CAT PARTY: Feast

Tracks:

1. Black Flag//Slip it In

2. Geto Boys//Damn it Feels Good to Be a Gangster

3. Fucked Up//Carried Out to Sea

4. EL-P//Deep Space 9mm

5. Green Day//Who Wrote Holden Caufield?

6. Rotten Cadaver//Rotten Cadaver

7. King Crimson//Red

8. Nas//New York State of Mind

9. Jeff the Brotherhood//Ripper

10. Flux of Pink Indians//Tube Disaster

11. Crass//Big A Little A

12. Dead Prez//Police State

13. Beat Happening//In Between

14. Dr. Octagon//Real Raw

15. Dirtbombs//Brand New Game

16. Farside//Passing Me By

17. Beatnik Termites//Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine

18. Mr. Lif//Take Hold, Fire

19. Big Drill Car//Reform Before

20. Dystopia//Sanctity

21. Iceage//White Rune

22. People Under the Stairs//Empty Bottle of Water

23. Hunchback//The Doctor

24. Del the Funky Homo Sapien//Bubble Pop

25. Shannon and the Clams//You Will Always Bring Me Flowers

26. Sage Francis//Climb Trees

27. Merchandise//I Get Lost

28. Discharge//The Nightmare Continues

29. Descendents//I'm Not a Loser

7-6-2011

Guest starring TIM SACCO!

PART ONE
PART TWO

Tracks:

1. Hunchback//Worse Houses

2. Burzum//Ea Lord of the Depths

3. Pregnant//Help!

4. Meshugga//Erroneous Manipulation

5. Black Wine//End of Days

6. Onslaught//Skullcrusher 2

7. Flag of Democracy//Houses Made for Mannequins

8. Dismember//Override the Overture

9. The Dickies//Curb Job

10. Danzig//Twist of Cain

11. Off//Rat Trap

12. Celtic Frost//Into the Crypts of Rays

13. Iceage//Rotting Heights

14. CCM//Feel Like

15. Foreign Objects//Words of War

16. Doom//Means to an End

17. Kaka Hata 77//Tosi Tylsa Paiva

18. Wretched//FORGOT TO WRITE SONG

19. Mean Jeans//Bogus Memories

20. Cock Sparrer//Runnin Riot

21. Tenement//Stupid World

22. Bathory//Equimanthorn

23. Gorilla Biscuits//Stand Still

24. Manic Midnight//Wrong Door

25. Young Leaves//Life Underneath

26. Death//Scream Bloody Gore

27. Steve Adamyk Band//Better Off

28. Toxic Reasons//Party's Over

29. For Science//Wisdom Teeth

30. Godflesh//Streetcleaning

31. Double Negative//Endless Disappointment

32. Municipal Waste//Mutants of War

33. The Hunches//Ate My Teeth

34. Appalachian Terror Unit//Bullet and Bomb

35. The Ergs!//1000 Letters

7-13-2011

Guest Starring DJ Jazzy Jason and THE RETURN OF DJ FANCY!!!

I really liked this dynamic and I hope it returns.

Tracks:

1. Shadowy Men From a Shadowy Planet//Foreign/Aft

2. Undertones//Get Over You

3. Brickmower//Slow, Too Fast

4. Cock Sparrer//Closed Down

5. Tranzmitors//Something's Going On

6. Defiance//I'd Rather Die

7. Elvis Costello//I'm Not Angry

8. Jeff the Brotherhood//Cool Out

9. Off With Their Heads//Heroin in NYC

10. LSD//SOMETHING IN JAPANESE

11. The Lookouts//Living Behind Bars

12. Black Wine//Favorites

13. The Holy Mountain//...Then You Die

14. Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs//Memphis Best

15. Lemonheads//Allisons Starting to Happen

16. Hex Dispensers//My Love is a Bat

17. Agents of Satan//Joe Ryder (Doom Ryders)

18. Septic Death//Sweat of a Nightmare

19. Television//Foxhole

20. Tenement//Skyscraper

21. Dirt//Tribal Dreams

22. Government Issue//Sheer Terror

23. Bratmobile//Cheap Trick Record

24. The Charlottes//Mad Girls Love Song

25. Cannabis Corpse//Staring Through My Eyes That Are Red

26. The Animals//It's My Life

27. Doc Hopper//Bunker

28. Young Governor//I Want a Girl From Wawa

29. Gadget//Leaders of the (Rat) Pack

30. Witch//Changing

31. Sweet Baby//Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby I Love You

32. Huggybear//Hopscotch

33. Midnight//Berlin is Burning

34. The Allmighty Defenders//I'm Coming Home

35. Lemuria//Bee Spit

36. Steve Adamyk Band//Ontario

6/26/11

Cat Party 6-22-11!

Blah Blah Blah Blah

Negazione - Lo Spirito Continua

Tracks:

1. The Real Kids//All Kindsa Girls

2. Acid Witch//Live Forever

3. Sabertooth Zombie//Gravedigger

4. Neurosis//Nonsense

5. The Replacements//Favorite Thing

6. Furdidurke//Be A Witness

7. The Men//Night Landing

8. Government Warning//Enough is Enough

9. The Dwarves//College Town

10. Napalm Death//Abbatoir

11. ELO//So Serious

12. Harum Scarum//Stardom

13. Crazy Spirit//Cool Death

14. Saw Throat//Industry

15. The Marked Men//On

16. Jeff Fahey//Silverbell/Cheyenne

17. Rational Anthem//(The Weight of the World is)Shitting On My Shoulders

18. Godflesh//Merciless

19. Marvelous Darlings//I Hate Rock N Roll

20. Hellbastard//Nazis Killed

21. Choke Up//Say Something

22. Cop On Fire//Cheer en Nadem

23. Brain Killer//Black Cloud/They Live/We Sleep

24. Poison Idea//Feel the Darkness

25. Cut the Shit//I Do It to Myself

26. Misfits//TV Casualty

27. Smart Cops//Nella Giungla

28. Manic Midnight//Oceans of Sand

29. Fucked Up//Truth I Know

30. Asbestos Death//Dejection

31. DYS//Wolfpack

32. Oiltanker//Gutted

33. Mind Spiders//Going Away Tonite

34. Disrupt//Chock O Christian

CAT VIDEO!

6/9/11

CAT PARTY 6-8-11!

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5/22/11

Negazione - Lo Spirito Continua (1986)

WEBSITE

Tracks:

1. La Vittoria Della Sconfitta

2. Lasciami Stare

3. Thinkin' of Somebody Else

4. Diritto Contro un Muro

5. Niente

6. Un Amaro Sorriso

7. Straight and Rebel

8. Qualcosa Scompare

9. Lei Ha Bisogno Di Qualcuno Che La Guardi

10. Lo Spirito Continua

Negazione were a hardcore band from Italy during the '80s to early '90s. They played ripping thrashy hardcore. If you've never heard this record, you are in for a treat. Great lyrics, awesome riffs, and tons of cowbell. Recommended for anyone into hardcore at all. FFO: Raw Power, Indigesti, DRI, Gorilla Biscuits (the vocals a bit)

5/18/11

CAT PARTY 5-18-11!!!!

Today's Cat Party was certainly a cat party.

The Hanson Brothers - Gross Misconduct 7" and The Hockey Song 7"

Tracks:

1. Company Flow//Bad Touch Example

2. Paintbox//Can't Bear Any More!

3. Destruction//Mad Butcher

4. The Mummies//Food, Sickles, Girls

5. Extreme Noise Terror//Human Error

6. Devo//Girl U Want (live)

7. D.O.A.//Unknown

8. Dawn of Humans//Destroy

9. LSD//Threat and Evil Meat

10. Brain F≠//So Dim

11. Type O Negative//Dead Again

12. Career Suicide//Things Take a Turn

13. Wolfbrigade//(FFFUUU DIDN'T WRITE THIS DOWN)

14. Dillinger Four//Let Them Eat Thomas Paine

15. Infest//Just Act Blind

16. Guitar Wolf//Kung Fu Ramone

17. Oiltanker//Gutted

18. The Men//Think

19. Fruit Salad//Not Fit For Nothing

20. Sticks and Stones//Less Than Free

21. Think I Care//Disease

22. Snuggle//Burn

23. Fifteen//Helter Smelter

24. Shannon and The Clams//Toxic Revenge

25. Coffins//Slaughter of the Gods '09

26. P.S. Eliot//Shitty and Tragic

27. Insect Warfare//Evolved Into Obliteration

28. Billy Raygun//Ash Heap

29. No Fucker//Absurd

30. Steve Adamyk Band//Your Only One

31. Sadistik Exekution//Bolkanik Violence

32. Lipstick Homicide//Prom

33. Nasum//Flames of the Truth

34. Southside Stranglers//Which Way's the Door?

35. Gore Beyond Necropsy//World Gas Chamber

36. World/Inferno Friendship Society//Canonize Philip K. Dick, OK?

37. Hellnation//No Life Left

38. Diarrhea Planet//Where R U?

39. Runnamucks//Inferno

40. Peach Kelli Pop//Eenie Meenie Miney Moe

Tune in next week for out Post-Rapture show! Hopefully radios will still work...

5/17/11

The Hanson Brothers - Gross Misconduct 7" (1992) and The Hockey Song 7" (1996)

Tracks:

Gross Misconduct

1. Blitzkrieg Hops

2. You Are Not For Me

3. Bad

The Hockey Song

1. The Hockey Song

2. The Enemy (D.O.A.)

Like hockey? Beer? Canada? THE RAMONES? Then you will LOOOOVE this. Vancouver's The Hanson Brothers, aptly named after the characters from the film Slapshot, bring you Ramones-core pop punk all about HOCKEY and BEER! This band is a fun side project of Nomeansno formed around 1984 and still play every now and then to this day. These seven inches are singles from two of their full lengths, so go find those if you wanna hear more. Check it out for something fun and silly, but still totally great punk rock. FFO: The Ramones, Hockey, Beer

5/14/11

Pegboy - Three Chord Monte (1990)

MYSPACE

Pegboy - Three-Chord Monte

Tracks:

1. Through My Fingers

2. My Youth

3. Fade Away

4. Method

Pegboy was a band from Chicago who formed out of the awesomely fantastic Naked Raygun. Pegboy features their ex-guitarist and later a bass played from Naked Raygun as well. Other members of the band were in Bhopal Stiffs as well. This is great melodic punk stuff that you should definitely check out if you haven't heard of it. Great vocals, great melodies, and wonderfully cool Husker Du like guitar sounds. FFO: Husker Du, Dag Nasty, Naked Raygun, Sludgeworth

5/13/11

CAT PARTY 5-11-11!! ALL TOM EDITION

Cat Partly! Unda Siege couldn't make it, so tonight you have to listen to all MY picks! HAHAHAHA

Tracks:

1. King Khan and BBQ Show//Shake Real Low

2. Chinese Telephones//Let Me Call You Back, My Stories Are On

3. Cold Warps//Stupid Tattoos

4. The Damned//I Just Can't Be Happy Today

5. Kung Fu Monkeys//Chapel Hill Surf City/Candy Shoppe (Twice)

6. The Ergs!//It'll Be Ok

7. Lilys//Ginger

8. Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine//Caffeine at Night

9. The Aquabats//Radiation Song

10. Pains of Being Pure at Heart//The Body

11. Career Suicide//Cherry Beach

12. Sinkhole//Anyhow, Anyway

13. Dum Dum Girls//There is a Light and It Never Goes Out (Smiths)

14. Operation Ivy//Sleep Long

15. Lost Sounds//I Sit, I Watch, I Wait

16. Wavves//TV Luv Song

17. Catholic Boys//I Am TV

18. Dead Kennedys//Jock-O-Rama

19. White Wires//Girly Girly Girly

20. Peach Kelli Pop//Bunny Luv

21. Pissed Jeans//Lip Ring

22. The Measure [SA]//Workage/Get it Together

23. Four Eyes//S.O.S.

24. MMOSS//Come What May

25. Lemuria//Expert Herder

26. Doughboys//Can't Find the Day

27. Masshysteri//Valkommen Till Verklighten

28. Young Leaves//Am I Cool?

29. Black Wine//Tornado

30. Full of Fancy//Hermit Love

31. Magic Kids//Skateland

32. The Swarm//Fucking Invincible at 1 am

33. Wasted Time//White Noise

34. Omegas//Excessive Force

35. Sam Cooke//Twistin' the Night Away

DJ GUNJUMPER (Matt) helped. Thank you to him. See you nerds next week!

5/6/11

CAT PARTY 5-4-11!

HELLO KITTENS

Here is this week's installment of Cat Party for your listening pleasure!

Frogball -Sonofabitchbastard

Tracks:

1. The Hamiltons//Tearin' Tickets in Kuwait

2. Misery//Filth of Mankind

3. The Hex Dispensers//Loose My Cool

4. Capitalist Casualties//Planned Community

5. Vivian Girls//I Heard You Say

6. Machetazo//La Cara Mazada a Golpes

7. Blotto//My Wretched Shadow

8. Extortion//Shit for Brains/Fucked in the Head/Pathetic

9. Marvelous Darlings//The Swords, The Streets

10. As Long As We're All Living We're All Dying//Air Israel

11. The Fatal Flaw//Shake Like Tremelo

12. Morbid//Winds of Funera

13. Cheap Time//Showboat

14. Sodom//Through Toxic Veins

15. Iron Age//Dispossessed

16. Repulsion//Radiation Sickness

17. Green Day//Don't Wanna Know If You Are Lonely (Husker Du)

18. Terrorizer//Dead Shall Rise

19. Statues//Distance Duration

20. Master//Funeral Bitch

21. Boris//Ka Re Ha Te Tasa Ki (No One's Grieve)

22. Filthy Christians//Party and Fight for Your Right

23. Bad Banana//Boys With Girlfriends

24. Deviated Instinct//The Resurrection

25. Colleen Green//Y Do U Call Me?

26. Autopsy//Stillborn

27. OFF!//Poison City

28. Electro Hippies//Freddies Revenge

29. Cloak/Dagger//Kamikazes

30. Sacrilege//SOME SONG

31. Bad Brains//Pay to Cum

32. Metallica//Phantom Lord

33. Smart Cops//K.O.P. (Kings of Punx)

34. Immortal Technique//Peruvian Cocaine

4/23/11

Frogball - Sonofabitchbastard (2008) + BONUS

STILL AVAILABLE THROUGH STRIKIN' OUT RECORDS! ONLY A FEW LEFT! BUY THIS BEFORE IT'S GONE FOR EV ER!

Frogball/Dolarhyde - Summer Tour 2009 Cassette

TRACKS:

1. Hey, Mildred

2. Note to Self

3. Yeah It's Me, Neil

4. Fuck

5. Quit Everything

6. Breakfast With Rockstars

7. Frogball Rockout

8. Unemployed

9. Real American

10. Friday Night

11. Stinkin' Up the Weekend

12. Couch Life

13. Quit Everything (Demo)

14. Fuck (Demo)

15. Frogball Rockout (Live on WERS)

16. Fuck (Live on WERS)

17. Unemployed (Live on WERS)

18. Real American (Live on WERS)

19. Friday Night (Live on WERS)

20. Stinkin' Up the Weekend (Live on WERS)

21. Couch Life (Live on WERS)

Frogball was a short lived band from Bellingham, MA/Worcester, MA. They played stupid as fuck pop punk with a lot of hardcore influence. Frogball has very short songs about smelling bad, wanting nachos, being lazy, hanging out, and drinking. Stuff I can totally get behind. The songs are catchy, fun, and great to sing along to. They are definitely one of my favorites ever to come from MA and possibly one of my favorite bands ever. "Fuck" may be one of the best songs ever written as it has withstood the very rigorous test of being listened to upwards from 72 times in a row, while screaming every word, drinking multiple 40oz's, and putting holes in an apartment ceiling while fist pumping. Sounds as fresh and good as it ever did. This release contains ALMOST everything the band did. The name of the album, and the first three songs, are quotes from the best movie ever Dirty Work, directed by Bob Saget and starring Norm MacDonald. If you haven't seen it, what are you stupid? However, this is the SECOND best album about Dirty Work, the first being some bullshit from some bullshit Canadian band. Anyways, I'm rambling here. Just listen to this and fall in love. FFO: Dolarhyde, TKC, Kill Conrad, Screeching Weasel, Angry Samoans, Descendents, Beavis and Butthead, Nu-Metal

BONUS!

Here is the Dolarhyde/Frogball split cassette that was limited to 100 or something and released after the band broke up. Songs are still awesome. What a shame. THIS IS NOT MY RIP!

4/22/11

CAT PARTY 4-20-11

SMOKE.

TRACKS:

1. Buzzcocks//Just Lust

2. The FUs//My America

3. Young Skin//Dr. Liar MD

4. Iron Maiden//Die With Your Boots On

5. The Smugglers//Pebble Beach

6. Celtic Frost//Eternal Summer

7. Leeway//Mark of the Squealer

8. Kreator//Ripping Corpse

9. Vacation//Ratrick's Day 2k9

10. Neanderthal//Brain Tourniquet/Mind Eraser/Kill Eat Breed

11. Burn//...Shall Be Judged

12. Raw Power//No Place to Hide

13. Smart Cops//Facile Bersaglio

14. Sacrilege//Violation of Something Sacred

15. Ex Humans//See You Around

16. The Accüsed//Lifeless Zone

17. Chronic Sick//Dress Code

18. Toxic Holocaust//War is Hell

19. Superchunk//Horrow Business (Misfits)

20. Reagan Youth//Get the Ruler Out

21. Pegboy//My Youth

22. Slayer//Hardening of the Arteries

23. Black Sabbath//Sweet Leaf (4/20)

24. Hawkwind//The Golden Void Part Two

25. The Trashwomen//Peter Gunn

26. King Diamond//Abigail

27. Bad Sports//On Video

28. Aghast//Flies Feast

29. Replacements//Takin' a Ride

30. Ghost//Stand By Him

31. Rich Kids on LSD//Scab On My Brain

32. Dystopia//Illusion of Love

33. Devo//Shrivel Up

34. ASRA//Pig Squealer

35. The Beat//Walking Out On Love

36. Napalm Death//C.S.

37. Radio Birdman//Non-Stop Girls

4/13/11

CAT PARTY 4-13-11!

CAT PARTY! Today's show was alllll over the place, but in a good way. Probably.

SONGS WE PLAYED:

1. Shannon and the Clams//The Cult Song

2. Negazione//La Vittoria Della Scofitta

3. Statues//Side Reflux

4. The Conditionz//Minnesota Strip

5. The Germs//Lexicon Devil

6. Motorhead//Iron Fist

7. Choke Up//Save

8. Neurosis//Reasons to Hide

9. Vacation//Heterosexual Lion

10. Otis Redding//I've Been Loving You Too Long

11. Go Sailor//Together Forever In Love

12. Poison Idea//The Badge

13. Brick Mower//Looks Like What Gives

14. Midnight//Hot Graves

15. Husker Du//Celebrated Summer

16. Rudimentary Penii//Teenage Timekiller

17. The Young Leaves//How Badly Do Things Suck Right Now?

18. Concrete Sox//Prophecy

19. Billy Raygun//Machine

20. Tranzmitors//Alma Blackwell

21. Assfort//Bark Up the Wrong Tree

22. Black Wine//Pick at Pieces

23. Bootsy Collins//Subliminal Seduction

24. Night Birds//Thrilling Murder

25. Raw Power//I Do What I Like

26. Sonic Avenues//On Your Grave

27. Infezione//Istituzione "Macho"

28. Black Flag//No Values

29. Morbid Angel//Curse the Flesh

30. Tenement//Summer Street

31. Pain Teens//Pleasure of the Flesh

32. Old Sarum//The Obstruction Between Our Heads and Our Hands

33. Suffocation//Thrones of Blood

34. Morne//Truth is Light

35. Assuck//Socialized Crucifixion

36. Ghoul//Splatter Thrash

COME TO THESE SHOWS THIS WEEKEND IF YOU ARE IN THE DOVER AREA!

Friday, April 15th@DOS AMIGOS in DOVER: Brave Little Abacus (NH), and Shire (NH/MA). Starts at 9. IS FREE.

Saturday, April 16th@SLAUGHTERHOUSE5: Brick Mower (NJ), The Young Leaves (MA), Billy Raygun (NH), Beat Surrender (MA). Starts at 7, donations for bands welcome.

Sunday, April 17th@Fury's Publick House: Condensed Flesh (NH) and a bunch of shitty bands. Condensed Flesh is on at 3 pm! 5-ish bucks. GO SEE THEM THEN COME TO THIS:

Sunday, April 17th@SLAUGHTERHOUSE5: Night Birds (NJ), Black Wine (NJ), The Migs (NH). Starts at 4pm SHARP. 5 bucks for bands to get in.

See you next week!

4/10/11

Go Sailor - Don't Go 7" (1996)

Go Sailor - Don't Go 7"

Dillinger Four - Higher Aspirations Tempered and Dismantled

Tracks:

1. Don't Go

2. Ray of Sunshine

3. Together Forever In Love

4. Every Day

Go Sailor were an indie-pop/twee band on Lookout! Records in the late '90s. They share members from the awesome Tiger Trap, who sound pretty similar. They also shared members with Crimpshrine, The Softies, and Henry's Dress. This is adorable girl fronted pop at it's best. SO CATCHY. Really light sounding guitars and fast drumming make it really poppy. REALLY POPPY. Awesome riffs and tons of hooks. It makes you just wanna dance! The lady from this band also has a wonderful voice. "Together Forever in Love" is my JAM. They have recently started playing some shows again, although I'm not sure if it's going to be a full time deal. They are playing in NYC May 19th at the NYC POPFEST. Soooo if you're in the area check out a band that will probably never play again! FFO: Tiger Trap, Talulah Gosh, Cub, Lemuria, Vivian Girls

4/8/11

Dillinger Four - Higher Aspirations Tempered and Dismantled (1995)

D4's ANGELFIRE PAGE

TRACKS:

1. Shotgun Confessional

2. Unemployed

3. Smells Like OK Soda

4. One Trick Pony

I don't really know what to say about Dillinger Four that hasn't already been said. If you're checking out this blog you should probably already know this band. D4 are from Minneapolis, MN and play gruff, raw, and fast pop-punk. They play a style that has been aped and poorly imitated by hundreds of bands of recent memory, but this is the original and the real deal. I love the dual vocals, switching between melodies and aggression. The music is the same way; nice melodies and fast aggressive punk. The lyrics are very tongue in cheek and satirize modern society and government. Y'know, and pop punk stuff like being poor and lonely. This is their first release, as far as I can tell, and its definitely a good one. This stuff is on the "This Shit is Genius" LP that collects their splits and 7" so you may already have this, but whatever. It's still great. The band is still around from time to time, and put out the wonderful "C I V I L W A R" in 2008. Members play in a couple other bands, but Paddy plays in The Arrivals, who you should definitely check out, and Cleveland Bound Death Sentence, who shares members of Crimpshrine! FULL CIRCLE! Sorry I don't have a better picture, my scanner is broken. FFO: The Midwest, Crimpshrine, Toys That Kill, Green Day, Pop-Punk, Latterman

4/6/11

Crimpshrine - Quit Talkin' Claude EP (1989)

Crimpshrine - Quit Talkin' Claude EP

http://www.besound.com/crimpshrine/mrrint.html

Tracks:

1. Butterflies

2. Situation

3. Easy Answers

4. Inspiration

Crimpshrine was a band from the Berkeley, CA area in the late '80s/early '90s that was hugely influential on bands in the area and in punk rock in general. Members went on to form/play in bands such as Pinhead Gunpowder, Fifteen, Tilt, Sweet Baby, Astrid Oto, Cleveland Bound Death Sentence, Thorns of Life, and even Screeching Weasel. Aaron Cometbus, the drummer, has been in a billion bands since Crimpshrine and publishes the amazing Cometbus zine, still to this day, tracking his adventures over the years. The band was hugely influential on giants and contemporaries such as Green Day and Operation Ivy. Their sound is very uniquely their own and modern bands such as The Credentials, Witches With Dicks, Chinese Telephones, Shang-a-Lang, among others, owe their entire existence to this band. Needless to say this is an important band and this is an important record. Messy, raw, punk sounding pop-punk. Calling it pop-punk would be wrong I think however. It's just poppy punk before there was a name for it. GET THIS IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD IT. FFO: Witches With Dicks, Screeching Weasel, Fifteen, Green Day

Here is an interview with them from a 1988 issue of Maximum Rock'N'Roll:

4/5/11

PLOW UNITED - S/T (1995) and Tall Man Split 7" (1994)

Plow United - S/T 12" and Tall Man Split 7"

WEBSITE!

Tracks:

S/T:

1. Tour Guide at the Alamo

2. Spindle

3.Reason

4. Plow

5. That Girl

6. Martin

7. St. Patricks Day

8. Poison Berries

9. You Are Here

10. The Prince

11. World According to Me

12. Game of Chess

Tallman Split:

Plow:

1. Reason

2. Sorority Girl

3. Firedogs Are Deaf

Tall Man:

1. Something Stupid

2. Lightning Boy

3. George

OH BOY! Plow United (formerly Plow as detailed in a pretty funny cease and desist included in the 12") are one of my favorite bands. Hailing from Wilmington, Delaware (we're in Delaware...) Plow United played fast, balls to the wall poppy punk with lots of hardcore influence. They sound a bit like 90's Screeching Weasel-y punk with way more early Descendents influence and some Lifetime thrown in if that helps paint a picture. They called it "Thrash Pop" which is fairly accurate I'd say. Anways, you should definitely check it out and if you like it go find their other stuff. This is definitely the best though. The S/T record is fucking amazing from start to finish and "Spindle" is probably the best song ever. New Jersey hardcore band Tear it Up shamelessly lifted the "if I could treat you like shit then you'd love me forever" line from that song. The songs on the split are also good, but slower. "Reason" is on both and you can definitely see they got tighter and faster between the time period these came out. I included the Tall Man songs in this download too. Tall Man were from WC and play a sort of Minutemen style punk with a lady singer. Definitely worth checking out. FFO: Descendents, Weston, Lifetime, Bouncing Souls, Tear it Up

4/3/11

SINKHOLE - Stool (1993), Donkey (1995), Queers Split (1995), and New Breath Split (1996)

Sinkhole - Stool, Donkey, Queers Split, and New Breath Split

WEBSITE

Here we have four, count 'em, FOUR 45s from one of New Hampshire's best and most underrated bands, SINKHOLE. Sinkhole came from the also great, A.G.'s from Newmarket area, NH and members went on to form Doc Hopper and The Groucho Marxists, played in The Measure [SA], and recorded/produced a bunch of sweet pop-punk albums (like The Ergs!). Sinkhole played really energetic and unique sounding pop-punk. Hugely influential in bands like The Ergs! and Billy Raygun, who have both totally ripped them off (whether they know it or not). So with that said you should have a slight idea of what they sound like. Stool is a real early recording for the band. I'm not huge on the eponymous song, but "Waterbug" and "Sneeze" are both fucking fantastic. Donkey is awesome the whole way through, with diverse songs and great lyrics. Love Ain't Punk is ok, skip the Queers songs and the GG Allin cover. The split with New Breath is really good too, and New Breath themselves aren't bad. I included the Queers and New Breath songs in this download too, by the way, because I love you. FFO: The Ergs!, Billy Raygun, Pop-punk, Toys That Kill, Sicko

Sinkhole also has all of their full-lengths up on their website located here: http://slower.net/sinkhole/#news. Definitely check out everything they have up there because it is all phenomenal. Core Sample is my favorite.

NEW HAMPSHIRE!!!!! WE HAVE GOOD BANDS TOO!!!

3/30/11

CAT PARTY 3-30-11 FEATURING EYENINE!

WHADDUP? This week we had a live musical performance by Dover, NH's own Eyenine. Eyenine is a hip hop artist with thought provoking and critical lyrics. He has a new CD out that you can pick up at any number of places if you are interested. Support local musicians. Check out Flyrock Records, located in Dover. They record and put out a ton of local music for fairly cheap and very well done. Also here is a music video for his song "Wasted" in lieu of footage of him performing in studio!

Anyways, ON TO THE CAT PARTY! We also had former DJ FANCY/ come back and help spin some jams. Then he fell asleep. Good job!

The Taxpayers - To Risk So Much For One Damn Meal

EYENINE PERFORMANCE MP3

EYENINE's MYSPACE

Tracks:

1. The Men//Hated

2. Wipers//Potential Suicide

3. Tenement//Spaghetti Midwestern

4. Vivian Girls//Trying to Pretend

5. Television//Glory

6. Cloak/Dagger//Set the Alarm

7. New Creases//Come Around

8. Buzzcocks//Fast Cars

9. Chug//Iron Maiden

10. Sweet Baby//Salinas

11. White Wires//Pogo 'til I Puke Tonight

12. Lemonheads//Allison's Starting to Happen

13. Fleabag//Nevermind

14. Sludgeworth//Waste it Away

15. Libyans//Breathing In

16. Busy Signals//Tell Me

17. Mind Spiders//Going Away Tonight

18. Brickmower//Weaving

19. EYENINE LIVE SET!

20. Dead Prez//Far From Ova

21. The Damned//Plan 9, Channel 7

22. Grand Buffet//Seek to Know

23. Kool Grad and DJ Polo//Two to the Head

24. Tyler, the Creator//Assmilk

25. Company Flow//8 Steps to Perfection

26. The Men//Gates of Steel (Devo)

27. NOAM CHOMSKY

28. Eunuch//Stillborn

2/27/11

The Taxpayers - To Risk So Much For One Damn Meal (2010)

(Includes album art, lyrics, explanations, and all sorts of other stuff. Donate to support the band!)

Tracks:

1. The Windows Break

2. And the Damn Thing Bit Him!

3. Rapid Movements in a Bottle

4. Everything is Awful

5. Geodesic Prison Song

6. Louisiana Hot Sauce Rainy Nights

7. Everybody Just Stood There

8. The Cold Front

9. A Matter of Simple Deduction

10. Some Kind of Disaster Relief

11. It Gets Worse Every Minute

12. My Brother Isn't Dying

13. Let the Wheels Turn Slowly

This record was sent in to us by the band to review. The Taxpayers are from Portland, OR and play folky-ska-punk with lots of influences from all over the place including bluegrass, swing, blues, and some hardcore. They have about a billion people in the band who play all sorts of instruments on this recording (probably not on tour) including the accordion, mandolin, saxophone, harmonica, and your traditional band instruments.

I'm going to be up front and say this type of music isn't traditionally my cup of tea, but if you enjoy bands like Bomb the Music Industry! or Andrew Jackson Jihad or Fake Problems, you will probably love this. I think it is very successful in capturing that sound that those bands are going for and the lyrics are earnest and intelligent. For me, their sound is too all over the place and somehow still doesn't sound full. That could be an issue with the recording as in their email they informed me it was recorded in a plethora of different places. The album doesn't really flow well, as each song sounds like a contained piece of work. I also think the shorter "in between" songs are fairly unnecessary, despite having good lyrics and fairly interesting melodies. I feel like they are almost unfinished and add a sort of hiccup to the overall feel of the record. This record shows promise however, and a lot of parts and the way the songs are arranged remind me of The World/Inferno Friendship Society (a favorite of mine). I think this album is missing the great poppy hooks and melodies that the World/Inferno records have or AJJ has on his records. I really enjoy how ambitious this album is and they definitely have an aesthetic they are going for and achieving. The song "Geodesic Prison Song" sounds like a Blatz song almost, which rules. Other standout tracks are: "And the Damn Thing Bit Him!" and "Everybody Just Stood There" and "Cold Front." The singer's voice is great, but I can't help draw comparisons to both Bomb the Music Industry! and Fake Problems, which could be a compliment or a detractor based on your opinions of those bands. Anyways, I bet this band is raucous and full of energy live and tons of fun. Especially if they do end up going out with a ton of people playing for them.

Don't get me wrong, I think this is a fine record for what it is, but I think they need some work if they want to rise above a sub genre and start making unique and truly great music. Despite what I may think, they put a lot of heart and soul into this release and it definitely shows and is absolutely worth a listen. FFO: Bomb the Music Industry! Fake Problems, Gaslight Anthem, Anything on Plan-it-X Records.

The Taxpayers - Cold Front from Chris Hackett on Vimeo.

2/9/11

CAT PARTY 2-9-11

I'm listening to ELO right now and I feel like a million bucks. My scanner is broke so I can't show you the playlist picture like I usually do. SORRY.