Harsh Distractions Playlist for 11/14/10

Chapterhouse - Breather - Whirlpool
Spells - Oh My - Demo 2010
Spells - The Losing Kind - Demo 2010
Spells - Hopeless & Heartless - Demo 2010
The Fresh & Onlys - Waterfall - Play it Strange
Population - Croatoan - Demo
Fielded - The Mark, My Good Master - Sister Split
EUC - Red Of Deception - The Prey EP
Ty Segall - My Sunshine - Melted
Risk - Tip it Back and Smile - Demo Volume 1
Nails - I Will Not Follow - Unsilent Death
Masshysteri - Vintern - Masshysteri
Manipulation - Secrets - Manipulation EP
CYBORG - Tough Love - Demo
Bad Banana - Green & Red - Crushfield
The 1900s - Tucson - Return of the Century
Coma Cinema - Gentlewoman - Blue Suicide
Sun Airway - Waiting On You - Nocturne Of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Lost Saint - Say No To Love 7"

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Harsh Distractions Halloween Episode - 10/31/10

Here is tonight's episode of Harsh Distractions. Happy Halloween everyone!






Vince Guaraldi - The Great Pumpkin Waltz (intro)
Bobby Picket and the Crypt-Kick - Monster Mash
Type O Negative = Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)
Misfits - Night of the Living Dead
Misfits - Skulls
Misfits - Astro Zombies
Misfits - Teenagers from Mars
Creedence Clearwater Revivial - I put a Spell on You
B-52's - Rock Lobster
Ink and Dagger - The Road to Hell
Misfits - Halloween
Misfits - Children in Heat
Muder City Devils - I Drank the Wine
Cat Power - Werewolf
Los Shains - El Monstruo
The Zombies - Time of the Season
Ramones - Pet Cemetery


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Harsh Distractions Playlist - 10/24/10

Tonight was the first episode of Harsh Distractions in our new time slot. The show will now be on every Sunday from 5-6pm CST.

1. Chapterhouse - Breather - Whirlpool (Intro Music)
2. End of a Year - Charles Ewert - You are Beneath Me
3. Title Fight - Dreamcathers - America's Hardcore Compilation
4. RVIVR - Tiny Murders - Dirty Water EP
5. Boilerman - Bright Young Things - Bright Young Things EP
6. OFF! - Upside Down - 1st EP
7. Summer Camp - Was it Worth it? - Young EP
8. Zola Jesus - Sea Talk - Valusia EP
9. Black Math - This Love's Got to Change - Phantom Power
10. †‡† - Simona 6.40
11. Model Worker - Look Away - Squares and Triangles
12. Weekend - Youth Haunts - Sports
13. Minks - Our Ritual - Ophelia
14. The Splinters - Motorcycle - Kick
15. Gayngs - Ride - Relayted
16. Sun Kil Moon - Half Moon Bay - Admiral Fell Promises
17. Slices - Medusa - Cruising


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Harsh Distractions - 10/12/10 Playlist

Here is the playlist from tonight's show. Download link is at the bottom of the post.

Chapterhouse – Breather - Whirlpool (intro music)
Population -Waltzing a War - Population Demo
Population - Heaven Can't Help - Population Demo
Superchunk - My Gap Feels Weird - Majesty Shredding
Nomos – Mendicant - Notes From The Acheron [One-Sided 12"]
The Rival Mob - Face to Face with Your Executioner - Hardcore for Hardcore EP
Like Rats – Hunger - 7"
All Pigs Must Die - Die Ignorant - All Pigs Must Die
Sweet Cobra – Matriarch – Mercy
Sweet Cobra – Crusader - Mercy
No Age - Valley Hump Crash - Everything In Between
The Love Language - Summer Dust – Libraries
Wild Nothing - Golden Haze - Golden Haze EP
Owen - Abandoned Bridges - Abandoned Bridges b/w I'm Always in Love
No Joy – Heedless - Ghost Blonde
EUC - Rising Tide - The Prey EP

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Harsh Distractions - 10/5/10 Playlist

It's been a while since I've posted a playlist from my show. I apologize for my laziness, but hopefully now I will be able to stay on top of things. Here is the episode from last Tuesday. If you've paid attention to my radio show or this blog you may notice this episode is only 1 hour long. This is a slight test run for the new format of the show, which will go from being 2 hours to 1 and will broadcast on Sunday evenings from 5-6pm CST instead of Tuesdays starting on October 24th. Big changes are on the horizon and the bright side is that bands will soon be performing live on the show again. I'm incredibly excited about that. Download link is posted below for interested parties. If you're in a band and want your stuff played on my show send me an email and we'll go from there.

Chapterhouse - Breather - Whirlpool (intro)
Ty Segall - Imaginary Person - Melted
EUC - Shattered Glass - The Prey EP
Former Ghosts - Winter's Year - New Love
Toro Y Moi - Blessa - Daytrotter Studio 9/14/2010
La Sera - Never Come Around - "Never Come Around" b/w "Behind Your Eyes"
Craft Spells - Party Talk - Party Talk 7"
Marvelous Darlings - Sleeping Like a Dead Man - Sleeping Like a Dead Man EP
Cülo - I Don't Like Today - Military Trend EP
Bad Banana - Celery - Crushfield
Daytrader - Paper Pusher - Demo
Confines - Downward Harmonization - Withdrawn 7"
The Cobblestones - Anytime - Highlight of Superficial Provocation
Four Eyes - Tough Shit - Four Eyes 7"
The Vaselines - Overweight but Over You - Sex With An X
The Verve - No Knock On My Door - A Northern Soul

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Murder Weapon - Demo 2002

Murder Weapon were a relatively short-lived NYHC style band from Richmond, VA. They only released this demo and an EP on the now defunct Martyr Records entitled Nervous Wreck. The EP was something of a let down because it seemed to lack some of the intensity and fluidity of this demo. It seemed too calculated or edited, whereas this demo is raw and hard and everything a band like this should be. I used to listen to this on repeat on a boombox in my parents basement. Now I can listen to it on my iPod thanks to the wonders of technology!

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Young Moons - Music from the Manor CS

Young Moons is the moniker of Chicago based singer/songwriter MJ Grant. On his first effort, Music from the Manor, Grant brings 4 excellent rootsy, yet jangly acoustic tunes to the table. His voice is intimate and melancholy and lends itself well to the loose bluesy guitar work. This is a perfect listen for a rainy Sunday morning after a long night out. Check it out.

Young Moons - Music from the Manor CS

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Loose Dudes - Permanent Sex Vacation CS

Permanent Sex Vacation is the raucous follow up to their four song demo. Where the first Loose Dudes recordings had a bit of a polished feel, these songs sound more true to their live show - a raw yet tight blur of aggression and humor that borrows heavily from early 80's west coast punk rock. There are 5 songs on here and each serve as a reminder of why you got into punk in the first place.

Loose Dudes - Permanent Sex Vacation CS

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Joel PPO - Relationship Status CS

On Mother's Day of 2010 members of Running, The Catburglars, The Pagan Blonde, The Plain White T's posted up in a studio and wrote and recorded 4 songs in the span of 4 hours. The result is Joel PPO, a fuzzed out, lo-fi garage punk homage to our brother Joel who went on sabbatical to New York for several months. Lyrics include incriminating details about various friends, inside jokes and generally confusing banter from the mouth of one of the greatest minds of our time, Ben Phillips. However, no one will ever be able to decipher the words because of the layers of static and noise burying the vocals. Check it out and pick up the cassette from Prio Male.

Joel PPO - Relationship Status Cassette

The Alright Alreadies - S/T CS

Right out of the gate, The Alright Alreadies established themselves as an excellent 4 piece, all-girl punk band. Then seemingly as quickly as they began, they rearranged their line up, slowed it down a bit and started borrowing more influence from 60's girl groups and surf-rock than Screeching Weasel. As a fan of their early material, I was skeptical of their shift in direction, but these songs are so catchy and well written it's hard not to get psyched about what they are doing. Maggie and Meg's vocals compliment each other wonderfully to create the layered vocal harmonies necessary for this style of summery garage-pop and the recording is lo-fi and natural without sounding muddled and shitty. Check out this cassette and pick it up from our friends at Priority Male.


The Alright Alreadies - S/T CS

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