Februrary 27, 2009 (PRDCT #4)

Bone Awl- "Will a White Face" | Meaningless Leaningless (LP, 2007) | Nuclear War Now!
13- "Whore" | split with Eyehategod (7 Inch, 1994) | Ax/ction
Mammoth Grinder- "You're Wrong" | No Results (7 Inch, 2008) | Inkblot (playlist)
16- "Doorprize" | Scott Case (CD, 1998) | Pessimiser
Robedoor- "Falle Down" | Shapeshifter Slave (LP, 2008) | Olde English Spelling Bee

Iron Hand- "An Ode to No One" | Demo (CD, 2008) | Self-Released (playlist)
Groundwork- "Utopia" | Living in Fear (7 Inch, 1993) | Bloodlink
Bones Brigade- "Board Youth" | Blatant Rip-off (7 Inch, 2002) | Belief Crisis
Hatred Surge- "Servant" | Servant b/w Bestial (7 Inch, 2008) | Deerhealer
Fever- "SES" | South End Style (7 Inch, 2009) | 16OH (playlist)

Fuckface- "I Can't Win" | Descent/Give Us Beer (7 Inch, 1996) | Self-Released
Coke Bust- "Source of Misery" | Demo (7 Inch, 2006) | Headcount
Life Crisis- "Churchstate" | Churchstate (7 Inch, 2005) | Deep Six
Slices- "Coping Mechanism" | Slices (7 Inch, 2009) | 16OH (playlist)
Dangers- "We Broke the PA" | Anger (MP3, 2006) | Self-Released

Jake's set
Raein- "On Air" | split with Funeral Diner (7 Inch, 2004) | Red Cars Go Faster
Shotmaker- "Curve"
Cease Upon the Capitol- "Untitled #3" | Cease upon the Capitol (CD, 2007)
Neil Perry- "Breathing with One Bad Lung"
Acrimonie- "Cloudburst" | split with La Quiete (7 Inch, 2002)

Mass Movement of The Moth- "Crimps + Ties" | Outerspace (CD, 2006) | Exotic Fever
Foreign Objects- "Lost Time" | Demo (CD, 2009) | Self-Released (playlist)
Neon Nazis- "Past Life Dictator" | split with Hips (7 Inch, 2007) | Going Underground
DC Snipers- "(Baby) Don't Be So Violent" | split with Tampoffs (7 Inch, 2006) | Daggerman
Girls at Our Best!- "Fun City Teenagers" | Pleasure (LP, 1981) | Happy Birthday
Finally Punk- "Hypertension" | Hypertension (7 Inch, 2008) | M'Lady (playlist)

Witches- "Young Ones" | Witches (7 Inch, 2008) | Salinas (playlist)
Boys of Now- "Road Trip" | Not Ready For Primetime (7 Inch, 2000) | Heliotrope
Monument- "Busy Being Bees" | A 3 Song 7" (7 Inch, 2008) | Self-Released (playlist)

Contaminators- "Non-Existant Love" | Non-Existant Love (7 Inch, 2008) | Going Underground
Pink Reason- "Winona" | Winona (7 Inch, 2008) | Woodsist
Men's Recovery Project- "Frank & Judy" | Resist the New Way (CD, 2000) | Vermiform
Mutators- "What Guts Want" | split with Night Wounds (7 Inch, 2008) | Badmaster (playlist)

Behead the Prophet No Lord Shall Live- "The Apocalypse through Sound" | I Am the Great and Firey Force (CD, 1998) | Outpunk
Mankind?- "Let Her Be" | split with Dirt (7 Inch, 1994) | Tribal War
Spitboy- "The Threat" | Spitboy (7 Inch, 1992) | Lookout!
Margaret Thrasher- "Weight" | Moderate Rock (LP, 2008) | P-Trash (playlist)

Wolves- "16" | split with Sinaloa (7 Inch, 2004) | Clean Plate
Food- "Cascadia" | Food (LP, 2009) | Molsook (playlist)

Grlz

I've been listening to some of the MAXIMUMROCKNROLL radio podcast things the last couple days. They have a couple pretty awesome lady punk specials up here. The more recent one has a bunch of post-punky, dancey things that I don't really listen to that much on my own (though I probably should), but whenever I do, I really love it. They played one track that was reissued on the Grlz comp, which we got in at the station last fall (came out in '05 though I think). The subtitle of Grlz is appropriately "Women Ahead of Their Time."

Though Grlz jumps around a little bit in space & time, ranging from the English Slits in 1979 to Brussels immigrant Anna Domino in 1988. The album still remains cohesive sonically though with feet-tapping high hats typical of art punk. You get synth-driven songs like "Softness" by Dorothy, more reggae/dub ones like "Fade Away" by New Age Steppers, or my ultimate dance song from that era, Delta 5's "Mind Your Own Business." (The beginning of the Wanna Buy a Bridge comp with "Alternative Ulster" and that are my favorite beginning to a dance party.) Grlz gives you the expected with the Slits and Bow Wow Wow for example, but also uncovers a few you might not already know.

While Grlz of course can't compare to something like Wanna Buy a Bridge or Cut in terms of importance in a scene, it provides a pretty good historical retrospective. I'm not going to delve into all of that, but there's a thorough history up here.

Grlz: Women Ahead of Their Time
Get it from Crippled Dick Hot Wax

On an entirely unrelated note, Turboslut will be playing in Boston on March 7. It'll also be Red Thread's last Boston show. I'll post more details when I know. Lots of news on Screaming Females + RECORD HOSPITAL FEST 2009 to come soon. Also, check out Foreign Objects. They're a totally awesome new post-punky band with Terry from the Conversions on vox, Meghan from Ampere on bass, Melissa from Red Thread on guitar, and Dan from Libyans on drums. I saw them play with Get Laid, General Interest, & Acid Reflux this past Friday, and it was awesome. They have a demo tape, which is now on the Record Hospital playlist.

February 21, 2009 (special PRDCT)

Lemuria- "Pants" | Get Better (MP3, 2008) | Asian Man
Superchunk- "Skip Steps 1 & 3" | No Pocky for Kitty (LP, 1991) | Matador
Little Lungs- "Ten Sets of Jaws" | Hoist Me Up! (CD, 2008) | Self-Released (playlist)
Team Dresch- "Freewheel" | Personal Best (CD, 1994) | Chainsaw/Candy-Ass
Abe Froman- "Russian 101" | Baltimore Is Scum (7 Inch, 2001) | Self-Released

The Clean- "Anything Could Happen" | The Clean Compilation (LP, 2008) | Little Axe
Cat Party- "Entitled" | Jigsaw Thoughts (7 Inch, 2008) | Rich Bitch
The Coathangers- "Shake Shake" | Shake Shake (7 Inch, 2007) | Suicide Squeeze
Tranzmitors- "Teenage Tragedy" | Teenage Tragedy (7 Inch, 2007) | Deranged
Teenage Cool Kids- "Awkward Type of Girl" | Queer Salutations (CD, 2008) | Protagonist

Pink Razors- "Geometric Park" | Leave Alive (LP, 2008) | Houseplant (playlist)
Tiger Trap- "Sour Grass" | Sour Grass (10 Inch, 1993) | K
Kooky Monster- "Loadstar II" | Loadstar II (7 Inch, 1996) | Sorted
Wimp Factor 14- "I'll Send You a Passport" | Train Song (7 Inch, 1991) | Harriet
Bunnygrunt- "Macho Beagle" | Standing Hampton (7 Inch, 1994) | No Life

Fire Party- "Jerk" | Fire Party (12 Inch, 1988) | Dischord
Viva Knieval- "Boy Poison" | Boy Poison (7 Inch, 1990) | Ultrasound
Hey Girl!- "Always Be My Baby" | Spill Your Guts!! (LP, 2007) | Thrillhouse
Dahlia Seed- "Milk" | Valentine Kid's Litter (CD, 1995) | Theologian
Frumpies- "Malice and Discontent" | Frumpie One Piece (CD, 1998) | Kill Rock Stars
Cheeky- "Get Outta Here" | Choke on a Cheeseburger (7 Inch, 2008) | Freedom School Records New
This Is My Fist!- "Gun Crazy Explosion Noises" | split with Giant Haystacks (7 Inch, 2007) | Art of the Underground/625 Thrash
The Automaticans- "Audrey" | split with Team Dresch (7 Inch, 2000) | Mental Monkey/Humdrum

Slingshot Dakota- "Ohio" | Their Dreams Are Dead, but Ours Is the Golden Ghost (MP3, 2007) | Self-Released
Witches- "Gift Horses" | Witches (7 Inch, 2008) | Salinas (playlist)
Tokidoki- "Cookie Cutter" | Margie's Candies (7 Inch, 1995) | Tiny Shoes
Mirah- "Dreamboat" | Small Sale (7 Inch, 2001) | Modern Radio
Glo-Worm- "Travelogue" | Travelogue (7 Inch, 1995) | K
The Magnetic Fields- "100,000 Fireflies" | The Wayward Bus (CD, 1992) | PoPuP

Sinks

I'll be doing Parker's show tonight from 3:30-5 am, so tune in: all pop, pop punk, grrrls, etc. after seeing Acid Reflux, General Interest, Get Laid, & Foreign Objects (first Boston show!).




Sinks seem to be kind of your typical drunk, Midwestern punks playing fuzzy garage-y punk, but they're more than that. I think Terminal Boredom can say it much better than I:

"It's not too often these days that the words 'lo-fi, 'garage-punk, and 'kick ass' come together in the perfect harmony that Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder nauseatingly sang about in their 1982 number one hit, but I'm happy to say that on this record they combine as smoothly as a swig from a rum bottle mixed in-mouth with a sip of Coke. What sets the Sinks apart from the pack are great songs and the fact that they kick ass. That later point is key. Whenever I listen to this record, I'm taken with just how much these songs rock. No exploration of sonic vistas, nary a trace of hip weirdness, and a pronounced lack of innovation - and so much the better for it. We've all heard fast, loose, cheap, dirty punk rock before, but like pizza and sex, when it's great it's still awesome every time."

They're talking about Sinks' first 7" that came out on Fashionable Idiots in October 2007. It was recorded live on a two-track to add just the quality necessary for these kinds of things. The first press sold out really quickly from the label, but it seems like they still have some of the second. They put out another 7" on the same label this past summer, but it's gone for now.

If you haven't checked out Fashionable Idiots at all, it's worth your time. Lots more fuzzy Midwestern punks, a touch of power pop, and some hardcore too.

Sinks EP
Get it from Fashionable Idiots

February 20, 2009 (PRDCT #3)

Hand Jobs- "Watch Out" | split with Talbot Tagora (Cassette, 2008) | Paradise Vendors
Closet Fairies- "Ghetto Girls" | Ghetto Girls (7 Inch, 2008) | Spent Planet
Cat Party- "Jigsaw Thoughts" | Jigsaw Thoughts (7 Inch, 2008) | Rich Bitch
Third Party- "Care" from "Greatest Hits EP" (7 Inch, 1996) | Crackpipe
Cheeky- "Grow Fins Turkey" | Choke on a Cheeseburger (7 Inch, 2008) | Freedom School (playlist)

Red Thread- "Double Speak" | s/t (7 Inch, 2008) | Shock to the System (playlist)
Acid Reflux- "Customers Fuck Off" | s/t (7 Inch, 2007) | No Way
Rabies- "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" | Test Your Might (LP, 2006) | Sorry State
Faith- "Trapped" | split with Void (LP, 1982) | Dischord
Nightstick Justice- "Sick and Tired" | Claustrophobic (7 Inch, 2008) | Grave Mistake (playlist)

Deep Wound- "I Saw It" | s/t (7 Inch, 1983) | Radiobeat
Slices- "Coping Mechanism" | Slices (7 Inch, 2009) | 16OH (playlist)
C.F.D.L.- "Racism Song" | split with Spazz (7 Inch, 1995) | Slap-a-Ham
Area 51- "Hero" | s/t (7 Inch, 1995) | Forbidden
Reagan SS- "Urban Renewal" | Hail the New Dawn (7 Inch, 2002) | Coalition/Way Back When

Comper Jake joined in on the action:
Uzi Suicide- "Brutal to the Max" | Bay Area Thrash (7 Inch) | 625 Thrash
Campaign- "Enduring Loss" | (7 Inch)
Inhumane- "Unnecessary act" | (7 Inch)
Nojbojs- "Nojbojs Can't Fail" | (7 Inch)
Initial State- "Die Silent" | Unforeseen Disasters (7 Inch, 1994) | Passive Fist

Punch- "Convenience Store" | Eyeless (7 Inch, 2008) | 625 Thrash/Discos Huelgas
Dogfight- "Casualties" | Fallen Upon Deaf Ears (10 Inch) | Skull Duggery
Out Cold- "Doomsday Guy" | Bands That Don't Give a Shit about Being God (7 Inch) | Social Napalm
George Moshington- "Fort Sumter Never Had a Disco Night" | Seventeen Seventy Fuck You!!! (7 Inch) | Gilgongo
Margaret Thrasher- "Raise the Bar" | Moderate Rock (LP, 2008) | P-Trash (playlist)

Daitro- "La Substance et la Matiere" | split with Ampere (7 Inch, 2007) | Clean Plate/Purepainsugar
Finger Print- "My Innocent Lips" | Discography (CD, 1996) | Stonehenge
Anomie- "Avorter N'est Pas Tuer" | Discography (CD, 2001) | Boisleve/Spurt
Amanda Woodward- "La Perte" | Ultramort (CD, 2002)

Native- "Flaschdance" | We Delete; Erase (CD, 2008) | Sargent House (playlist)
Second Story Window- "Cold" | s/t (7 Inch, 1993) | Gravity
Kisses and Hugs- "Justified" | split with Half Man (7 Inch, 1994) | Mountain
Render Useless- ? | split with the Republic of Freedom Fighters (7 Inch, 1996) | Buddy Bomb Records
Monument- "Memory and Location" | A 3 Song 7" (7 Inch, 2008) | self-released (playlist)

Fever- "Forced Expression" | South End Style (7 Inch, 2009) | 16OH (playlist)
Iron Hand- "Megalopolis" | Demo (CD, 2008) (playlist)
In Ano- ? | split with Party of Helicopters (7 Inch, 1996) | Ape
Bleed- "Mr. Elliott" | split with Portraits of Past (7 Inch) | Ebullition
Montcalm- "I Stopped Believing in Existence" | split with Kodan Armada (7 Inch, 2003) | Brightskull

Fuck Me Dead- "Closer to the End" | s/t (7 Inch) | Clarence Thomas
Wavves- "Vermin" | Wavves (LP, 2008) | Woodsist (playlist)
Rosehips- "Bloodstained Fur" | Bloodstained Fur (7 Inch, 1993) | Heaven
Wounded Lion- "Carol Cloud" | Carol Cloud (7 Inch, 2008) | S-S
Little Lungs- "Loft Coffin" | Hoist Me Up! (CD, 2008) | self-released (playlist)

Marked Men- "All in Your Head" | Ghosts (CD, 2009) | Dirtnap Records (playlist)
Drinking Woman- "Used Cars" | s/t (7 Inch, 1994) | Three Little Girls
Liza Kate- "Terrible Beast" | Wayfarers All (LP, 2004) | Owsla

the SADDEST LANDSCAPE: this Sunday!

I promise I'll do a real post soon!

also this Friday: Closet Fairies on Christa's show

and Acid Reflux, General Interest, Get Laid, & Foreign Objects at Platonic Sleepover House

February 13, 2009 (PRDCT #2)

Insect Warfare- "Mind Ripper" | World Extermination (LP, 2007) | RSR/625 Thrash
Slices- "Nub City" | Slices (7 Inch, 2009) | 16OH (playlist)
Threatener- "Chaos Apes" | ...And the Bending of Throats (7 Inch, 2006) | 625 Thrash/Pilot Co-Pilot/Deer Healer
Domestik Doktrin- "Lower Class Blues (350 Years Reminiscent)" | Domestik Doktrin (7 Inch) | 625 Thrash
Mammoth Grinder- "No Results" | No Results (7 Inch, 2008) | Inkblot (playlist)

Ancestors- "I Cannot Understand" | I (LP, 2008) | Youth Attack
Cold Sweat- "Kept In/Chains" | Severed Ties (LP, 2002) | Rock & Roleplay
Neurosis- "Pain of Mind" | Pain of Mind" (LP, 1987) | Alchemy
Iron Hand- "Liquid Assets" | Demo (CD, 2008) (playlist)
Stapled Shut- "Resin Heaven" | split with Despise You (7 Inch, 1996) | Pessimiser/Theologian

The Birthday Party- "She's Hit" | Junkyard (LP, 1982) | 4AD
Food- "March Fourth" | Food (LP, 2009) | Molsook (playlist)
Rusted Shut- "Dyin Up Here/I Hate Seattle" | Rusted Shut (CD, 1996) | Fleece
Elder- "Town of Clay" | Elder (10 Inch, 2008) | Forge Again

Wasteland- "Fading Light" | Wasteland (7 Inch) | Cleanplate
Failures- "Cheer Up" | Failures (LP, 2008) | Youth Attack/Clean Plate (playlist)
I Spy- "Cowboys and Indians" | Systematic Destruction (7 Inch, 1996) | Bad Food for Thought
The Khayembli Communiqué- "The Thirtieth" | The Khayembli Communiqué (7 Inch, 1999) | The Blood of the Young/Technicians of the Sacred
A Days Refrain- "Bandaids for Broken Bones" | split with Barstow (7 Inch, 2002) | Red Scroll

Loser Life- "No Eye Contact" | I Have Ghosts and I Have Ghosts (LP, 2007) | Magic Bullet/Mism/16OH
Social Circkle- "Life Crisis" | I've Got Afflictions (7 Inch, 2008) | No Way
Talk Is Poison- "Isolation" | split with Deathreat (7 Inch, 1999) | Prank
Lärm- "Dance 'Till You Drop" | Extreme Noise Terrorism (7 Inch, 1985) | Kaal
Fever- "Cap't Relate" | South End Style (7 Inch, 2008) | 16OH (playlist)

Civil Crisis- "Side Step" | split with Ape Shit (7 Inch, 2007) | Welfare
Total Abuse- "No Release" | Total Abuse (CD, 2008) | Deranged (playlist)
American Cheeseburger- "The Kid from the Space Center" | Modern Advice (7 Inch) | Rock Bottom
Torrington- "Choke" | No Mercy For Bastards (7 Inch) | Soviet State
Fire Team Charlie- "Poisons Disguised as Potions" | Same (10 Inch, 2009) | Adagio 830 (playlist)

Life at These Speeds- "Younger Monkey" | split with Thank God (7 Inch, 2007) | Exotic Fever
William Martyr 17- "Professional Beggar" | Celebration of Love (7 Inch, 1995) | File Thirteen/Bloodlink
From Monument to Masses- "Beyond God & Elvis" | On Little Known Frequencies (CD, 2009) | Dim Mak (playlist)
Breathing Walker- "Guatemala" | Breathing Walker (LP) | Vermin Scum
Monument- "Busy Being Bees" | A 3 Song 7" (7 Inch, 2008) | Self-Released (playlist)

Pink Razors- "Geometric Park" | Leave Alive (12 Inch, 2008) | Houseplant (playlist)
The Radio Faces- "Coffee Cup" | Party at the Bushwick Hotel (LP, 2009) | Art of the Underground
Witches- "Young Ones" | Witches (7 Inch, 2008) | Salinas (playlist)
Des Ark- "Saddle Is Waitin (C'mon Jump On It)" | Live on WXDU v. 2 (CD, 2008) | Self-Released

February 6, 2009 (PRDCT #1)

Be sure to check out Magic People on Christa's show tonight.
We're using Spinitron now, so my playlists will look a little bit different. Lots of calls last night so keep phoning in- request & questions to 617-495-WHRB!

Cheeky- "Get Outta Here" | Choke on a Cheeseburger (7 Inch, 2008) | Freedom School (playlist)
Team Dresch- "Hand Grenade" | Hand Grenade" (7 Inch, 1994) | Kill Rock Stars
Gun Outfit- "On the Beach" | Gun Outfit (7 Inch, 2008) | Post Present Medium
Fun Bug- "Plimsoles" | Tezbinet Op (7 Inch, 1992) | Lookout
Gentleman Jesse & His Men- "Attention" | Gentleman Jesse & His Men (LP, 2008) | Douchemaster

Yum Yum Tree- "N.E.A." | Glittering Prizes and Endless Compromises (CD, 1997) | Creation
Dylan Bredeau- "Tiny Feet" | split with Rip Shit (7 Inch, 2008) | Spicy Soup Productions (playlist)
Last Rights- "Chunks" | Chunks (7 Inch, 1984) | Taang
Copout- "Did You" | Copout (7 Inch, 1995) | Team Murder U.S.A.
Margaret Thrasher- "Resuscitate" | Moderate Rock (LP, 2008) | P-Trash (playlist)

Punch- "Nothing Left" | Eyeless (7 Inch, 2008) | Discos Huelga/625 Thrash
Knife Fight- "United We Stand" | Mein Comp (7 Inch, 2004) | Youth Attack/Soviet State
Ulcer- "Self-Destruct" | split with Failure Face (7 Inch, 1994) | Burrito
Iron Hand- "Product Endorsement" | Demo" (CD, 2008) | self-released (playlist)
Swallowing Shit- "Scathe" | Love Is the Act of Being Moved Into Action (7 Inch) | Commode

Bookburner- "Soulless Travel" | s/t (7 Inch, 2008) |16OH (playlist)
Combatwoundedveteran- "Dead Parents, Yeah!" | This Is Not an Erect, All-Red Neon Body" (CD) | No Idea
Initial State- "Die Silent" | Unforeseen Disasters" (7 Inch, 1994) | Passive Fist
Fuck on The Beach- "Total Control" | Fastcore on the Beach (7 Inch) | Slap-a-Ham
S.O.A.- "Girl Problems" | No Policy (7 Inch, 1981) | Dischord (request)
Sex Vid- "Cleansing" | Communal Living (LP, 2008) | Dom America (playlist)

Drunk Tank- "Mary Worth" | Hayride (7 Inch, 1989) | Radial
Elder- "Golden Flower" | Elder" (10 Inch, 2008) | Forge Again
Fire Team Charlie- "Reflections of a Heartless Man" | Same (10 Inch, 2009) | Adagio 830 (playlist)
Nostril- "Bewdong Canoe Start" | Long Division Souffle (7 Inch, 1996) | Class/F and J/Cruff Wit

Crass- "White Punks on Hope" | Stations of the Crass (LP, 1979) |Crass Records (request)
Shorebirds- "Gonna Get Ugly" | It's Gonna Get Ugly (LP, 2008) | Rumbletowne (playlist)
The Yah Mos- "Bobby Harley" | Off Your Parents (7 Inch, 1994) | Moo-La-La
No Talk- "Tighten the Noose" | Tighten the Noose (7 Inch, 2008) | AG82/Cutthroat/Death Exclamations/Psychowolf
Brain Handle- "Smiling" | Smiling (7 Inch, 2008) | Iron Lung

Used Kids- "Midwest Midsummer" | Hovercraft (7 Inch, 2008) | Salinas
Sinks- "Out of Control" | Sinks (7 Inch, 2007) | Fashionable Idiots
Gaunt- "Good Bad Happy Sad" | Good Bad Happy Sad (7 Inch, 1993) | Bag of Hammers
The Two Funerals- "Gray Skies" | Tell Yr Story (7 Inch, 2008) | The Cottage (playlist)
Dynamite Arrows- "Blowin' It" | Blowin' It (7 Inch, 2008) | Mauled by Tigers

Witches- "Young Ones" | Witches (7 Inch, 2008) | Salinas (playlist)
Delightful Little Nothings- "Over Us" | Delightful Little Nothings (7 Inch, 1994) | Candy Floss
Screaming Females- "Cortez the Killer" | split with Hunchback (7 Inch, 2008) | Freedom School (playlist)
Wavves- "Space Raider" | Wavves" (LP, 2008) | Woodsist (playlist)

The Locust- "Moth-Eaten Deer Head" | The Locust (CD, 1998) |Gold Standard Laboratories (request)
Food- "Cascada" | Food (LP, 2009) | Molsook (playlist)
Hinckley- "Slacker" | Hinckley (7 Inch, 1996)
Aussitot Mort- "Dur Comme La Banalite" | split with Balboa (7 Inch) | Forge Again
Agna Moraine's Autobiography- "Lying Burnt the Surface" | Agna Moraine's Autobiography (7 Inch, 1999)

Timber- "Beginning" | Timber (7 Inch, 2008) | Something Crucial (playlist)
Embrace- "Money" | Embrace (LP, 1987) | Dischord (request)

My show this semester: Thursday nights 12-2 eastern