Moderate Rock

So I was just not that into my show last night, and I'm lazy and don't feel like upping my whole playlist. Instead I'll leave you with an album that you'll probably care more about anyway.



I posted some Margaret Thrasher a little while back, and since then they released an LP (and also broke up). I don't think Moderate Rock grabs me quite as much as the 7"s, but that may be hard to do. They still give you a dose of straight-up hardcore with throaty lady vocals, this time even scratchier I think. Jules gets it going from the very beginning with "fuuuuuck, not again." "Raise the Bar" was one of my favorite longs from the 7"s and is rerecorded here. It's played faster but somehow doesn't have the same bounce to it. Putting this all together, it doesn't sound like I really like this LP that much, but I do. I really do. A lot.

This was released on P-Trash but is already out of print, so try to hunt it down through some other distros.

Supposedly some of the people from this band have something new going on, but I can't remember the name of it. I'll try to remember to ask Foreign Objects tonight (listen to them at 10 on Christa's show!).

Margaret Thrasher- Moderate Rock

Fleabag

I keep thinking I've heard my favorite demo of the year. First it was Foreign Objects. Then it was Bloody Gears. Then it was the Waifs. This time, I think Fleabag have done it.

I guess this band's biggest claim to fame is that they're ex-Punkin Pie. I must confess that I've never been super fond of this band. They're super cute, of course, but if I'm gonna go with Plan-It-X-y pop punk, I think I'd choose another.



Fleabag, on the other hand, are beyond awesome. I first heard them on the Best of the Nest 2009 compilation put out by the New York-based feminist zine distro For the Birds (this is an awesome tape/CD by the way, so track it down!). My first time listening through this comp, I loved the Fleabag track the most. On the way down to Best Friends Day, Josh brought their tape along for the drive, and I fell further in love. One thing that I think is really cool is that they put the five songs on both sides of the cassette. They're one of a bunch of awesome pop bands from the Bay Area right now (maybe stretching it on the Bay a bit, but who's excited for the Sourpatch LP?!) They did an East Coast tour this summer, but hit Worcester rather than Boston. Hopefully they'll come back again!

"Curb Appeal" is their track on the Best of the Nest, and I think it remains my favorite on the demo (at least for now since I'm most familiar with it). Like the rest of the tape, it's pretty straight-up pop punk with some '90s indie rock mixed in. I always love songs that reminisce about being a certain age- this really gets me with "we were all 19, you'll forget me by the end of the week." Even just getting a chance to listen to more of the tracks now, they all get a big thumbs up from me. This tape rules- perfect for walking by the river in the sun, or in a few weeks, lamenting the sun that is no longer around.


I thought this flier was cool, and I don't have the tape yet, so I can't scan in that art.

You can't really order this online, but if you get in touch with me I can send you their address and you might be able to grab a copy.

Fleabag- Demo

Bitch School

I can't believe it's the end of summer. Like officially now. September 22nd is the fall equinox. I think I went through some intense listening phases this summer. It was primarily Lookout!-Dangerhouse Summer 2K9, but especially at the beginning of the summer it was Slampt-fest. OK not so much Slampt, but a lot of stuff that sounds like it could be on Slampt. Basically just snotty grrrls playing fuzzy pop kinda stuff. Basically when I was ripping a bunch of vinyl there was one awesome bin with things like Bette Davis and the Balconettes and Budget Girls.



Bitch School is a band I don't know too much about, and I can't find any info about them. This self-titled 7" came out in 1999 I believe on Lipstick Records. Straight-up power pop with a bit of fuzz. Crush songs about record shops? The best!

If you know anymore about this band or how I might possibly get a copy of this 7", let me know! (If it wasn't clear from the picture, this copy is from the station.)

Bitch School- s/t 7"

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Oh yeah and this weekend was awesome! Teenage Cool Kids were beyond fun. It was great to have a dance party with Audrey & Mark & Dan & lots of sweaty strangers I don't know. If you took pictures send me some.

September 17, 2009 (PRDCT #26)

I wish I had recorded this show-- I think it was definitely one of my favorite solo shows I've done in quite a while. Thanks to the guy who called in about United Mutation. Hopefully I'll rip some new stuff to put up soon... got a busy week ahead though.

Box Elders- "Alice and Friends" | Alice and Friends (7Inch, 2009) | Goner
P.S. Eliot- "Sore Subject" | Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds (LP, 2009) | Salinas (playlist)
Thee Crucials- "Squares Beware" | Live at the Mystery Spot (7Inch, 2006) | Rob's House
Magnitude 3- "Gloria" | Melvin b/w Gloria (7Inch, 1995) | Goner
Wounded Lion- "Wyld Parrots" | Creatures in the Cave (7Inch, 2009) | Down in the Ground/Gilgongo (playlist)
Bratmobile- "P.R.D.C.T." | Pottymouth (CD, 1991) | Kill Rock Stars

The Avengers- "We Are the One" | We Are the One (7Inch, 1977) | Dangerhouse
The Joneses- "Bedrock" | Criminal (12Inch, 2008) | Full Breach Kicks
The Diamond Sea- "Heavy Skies" | Slow Signal (10Inch, 2009) | Yellow Ghost (playlist)
Third Party- "Work Anthem" | Greatest Hits (7Inch, 1996) | Crackpipe
Social Circkle- "USSA" | Static Eyes (7Inch, 2006) | No Way

Media Disease- "Unwritten Laws" | Hit and Run (7Inch, 1990) | Lost & Found
Margaret Thrasher- "The Next Best Thing" | Are You There God? It's Me Margaret Thrasher (7Inch, 2006) | Clarence Thomas
Maggot Sandwich- "Communism" | Dead to My World (7Inch, 1985) | KML
Nobody's Heroes- "Bloodbath at the Senior Prom" | Kill Tomorrow (7Inch, 1998) | Bernt Harry Butt
Turboslut- "Exorcism" | split with Pygmy Lush (LP, 2009) | Exotic Fever (playlist)
Baader Brains- "Body of the King" | The Complete Unfinished Works Of The Young Tigers (LP, 2008) | Empyre (request)

The Men- "Ailment" | We Are the Men (12Inch, 2009) | Self-Released (playlist)
United Mutation- "Infinite Regression" | Rainbow Person (7Inch, 1984) | DSI
No Talk- "Tighten the Noose" | Tighten the Noose (7 Inch, 2008) | AG82/Cutthroat/Death Exclamations/Psychowolf
The Fartz- "People United" | World Full of Hate (LP, 1982) | Alternate Tentacles
Kieltolaki- "Totaalisen Tuhon Huominen" | Totaalisen Tuhon Huominen (7Inch, 2007) | Moo Cow

Sirens- "Marching In" | Where Have You Been? (7Inch, 2006) | Regeneration/Nation of Finks
Good Grief- "C.F.D." | This is Fucked, This Is Shit (7Inch, 1992) | Homemade
Kitty Cat Spy Club- "Girl Love" | split with the Teenagers (7Inch, 1995) | Radio Trash
The Intelligence- "Reading and Writing About Partying" | Reading and Writing About Partying b/w Like Like Like Like Like Like Like (7Inch, 2009) | Raw Deluxe
The Brentwoods- "Do the Bug with Me" | Do the Bug with Me b/w Buri Buri U.S.A. (7Inch, 1995) | Telstar
Teenage Cool Kids- "Speaking in Tongues" | Foreign Lands (LP, 2009) | Protagonist (playlist)

Dead Dog- "Swallow It" | Dead Dog (12Inch, 2008) | Mauled by Tigers
Wayward Youth- "Do You Wanna" | Killed by Death #15.5 (LP, 1998) | Killed by Death
Neo Boys- "Rich Man's Deam" | Neo Boys (7Inch, 1981) | Trap
Nobodys- "I Wanna Be a Ramone" | Nobodys (7Inch, 1997) | Hopeless
Gynecologists- "Gym Gerrard" | Bloodstains Across the Midwest (LP, 1994) | Bloodstains

OK?- "Duress" | Everything Is Going to Be (7Inch, 2009) | Life's a Rape (playlist)
Sons of Ishmael- "Small Town Mentality" | Hayseed Hardcore (7Inch, 1985) | Death Enema
Melee- "Landlords" | One Way Dead End (7Inch, 2002) | Lengua Armada
Grids- "My Own Parts" | Grids (7Inch, 2009) | Lunchbox (playlist)
Sedition- "Disgrace" | Endless Struggle (LP, 1995) | 1 in 12

Canadian Rifle- "Live Infected" | Visibility Zero (LP, 2009) | Residue
Youth Brigade- "Last Word" | Flex Your Head (CD, 1982) | Dischord
Bomber- "When Your Time Is Up" | Mourning (7Inch, 2009) | Cowabunga/On-High (playlist)
Reagan Youth- "Reagan Youth" | Vol. 1 (LP, 1990) | New Red Archives
Flag of Democracy- "Houses Made for Mannequins" | Shatter Your Day (LP, 1986) | Buy Our Records
Fleabag- "Curb Appeal" | The Best of the Nest 2009 (CD, 2009) | For the Birds (playlist)

Neighborhood Watch- "Politics" | Neighborhood Watch (7Inch, 1987) | Vinyl Communications
The Grand High Potentates- "Batman" | Batman b/w Psycho (7Inch) | Unga Bunga
Drunkdriver- "Fire Sale" | Fire Sale (7Inch, 2009) | Fashionable Idiots (playlist)

September 10, 2009 (PRDCT #25)

Smart Cops- "K.O.P." | Cominciare a Vivere (7Inch, 2009) | Sorry State
Wrangler Brutes- "Rap Music" | Wrangler Brutes Tape (LP, 2005) | X-Mist
Turboslut- "Speed" | split with Pygmy Lush (LP, 2009) | Exotic Fever (playlist)
Crucifix- "See Through Their Lies" | Dehumanization (LP, 1983) | Corpus Christi
Anti You- "Anti You Too" | Making Your Life Miserable (7Inch, 2008) | No Way

Dark Ages- "Radioactive States of America" | Vicious Lie (7Inch, 2009) | Cowabunga (playlist)
Divisions- "Vomit Wounds" | Divisions (7Inch, 2008) | Human Crush
Human Mess- "At War" | Follow You Home (LP, 2009) | No Way
Terminal Youth- "Money and a Name" | Shit Fit (7Inch, 2003) | Rich White Kids
Logic Problem- "Inherent Goodness" | No Center (7Inch, 2009) | Grave Mistake (playlist)

Bomber- "Mourning" | Mourning (7Inch, 2009) | Cowabunga/On-High (playlist)
Formaldehyde Junkies- "PCP Funtime" | Formaldehyde Junkies (7Inch, 2006) | Fashionable Idiots
Youth Against Fascism- "P.R.I." | Libertad y Justicia para Quien? (7Inch, 1996) | Alarma
Strangle Hold- "She's Not Leaving" | Leisure Tour '84 (7Inch, 1984) | Taang/One-Step
OK?- "Earthseed" | Everything Is Going to Be (7Inch, 2009) | Life's A Rape (playlist)

N.N.- "Ataque de Nervios" | N.N. (7Inch, 2008) | Lengua Armada
Bukkake Boys- "Mind Thoughts" | Splendid Thoughts (7 Inch, 2008) | Vile Minds
Dir Yassin- "Untitled" | Dir Yassin (7Inch, 2001) | Lengua Armada
Dysfunctional Youth- "Todays' Youth" | Pogo Attack (LP, 1995) | Pogo Punk
Seasick- "Ennui" | Ennui (7Inch, 2009) | Headcount (playlist)

Amateur Party- "Public Utility Complaint" | Public Utility Complaint (7Inch, 2009) | Paramnesia
The Shitty Limits- "Smart Guys" | Beware the Limits (CD, 2009) | Sorry State (playlist)
Yikes- "Putrifiers" | Secrets to Superflipping (10Inch, 2006) | Upset the Rhythm
Engine Boo- "Havana" | Engine Boo (7Inch, 1996) | Wallabies
Night of Pleasure- "Bitch Pitch" | Night of Pleasure (7Inch, 2007) | Columbus Discount

TV Ghost- "The Nihilist" | TV Ghost (LP, 2007) | Die Stasi
The Men- "Sketchy Pussy" | We Are the Men (12Inch, 2009) | Self-Released (playlist)
The Nuns- "World War III" | Live (7Inch, 1980) | Rosco
Rhino 39- "Prolixin Stomp" | Dangerhouse Volume One (LP, 1991) | Frontier
Foreign Objects- "White Elephant" | Foreign Objects (7Inch, 2009) | Loud Punk/Shock to the System (playlist)
The Konks- "Three Mile Baby" | The Konks (7Inch, 2001) | Baby Doll
The Stains- "Sick of Being Sick" | The Stains (7Inch, 1980) | Gutterworst
Wounded Lion- "Wyld Parrots" | Creatures in the Cave (7Inch, 2009) | Down in the Ground/Gilgongo (playlist)
Sourpatch- "He's Succeeding" | The Best of the Nest 2009 (CD, 2009) | For the Birds (playlist)

Deep Sleep- "On a Slab" | Three Things at Once (CD, 2009) | Grave Mistake (playlist)
Fleabag- "Curb Appeal" | The Best of the Nest 2009 (CD, 2009) | For the Birds (playlist)
Sexy- "Alchemy" | Por Vida (LP, 2009) | Thrillhouse
This Is My Fist!- "Wooden Bullets" | A History of Rats (LP, 2006) | No Idea
P.S. Eliot- "We'd Never Agree" | Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds (LP, 2009) | Salinas (playlist)

AK-47- "The Badge Means You Suck" | Bloodstains Across Texas (LP, 1992) | Bloodstains
Stand Off- "Negative Thoughts" | Over All (7Inch, 1995) | Distraught Records
Deep Wound- "I Saw It" | Deep Wound (LP, 1983) | Damaged Goods
Oi Polloi- "Reach for the Light" | Resist the Atomic Menace (7Inch, 1995) | Campary
El Smasho!- "Red Devil" | Clown in the Family (7Inch, 1990) | Bonehead
Terminal Disgust- "United Police States of America" | Start a Riot! (LP, 1996) | Clean Plate
Punch- "We're Not in This Together" | Punch (LP, 2009) | 625 Thrash/Discos Huelgas (playlist)

Strung Up- "D.M.S." | No Bullshit Vol. 1 (7Inch, 2007) | No Way
Direct Control- "Fake" | No Bullshit Vol. 1 (7Inch, 2007) | No Way
Domestik Doktrin- "Saturday Night Fever" | Domestik Doktrin (7Inch, 2004) | 625 Thrash
Dead Friends- "Crass Fts" | Dead Friends (LP, 2009) | Drugged Conscience/Pure Pain Sugar (playlist)

Anti Scrunti Faction

Here's another remnant from the summer. While I'm excited to get back to my regular show, having guest DJs always mixed things up and introduced me to some new records. When Steve came in to spin some stuff, he brought in Anti Scrunti Faction.



It's not too hard to track down this band since Leslie Mah from Tribe 8 was in it. A.S.F. were total bad ass feminists in their own right though, appearing in cool queer zines like J.D.s and writing songs like "Slave to My Estrogen." Plus they were totally crusty looking kids who wrote songs about what made them angry. Or sometimes depressed or happy. Check out this old MRR profile for some more info along with this Flipside interview. Plus in that Flipside interview Leslie says, "I like colors and being positive." And I think they're way snottier than Tribe 8. Seriously, what's not to love? Their LP, Damsels in Distress, is long out of print, so do yourself a favor and grab it below.

Oh yeah, and speaking of MRR, the queer punk issue is out now so check it out!

Anti Scrunti Faction- Damsels in Distress

September 4, 2009 (PRDCT #24)

Things are mostly back to normal now-- the series of guest DJs from the summer is over. The new schedule for the semester will be instituted next week, so look for my new time slot then.

The Men- "Ailment" | We Are the Men (LP, 2009) | Self-Released (playlist)
Black Flag- "Can't Decide" | My War (LP, 1983) | SST
Robocop 3- "Fuck You Doc Hopper" | If the Door is Locked There's Someone In There (7Inch, 2007) | Thrillhouse
The Randumbs- "7/4" | The Randumbs (7Inch, 1997) | Radio
Nomos- "The Most Dangerous Game" | Demo (7Inch, 2009) | Deranged (playlist)

F.Y.P.- "Dress Code" | Made in U.S.A. (7Inch, 1991) | Recess
Dead Uncles- "Applauded Droning" | Cut Down to Sighs (7Inch, 2009) | Self-Released (playlist)
Fleabag- "Curb Appeal" | The Best of the Nest 2009 (CD, 2009) | For the Birds (playlist)
Chopper- "Not Perfect" | Self-Preservation Society (7Inch, 1995) | Crackle
The Stitches- "Electroshock Carol" | Twelve Imaginary Inches (LP, 2002) | TKO

KGBeasley and the Leather Violence- "Sonic Bondage" | Sonic Bondage (7Inch, 2009) | Heavy Leather
Dead Friends- "I Wish You Were in BKLN Too" | Dead Friends (LP, 2009) | Drugged Conscience/Pure Pain Sugar (playlist)
Cheap Tragedies- "Days of Our Lies" | Cheap Tragedies (7Inch, 2008) | No Idea/High Anxiety 416
Private School- "Fuck You" | Smash the State (LP, 1979) | No Exit
Punch- "Right of Way" | Punch (LP, 2009) | 625 Thrash/Discos Huelgas (playlist)

The Birthday Party- "She's Hit" | Junkyard (LP, 1982) | 4AD
Drunkdriver- "It Never Happened" | Fire Sale (7Inch, 2009) | Fashionable Idiots (playlist)
The King Cobra- "March on Pompeii" | The King Cobra (CD, 2003) | Troubleman Unlimited

Registrators- "Girl Girl Girl" | Girl Girl Girl (7Inch, 1995) | Mangrove
Mika Miko- "Blues Not Speed" | We Be Xuxa (LP, 2009) | Post Present Medium
General Interest- "I Still Vote for Reagan" | Right by the Beach (12Inch, 2009) | Ride the Snake (playlist)
Guilty Faces- "Nightmares" | Nightmares (7Inch, 2008) | Room 101
Teenage Cool Kids- "Animal Sounds" | Foreign Lands (LP, 2009) | Protagonist (playlist)

Sleetmute Nightmute- "The V & V Girls" | Night School (7Inch, 2002) | Kill Rock Stars
Really Red- "Crowd Control" | Crowd Control (7Inch, 1979) | CIA
OK?- "Duress" | Everything Is Going to Be (7Inch, 2009) | Life's A Rape (playlist)
August Spies- "Eat a Bag of Shit" | August Spies (7Inch, 1996) | Rodent Popsicle
Bomber- "Lying Dogs" | Mourning (7Inch, 2009) | Cowabunga/On-High (playlist)

P.S. Eliot- "We'd Never Agree" | Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds (LP, 2009) | Salinas (playlist)
The Raunch Hands- "Stomp It" | Stomp It (7Inch, 1984) | Egon
Jacuzzi Boys- "You Should Know" | Island Ave. (7Inch, 2008) | Hozac
Coconut Coolouts- "Head Full of Stones" | Pizza Regret (7Inch, 2007) | Seeing Eye
The Royal Coachmen- "Lollipop" | Move It! (LP, 1966) | Teenage Shutdown
Wounded Lion- "Wyld Parrots" | Creatures in the Cave (7Inch, 2009) | Down in the Ground/Gilgongo (playlist)

Sweet Weapon- "Oh..!? Jesus Knocked Down" | Overheat (7Inch) | Nitro
The Twerps- "Happy Little Tykes" | split with the Showcase Showdown (7Inch) | 702
The Diamond Sea- "Safe Keeping" | Slow Signal (10Inch, 2009) | Yellow Ghost (playlist)

Abe Froman- "Fair Friend" | split with Soophie Nun Squad (LP, 2003) | Harlan

The Diamond Sea

Summer is finally coming to a close (today was my first day of classes), so I figure it's time for a bit of reflection on one of my favorite things I picked up this summer.

I was lucky enough to see the Diamond Sea play three dates on their northeast-ish tour. Hopefully if you live above the Mason-Dixon line you got a chance to see them as well. Despite the fact that I saw them three times in four days, each show was awesome. Their tour kick-off was the dyke march benefit show on Friday, June 26 in New York. The Carnal Knowledge reunion was insane. Missed them the next night at Dan's house, but I heard it was fun, and the boys seemed to still be recovering as we drove out to Western Mass the next day. Meghan put together an awesome show. We missed Brain Killer but caught Waste Management, the Diamond Sea, Cult Ritual, Ampere, and Aerosols. The following night just required a short bike ride over to Gay Gardens to see Afflictions, Confines, and then the Diamond Sea and Cult Ritual again. Confines were my favorite of the evening. Their demo is all gone now, but you can (and should) download it here. While you're there, check out the Bloody Gears demo too because it rules.



OK, back to the task at hand. My favorite description of this band is "The Diamond Sea sounds like Sleater-Kinney through a Gang Of Four filter." Aside from the gimicky name drops and what not that make it so great, it's also probably the most accurate one.



This 10" was put out by Yellow Ghost. Tara has also set up a bunch of awesome tours in Australia for bands like Ampere & Daniel Striped Tiger, and Punch will be headed over there soon.

When I first grabbed this record I listened to the A-side over and over. "Heavy Skies" is probably my favorite of the album. While the first half is great, I think my focus on it meant I didn't listen to the B-side enough. "Safe Keeping" is certainly another favorite. Anyway, I'm kind of spent on writing about music for the day and I started this over a month ago, so I don't really remember where I wanted to go with this. I'll just let the Diamond Sea's music speak for itself.

The Diamond Sea- Slow Signal
Get it here

OK?

A couple months back now (I guess, my concept of time has gone out the window, and I can't believe I'm moving again in two days), I got a triple dose of records from Life's a Rape: the Cult Ritual Holidays 7", the new Loser Life LP, and the OK? 7". The Cult Ritual 7"? A dud. The Loser Life LP? Solid as usual. The OK? 7"? The best of the bunch-- an awesome catchy surprise of catchy anarcho-punk.

I don't really know a whole lot about OK?. They're from San Diego. I believe the singer has a love connection to Crime Desire/the guy who runs this label (scene gossip oooh). This is their first release. They haven't played too many shows so far. Mostly I know you should check out this record.


I should have access to a scanner again in a week or so, but for now, my awesome photo booth pictures will live on.

According to the liner notes, the A-side, "Earthseed," "is a passive call to arms, an observational description of the modern age and a speculation of that following; it is a record of a species living in denial or arrogance-- but not for long." The flip side "Duress," "is about marketing and about being force-fed nonsense. It describes the feeling of living in a culture that constantly bombards you with advertising, and the agenda these ads perpetuate."

To quote a certain message board poster, "Punk needs more bands like this."

To order this paypal $5.50 to colinrrmf [at] yahoo [dot] com.

For now...

OK?- Everything Is Going to Be 7"

August 19, 2009 (PRDCT #23 with Angela)

Angela came in for the final week of guest djing to shake things up a little bit. Download the show here.

Monna Bell y Aldemaro Romero- "Que Bonita Es Mi Tierra" | La Onda Nueva en Mexico (LP, 2007) | Vampi Soul
Los Buenos- "Groovy Woovy" | Groovy Woovy (LP, 2003) | Wah Wah
Stelvio Cipriani- "Femina Ridens" | Femina Ridens Soundstrack (LP, 2008) | Vadim
Brenda Lee- "Dum Dum" from "Dum Dum b/w Eventually" (7Inch, 1960) | Decca
Antoine Rencontre Les Problemes- "Je Ne Vois Rien" | Antoine Rencontre Les Problemes (LP, 2008) | Dandelion

Los Holy's- "Melodia Encantada" | Sueno Sicodelico (10Inch, 2003) | Electro Harmonix
The Spits- "Rip up the Streets" | The Spits (CD, 2009) | Recess (playlist)
Big Boy Groves- "Bucket O' Blood" | Mello Jello (LP, 2009) | Mello Jello
Jean Constantin- "Hey Jackie" | Le Boogie Twist Madison (LP, 1964) | Disques Vogue
Kayanji and Anandji- "Dance Music from Commander" | Dance Music from Commander (CD, 1973) | Odeon
Ivor Slaney- "Orgasmic Stripper" | Terror (LP, 2009) | MVM

Closet Fairies- "Painted in a Corner" | Upcoming LP (CD, 2009) | No Idea (playlist)
Television Personalities- "Silly Girl" | And Don't the Kids Just Love It (LP, 1978) | Fire
The Realtors- "Guilt by Association" | Buy or Beware (7Inch, 1979) | Realty
Fongus- "La Reina del Rock & Roll" | unreleased
Reports- "Attleboro Trailers" | Bill Wyman Detector Metal (7Inch, 2009) | Ride the Snake (playlist)
Lord Cobra and Pana-Afro Sounds- "Rocombey" | Panama (LP, 2006) | Soundway
The Bagdads- "Green Power" | Double Shot of Soul (CD, 2004) | Ace/Kent Soul

La Nina de los Peines- "Saeta Pilatos por no Dejar" | String of Pearls (LP, 2009) | Mississippi
Kooky Monster- "Loadstar II" | Loadstar II (7Inch, 1996) | Sorted
Vladimir Ussachevsky- "Piece for Tape Recorder" | Early Modulations Vintage Volts (CD, 1999) | Caipirinha
Liquorball- "Part I" | Evolutionary Squalor (LP, 2009) | Rocketship
Russian Tsarlag- "The Master's Speech" | split with Lesson Lesson Lessen Relearn (7Inch, 2009) | West Palm Beotch (playlist)

Mama Bare- "Untitled" | The Island (LP, 2009) | Male Bonding
Exusamwa- "9-Fingered Man" | Please Allow Me to Induce Myself (CD, 2009) | Self-Released (playlist)
Robert Beatty- "Cactus Club" | Solos (LP, 2009) | What The

Woods- "To Clean" | Songs of Shame (CD, 2009) | Shrimper/Woodsist (playlist)
Elder Charles Beck- "I Never Will Turn Back" | Complete Recordings in Chronological Order (LP, 1975) | Document
Joann Kelly- "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" | Joann Kelly (LP, 1972) | Blue Goose
Mulatu Astatke- "Yekatit" | Ethiopiques 04 - Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale 1969-1974 (LP, 1970) | L'Arome
P.S. Eliot- "Like How You Are" |Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds (LP, 2009) | Salinas (playlist)

Mickey Baker- "Autumn Leaves" | The Wildest Guitar (LP, 1959) | Atlantic
Ustad Amir Khan- "Tori Jai Jai Kartar" | Baiju Bawra (LP, 1975) | Odeon
Hell-Kite- "Cabin" | I Am Your Cabin, Live in Me (7Inch, 2009) | Gilgongo Records (playlist)

August 12, 2009 (PRDCT #22 with Melissa and Dan)

Awesome show tonight with Dan & Melissa. Melissa packed in the riot grrrls while Dan brought the punx and tolerated our little dance party to Skinned Teen. Dan started things off with his brother's old band. I had time to pack in a couple Foreign Objects songs, and we got to hear Melissa's first band, And I Can't Wait, too. I mentioned my recent acquisition to Melissa, so we continued that celebration--she said she hadn't listen to it in a long time, but still knew all the words. If you download the show there'll be a little weird pause static thing because I had to run an emergency test something-or-other. Also, for some reason we just didn't announce very often. I think Angela will be in next Wednesday for my last week of guest DJs/summer air. Anyway, download the show for this week here.

Jake the Dog- "Jenny" | Jake the Dog (CD, 2001) | Going Forwards
Slant 6- "Time Expired" Soda Pop Rip Off (LP, 1994) | Dischord
Witches- "Young Ones" | Witches (7Inch, 2008) | Salinas
Minutemen- "Black Sheep" | Joy (7Inch, 1981) | New Alliance
Team Dresch- "Hand Grenade" | Hand Grenade (7Inch, 1994) | Kill Rock Stars

Dead Uncles- "Wholesome Sleep Deprivation" | Cut Down to Sighs (7Inch, 2009) | Self-Released (playlist)
Screeching Weasel- "Hanging Around" | Wiggle (LP, 1992) | Lookout
Abe Froman- "What's Your New Address?" | Baltimore Is Scum (7Inch, 2001) | Self-Released
Blotto- "Hunchbacked Cat" | split with Ringers (7Inch, 2008) | Snuffy Smiles
The Queers- "I Met Her at the Rat" | The Queers Grow Up (LP, 1990) | Lookout
And I Can't Wait- "The Public Execution" | split with Bob Barker Youth (LP, 2001) |† Self-Released
Punch- "Don't Start" | Punch (LP, 2009) | 625 Thrash/Discos Huelgas (playlist)

Like Rats- "All Truth" | Like Rats (7Inch, 2009) | Self-Released
The Bayonettes- "Dead End Kids" | Art of the Underground 7" Series (7Inch, 2007) | Art of the Underground
P.S. Eliot- "Incoherent Love Songs" | Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds (LP, 2009) | Salinas (playlist)
The Gits- "Another Shot of Whiskey" | Frenching the Bully (CD, 1992) | C/Z (request)
Huggy Bear- "February 14" | Our Troubled Youth (LP, 1992) | Kill Rock Stars (request)
Skinned Teen- "Pillowcase Kisser" | Bazooka Smooth! (LP, 1995) | Lookout
Air Fix Kits- "Flex Time" | Demo" (CD, 2008) | Self-Released
Heavens to Betsy- "Me & Her" | These Monsters Are Real (7Inch, 1992) | Kill Rock Stars
Velocity Girl- "I Don't Care if You Go" | I Don't Care if You Go (7Inch, 1990) | Slumberland
Bomber- "Lying Dogs" | Mourning (7Inch, 2009) | Cowabunga/On-High (playlist)
Frumpies- "Weird Machine" | Weird Machine (7Inch, 1993) | Kill Rock Stars
General Interest- "Capricious Youth" | Right by the Beach (12Inch, 2009) | Ride the Snake (playlist)
Green Day- "Going to Pasalacqua" | 39/Smooth (LP, 1990) | Lookout
Football, Etc.- "First Down" | First Down (CD, 2009) | Self-Released (playlist)
Rainer Maria- "Thought I Was" | A Better Version of Me (CD, 2001) | Polyvinyl

Reagan Youth- "(Are You) Happy?" | Vol. 1 (LP, 1990) | New Red Archives
Deep Sleep- "Curbside Breakdown" | Three Things at Once (CD, 2009) | Grave Mistake (playlist)
Gaunt- "Good Bad Happy Sad" | Good Bad Happy Sad (7Inch, 1993) | Bag of Hammers
Sleater-Kinney- "Don't Think You Wanna" | Sleater-Kinney (CD, 1995) | Chainsaw
The Diamond Sea- "Slow Signal" | Slow Signal (10Inch, 2009) | Yellow Ghost (playlist)
Adickdid- "Mailbox" | Dismantle (LP, 1992) | G
The Go Team- "Three Ways to Sunday" | June (7Inch, 1989) | K

Complaints- "Tired of Living" | Complaints (7Inch, 2009) | Youth Attack (playlist)
Kaia- "Sixteen" | Kaia (CD, 1996) | Chainsaw/Candy Ass
Hop Along- "Bride and Groom" | Wretches (10Inch, 2009) | Salinas
X- "Poor Girl" | More Fun in the New World (LP, 1983) | Elektra
Randoms- "Let's Get Rid of New York" | Dangerhouse Volume One (LP, 1991) | Frontier
Weirdos- "Solitary Confinement" | Dangerhouse Volume One (LP, 1991) | Frontier
Foreign Objects- "Leave Me" | Foreign Objects (7Inch, 2009) | Loud Punk/Shock to the System (playlist)
Foreign Objects- "Fixed Failure" | Foreign Objects (7Inch, 2009) | Loud Punk/Shock to the System (playlist)
Julie Ruin- "Punk Singer" | Julie Ruin (CD, 1998) | Kill Rock Stars
(brief pause for the emergency systems broadcast)
Angelic Upstarts- "Kids on the Streets" | Bootlegs and Rarities (LP, 1985) | Dojo
Logic Problem- "Sarcophagus" | City Center (7Inch, 2009) | Grave Mistake (playlist)
Dead Dog- "Worth It" | Dead Dog (12Inch, 2008) | Mauled by Tigers

Last week's show

Here's the show from last week with Dan & Nick.

Also...



My favorite 7" of all time is now in my possession.

August 5, 2009 (PRDCT #21 with Dan & Nick)

This was one of my favorite weeks so far this summer. Hopefully you can see DST play this Friday with Delay since I can't make it. Big thanks to Dan, Nick, & all of our visitors throughout the evening. I don't have time to up the show right now because I'm headed down south, but I will do so some time after Monday. Update: here's a download.

Tussin- "Haunts" | Demo (CD, 2009) | Self-Released
White Lung- "Magazines" | Magazines (7Inch, 2008) | Deranged
Teenage Cool Kids- "Speaking in Tongues" | Foreign Lands (LP, 2009) | Protagonist
Chris Bell- "I Got Kinda Lost" | I Am the Cosmos (LP, 1992) | 4 Men with Beards
P.S. Eliot- "The Cyborg" | Introverted Romance in Our Troubled Minds (LP, 2009) | Salinas (playlist)

Little Lungs- "Dreary" | Hoist Me Up! (7Inch, 2008) | Salinas
Brain Handle- "Smiling" | Smiling (7 Inch, 2008) | Iron Lung
The Men- "Ailment" | We Are the Men (LP, 2009) | Self-Released (playlist)
The Repos- "Ripped and Glued" | Hearts and Heads Explode (LP, 2007) | Youth Attack
The Fall- "Pro Art Threat" | Palace of Swords Reversed (LP, 1987) | Rough Trade

Hygiene- "T.V. Girl" | Hygiene (7Inch, 2009) | Dire
Sinaloa- "Can You Still See Me Through Your Rose-Colored Glasses?" | Fathers and Sons (LP, 2003) | Word Salad
Wipers- "Messenger" | Over the Edge (LP, 1983) | Trap/Brain Eater
The Diamond Sea- "Heavy Skies" | Slow Signal (10Inch, 2009) | Yellow Ghost (playlist)

The Big Big Bucks- "Summer Bummer" | Crucial Schmooze (LP, 2009) | Self-Released
Dogmatics- "Thayer St." | Everybody Does It (LP, 1985) | Homestead
Cat Party "Jigsaw Thoughts" | Jigsaw Thoughts (7Inch, 2008) | Rich Bitch
Kajun SS- "Know Your Place" | Kajun Place (12Inch, 2006) | Die Slaughterhaus/Therapeutic/Jeth-Row

Bone Awl- "Head of Silence" | Meaningless Leaningless (LP, 2007) | Nuclear War Now!
Drunkdriver- "It Never Happened" | Fire Sale (7Inch, 2009) | Fashionable Idiots (playlist)
La Piovra- "L'Ultima Sigaretta" | La Piovra (LP, 2005) | Youth Attack
Condominium- "Barricade" | Barricade b/w Big Plans (7Inch, 2009) | Fashionable Idiots (playlist)
Reigning Sound- "If I Can't Come Back" | Love and Curses (LP, 2009) | In the Red

The Carbonas- "Journey to the End" | The Carbonas (LP, 2007) | Goner
Usch- "Hatalen" | Bloodstains Across Sweden (LP, 1997) | Salming Sounds
Teenage Fan Club- "What You Do to Me" | The Concept (12Inch, 1991) | Creation
Woods- "Be Still" | At Rear House (LP, 2006) | Troubleman Unlimited
Tideland- "Graveyard Song" | split with Pizza (7Inch, 2009) | Cosmic Debris (playlist)

Arthur Russel- "I Forget and I Can't Tell (Ballad of the Lights Pt. 1)" | Love Is Overtaking Me (LP, 2008) | Audika/Rough Trade
Steve Broadsky- "Gap Girl" | Ole Sunday (LP, 2001) | Magic Bullet
Wwax- "Seven" | Like It or Not (7Inch, 1990) | Merge
Big Dipper- "When Men Were Trains" | Heavens (LP, 1987) | Homestead
Blatz- "Berkeley Is My Baby (And I Wanna Kill It)" | The Shit Split" (LP, 1990) | Lookout
Eddy Current Suppression Ring- "Sunday's Coming" | Primary Colors (LP, 2008) | Goner

Rodan- "Milk & Melancholy" | How the Winter Was Passed (7Inch, 1993) | Three Little Girls
Helms- "Satin Rules" | Secret Doors (LP, 2006) | History Major
Death to Tyrants- "Sparrow Night" | split with Dogs of Ire (10Inch, 2004) | Ethospine Noise
Timber- "Beginning" | Timber (7Inch, 2008) | Something Crucial
Daniel Striped Tiger- "An Errand to Run" | split with Sinaloa (7Inch, 2008) | Narshardaa/Clean Plate

Mean Jeans- "Bogus Memories" | License 2 Chill (7Inch, 2008) | Dirtnap
Screeching Weasel- "Supermarket Fantasy" | Boogadaboogadaboogada (LP, 1988) | Lookout
Oblivians- "Bad Man" | Popular Favorites (LP, 1996) | Crypt
RVIVR- "Can't Stand It" | Life Moves (7Inch, 2009) | Rumbletowne (playlist)
Closet Fairies- "Popular Science" | Upcoming LP (CD-R, 2009) | No Idea (playlist)
Gentleman Jesse & His Men- "You Don't Have To (If You Don't Want To)" | Gentleman Jesse & His Men (LP, 2008) | Douchemaster

Melvins- "Boris" | Bullhead (LP, 1991) | Boner

Early warning: Teenage Cool Kids, Failures, DST, & Dead Dog on September 19

Help kick off the Record Hospital's 25th anniversary...

Saturday, September 19 at 7 pm

TEENAGE COOL KIDS (Built to Spill meets Meneguar indie rock, from Denton, TX)
FAILURES
DANIEL STRIPED TIGER
DEAD DOG (wimpy pop punk, from Athens, GA)

at the Advocate
21 South Street
Harvard Square

all ages - no booze
suggested donation $8

email rhshows@gmail if you have questions or whatever

In the meantime, you can get hyped for this show by listening to some Dead Dog.



For those unfamiliar, they are from Georgia via Brooklyn or Jersey or something. Mostly I know Angie & Josh both drummed in this band at separate points. Their 12" was put out last year on Mauled by Tigers and was just repressed, so go order it! Here's a few songs to tide you over- "Swallow It," "Hate Song" (Daniel Johnston cover), & "Partners in Crime."

Dead Dog- 3 songs

No-Wave Double Post: Bound & Gagged and Nervous Gender + PRDCT #11 revisited

I don't really often hype other blogs, but recently, I can't get enough of Kamikaze Tailspin.

I got a request/realized I had never upped the whole show with Screaming Females (back from April) so here it is: Screaming Females guest DJ/interview on the Record Hospital. In case you need a refresher, here's the playlist from PRDCT #11. I'm listening to it over again, and it's surprisingly competent considering I had just broken my edge & Steve gave me a 40 at the show. I'm also getting more used to listening to myself speak.

There's a bunch of things to look forward... I think right now I'm most excited to see Dead Uncles & Dylan Bredeau next Tuesday with Foreign Objects and the Waifs (aka Waifffs, new Boston band with members of Libyans, General Interest, Closet Fairies, blah blah blah).



Other than that, I'll be heading down to New York in a few weeks for a visit. I'll definitely be checking out the Big She-Bang IV on Saturday, August 15, put on by For the Birds this year. In addition to a bunch of awesome workshops, Little Lungs, Zombie Dogs, Ina! Ina! (whom I missed at the Dyke March benefit/Carnal Knowledge reunion show), Kate Ferencz, Inertia, & Full of Fancy will be playing.

The weekend after, I'll be heading down to Richmond for Best Friends Day with a car full of punks. I'm excited (I'd even venture to say beyond excited) to see Pink Razors and hang out with some BFFs.

OK... enough rambling. I get easily distracted.

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I don't listen to a whole lot of no-wave, but since Chris played some Bound & Gagged on my show a few weeks ago, I've been listening to that & Nervous Gender pretty consistently. I often kind of view this kind of stuff as a novelty, but I've been enjoying these.

I'm not going to pretend I know a vast history of either of these bands. Instead, I'll give you a little bit and direct you to other places that are more comprehensive.

Bound & Gagged were an all-girl no-wave band from Boston. There's a myspace for them here that has a little bit more info.



Nervous Gender took its name because of Phranc's androgyny. I mostly know Phranc because of the Team Dresch song "Uncle Phranc." I might be a bit of a n00b, but I'll use the fact that I was negative ten years old when this band formed as an excuse. There's a pretty good wiki page for them, and you can check out the band's website for some cool fliers & things.



I'm upping the Bound & Gagged 12" and Nervous Gender's side of their split LP with Beelzebub Youth called Music from Hell.

Bound & Gagged- s/t 12" EP
Nervous Gender- their side of the Music from Hell LP