Sonic Overload 4/2/12

Time for some festive Easter music—all your springtime favorites. I took a week off from the political content. Truth be told, I don’t know where I’d begin with audio/song selections for the Trayvon Martin case in Florida. For those of you who didn’t hear about it (and I can’t see that being too large a number, at this point), Trayvon is the unarmed 17 year-old who was shot to death by a self-styled neighborhood watchman. No charges have been brought against the gunman and the whole thing smells like a big coverup. It once again exposes the racial divide that persists in this country.

I also made a dedication to Joel Olson, who passed away last week. He was an activist, zine editor (Hippycore and Profane Existence), college professor and punk rock drummer. I forgot to mention the latter when I played his band Pissed. I never met Joel but he leaves behind an impressive legacy and, no doubt, countless friends and supporters. R.I.P.

Sonic Overload 4/2/12

TRACK 1

EASTER KIDS-Easter Kid (Brain Drain)

CRACKS-Someone Else To Screw (Slipping Grip)
CLUSTERFUCK-Eek! Eek! (Computer Crime)
FOLDED SHIRT-Mouth Clock (Fashionable Idiots)
REVILERS-Negativity (Patac)
BEVERLEY KILLS-Flawed (Rowdy Farrago)
SLICES-Class Time (Iron Lung)

SUICIDE FILE-Kissinger (Indecision)
KILLING JOKE-Corporate Elect (Spinefarm)
THE NERVOUS-Dead Fret (Nervous)
NO MORE ART-Peripeteia (New Dark Age)

DISKONECTED-New War (Loud Punk)
VARUKERS-Protest and Survive (Anagram)
DISORDER-Stagnation (Disorder)
LIFE’S BLOOD-Not For The Weak (Combined Effort)

TRACK 2

POISON IDEA-The Temple (Alchemy)
FINAL CONFLICT-Crucifixion (SOS)
BROKEN BONES-Crucifix (Fallout)
RUINATION-Theme For A Crucifiction (+/-)
JERRY’S KIDS-Crucify Me (X-Claim)
LOAD-Pastor’s Day (Faceless)

CRAZY SPIRIT-Cool Death (Quality Control HQ)
BRAIN F?-V-2 (Sorry State/Grave Mistake)
TV FREAKS-Brain/Head (Schizophrenic)
DEAN DIRG-Chartbreaker Hahaha (Dead Beat)
NITAD-En For Mycket Ar Tre For Fa (Deranged)
ALLEYCATS-Black Haired Girl (from “Sharp Cuts,” Planet)

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

TRACK 3

UNCURBED-Bum On A Subway (Sacred Plague)
WILD TRIBE-Wake Up Battle (PunkAlive)
ROTTEN CADAVER-Dark End (Black Water)
BASTARD SONS OF APOCALYPSE-Wave Of Death (Todo Destruido)
PISSED-Purge (Profane Existence) in memory of Joel Olson

DOOM TOWN-Walking Through Walls (Erste Theke Tontraeger/New Dark Age)
KIM PHUC-Wormwood Star (Iron Lung)
CHUMPS-Black (Forge)

BEAST OF BEAST-White Boys Don’t Lie (My Ass)
FRANTIX-Static (Afterburn)
HYDEOUTS-Heart Fulla Soul (self-released)
THE LEWD-Climate Of Fear (Chuckie-Boy)
SADO NATION-Messed Up Mixed Up (Grand Theft Audio)
SCAVENGERS-Born To Bullshit (Raw Power)

TRACK 4

REAL KIDS-Reggae Reggae (Red Star)
LUSH-Downer (4AD)
DENTS-Big Mistake (demo)
NEW SWEET BREATH-Silka (Ringing Ear)

COCKNEY REJECTS-Flares N Slippers (Captain Oi)
PINPOINT-Richmond (Albion)
HATES-No Talk In The 80s (Faceless)
METEORS-Blitzkrieg (EMI)
CHELSEA-Urban Kids (Step Forward)

PAILHEAD-No Bunny (Wax Trax)