Afternoon Fix #14 Playlist October 24, 2008

Cap'n Jazz-"Little League" Schmap'n Schmazz (1994)
New Order-"Procession" [single b/w "Everything's Gone Green"] (1981)
Q And Not U-"Soft Pyramids" Different Damage (2002)
Franz Ferdinand-"Lucid Dreams" Tonight: Franz Ferdinand (2009)
Double Dagger-"No Allies" Sophisticated Urban Living (2008)
Happy Go Licky-"Abandon Me" Will Play [live comp.] (rec. 1987)
Ringo Deathstarr-"Some Kind of Sad" [demo] (2007)
Crystal Antlers-"Vexation" [s/t EP] (2008)
Friction-"Auburn" Hours of Operation: Discography 1991-1994 (rec. c. 1994, released 1998)
Kerosene 454-"What Was" Situation At Hand (1995)
Cain's Mark-"For Alex" Never Alone [EP] (2005)
Birthing Nets-"Dead" Maxillary [EP] (2008)
North America-"Owen" [s/t EP] (2008)
Public Enemy-"Fight The Power" Do The Right Thing [film soundtrack] (1989)
Beastie Boys-"Intergalactic" Hello Nasty (1998)
Radiohead-"Idioteque" Kid A (2000)
Bloc Party-"Talons" Intimacy (2008)
Hüsker Dü-"Celebrated Summer" New Day Rising (1985)
Dinosaur Jr-"Sludgefest" You're Living All Over Me (1987)
The Notwist-"Good Lies" The Devil, You + Me (2008)
The Cure-"In Between Days" The Head On The Door (1985)
Tubeway Army-"Me! I Disconnect From You" Replicas (1979)
The Cars-"You're All I've Got Tonight" [s/t] (1978)
Lungfish-"You Might Ask Me What" Rainbows From Atoms (1993)

North America/Birthing Nets @ Comet Ping Pong

This past weekend I had the good fortune to catch North America's CD release show with Birthing Nets. North America features several members late of Bad Lieutenant, one of whom, bassist Dave Kellermann, also played in psychedelic/grunge outfit Fallout, one of my favorites from the early 2000s suburban Baltimore scene. Birthing Nets features Aaron Waesche (ex-If; and Salad) on guitar and vocals and Tim Shaw (ex-Thinking Toys, also ex-Fallout and Salad) on bass. Birthing Nets play noisy, thrashy post-hardcore that makes frequent use of atonality is only a few steps shy of total chaos. As I noted to a few friends of mine, it's highly reminiscent of the early '90s San Diego scene that produced bands like Clikatat Ikatowi and Drive Like Jehu. North America are similar in style, although cleaner and more melodic, bearing some progressive rock and math rock influences. North America are one of the first groups I've heard in a while that put the complex, King Crimson-derived guitar lines of those heady influences to good use in their songs, often to moving, emotional effect. The show was a good time despite being advertised as starting at the wrong time. Both North America and Birthing Nets have CDRs out on Defective Bat records, which I reccomend checking out.

Afternoon Fix #12 Playlist October 10, 2008

Rites of Spring-"Theme" [s/t] (1985)
Les Savy Fav-"Reprobate's Resume" Go Forth (2001)
Public Image Ltd.-"Death Disco" [single b/w "No Birds Do Sing"] (1979)
Liquid Liquid-"Scraper" Optimo [EP] (1979)
Crystal Antlers-"A Thousand Eyes" [s/t EP] (2008)
Abe Vigoda-"Animal Ghosts" Skeleton (2008)
Mika Miko-"Business Cats" C.Y.S.L.A.B.F (2006)
Unwound-"Dragnalus" Fake Train (1993)
Lungfish-"Kissing" Talking Songs For Walking (1992)
Blood Brothers-"Peacock Skeleton with Crooked Feathers" Crimes (2004)
Professor Murder-"Free Stress Test" Professor Murder Rides The Subway (2006)
Siouxsie and the Banshees-"Arabian Knights" Juju (1981)
Hüsker Dü-“Broken Home, Broken Heart” Zen Arcade (1984)
Bad Brains-"Sailin' On" [s/t aka Roir Sessions] (1982)
Wire-"One of Us" Object 47 (2008)
The Wedding Present-"The Thing I Like Best About Him Is His Girlfriend" El Rey (2008)
Everyone To The Anderson-"Oh No Raptors" [demo] (2008)
Blood Baby-"Paint The Brush" [demo] (2007?)
Love of Diagrams-"Trouble [live]" Mosaic (rec. 2007)
The Velvet Underground-"I Heard Her Call My Name" White Light/White Heat (1968)
The Fire Engines-"Sympathetic Anesthetic" Big Gold Dream [EP] (1981)
Mission of Burma-"Mica/Weatherbox" Vs. (1982)
Drive Like Jehu-"Turn it Off" [s/t] (1991)
The Misfits-"Cough/Cool" Collection II [comp. originally recorded c. 1978] (1995)
Deathline-"I Cannot See" Rock Noir [EP] (2007)
Bloc Party-"The Answer" She's Hearing Voices [EP] (2004)

Afternoon Fix #11 Playlist October 3, 2008

The Act-"Ping Pong" Bippp: French Synth Punk 1979-1985 [v/a comp.] (c. 1980)
Clikatat Ikatowi-"Identity Crisis" Orchestrated and Conducted By . . . (1996)
The Dismemberment Plan-"Tonight We Mean It" The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified (1996)
TV On The Radio-"Dancing Choose" Dear Science (2008)
Can-"Paperhouse" Tago Mago (1971)
King Crimson-"The Nightwatch" Starless And Bible Black (1974)
Hoover-"Dries" Private [EP] (1993)
Pretty Girls Make Graves-"Chemical, Chemical" The New Romance (2003)
Joy Division-"Transmission [live]" Still [comp.] (1981)
U2-"New Year's Day [live]" Under A Blood Red Sky (1983)
Double Dagger-"The Lie, The Truth [live]" [unreleased] (2008)
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs-"Phenomenon" Show Your Bones (2006)
Liars-"Plaster Casts of Everything" [s/t] (2007)
Quinn S. And The Blackbirds-"The Quiet Rebel" [demo] (2008)
The Strokes-"Razorblade" First Impressions of Earth (2006)
The Knife-"Silent Shout" Silent Shout (2006)
M83-"Coulours" Saturdays=Youth (2008)
Orchid-". . . And The Cat Turned To Smoke" Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! (1999)
Universal Order of Armageddon-"Flux" [s/t EP] (1993)
Yaphet Kotto-"First Meetings Agreement" The Killer Was In The Government Blankets (1999)
The Hated-"Not Mine" Like The Days [EP] (1987)
Rainer Maria-"I Love You Too" [s/t EP] (1996)
The Death Set-"Selective Memories" Worldwide (2008)

Afternoon Fix #10 Playlist September 26, 2008

The Futureheads-“Radio Heart” This Is Not The World (2008)
Metal Urbain-“Hysterie Connective” [single] (1978)
Bloc Party-“Halo” Intimacy (2008)
Fugazi-“Bed For The Scraping” Red Medicine (1995)
At The Drive-In-“Ursa Major” Vaya [EP] (1999)
Ponytail-“Celebrate the Body Electric (It Sings For Thee)” Ice Cream Spiritual (2008)
Les Savy Fav-“Raise Buildings” 3/5 (1997)
Blondie-“Hanging on the Telephone” Parallel Lines (1978)
Pylon-“Working is No Problem” Gyrate (1980)
Everyone to the Anderson-“West? West! West?” Doodlebug [EP] (2007)
What Price Wonderland?-“Monitor” [demo] (2008)
Cain’s Mark-“Each Edge” Where’s Your Smile? [EP] (2004)
Joni Mitchell-“Tin Angel” Clouds (1969)
Sufjan Stevens-“Holland” Michigan (2003)
Moss Icon-“Hate In Me” [demo] (1987)
Grey March-“Forced by Pressure” Unconscious [EP] (1986)
Reptile House-“Talons and Claws” Bouncing Babies [v/a comp.] (1983)
You Say Party! We Say Die!-“The Gap” Hit The Floor (2005)
The Nation of Ulysses-“Ulythium” 13 Point Program to Destroy America (1991)
Subs-“Drew The Line” Subs Life (2004) <
PK14-“What Kind of Wind is Blowing?” White Paper (2005)
Roxy Music-“Virginia Plain” [s/t] (1972)
Hawkwind-“Master of the Universe” In Search of Space (1971)
Ringo Deathstarr-“Sweet Girl” [s/t EP] (2007)

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Afternoon Fix #7 Playlist April 25, 2008

Big Black-"Kerosene" Atomizer (1986)
X-Ray Spex-“Oh Bondage, Up Yours!” [single] (1977)
Hoover-“Two Down” [split 7” w/Lincoln] (1993)
New Bloods-“Oh, Deadly Nightshade!” The Secret Life (2008)
Universal Order of Armageddon-“Symptom” Symptom [EP] (1993)
Delta 5-“Mind Your Own Business” [single] (1979)
Kerosene 454-“What Was” Situation At Hand (1995)
If;-“Ma’am Can You Count?” Live 9-19-2005 (2005) <
Jay Reatard-“Always Wanting More” [forthcoming] (2008)
The Fire Engines-“Get Up And Use Me” [single] (1980)
Clikatat Ikatowi-“Pleiadian Dance” River of Souls (1998)
ESG-“UFO” Come Away with ESG (1983)
Rye Coalition-“Thanksgiving Day For Cats” The Lipstick Game (1999)
R.E.M.-“Horse To Water” Accelerate (2008)
The Strokes-“Ize Of The World” First Impressions Of Earth (2006)
Husker Du-“Erase Today” [demo] (1984)
At The Drive-In-“Alpha Centauri” In/CASINO/Out (1998)
Patti Smith-“Land” Horses (1975)
The Lapse-“Consent” Betrayal! (1998)
All The Dead Pilots-“Silence First” Easily Lost In The Present (2002)
Lo Moda-“Electric World” Gospel Store Front (2006)
Fallout-“Xerox It” Six Song Demo (2004)
The Jam-“Away From The Numbers” In The City (1977)
Mi Ami-“African Rhythms” African Rhythms [EP] (2008) <
Les Savy Fav-“Scout’s Honor” 3/5 (1997)