Sonic Overload 12/17/12

I really don’t know what more can be said about the shootings at the elementary school in Newtown, CT that left over 20 people dead, most of them children. There are a variety of issues to consider, such as the availability of the weapons (which were licensed to the shooter’s mother and she was his first victim). It brings up the polarizing issue of gun control. There are questions of what causes this sort of unspeakable violence and, to what extent, mental illness factors into it. I talk about it a bit (perhaps clumsily) after the first song. I really don’t know what else to add here or could have added on the show.

Next week, it’s the holiday show and, the week after, the Best of 2012...

Sonic Overload 12/17/12

TRACK 1

ZERO BOYS-Civilization’s Dying (Nimrod)

TERMINAL STATE-Sick (Deranged)
CAREER SUICIDE-Means To No End (Dirtnap)
LOST BOYS-Nerds (Still Holding On)
ICU-AP (Put-On)

IN DEFENCE-Legacy Of Brutality (from “Welcome To Minneapolis,” Profane Existence)
FUGITIVE FAMILY-Paranormal Spies (from “Houston Punk,” Agrowax)
DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE-Superior Fire Power (Vex)
MANIPULATION-Choking Man (Fashionable Idiots)
STATE OF FEAR-Consumption (Profane Existence)
KIELTOLAKI-Korruption Kaupunki (Feral Ward)

HYGIENE-Hygiene (Sorry State)
LA URSS-Que Asco Me Dan (Todo Destruido)
RULETA RUSA-Delincuencia (Solo Para Punks)
INSOMONIO-The Darkside (Trabuc)

TRACK 2

LIFE’S BLOOD-Left Me Behind (Combined Effort)
VIDEO DISEASE-Destiny (Cowabunga)
GUS-Heterobash Was Flipper (Slow To Burn)
HONOR ROLE-Livin’ In The 60’s (No Way)
REBELS AND INFIDELS-Last Rites (Fowl)
VOID-Ask Them Why (Dischord)
KRUW-Seizon (Partners In Crime)

ARMITAGE SHANKS-Ambulance (Damaged Good)
BROKEN TALENT-Blood Slut (TPOS)
MIRRORS-Shiyougeki X (from “Get The Punk,” Doll)
NYX NEGATIV-Idioterna (demo)
HEADCLEANERS-Epidemic Infection (Malign Massacre)

DEFIANCE-How Much Longer? (Mind Control)
FLAT BOWL-Sticky (from “Beer City Underground Vol. #3,” Beer City)
PORTRAIT OF POVERTY-Portrait Of Poverty (from “10 Things Jesus Wants You To Know”)
BIRTH DEFORMITIES-You Can’t Catch Me (Cowabunga)
STUPIDS-So Much Fun (Boss Tuneage)
SUDDEN IMPACT-Keep On Truckin’ (Fringe)

TRACK 3

EFFIGIES-Below The Drop (Touch & Go)
GASOLINE-Killer Man (Egg)
MODERN INDUSTRY-Out Of Focus (from “Noise From Nowhere,” Toxic Shock)
NO MUSIC-City To City (from “High Road To Obscurity,” Grand Theft Audio)
LOS HUEVOS-Big Beef (Moo-La-La)
BLACK CLOUDS-5 Years Behind My Time (Ride The Snake)

COKE BUST-Under The Streetlights (Six Weeks)
SICK FIX-The Toll (A389)
NO IDOLS-Chop Chop (Grave Mistake)
NO TOMORROW-Liars (Profane Existence)
HASSLER-Pig Pen (Schizophrenic)
DROPDEAD-A Disease Called Man (Armageddon)

NERVOUS EATERS-Get Stuffed (Rat)
PLASMATICS-Corruption (Vice Squad)
SHRAPNEL-Combat Love (Salute)
THE JAM-‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street (Polydor)
999-Emergency (United Artists)

TRACK 4

GOD BOWS TO MATH-The Ship That Sank A Thousand Faces (Muzai)
METZ-Sad Pricks (Sub Pop)
THE BOX-The Door (Plastic Spoons)
EYACULACIÓN POST MORTEM-La Mate Porque Era Fea (self-released)
SOFT MOON-Die Life (Captured Tracks)

THE PACK-King Of Kings (Rough Trade)
SNUFF-Not Listening (Sixth International)
SPERMBIRDS-You’re Not A Punk (Boss Tuneage)
THE BLOOD-Megalomania (No Future)

ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE-Snowman (WXYZ)