THE INLAND EMPIRE ORGY: Friday May 2 10pm-5am

The regular season is over, but that doesn't mean we aren't going for the pennant. Check in at www.whrb.org and www.recordhospital.org for plenty of great orgy programming--for the uninitiated, orgies are large blocks of themed air.

First up for us: The Inland Empire orgy. The past few weeks have been dominated by bands too fucked for L.A., and that's been through no fault of our own. It's fitting, then, to have these seven hours to look back at some of the great music coming out the Empire, including:

Contaminators
Crime Desire
Human Mess
Loser Life
Waco Fuck

and much more from Going Underground Records, Life's A Rape Records, and who knows what. Join us, and keep an eye out for the "Different Kind of Grind: Two Human Hardcore Band Orgy."

Essayistic promo prose for Friday below:

What does David Lynch’s Inland Empire, a dark, grainy
journey through the dark side of America, have to do with the
actual Inland Empire, the geographical area bordering Los
Angeles just to the west? Aside from sharing a name, not much.
But consider the film’s opening shot: a turntable, spinning in the
dark, over and over, incredibly grainy and obviously video. It’s
this idea that we’re taking and running with over here, because
little known to Lynch and to much of America, there are some
angry punks in the kingdom and they’re letting you know. We
explore the highs and mostly lows of the down-and-out geniuses
behind labels like 16oh and Going Undergound, and bands such
as Loser Life, Heartbeatz, and the Contaminators, to name a few.

Playlist: April 28, 2008

repos - flame still burns
human mess - uncaged animal
baader brains - year zero

logs - thriving in volcanoes
sinaloa - what we could not move
montcalm - i stopped believing in existence

no age - sleeper hold
swinehood - in bad shape
valoids - kick my face

new bloods - eyes
formaldehyde junkies - road hazard
draize - long knives

no thanks - are you ready to die?
libyans - welcome to the neighborhood
young wasteners - ecuador

wolves - 16
daniel striped tiger - an errand to run
solidarity pact - the radical sabbatical

crime desire - in lucifer's grip
anti you - ask me if i give a fuck
john brown's army - royal

sex vid - always home
vivian girls - wild eyes
rodan - milk & melancholy

mark telfian - inappropriate behavior for a grown man

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Inmates "Now We Talkin Hardcore" EP

darvocets - john titor
burn your bridges - revolution now! destroy the scene!
battletorn - intense warfare

soul swallower - dead fall
iron lung - stone hands
francis harold & the holograms - the eagle can't fly with one wing

condominium - hello tomorrow
practice - everyday tranquilizer
meltdown - cashing in

dangerloves - lipsmart
ugly law - wasted space
contaminators - human mess

civic progress - falling apart
waste management - strangled
meth teeth - to my good friends

dynamite arrows - hobo clown love song
godfodder - in the shit
daily void - mass communication culture

waco fuck - sociopathic society
cpc gangbangs - rich rich rich
state - fight to be free

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #11: Inmates "Now We Talkin' Hardcore" EP

This is the last strike of the semester, closing with a new EP from one of the best bands Cleveland has to offer. They had an LP, "Assholes Unanimous" out on Painkiller a while back and this is their newest material. Thick, raw, and really grimey sounding, these guys know how to make you feel great about your hardcore. No amateur bullshit and no pretensions, and as the label puts is: "NO METAL SHIT......., NO SKA ..........., NO LA LA LA ........, NO EMO CRAP ....... JUST GOOD OLD HARDCORE." If you're a fan of any Cleveland hardcore and wish you hadn't missed Gordon Solie Motherfuckers' last show, then this is the record for you. From Even Worse Records: "CLEVO TRADEMARK OBNOXIOUS,NIHILISTIC,OFFENSIVE STUFF,WITH SOME OF THEIR OWN TWISTED FUCKED UP HUMOR. "

A split release between Even Worse and Kangaroo Records, this might not be available through them so check some distros. Don't miss out.

http://www.geocities.com/EVENWORSERECORDS/
http://www.geocities.com/TYSONKANGAROO

Playlist: April 21, 2008

shorebirds - d.o.a.
bridge and tunnel - the rules of children's games
baader brains - be seeing you at camp delta

waco fuck - priced to sell
loser life - undressing you with my mind
darvocets - john titor

age of giants - prodigal son of benito mussolini
sinaloa - seek harbor
daitro - we're not all part of the same utopia

sex vid - always home
havaistys - tunnevammaiset
john henry west - shut yr mouth

crime desire - nadir
fuck this - die in the dirt

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Francis Harold and the Holograms EP

brainworms - not heavy just awkward
waste management - strangled
drunks with guns - melissa explains it all

under pressure - skate for jesus (faceplant for me)
out cold - violent mood swing
apeshit! - hamster

contaminators - minimal minds
cheveu - el tortuga
condominium - let's die

meth teeth - to my good friend
godfodder - no sleep
erase errata - driving test

the daily void - mechanical teeth
scene creamers - session man
daniel striped tiger - untying knots

repercussions - savage mutilation
pissed jeans - don't need smoke to make myself disappear
belching penguin - hellhole

rajoitus - moraal ja jarki

Francis Harold and the Holograms EP

When society fails, the architects of post-apocalyptic America are going to come knocking on the doors of Going Underground Records asking for a soundtrack. We started off this year's round of strikes with the Heartbeatz EP, already tinny and synthy and everything a punk record should be. Fast forward to now; Going Underground manages to unearth another filthy punk neo-relic that squeals and churns and dirges its way across all seven inches.

This is the sound of the downfall of technology. Screeching, plodding, and wildly schizophrenic, Francis Harold and the Holograms more or less shrug off conventional punk warfare and go straight for the inner ear. It's out of control from start to finish, and even when you're singing along, you can't help but feel like you're singing along to your own doom.

Playlist: April 14, 2008

sinaloa - what we could not move
loser life - undressing you with my mind
tranzmitors - teen man

caustic christ - sadist society
what happens next? - stand fast armageddon justice fighter
libyans - welcome to the neighborhood

chromatics - beach of infants
f-80 - casanova
daniel striped tiger - untying knots

gang green - sold out
hated youth - i'm stupid
social circkle - life crisis

torches to rome - this is not a step
spirit assembly - simple transactor
daitro - a plague for another

contaminators - want me dead
repos - track 1
draize - severed throat

brutal knights - teach me sex
blank dogs - the doorbell fire
weapons grade - from birth to the hearse

STRIKE OF THE WEEK:
Sex Vid "Nests" EP

mau maus - secret society
deathreat - tempers rise
funeral diner - the wicked

total fury - i win, you lose
rites - come get it
ripshit - growing up not old

cancer kids - boston creme
vitamin x - can't you see now
sinks - out of control

kill the man who questions - dose
daily void - mass
mindflayer - take your shoes off

anomie - deny tradition
cadaver in drag - fuck this place
youth of togay - meat machine

four letter word - punk rock ghetto
victims - destroy and rebuild
out cold - menticide

heartbeatz - bummer timez
rot shit - power pop
ringers - walking ghost

angry samoans - you stupid asshole
civil crisis - sidestep
meth teeth - bus rides

volcano! - apple

Strike of the Week, Vol. 2 #9: Sex Vid "Nests" EP

Took me a minute to realize just what was going on with the latest offering, but consider me fully on board, even if the captain is fucking insane. If you're counting, and you should be, this is Sex Vid's third EP, and any sort of composure has been shed from sheer use, experience, and disaffection. This is raw, people, and if you find yourself alone in the basement with this beast, I'd suggest you get out as soon as possible. Dirty and simmering, Sex Vid doesn't have a problem shoving it in your face, and you shouldn't have a problem with it either. Got it? Good. Bistro Distro's all out, but check the usual suspects (No Way, Grave Mistake, Painkiller, Missing Link, even Interpunk, etc.) before you're officially out of luck.

Also, sorry for the lapse: last week's Strike (#8) was Mentally Challenged. But you knew that already.

Playlist: April 4, 2008

tyvek - give it up
black lips - freakout
disclose - why must we die?

rat byte - search warrant
scapegoat - hemorrhage
career suicide - lost on you

dropdead - legacy of death
draize - dead where you stand
homostupids - apeshit

smackdown - whole fucking wrestling show
crimson curse - sweet baby jesus
out cold - menticide

science of yabra - the beat union
frail - ideal
brainworms - not heavy just awkward

universal order of armageddon - painfully obvious
fisticuffs bluff - pre-installed
crucial unit - squat the woods

kidcrash - the ground eats you
daitro - a plague for another
sinaloa - cause and effect

lats - younger monkey
tranzmitors - plastic genocide
undertones - more songs about chocolate + girls

STRIKE OF THE WEEK
Mentally Challenged EP

astronaut catastrophe - free your mind
angel hair - you were ugly but you got cute again
civil crisis - call it quits

social circkle - life crisis
death of anna karina - themes
shoot it up - high up in the sky

inquisition - we've got a bomb
brainworms - heart-shaped hickey
hot snakes - braintrust

christ on parade - the american in me
insomnio - lifetime
jba - fitting the mood

sightings - back to back
captain condoms - bed bunny
rip shit - times up motherfuckers

yage - eyes to a fist
look back and laugh - kick the chair
nostril - bewdong canoe start

brain handle - oblivion crud
witches with dicks - how to cook for 40 humans
out with a bang - love my life