDE STRANGLERS-Wired (Grave Mistake/Vicious Circle)
LADIES-Dirty Pictures Of Your Mother (No Way)
SHITTY LIMITS-When Humans Shout At Dogs (Motorchest)
SCHOOL JERKS-Nothing Else (Riff Raff)
NO TALK-Police Mafia (Psychowolf)
SIR HENRY FIAT’S BASTARD-This Is The Day When Rock ‘n Roll Came To Town (Kenrock)

MORPHEME-Ounu No Rensa (Prank)
VAASKA-Sufrir Hasta Morir (540/Todo Destruido)
PERDITION-This Is Hell (Mountains of Madness)
INVASION-Guerra En Mi Cabeza (La Vida Es Un Mus)
FRAMTID-Stay Against (HG Fact)
PAINTBOX-Hedgehog (Prank)

DEADBEATS-Kill The Hippies (Dangerhouse)
VIBRATORS-Nazi Baby (Reptertoire)
CHEAP TRICK-Lookout (Epic)

TRACK 2

GENERATION X-King Rocker (Chrysalis)

TALES OF TERROR-Hound Dog (CD Presents)
SAINTS-Kissin’ Cousins (Sire)
LEATHERFACE-In The Ghetto (Roughneck)
DEAD KENNEDYS-Viva Las Vegas (Alternative Tentacles)
HICKOIDS-Burnin’ Love (Toxic Shock)

BIRTHDAY PARTY-Sonny’s Burning (4AD) in memory of Rowland S. Howard
FLIPPER-Get Away (Subterranean)
OIL-Ban The Forbidden Beat (Coalition)
TYRADES-I Hate Your Wave (Broken)
CLOAK/DAGGER-Don’t Need A (Jade Tree)
KLEENEX-Ain’t You (Kill Rock Stars)

TRACK 3

NINPULATORS-Nincs Isten (Teenage Riot)
STREET TRASH-Not My Fault (No-Class)
DEAN DIRG-Warfare (Six Feet Under)
MOTORAMA-Gossip Reputation (Dead Beat)
THEE HEADCOATS-I Wanna Get Fucked (Amphetamine Reptile)
BELTONES-Fuck You Anyway (TKO)

RAZZIA-B-Alarm (Weird System)
NEGATIVE ELEMENT-Whatever Happened To Elmer Fudd? (Akashic)
RF7-Submit To Them Freely (Grand Theft Audio)
HEART ATTACK-Victims Inquisition (Serious Clown)
LEWD-Polluted Brain (Chuckie Boy)
KIDS-No Monarchy (Philips)

AVSKUM-Glom Aldrig Hiroshima (Prank)
APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT-Enslaved (Profane Existence)
MAD WORLD-Persona (Even Worse/Kangaroo)
AGNOSTIC FRONT-Fascist Attitudes (Bridge 9)
SUPERTOUCH-Searchin’ For The Light (from “New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is,” Revelation) in memory of Joe Graziano

TRACK 4

MAU MAUS-Society’s Rejects (Captain Oi)
PARTISANS-Killing Machine (No Future)
MALINHEADS-Wargame (Thought Crime)
FATALS-Flamin Baby (P.Trash)
HUMAN MESS-No One Will Find Out (No Way)
CITIZENS PATROL-Mental Disorder (from “No Bullshit Vol. 4,” No Way)
PRIMATES-Jugando A Ser Dios (Thought Crime)

NERVOUS EATERS-Get Stuffed (Rat)
CIRCLE JERKS-Under The Gun (LAX)
WEIRDOS-Helium Bar (Frontier)
B-52’S-6060-842 (Warner Bros)
THAT PETROL EMOTION-Can’t Stop (Demon)

NEO-Tran-sister (Jet)

Friday, January 15, 2010

Sonic Overload 1/4/10--The Best of the '00s!

The longest show in the history of Sonic Overload--2 hours, 54 minutes of what I think was the best music of the past 10 years. I only used a few songs from '09 since I just did that show last week and I think it's a good idea to wait and see if any more records from that year stand the "test of time."

But here it is--five sets of music with the only stipulation that I play one song per band. And it's in no particular order except for the last segment, which I suppose you could say is the "best of the best." Hope you like it. I think I put more work into this show than any that I've done.

Sonic Overload 1/4/10

TRACK 1

FULL SPEED AHEAD-Overload (Manic Ride)

GORDON SOLIE MOTHERFUCKERS-Tears Of A Clone (625)
CAREER SUICIDE-Punitive Damages (Deranged)
DS-13-Lie (Havoc)
HERO DISHONEST-Yet, What Do We Accomplish (If Society)
INFEST-Sickman (Draw Blank/Deep Six)
JOHN BROWN’S ARMY-Playing With Fire (Gloom)

STATE-Christian (Underestimated)
COPS AND ROBBERS-Desensitized (ADD)
FROM ASHES RISE-Concrete and Steel (self-released)
BORN/DEAD-Endless War (Prank)
NINE SHOCKS TERROR-Remove The Pope (Sound Pollution)
SPAZM 151-Freedom/Tear It Up (Busted Heads)

THE PROWL-Tear Me Down (Gloom)
NAZTI SKINZ-Race War (Youth Attack)
TERMINAL STATE-Your Rules (Deranged)
REGULATIONS-Police Siren (Havoc)
PEDESTRIANS-In The End (Residue)
NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS-Century Of Warfare (Kick ‘n’ Punch)

TRACK 2

LIMP WRIST-Limp Wrist vs. Dr. Laura (Cheap Art)
ACID REFLUX-Customers Fuck Off (No Way)
I OBJECT-Chopping You Down (Still Holding On)
BRAIN HANDLE-Out Of Touch (self-released)
SNOBS-Control (My War)
FOURTEEN OR FIGHT-Everything Is Not Alright (Lengua Armada)
REGRESS-Reagan’s Disease (Boot Camp)
CAUSTIC CHRIST-Burned (Kick ‘n’ Punch)

DESTINO FINAL-Laberinto I (La Vida Es Un Mus)
TOTALITĂ„R-Vi Ar Eliten (Prank)
WORLD BURNS TO DEATH-The Dead Sing This Hymn (Hardcore Holocaust)
KEGCHARGE-Blood-Mix-Oil (Hardcore Holocaust)
SKITKIDS-Intro/Lycklig Idiot (Kick ‘n’ Punch/Instigate)

GUYANA PUNCH LINE-Not Right (Prank)
GIANT HAYSTACKS-The War At Home (Smartguy)
TRUE NORTH-Rocknroll (No Idea)
TOTAL ABUSE-Scarred (Deranged)
CELEBRITY ROAST-Dogmatic For The People (Creep)
BOOKS LIE-Williamsburg Is Burning (Satellite Transmissions)
PULSES-You’re Still Young (Dirtnap)

TRACK 3

OUT COLD-Own Worst Enemy (ACME)
PUNCH IN THE FACE-Not Here To Make Friends (Highly Questionable)
WASTED TIME-Futility (Grave Mistake)
CUT THE SHIT-No Way Out (Gloom)
REPOS-Go Faster (Youth Attack)
TOTAL FURY-I Win, You Lose (Dandoh)
GOVERNMENT WARNING-Slave Labor (Feral Ward)

CANCER BRIDES-Return (Brass Jacket)
COMBATWOUNDEDVETERAN-15 Minutes On A Forklift (No Idea)
ANTELOPE-The Demon (Dischord)
THE ESTRANGED-Fast Train (HG Fact)

SEX VID-Trainwreck (Kill Test)
GRABBIES-I Wanna Be Blind (Proud To Be Idiot)
CHOP-SAKIS-Shoot To Kill (Little Deputy)
BRIEFS-We Americans (Dirtnap)
BLOWFLY-I Wanna Be Fellated (Alternative Tentacles)
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)

TRACK 4

SHITTY LIMITS-Here Are The Limits (Sorry State)
ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT-Savoir Faire (Vagrant)
COLUMBIAN NECKTIES-Abrance! (Sounds Of Subterrania)
LET IT BURN-Here’s To Goodbyes (Coalition)
THIS IS MY FIST-Jesus Plus Nothing (from “California Thrash,” 625)
SOVIETTES-Bottoms Up, Bottomed Out (Adeline)
SUPERCHINCHILLARESCUEMISSION-60 Hour Greyhound (Attention Deficit Disorder)

86 MENTALITY-Intro/Life Trap (Grave Mistake)
SHELL SHOCK-Wake Up (Puke N Vomit)
BLACK SS-Quick Fix (Reaper)
DEAD STOP-In Hell (Wolfpack)
TEAR IT UP-What’s The Problem? (Deranged)
KNOCK DOWN-What’s Left (Youngblood)

F-MINUS-Vultures (Hellcat)
READ YELLOW-Read Yellow (Fenway)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING-It’s All Square (Goner)
C.AARMÉ-Tu Puta Mi Casa (Burning Heart)
IKARA COLT-Rudd (Fantastic Plastic)

TRACK 5

LAST IN LINE-A Little Common Courtesy Won’t Kill You (But I Just Might) (ACME)
R’N’R-What’s Your Damage? (from “Stab To Kill,” Stab and Kill)
NIGHTSTICK JUSTICE-Control (Grave Mistake)
BASTARD SONS OF APOCALYPSE-Wave Of Death (Todo Destruido)
GOUKA-Coexist (Partners In Crime)

BOTTLES & SKULLS-War Machine (TKO)
FUNERAL-Overnight Delivery (Funeral)
BORN DEAD ICONS-The Great Western Mistake (Partners In Crime)
HEX DISPENSERS-Down In The Park (Alien Snatch)

NERVE AGENTS-War Against! (Hellcat)
DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Technically Disfigured (No Way)
DIRECT CONTROL-War All The Time (Kangaroo)
FUCKED UP-Police (Deranged)
VIOLENT MINDS-Fight Authority (Parts Unknown)
AMDI PETERSENS ARME-Alt Er Ved Det Samme (Kick ‘n’ Punch)

LOST SOUNDS-Don’t Turn Around (Empty) (in memory of Jay Reatard)

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Sonic Overload 12/28/09--The Best of 2009


What it says... the best records of 2009

Happy New Year!

Sonic Overload 12/28/09

TRACK 1

DISCO ASSAULT-Homeland Security (Schizophrenic)

LOGIC PROBLEM-Sterile Anxiety (Abuse)
TIMEBOMBS-Safe For The Whole Family (Cowabunga)
HERDS-The Life Of Caribou (Fashionable Idiots)
AMERICAN CHEESEBURGER-10:20's Sweet Moves (No Idea)
BLOWBACK-Fuck Fuck Fuck (HG Fact)
ORGANISM-Humanity (Hardware)

SWORN LIARS-Down (Big Neck)
LIGHTS OUT-Be Quiet and Obey (Dead Beat)
SPITS-Life Of Crime (Recess)
A/V MURDER-Tourettes (Local Cross)
KRUNCHIES-Victim All The Time (SouthKore)

I HATE THIS-Sick (American Waste/Blastcat)
CHEAP TRAGEDIES-July of '68 (Mad At The World)
PSYCHED TO DIE-Conditioned To Fail (Dirtnap)
DEEP SLEEP-On A Slab (Grave Mistake)
NIGHT BIRDS-Send Me Home (demo)

TRACK 2

INSUBORDINATES-1968 (Feral Kid)
FOREIGN OBJECTS-White Elephant (Loud Punk/Shock To The System)
CONFINES-Mediocrity Rules (demo)
GARBAGE STRIKE-Reagan's Ghost (demo)
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-In Your Heart (Mute)

AVO-All My Friends Are Fucked (Even Worse/Kangaroo)
POINTBLANK-The Hunter, Part 1 (demo)
RAW NERVES-The Elegant Dance Of World Destruction (Poisoned Candy)
MURDER-SUICIDE PACT-I Respect You and All Of Your Body Parts (demo)
THE HORROR-Bringing The War Home (Grot)
THE POGO-Police War (Loud Punk)

CANADIAN RIFLE-Climbing Down From The Crane (Residue)
NO SLOGAN-KBG (Residue)
CRAWLERS-Revelation (Blind Spot)
EVERYTHING FALLS APART-Leave No Record (self-released)
INSOMNIO-The Darkside (No Way)

TRACK 3

CHARLIE-Vatican In Flames (from "Does It Hurt?," Thought Crime)

DARK AGES-What Do You Believe? (Cowabunga)
ACCIDENTAL GUN DEATH-Resisting (Schizophrenic)
WHITE LOAD-Talk (Leather Bar)
OMEGAS-False Worship (Powered)
ABLE DANGER-Zombie Generation (Feral Kid)
ULTRATUMBADOS-Autogesto, Al Exceso (SouthKore)

ANS-I Killed Porcho (Tankcrimes)
LEATHERVEIN-Crossed The Line (Hjernespind)
SACRED SHOCK-Closed Doors (Residue)
BLANK STARE-Fuck Your Life (Refuse)
RELIGIOUS SS DISORDER-Pills Pills Pills (Punks Before Profits)

SOCIAL CIRCKLE-What's So Great? (No Way)
REPORTS-Bill Wyman Metal Detector (Ride The Snake)
GENERAL INTEREST-Capricious Youth (Ride The Snake)
YOUNG OFFENDERS-Big Cities (625)
MARKED MEN-Blew My Head (Dirtnap)

TRACK 4

KOROVA-Degrassi Fight Music (Victimized)
GOVERNMENT WARNING-Stop Again (Grave Mistake/No Way)
SMART COPS-King of Punx (Sorry State)
DAMAGE-Pull The Plug (self-released)
DIRECT CONTROL-Public Safety (Feral Ward)
HJERTESTOP-Traet Af Drugs (No Way)

FASHION-Swells (Yibbida Yibbida)
HYGIENE-TV Girl (Dire)
NITAD-Besokaren (No Way)
BRAIN KILLER-Endless (Deranged)
SYSTEMATIC DEATH-Subtropical (Fade-In)

MUNDO MUERTO-Politicos Falsos (Que Punk)
PISSCHRIST-Extinction (HG Fact)
PISSED JEANS-Human Upskirt (Sub Pop)
SHITTY LIMITS-Your Limits Are My Limits (Sorry State)
DESTINO FINAL-Donde Estan (La Vida Es Un Mus)
WASTED TIME-Black Mold (Grave Mistake)

SVT-New Year (415)