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
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
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:
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
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
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
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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
Friday, February 13, 2009
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
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
Friday, February 6, 2009
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)
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)
Monday, February 2, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Social Circkle
I don't know if the hype has really extended outside of Boston that much, but Social Circkle were kind of the shit here. I say "were" not because they're totally broken up, but they barely ever play shows anymore because one of them moved to New York. They've got a couple shows coming up though: today and on Valentine's Day (maybe a little bit of a change of pace from my Magnetic Fields date last year). I'd don't think I'm going to be able to go tonight, which really sucks, because Brain Handle, Wasted Management, & Dry Hump are also playing. So go in my place please.
I could give you the standard "'77 +'81 blah blah blah" description, but I'll let you just listen to them if you haven't already. Also, I have to leave now.
Social Circkle- demo
Social Circkle- Live at Record Hospital Fest 2008
Get I've Got Afflictions from No Way
Monday, January 26, 2009
This weekend
from brooklyn diy
It was great mostly. I took the bus down to New York with Mary & Adrienne on Friday afternoon. Once we arrived rocking out to '90s & middle school hitz at some random restaurant around 15th Street ensued. Eventually I met up with Lee & Adam at Don Pedro's in Brooklyn to see Cheeky & Screaming Females. My first time seeing both bands- awesome. I also finally got to meet Jarrett & Angie, who were both super nice.
For some reason Cheeky played first, and they were great. Stupid Party were next & were fun as well. Emergency Party didn't seem like they were gonna be all that interesting, so Adam & I stepped out for a little while (and Lee confirmed the boring factor). Screaming Females went on next, and the set was crazy fun. I had read a lot of places that Marissa can crazy shred, and live, it was confirmed true. If you haven't ever listened to them, her voice is really awesome, but I can't really compare it to anyone else's. I think my favorite description of them is from Marissa: "Queer disco on the moon, with pterodactyls and squid fighting satellite dishes." Anyway, everyone was dancing a ton and having a great time. I'm really excited that they're going to come up here on tour soon- stay tuned for more details.
Bone Zone played next. They're from Boston, but I hadn't seen them play before. They really didn't fit in with the bill, and I think the show would have benefited from having four bands instead of six (cutting out them & Emergency Party). Adam described them as "bro/jock noise" and peaced. Most people just went down to the basement or to the bar during the set. At one point some really drunk dude punched the singer in the face. It was really weird... I thought it was maybe some sort of performance art or something, but he was just really sloppy I guess & got kicked out. Anyway, Shellshag played last and were fun too. They covered "Fuck and Run", which is one of my favorite songs ever.
Mostly it was just a totally posi night/space (yeah, I kind of hate the word "posi," but it's accurate in a non-cheesy, non-edge kind of way here). And in a way that I don't think totally exists in Boston (or LA). We have a lot of great shows here, but I've never been to one with this sort of atmosphere. Everyone was really friendly & having a good time. I think it's also the first time I've been to a majority female punk show. I'm not equating this with a positive atmosphere or anything, but it's definitely nice to see girls out on the scene.
If you look real close in that picture up there (from Brooklyn DIY), you can see me- I am smiling.
Screaming Females' spring tour will be for the release of their new album, Power Move. Look for it soon on Don Giovanni. Listen to some songs on their myspace if you want to get pumped.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Corin Tucker Orgy playlist
NIGHT ONE
Heavens to Betsy
Demo
These Monsters Are Real 7"
"She's the One" from Julep comp
Calculated LP
Direction 7"
"Axe Men" (live) from Yo Yo a Go Go comp
Interview with Corin Tucker
Heartless Martin
Tonight Tape EP
Sleater-Kinney
You Ain't It 7"
"Write Me Back Fucker" & "More Than a Feeling" from Move into Villa Villa Kula comp
Sleater-Kinney 10"
Call the Doctor LP
"Big Big Lights" from Free to Fight comp
Dig Me Out LP
"Dance Song '97" (live) from Yo Yo a Go Go, Another Live Compilation
Cadallaca
Introducing Cadallaca LP
Sleater-Kinney
The Hot Rock LP
Get Up CD single
"Banned from the End of the World" (live) from Yo Yo a Go Go 1999
Cadallaca
Out West CD-EP
Sleater-Kinney
All Hands on the Bad One LP
You're No Rock'n'Roll Fun CD single
The Go-Betweens- "Going Blind" from Friends of Rachel Worth
NIGHT TWO
Sleater-Kinney
One Beat LP
Off with Your Head CD single
"Angry Inch" featuring Fred Schneider from Wig In A Box: Songs From and Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch comp
The Woods 2xLP
Entertain CD single
Live tracks from The Woods bonus DVD
Heavens to Betsy
Live at Speedboat Gallery
Sleater-Kinney
Assorted live rarities & covers
Last show live at Crystal Ballroom, August 12, 2006
Heavens to Betsy
Demo
These Monsters Are Real 7"
"She's the One" from Julep comp
Calculated LP
Direction 7"
"Axe Men" (live) from Yo Yo a Go Go comp
Interview with Corin Tucker
Heartless Martin
Tonight Tape EP
Sleater-Kinney
You Ain't It 7"
"Write Me Back Fucker" & "More Than a Feeling" from Move into Villa Villa Kula comp
Sleater-Kinney 10"
Call the Doctor LP
"Big Big Lights" from Free to Fight comp
Dig Me Out LP
"Dance Song '97" (live) from Yo Yo a Go Go, Another Live Compilation
Cadallaca
Introducing Cadallaca LP
Sleater-Kinney
The Hot Rock LP
Get Up CD single
"Banned from the End of the World" (live) from Yo Yo a Go Go 1999
Cadallaca
Out West CD-EP
Sleater-Kinney
All Hands on the Bad One LP
You're No Rock'n'Roll Fun CD single
The Go-Betweens- "Going Blind" from Friends of Rachel Worth
NIGHT TWO
Sleater-Kinney
One Beat LP
Off with Your Head CD single
"Angry Inch" featuring Fred Schneider from Wig In A Box: Songs From and Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch comp
The Woods 2xLP
Entertain CD single
Live tracks from The Woods bonus DVD
Heavens to Betsy
Live at Speedboat Gallery
Sleater-Kinney
Assorted live rarities & covers
Last show live at Crystal Ballroom, August 12, 2006
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Margaret Thrasher
1. Don't forget about the Corin Tucker orgy tonight and tomorrow night! I'll get the interview online soon-ish (probably easier if you just listen up at 11:30 tonight). As internet-savvy as google blogger requires you to be, I'm not very good at all that stuff, so I might need another tutorial from Christa.
2. I'm seeing Cheeky & Screaming Females on Friday and am totally stoked. Neither band has come up here, so it'll be my first time seeing both of them. I'm also excited to see lots of New York friends!
3. Lots of things in the works right now, so stay tuned for info about shows & the like.
Now that I'm done with my papers & final, I got to go through all the records I got while I was at home & in the mail recently. I got the new Margaret Thrasher LP, Moderate Rock. I dig it, but not quite as much as their 7"s- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Trasher and Does It Matter?. The 7"s are out-of-print through the now-defunct Bistro Distro (the distro's label is Clarence Thomas), but I imagine you can find them through some other distributors. Try Thrillhouse, Grave Mistake, or No Idea.
I can't remember when Margaret Thrasher first caught my attention... they had an interview in the second (?) Give Me Back or maybe it's just their great name (not to be confused with the other band with the same name from England or Russia or something). The Margaret Thrasher I'm talking about are three girls & one guy from Vancouver. Before headed on a European tour, they played their last show on this side of the ocean at the end of August. So no more Margaret Thrasher, unfortunately, and I never got to see them play. That zine is at home, so I can't scan it in or anything, but you can check out another MT interview here.
I love Juls's voice. I think you can't automatically tell she's a girl, and it's real throaty which is cool. Their songs are pretty feminist and angry and sometimes pretty depressing. "Raise the Bar" (which is on the new LP too) deals with childhood sexual abuse, showing the pain, sadness, & anger that goes along with it. I would have liked to see them live because she looks pretty in your face in a bunch of pictures I've seen.
The Poet You Never Were posted these two 7"s a few months back. You should definitely check out that blog- he's got lots of good stuff up there. Anyway, I'm putting their demo from 2005 along with the two 7"s. So check it out, check out their LP, mourn the fact that they're no longer a band.
Margaret Thrasher- Are You There God? It's Me Margaret Thrasher. + Does It Matter? + Demo
Get Moderate Rock
2. I'm seeing Cheeky & Screaming Females on Friday and am totally stoked. Neither band has come up here, so it'll be my first time seeing both of them. I'm also excited to see lots of New York friends!
3. Lots of things in the works right now, so stay tuned for info about shows & the like.
Now that I'm done with my papers & final, I got to go through all the records I got while I was at home & in the mail recently. I got the new Margaret Thrasher LP, Moderate Rock. I dig it, but not quite as much as their 7"s- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Trasher and Does It Matter?. The 7"s are out-of-print through the now-defunct Bistro Distro (the distro's label is Clarence Thomas), but I imagine you can find them through some other distributors. Try Thrillhouse, Grave Mistake, or No Idea.
I can't remember when Margaret Thrasher first caught my attention... they had an interview in the second (?) Give Me Back or maybe it's just their great name (not to be confused with the other band with the same name from England or Russia or something). The Margaret Thrasher I'm talking about are three girls & one guy from Vancouver. Before headed on a European tour, they played their last show on this side of the ocean at the end of August. So no more Margaret Thrasher, unfortunately, and I never got to see them play. That zine is at home, so I can't scan it in or anything, but you can check out another MT interview here.
I love Juls's voice. I think you can't automatically tell she's a girl, and it's real throaty which is cool. Their songs are pretty feminist and angry and sometimes pretty depressing. "Raise the Bar" (which is on the new LP too) deals with childhood sexual abuse, showing the pain, sadness, & anger that goes along with it. I would have liked to see them live because she looks pretty in your face in a bunch of pictures I've seen.
The Poet You Never Were posted these two 7"s a few months back. You should definitely check out that blog- he's got lots of good stuff up there. Anyway, I'm putting their demo from 2005 along with the two 7"s. So check it out, check out their LP, mourn the fact that they're no longer a band.
Margaret Thrasher- Are You There God? It's Me Margaret Thrasher. + Does It Matter? + Demo
Get Moderate Rock
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
I interviewed Corin Tucker this afternoon
It was awesome. It'll be airing along with the rest of the orgy. I'll post it online after it airs.
Monday, January 12, 2009
16
I had about 60 pages of writing due between Friday and yesterday, which meant a constant soundtrack of Earth, Elder, and 16 with a bit of TJO mixed in.
I don't really know a whole lot about 16, but they have a super long bio up on last.fm. The essentials really are just that they were originally named "Fifteen" because they all had girlfriends who were 15, even though they were in their 20s, but then they found out there already was a band with that name, and one of the girlfriends turned 16, so they renamed the band. They also have a new album, Bridges to Burn, coming out on January 20.
Scott Case compiles a bunch of out-of-print material. It has tracks from their self-titled double 7", the Sailrabbit 7", and the Preoccupied 7". Jeffry told me that the band never actually approved it. The stuff was recorded in 1992 & '93, but the CD (I think it just came out on CD as a comp) came out in '98.
I haven't listened to too much of 16's newer stuff, but it's more metallic/sludgey I think. I just think of Scott Case as more sludgey hardcore. Something about it always reminds me of Songs about Fucking. Probably not something most people would want to work to, but I really like to listen to it when I write.
16- Scott Case
Buy it
I don't really know a whole lot about 16, but they have a super long bio up on last.fm. The essentials really are just that they were originally named "Fifteen" because they all had girlfriends who were 15, even though they were in their 20s, but then they found out there already was a band with that name, and one of the girlfriends turned 16, so they renamed the band. They also have a new album, Bridges to Burn, coming out on January 20.
Scott Case compiles a bunch of out-of-print material. It has tracks from their self-titled double 7", the Sailrabbit 7", and the Preoccupied 7". Jeffry told me that the band never actually approved it. The stuff was recorded in 1992 & '93, but the CD (I think it just came out on CD as a comp) came out in '98.
I haven't listened to too much of 16's newer stuff, but it's more metallic/sludgey I think. I just think of Scott Case as more sludgey hardcore. Something about it always reminds me of Songs about Fucking. Probably not something most people would want to work to, but I really like to listen to it when I write.
16- Scott Case
Buy it
Friday, January 9, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Witches
Okay, I'm officially the biggest liar ever, but I'm also the biggest procrastinator ever. Five days to go, sixty pages to go... rockin' time.
Anyway, I had to do this because someone posted this on VLV, and Alex and I were already obsessed. Witches are a totally awesome indie rock band from Athens, Georgia.
They have a 7" out now on Salinas Records (run by a very nice gentleman- check it out!) and Mandible Records. This CD-R supposedly came with some copies of the 7" (haven't gotten mine in the mail yet), and I think it may have been recorded live... it doesn't sound quite as clean as the songs on their myspace (which I listen to over & over & over again). Anyway, buy their 7", listen to their stuff... hopefully they'll tour again soon. They came up here a month ago or so, but it was a Friday night, and I think Christa had Get Laid in on her show or something. I'm not sure who did the Boston show, but it didn't seem very well publicized or anything.
Anyway, they also have a Pink Couch Session (though Cheeky's is still my favorite... "Yo I must spit all over my face") and a live video up on If You Make It. This is a live set from Bloomington last spring...
Cara Beth also does solo stuff and used to be in Con Amore before heading down to Georgia.
Witches CD-R
Get their 7" from Salinas
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Other than that, get psyched for:
!!!
And one more thing... Though they've called it quits, Brian Miller put the sixth and final Rose for Bohdan album (There it is, The Creeping Moral Decay of the Past Thousand Years) here. Check it out! And check out their other bands like Foot Village & Laco$te.
PS- first post of '09!
Anyway, I had to do this because someone posted this on VLV, and Alex and I were already obsessed. Witches are a totally awesome indie rock band from Athens, Georgia.
They have a 7" out now on Salinas Records (run by a very nice gentleman- check it out!) and Mandible Records. This CD-R supposedly came with some copies of the 7" (haven't gotten mine in the mail yet), and I think it may have been recorded live... it doesn't sound quite as clean as the songs on their myspace (which I listen to over & over & over again). Anyway, buy their 7", listen to their stuff... hopefully they'll tour again soon. They came up here a month ago or so, but it was a Friday night, and I think Christa had Get Laid in on her show or something. I'm not sure who did the Boston show, but it didn't seem very well publicized or anything.
Anyway, they also have a Pink Couch Session (though Cheeky's is still my favorite... "Yo I must spit all over my face") and a live video up on If You Make It. This is a live set from Bloomington last spring...
Cara Beth also does solo stuff and used to be in Con Amore before heading down to Georgia.
Witches CD-R
Get their 7" from Salinas
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other than that, get psyched for:
!!!
And one more thing... Though they've called it quits, Brian Miller put the sixth and final Rose for Bohdan album (There it is, The Creeping Moral Decay of the Past Thousand Years) here. Check it out! And check out their other bands like Foot Village & Laco$te.
PS- first post of '09!
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