Saturday, October 27, 2012

Sonic Overload 10/8/12

Columbus Day—for the third year in a row, I start the show with a public service announcement, for which I downloaded the audio, urging people to reconsider the celebration of Columbus Day since, in essence, it’s a celebration of genocide. As with many events in history, they’ve been whitewashed and the truth obscured. I’m sure many of my beloved listeners already know about it, but you should definitely read Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States for a much different take on what’s happened on this continent since 1492. And, if you’re a parent, there’s a version for younger people, as well.

I’ll be off for vacation next week and will return on 10/22. First time I’ve missed a week in four years. Why not go on the archive and check out some of the older shows while you’re waiting for the next one.

Sonic Overload 10/8/12

TRACK 1

DEFECT DEFECT-Stolen Ground (Residue)

LOS JODIDOS-500 Anos De Mentiras (from “Ratas Di Ciudad (Southkore)
LOS CRUDOS-500 Anos (Lengua Armada)
ONxALERT-Mending 500 Years (from “Bridging Oceans,” Third Party)
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME-Q: And Punks? A: And Punks (No Options)
FORWARD TO DEATH-Ask Your Doctor (Perfect Victim)
HEROIN-Undertaking (Gravity)

NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS-Ocean Beach Party (Falsified)
MIDNITE SNAXXX-Like Lightning (Raw Deluxe)
THROWAWAYS-Summer Song (Handsome Dan)
NARCS-R.O.T. Blood (Cowabunga)
CONTAMINATORS-Closet Junkie (Going Underground)
SLUGZ-Full Time Nothing (Cowabunga)

OFF!-I Got News For You (Vice)
SPITS-Live In A Van (Recess)
DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Face Jam (Sorry State)
OMEGAS-Fevered Freedom (Painkiller)
MAD MEN-Mad Men (self-released)
WHITE LOAD-Endless Bummer (Spin the Bottle)

TRACK 2

SECRET PROSTITUTES-Publikasi Prostitusi (Bad Hair Life)
KFC-Kriminalpogo (from “Bloodstains Across Germany”)
LEGIONAIRE’S DISEASE-I’d Rather See You Dead (Lunar Lab)
SLOBS-You’re A Sick Rat (from “Viva La Vinyl #3,” Dead Beat)
STRETCH MARKS-Dog’s World (Head Butt)
NIG-HEIST-Love In Your Mouth (Drag City)

BECKY LEE AND DRUNKFOOT-Lies (Voodoo Rhythm)
HANK HAINT-Problematic (Voodoo Rhythm)
ROCKET SCIENCE-Burn In Hell (Voodoo Rhythm)
MOTARDS-Put Me Down (Bag Of Basters)

DEAD BOYS-Won’t Look Back (Sire)
SUBHUMANS-Big Picture (Friends)
DEFECTS-20th Century (WXYZ)
BLITZ-Propaganda (No Future)
CRIMINAL DAMAGE-The Heat (Feral Ward)

TRACK 3

45 GRAVE-Black Cross (Goldar)
LEGAL WEAPON-Waiting In Line (Arsenal)
TUBEWAY ARMY-Blue Eyes (Beggars Banquet)
PIXIES-Break My Body (4AD)

STOCKPILE-Body Politic (Destroy Me)
HAUTE COUTURE-Haute Couture (Shogun)
DESPERAT-Vi Förstör Vår Jord (Beach Impediment)
VITAMIN X-Ready To Burn (Tankcrimes)
P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S-P.R.O.B.L.E.M (Doomtown Sounds)
SOD-Kill Yourself (Megaforce)

ALLOY-Unafraid (Bitzcore)
GOD AND TEXAS-Incoming (Restless)
CIRCUS LUPUS-Pacifier (Dischord)
KEPONE-Pointless (Quarterstick)

TRACK 4

JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION-Danger (Bronzerat)
CHINESE BURNS-Kiss Fist (Windian)
CONSTANT MONGREL-Four Legs (R.I.P. Society)
AVON LADIES-Cyanide Lactater (Katorga Works)
PUFFY AREOLAS-Take My Place (HoZac)
CEREMONY-Everything Burns (Matador)

RAMONES-Commando (Sire)
CHEAP TRICK-He’s A Whore (Epic)
BIG EYES-Back From The Moon (Grave Mistake)
TENEMENT-Viscous (Cowabunga)
SUPERCHUNK-Lying In State (Merge)
FUNERAL ORATION-Dayfall (Hopeless)

RADIATORS FROM SPACE-Television Screen (Chiswick)

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Sonic Overload 10/1/12

Two hours and thirteen minutes this week—more punk for your buck. Or no bucks—this is a non-profit operation. It’s pretty much a non-revenue operation but that’s OK because it’s still fun. I wanted to make sure I got in some of the newer records I might have been neglecting. And the show wraps up with one of the happiest songs you’ll ever hear. It’s a long one but I hope you’ll listen to every joyous second of that song and the rest of the show...

On a more somber note, this week’s show is dedicated to Mark Sheehan from Out Cold, who passed away two years ago today. I sure do miss him and I know I’m not alone with that thought...   

Sonic Overload 10/1/12

TRACK 1

ACCÜSED-Slow Death (Subcore)

OUT COLD-High Maintenance (ACME)
OUT COLD-Victim (Kangaroo)
WARM JETS-Diabla (ACME)
ZEITGEIST-Let’s Play House (Cobra Cabana)
NOMOS-A Weakness (Deranged)

BIRTH DEFORMITIES-Nobody Likes Me (Cowabunga)
MONSTER TRUCK FIVE-Rocket Music On (from “Cowtown Vol. 4,” Anyway)
MUKILTEO FAIRIES-Ripped Out (Kill Rock Stars)
DIPERS-Space (Omnibus)
PIRANHAS-Future Primitive (Tom Perkins)
HOSPITAL RATS-Some Kinda Love (demo)

KABUL GOLF CLUB-Bits Of Freedom (Uproar For Veneration)
GUYANA PUNCH LINE-Not Right (Prank)
FINAL SOLUTIONS-I Am The Now (Goner)
AKIMBO-Lick The Knife (Alternative Tentacles)

TRACK 2

DESPERAT-Bandlogga (Beach Impediment)
CITIZENS PATROL-Artificial Life (Way Back When)
NO TOMORROW-Nuclear Exposure (Sorry State)
STATE FUNERAL-The Old School Ties That Bind Us (Artcore)
FIX ME-Caciques (Sell Our Souls)
INVASION-Vida en Ruinas (La Vida Es Un Mus)

FLYIN’ TRICHECOS-Tri-Tri-Tricheco (Proud To Be Idiot)
LUBE-Smooth (demo)
REATARDS-You Got So Much Soul (Goner)
MIKE REP & THE QUOTAS-Fade Away (Siltbreeze)
LEATHER NUN-No Rule (MVG)

BULLET LAVOLTA-Baggage (Taang)
NEATS-Sometimes (Ace of Hearts)
BRENTWOODS-Doofus Stomp (Radio X)
SMOKING POPES-Not That Kind Of Girlfriend (Johann’s Face)
LYNYRD’S INNARDS-Houston, We Have A Problem (Johann’s Face)

TRACK 3

SCHOOL JERKS-Outcast (Grave Mistake)
GUNS-Shut Up (Smog Veil)
URBAN WASTE-Wasted Life (Way Back When/Even Worse)
CONDEMNED 2 DEATH-Gartland’s Pit (Grand Theft Audio)
MIA-Small Man In A Big World (Alternative Tentacles)
MORAL DECAY-America (from “Buried Alive 2,” Bomp)
IMPACT-L'Uomo Procede (E.U. '91 Produzioni)
NOTA-Summer Of ’82 (Rabid Cat)

SPITES-Cheap Beer, Fast Cars and Girls (Rip Off)
ORPHANS-XRNRX (Unity Squad)
SHARK PANTS-Shark Pants (Recess)
DIRTYS-I’m On Fire (Crypt)
DICKIES-You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) (A&M)

NERVOUS IMPULSE-Build A Bomb (Undercurrent)
UNSANE-Scrape (Amphetamine Reptile)
JAWBOX-Lil’ Shaver (Atlantic)
TENEMENT-(Messy Endings) In Middle America (Cowabunga)

TRACK 4

GUITAR WOLF-Jet Satisfaction (Okami)
TOM & BOOT BOYS-I Wish This World Was Chaotic (Pogo 77)
WYMYNS PRYSYN-Shutes and Ladders (Statuestory)
THE REBEL-Your English (from “Remove Celebrity Centre,” Junior Aspirin)
LE SHOK-TV In My Eye (GSL)

DOTTIE DANGER-Served Two Punisher (TRVS)
RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY-Shout At The Sky (Red Rhino)
FIRE PARTY-Pilate (from “State Of The Union,” Dischord)
BLUE CROSS-Punishment (Shogun)

WEDDING PRESENT-Take Me! (RCA)

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Sonic Overload 9/24/12

I’m skipping the audio clips, once again. I actually had the infamous Mitt Romney speech at a fundraiser where he essentially denigrated half the people in this country, making the debunked claim that 47% of Americans don’t pay federal income tax and he also wasn’t really interested in trying to reach them. No shock, of course, and at least he’s being up front about it, although it obviously wasn’t meant for mass consumption. It was going to lead into the opening song this week, which still makes the playlist. Sing along! 
     
Sonic Overload 9/24/12

TRACK 1

ANTI-FLAG-Kill The Rich (SelfServ)

STATE FUNERAL-Between Punk Rock and a Hardcore Place (Artcore)
BAD JESUS EXPERIENCE-Teat Joista Mediät Muistetaan (Tuska & Ahdistus)
ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS-Grovel (Viral Age)
SALVATION-Twice The Vision (Youth Attack)

HYGIENE-Hygiene (Sorry State)
VOMIT SQUAD-ABCDEFG (Psychic Handshake)
DAY CREEPER-Nervous Energy (Tic Tac Totally)
CRUDDY-Deconstruction Workers (12XU)
TOTAL CONTROL-Rogue Abortion (Castle Face)

SCHOOL JERKS-Problems (Grave Mistake)
WETBRAIN-This Never Happened (demo)
CRESS-Monuments (Flat Earth)
NO SIDE-Peckerhead Kill Kill (ACME)
CATHOLIC BOYS-Messin’ Me Up (Kryptonite)

TRACK 2

MEN’S RECOVERY PROJECT-Ronald Reagan (Gravity)
LE FACE-Piss Golden Pills (Psychic Handshake)
RHYTHM PIGS-Break New Ground (C/Z)
CRACKERBASH-A Song For Lon Mabon (Empty)
AFGHAN WHIGS-White Trash Party (Sub Pop)

MUNDO MUERTO-Politicos Falsos (Que Punk?)
POTTY MOUTH-Kids (Puzzle Pieces/Ride The Snake/Feeble Minds)
SQUIRREL BAIT-Kid Dynamite (Homestead)
WIPERS-Return of The Rat (Zeno)

RUDE KIDS-Safe Society (Distortion)
UK SUBS-Emotional Blackmail (Captain Oi)
THE TROUBLE-Panic Fit (Suburban Voice)
FIT FOR ABUSE-Leech In My Side (Crust)
THE STATE-Girl Violence (Statement)

TRACK 3

BROKEN PRAYER-WOW (Not Normal)
PUFFY AREOLAS-Not Tonight (HoZac)
HANK WOOD & THE HAMMERHEADS-Trouble (Toxic State)
THE HUSSY-Lymes (New Turk) (Slow Fizz)
TY SEGALL BAND-Slaughterhouse (In The Red)
DIGITAL LEATHER-Young Doctors In Love (FDH)

WARMERS-Red Light Runner (Dischord)
NATIVE TONGUE-Blame It On Gravity (Modern Method)
LIMBO RACE-Down and Backwards (Limborations)
ALICE DONUT-ESP (from “Something’s Gone Wrong Again,” C/Z)
RIFLE SPORT-Angel Tears (Reflex)

TRACK 4

JESUS LIZARD-The Art Of Self-Defense (Touch & Go)
CHROME CRANKS-Living/Dead (Thick Syrup)
LUBRICATED GOAT-Meating My Head (Sub Pop)
TRABANT-Insulation (New Disorder)
FOURTH ROTOR-Price Of Buying (Underground Communique)

MARCHING PLAGUE-Rock and Roll Asshole (CIA)
NOSEBLEEDS-Ain’t Bin To No Music School (Rabid)
ANXIETIES-We’re Not The Ones (Lab Rat Industries)
THE FRISK-Box Of Lead (Adeline)
SCARED OF CHAKA-Tired Of You Sick Of Me (Sub City)
RASPBERRIES-Go All The Way (Capitol)
NEW SWEET BREATH-Go Away (Mag Wheel)

MOTT THE HOOPLE-Rock and Roll Queen (Atlantic)