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MRR Radio #1255 • 7/31/11

31 07 2011

MRR Radio is a weekly radio show featuring the best DIY punk, garage rock and hardcore from the astounding, ever-growing Maximum Rocknroll record collection. You can find the MRR Radio podcast, as well as specials, archives, and more info at radio.maximumrocknroll.com. Thanks for listening, and stay tuned!

THIS WEEK: Once again idiocy prevails as Hal, Chad and Ron Fuck Up the MRR Kitchen and Take No Prisoners

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Escroto De Rata (photo from Cambra Fosca blog)

Intro song:
DRAPETOMANIA – Dinero

Rotten Ron – Some New Goodies to Pervert Your Soul
SLOWMOTIONS – Panic and Spoiler
HANK WOOD AND THE HAMMERHEADS – Shoulda Listened (To Mommah)
PROBLEMS – Buzz Off
ESCROTO DE RATA – Rocanrol Mugre
BELGRADO – Clockwise

Hal – New Transitions for Old Trannies
GAGGERS – Spit You Out
UNRELEASABLES – I Wanna Kill Myself
SAMUEL LOCKE WARD & THE BOO HOOS – Dull and Boring
THEE LUDDS – Where to Begin
THE BARFEEDERS – When I’m Drunk

Chad – Less Talk, More Beer
REGULATIONS – Baghdad Beach Party
BATTLE RUINS – Blood Eagle
CORRUPTED IDEALS – Western World
SYDNEY DUCKS – Stray Dogs
SMOGTOWN – You Don’t Like What What We Do For a Living See How We Do
THE SKEPTIX – Another Day

Rotten Ron – Some Old Shit From Around My House
THEE UNDERTAKERS – Register to Die
MOTARDS – Nothing Ever Changes

Outro songs:
INSAINTS – Losers Club
GG ALLIN AND THE CAROLINA SHITKICKERS – Outlaw Scumfuck

July 31st, 2011 by Rotten Ron
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Limited quantity back in stock!
Noise Ordinance Bay Area comp LP

The very first time readers got their hands ink-stained with the pages of Maximum Rocknroll was through the zine insert for the now-classic California punk/HC compilation Not So Quiet on the Western Front. Right from the beginning, MRR wanted to have its hands in everything DIY punk: zines, records, radio, show spaces, politics, and more. That locals-only double LP served as ground zero for both Maximum Rocknroll fanzine and Maximum Rocknroll Records. In that same tradition, nearly thirty years later, we present to you the Noise Ordinance compilation LP!

This brand new Bay Area comp features some of the most exciting and dangerous sounds of the local scene over the past few years, including MORPHEME, NEEDLES, RANK/XEROX, NN, SHOTWELL, BLACK RAINBOW, SURRENDER, CONQUEST FOR DEATH, ACEPHALIX, AIRFIX KITS, RULETA RUSA, FACE THE RAIL, ECOLI, MIGRAINE, YEAR ONE, LOVE SONGS, SUICIDE BOMB, HUNX AND HIS PUNX, ACTS OF SEDITION, FIX MY HEAD, I WILL KILL YOU FUCKER, DUCK AND COVER, and the FLESHIES. And (of course) it comes with a newsprint zine-sized insert with a page from each band and some killer Bay Area punk photo spreads from local photographers.

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Life During Wartime interviews: Bi-Marks

28 07 2011

Hey, it’s been a while but we’re back with another exciting Life During Wartime interview! Portland punk rockers the BI-MARKS played live on KBOO on June 6, 2011 and had this fascinatin’ on-air conversation with LDW’s Colin. Hear their killer performance here!

Calvin: Wuzzuuuup? Wuzzuuuuup?

LDW: Alright, so we should just get this out. So what sort of what have I done?/what burns? Would you like to say?

Calvin: I’d like to say oh my god to biggy dude

Eric: Don’t forget to say hello to burno to a millionaire.

Calvin: What am I? Who are you? Who am I?

Eric: Don’t forget to tell a man where the plums at. H3 is in place!

Calvin: (moaning)

LDW: OK, backing up to the questions — who are you guys and what do you do in the band? Let’s start with you, Evan.

Evan: My name is Eric, I play guitar.

(all laugh)

Eric: I’m Evan, I do nothing.

Calvin: I’m Kevin. I’m bored and I play guitar.

Kevin: I’m Calvin. I’m really really really bored.

Ian: I’m Ian and I slappa da bass.

Calvin: Oh, he slappa da bass alright. I tell ya that much.

LDW: What else do you do in the punk scene? What other—

Kevin: Nothing!

LDW: —bands do you do or… OK, nothing from Kevin. What other bands do you guys do outside of this?

Eric: Me and Ian are in this band Death Machine, and Calvin is in Athetic or whatever it’s supposed to be.

Calvin: It’s a new band.

LDW: Is it called Fnordgasm?

Calvin: No, no.

Eric: That’s what it should be.

Calvin: It’s called Oh My God.

LDW: And does the new post-Nerveskade band have a name yet?

Ian: No, but we’re playing next month, hopefully.

LDW: Awesome. And how did you get the name Bi-Marks? Read the rest of this entry »

July 28th, 2011 by Life During Wartime
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Records of the Week: BIG CRUX EP & PORKERIA LP

26 07 2011

This week we bring you another two-for-one Record of the Week post! These reviews, and so many more, appear in MRR #339…

BIG CRUX – Big Crux is a Big Funk EP

A total winner! The three tracks on this EP have a MINUTEMEN and BIG BOYS influence seeping out here and there, but the inspiration derived from those bands only serves as a backdrop to an otherwise unique sound. Listening to this record conjures up an image of a few musicians who totally appreciate old R&B and rock’n’roll and original punk just jamming together for hours in a musty basement. The songs are minimalistic but clean, and the killer funk bass lines are prominent but not too funky or obnoxious slap bass shit. The lyrics, occasionally in Spanish but mostly in English, are meaningful but not obvious. The guitar licks are fantastic, and they work so well because of the solid drum fills and beats holding it all together. My hands are getting tired from flipping this thing over and over again. Top ten for sure. (Iron Lung Records)

—Bob Goldie

PORKERIA – La Mierda de Siempre LP

Records this good often put me at a loss for words. I find it much easier to pick something apart than to get to the core of what makes something great. For instance, I was thinking of starting this review by describing this as straightforward Latino hardcore punk. That sounds generic right? Well essentially that’s what PORKERIA sound like, but rest assured, these well-traveled Texans are anything but boring. This is the middle ground between LOS CRUDOS and PELIGRO SOCIAL, with a little bit of Scandinavian influence tossed in for good measure. It’s fast and raging but after a couple spins every one of these fantastic little ditties will be ingrained in your brain. Most of the lyrics are vaguely political; they’re also fantastically simple and at times even a bit hopeful. “Por La Patria” and “No Te Preocupes” actually gave me fucking chills. This is the best Latino punk LP I’ve heard in a couple years; track it down at any cost. (Valle Miseria Discoz/Adelante Records — adelantediscos {at} gmail(.)com)

—Kevin Manion

July 26th, 2011 by MRR Web Coordinator
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Monday Photo Blog: Whitney House!

25 07 2011

A while ago Paul Comeau sent in some photos shot by Dave Zukauskas of some shows at the Whitney House (Hartford, CT) to go along with the Scene Report that ran in MRR #335. The photos didn’t make the issue, but we figured we’d give them time to shine here on the Monday Photo Blog.

Cult Ritual at the Whitney House, Hartford, CT, 1 July 2009 (photo by Dave Zukauskas)

Social Circkle at the Whitney House, Hartford, CT, 13 March 2010 (photo by Dave Zukauskas)

Oil Tanker at the Whitney House, Hartford, CT, 26 December 2009 (photo by Dave Zukauskas)

M13 at the Whitney House, Hartford, CT, 8 January 2011 (photo by Dave Zukauskas)

Dead Uncle at the Whitney House, Hartford, CT, 7 May 2010 (photo by Dave Zukauskas)

If you shoot shows and have photos you want to submit for the MRR Blog – or have old photos of a killer band – send them to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com. Be sure to put “MRR Photo Blog” in the subject. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot. Just send your best photos – edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty. And it’s best to send pictures of different bands, send a selection of your best photos. Please do not send watermarked photos. We like to exercise a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are about 600 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side.

July 25th, 2011 by icki
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MRR Radio #1254 • 7/24/11

24 07 2011

Dan hands the show over to Olympia’s HYSTERICS, for whom the process of weeding down what to play was a difficult feat.

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Hysterics with the records

Intro song:
HYSTERICS – Arm Candy

Adriana’s set of half classics, half bands playing New Direction Fest, and one song that is both
ANTI CIMEX – War Machine
TOZIBABE – Dezuke
CODE OF HONOR – I Killed the Dove
MIGRAINE – The Beyond
ARTICLES OF FAITH – Give Thanks
OUTLOOK – No Purpose

“Freak Flag” – a set by Stephie
WIPERS – Let’s Go Away
13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS – Reverberation
HÜSKER DÜ – Chartered Trips
F.U.’S – Outcast
GET DESTROYED – Dirge
ELECTRIC EELS – Cycletron

Jessica – Sooooo Good
ROTTEN SOUND – Vomit of the Dog/Koiranyj
MAJORITY RULE – I Need More
86 MENTALITY – Outro/Antisociety
THE EXPLODING HEARTS – Throwaway Style

Shannen is a Punk Rocker
TROGGS – I Want You
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING – Precious Rose
IDLE TIMES – Working on Something (fadeout remix)
GUN OUTFIT – White Light

Spencer the Roadie
THE SONICS – Psycho
X – White Girl

Outro song:
MINUTEMEN – History Lesson Part 2

July 24th, 2011 by MRR Web Coordinator
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Blog of the Week: La Cantatrice Chauve

22 07 2011

La Cantatrice Chauve (“The Bald Soprano”) is a French music blog offering streaming music, downloadable MP3s, the occasional video when available, and vintage flyers, covering mostly French punk and alternative music. The title is a nice play on words for the aging among us. Chauve means bald in French. The Bald Soprano covers French oi, punk, new wave, and hardcore music largely from the ’80s, so if you were around then you may have been bald by choice, and if you are still around now you may be bald by nature — in either case it works. The blog is amusing to read, but unfortunately it is only in French. The blog started in 2008 but appears to in a dormant state since January of this year. Still, the site offers a nice, varied collection of music, reminding us that French music wasn’t always as bad as it is now. I get to say that because, one, it is true, two, I lived the for last four years in France, and three, because I can.

Here are some of the musical highlights from the most recent post alone, and forgive me if the groups are well known… 8°6 Crew brings a straightforward ska number from Vieille, France ( 2nd song in the first music player), and Ausweis offers up Pas Demain (midway through the same post). La Cantatrice Chauve calls Ausweis “cold wave,” and if that classification is too granular for you, think Killing Joke, and think very good. And at the player at the bottom at that post, check out Métal Urbain: fuzzy guitars, gravelly voice, and drum machine, well ahead of their time. MKB also offers their disk Feu in its entirety on the site — deconstructed music, confrontational lyrics, highly dramatic, ils prennent la tête I must say, but they are French after all.

There is a lot of good but fairly standard French ’80s punk, oi, and hardcore, so if that is your thing, get the right click button on your mouse ready for a download-fest. Most, I would dare say, you haven’t heard before. The real interest in this blog though, is its extensive collection of vaguely punk music that lived around the perimeter of those standard styles, and it is in that music you can really hear a distinctly French influence, whether it is the jazzy influence of Serge Gainsbourg, the witty vocals influence of Jacques Dutronc, or the aloof cooler-than-thou vocal delivery. If you like new wave, no wave, experimental, or early industrial, you can find some real gems here.

— Owen Peery

And, what the hell — here’s a bonus video from the great Métal Urbain:

July 22nd, 2011 by MRR Web Coordinator
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Top Tens from MRR #339 • August 2010

20 07 2011

Hi kids! Every month, a couple weeks after the magazine comes out, we post our reviewers’ monthly top tens from the latest issue of Maximum Rocknroll. This one’s from MRR #339, the August 2011 issue. You will read it now!

Mariam Bastani

Mariam Bastani
LA TERMINAL-Esta Al Caer-EP
WHITE WARDS-Waste My Time-EP
GASMIASMA-EP / LIEUTENANT-LP
KRIG I HUDIK-2-EP / KONTRASEKT-EP
NERVESKADE/PERDITION-split EP
METRALLETAS LECHERAS-Melodias Para Romanos-LP
DESPERAT-EP / TEARGAS-LP
NIGHTGAUN-EP / GOOD GOOD THINGS-EP
OBEDIENCIA-Edificios-EP
VILE GASH / NEEDLES / STRESSORS / FIREBRAND-live

Brace Belden

Brace Belden
JETS-Anthology 1977-1979-LP
FUNGUS BRAINS-Ron Pistos Real World-LP
LA TERMINAL-Esta Al Caer-EP
NERVESKADE/PERDITION-split EP
PINK REASON-Shit in the Garden-LP
BÄDDAT FÖR TRUBBEL-ISO 9004-EP
REATARDS-Teenage Hate-2xLP
USELESS EATERS-Daily Commute-LP
USELESS EATERS-Cheap Talk-LP
CRAZY SPIRIT-live

Justin Briggs
WHITE WARDS-Waste My Time…-EP
OMEGAS-Blast of Lunacy-LP
THE MEN-Leave Home-LP
KRIG I HUDIK-2-EP
TEARGAS-Way of All Flesh-EP
DESPERAT-Demokrati Eller Diktatur?-EP
SHAVED WOMEN-LP
CREEM-Good Riddance/I Hate You-45
NEEDLES / STRESSORS / IRON LUNG-live
EXTORTION / VILE GASH / NUKKEHAMMER-live

Tim Brooks
Something about a holiday in the sun

Robert Collins

Robert Collins
STRESSORS-live
GAS CHAMBER-live / TEARGAS-LP+live
GOVERNMENT FLU-Are You Sorry Now?-LP
SLAKTRENS-Strålande Tider-EP
WHITE LUNG-live / DOUBLE NEGATIVE-live
PORKERIA-La Mierda De Siempre-LP
WHITE WARDS-EP / BIG CRUX-EP
NAKED ON THE VAGUE-Abstract Figures/Reflections-45
DESPERAT-Demokrati Eller Diktatur?-EP
SALTED CITY-Rebirth-EP

Dougie!

Sean “Dougie” Dougan
PUNCTURE-Mucky Pup/You Can’t Rock & Roll-45
ACID BABY JESUS-Hospitals-EP
AMERICAN HEIST-LP
LOS VIGILANTES-CD
JACK OF HEART-Eureka-EP
MANIKIN-Keep Dancing Charlie-45
1981-Decay-EP
USELESS EATERS-both LPs
TRMRS-Sea Things-LP
NERVESKADE/PERDITION-split EP

Layla G

Layla Gibbon
OBEDIENCIA-Edificios-EP
FUNGUS BRAINS-Ron Pistos Real World-LP
LA URSS-Mecanismo-EP
BIG CRUX-Big Crux is a Big Funk-EP
Good Throb -tape / PARLOR-LP
LA TERMINAL-Esta Al Caer-EP
VEGETABLE / FIREBRAND-live
METRALLETAS LECHERAS-Melodias Para Romanos-LP
WHITE WARDS-Waste My Time-EP
NAKED ON THE VAGUE-Abstract Figures/Reflections-45

Dan Goetz

Dan Goetz
REATARDS-Teenage Hate-LP
NO PROBLEM-LP / TEARGAS-LP
BONE SICKNESS-live
LIEUTENANT-LP / AGATHA-live
BIG CRUX-EP / NERVESKADE-side of split-EP
GOOD GOOD THINGS-EP / UNLEARN-EP
JETZ-LP / DESPERAT-EP
THE MEN-LP / OBEDIENCIA-EP
CREDENTIALS-Goocher-LP
AMSTERDAMNED!-LP / GASMASK TERROR-EP

Bob Goldie (circa 1986)

Bob Goldie
JETZ-Anthology 1977-1979-LP
BIG CRUX-Big Crux is a Big Funk-EP
PUNCTURE-Mucky Pup/You Can’t Rock & Roll-45
KNIFE IN THE LEG-No Place For Boys-EP
NO PROBLEM-And Now This-LP
GOVERNMENT FLU-Are You Sorry Now?-LP
SCROTUM POLES-Revelation-EP
DESPERAT-Demokrati Eller Diktatur?-EP
ANSTALT-EP / GOOD GOOD THINGS-EP
WAR OF WORDS-Dim World Act III-LP

Kenny Kaos
DETROIT COBRAS-live
HUSSY-Cement Tomb Mind Control-LP
PEACH KELLI POP-LP
SEXY CRIMES/SPORTS BAR-split EP
MOBY DICKS-Spiders-EP
MORALËNS VÄKTARE/RODA STEN-split EP
PATT TODD AND THE RANK OUTSIDERS-45
PUNCTURE-Mucky Pup/You Can’t Rock & Roll-45
RATCLIFFS-Junkyard Barbecue-EP
THE SHIRKS-Cry Cry Cry-EP

Carolyn Keddy
ALEX CUERVO-Two Broken Fingers-EP
TY SEGALL-I Can’t Feel It/Falling Hair-45
BÄDDAT FÖR TRUBBEL-ISO 9004-EP
GOLDEN STAPH-LP / USELESS EATERS-both LPs
PINK REASON-Shit in the Garden-LP
THE SHIRKS-Cry Cry Cry-EP / CLOCKCLEANER-LP
REATARDS-Teenage Hate-2xLP
PUNCTURE-Mucky Pup/You Can’t Rock & Roll-45
SCROTUM POLES-Revelation-EP
FEEDTIME / 3 TOED SLOTH -live

Ray Lujan
1981-Decay-EP / AMERICAN HEIST-LP
THE CAPACES-The Restless Breed-LP
CLUB 27-CD / DWARVES-Born Again-CD/DVD
HAPPY THOUGHTS-CD
JELLO BIAFRA AND TGSOM-Enhanced Methods…-CD
JETZ-Anthology 1977-1979-LP
NO PROBLEM-LP / PLEASURE LEFTISTS-EP
TERRIBLE FEELINGS-Impending Doom/Death to Everyone-45
THE WRONG WORDS-LP
THE UNDERTONES-live / TSOL-live

Marissa Magic
NAKED ON THE VAGUE-Abstract Figures/Reflections-45
PANZRAM-Reform-10”
THE MEN-Leave Home-LP
ULTRATHIN-Glass City-EP
FUNGUS BRAINS-Ron Pistos Real World-LP
CACAW-live
NU SENSAE-live
WHITE LUNG-live
UZI RASH-live
PRISON LIBRARY-live

Fred Schrunk

Fred Schrunk
OBEDIENCIA-Edificios-EP
ANTIDOTUM-Testowane Na Ludziach-LP
YOUR PEST BAND-Ya Ya Ya-EP
METRALLETAS LECHERAS-Melodias Para Romanos-LP
TERRIBLE FEELINGS-Imepnding Doom-45
1981-Decay-EP
PARLOR-LP
XAXAXA-Tango Revolucioner-LP
BARAKA FACE JUNTA-LP
SLUTEVER-Pretend to be Nice-EP

Martin Sorrondeguy(!)

Martin Sorrondeguy
UNLEARN-When the Reaper Comes to You…-EP
NIGHTGAUN-Absurdity of Meaning-EP
LA TERMINAL-Esta Al Caer-EP
NERVESKADE/PERDITION-split EP
DESPERAT-Demokrati Eller Diktatur?-EP
OBEDIENCIA-Edificios-EP
KRIG I HUDIK-2-EP
WHITE WARDS-Waste My Time…-EP
CREEM-Good Riddance/I Hate You-45
PORKERIA-La Mierda De Siempre-LP

Top Ten Zines
Nuts! #7
Negative Guestlist #22-24
Hey Ronnie #8
Pipe Bomb #43
Punks! Punks! Punks! #4
Got Myself #5
Ploppy Pants #12
Broke Ass #1
AB #12 / So Nails #6
Everything Is a Frankenstein Monster #2

July 20th, 2011 by MRR Web Coordinator
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Video of the Week: Fanzines en Lima

19 07 2011

This is one of those rare things that is simultaneously cute as hell and punk as fuck. Not much needs to be said about it, as not much is said in it. Just watch and enjoy… And it’s okay to giggle and clap your hands like I did while watching it…

The “star” of this video, Victor, does a blog at estante18.blogspot.com, and there’s another cool zine-related video on there.

July 19th, 2011 by Paul
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Monday Photo Blog: Locals Rule

18 07 2011

We get more submissions for the Monday Photo Blog from places like Indonesia, former Soviet bloc countries and France than we do from our own backyard here in the Bay Area. Not complaining — it’s always awesome to see photos of crazy punk bands from all over the world — but it is maybe a little surprising. That said, not too long ago Bryan May sent a handful of photos from the greater Bay Area.

RVIVR, in a bus outside the Steve Ignorant/Crass show in San Francisco, Spring 2011 (photo by Bryan May)

Pitted Youth, at Storey House in Santa Cruz, Spring 2011 (photo by Bryan May)

Drunken Hardcore, at Bikestock/Hoodstock in Oakland, Fall 2010 (photo by Bryan May)

Blackbird Raum, at a house in Santa Cruz, Winter 2010 (photo by Bryan May)

Filth, at Hazmat Warehouse, Summer 2010 (photo by Bryan May)

If you shoot shows and have photos you want to submit for the MRR Blog – or have old photos of a killer band – send them to: photoblog {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com Be sure to put “MRR Photo Blog” in the subject. Include your name, the band, where and when it was shot. Just send your best photos – edit tightly. Three to five photos is plenty. And it’s best to send pictures of different bands, send a selection of your best photos. Please do not send watermarked photos. We like to exercise a little quality control here…not everything sent in will be posted. Please size your photos so they are about 600 pixels (72 dpi) at the longest side.

July 18th, 2011 by icki
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