Weekend Nachos - Bleed EP

The other day I woke up to an email from blogger regarding a post on my blog that allegedly infringed upon the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. I took it with a grain of salt and assumed it was justified because even though I try to primarily post out of print and old records, a lot of major labels tend to get upset when you go around sharing records for free even though they let them go out of print. I'm a rational person and I understand these matters from a variety of angles, but if a record isn't even available to purchase anymore and technically out of print (i.e. Hum's Downward is Heavenward), why shouldn't people be able to access it somewhere else?

However, I didn't receive the email about Hum, CNN, Casual or any of the other major label records I've posted in here. Rather, it was about these two Weekend Nachos songs they personally made available via their MySpace and on message boards that I merely reposted. The link on my blog goes directly to the mediafire link they put up prior to the release of Unforgiveable. This was back in April of 2009. Though they didn't (and don't) really need my help promoting their band, they are my friends and I was psyched on the record they were about to release so I posted the two songs and a short interview with John. Though in the grand scheme nothing happened other than blogger setting the post back to "draft" status of which I was easily able to republish, it was still a curious and annoying situation.

With that said, here is their brand new EP Bleed, ripped from the original master copy straight from the band. Don't bother with the other horrible sounding version floating around, this one sounds awesome and heavy as it was intended. 2 songs in 14 minutes complete with drawn out, sprawling, heavy riffs, periodic fast parts and the occasional NYHC groove ala Madball. It's a bit of a departure from everything else they've done, but it's as well thought out and intense as anything they've done.

Buy the record and attend their record release show on July 18th if you live in the Chicago area.

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V/A - Summer Goth: For the dark days of Summer.

Inspired by my friend Joel's mix, I figured I'd try my hand at a Summer Goth compilation. Enjoy or not as you see fit.






1. Bauhaus - She's in Parties
2. The Boys Next Door - Somebody's Watching
3. Gene Loves Jezebel - The Immigrant
4. Killing Joke - Complications
5. Have a Nice Life - Hunter
6. Dead Can Dance - The Trial
7. The Cure - Play for Today
8. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
9. This Mortal Coil - Mr. Somewhere
10. Cocteau Twins - Cicely
11. Zola Jesus - Odessa
12. AA - Suicide Fever
13. Silk Flowers - Flash ofLight
14. Alien Sex Fiend - I'm Her Frankenstein
15. Psychic TV - The Orchids
16. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

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Harsh Distractions Playlist 05/04/10 - Jawbreaker Appreciation Day!

Unfortunately my guest for the evening had to bail at the last minute, but since it's May 4th, the internet has deemed it International Jawbreaker Appreciation Day. Not being one to go against traditions I heard of 12 hours before, I figured it was only appropriate to play a bunch of Jawbreaker songs in celebration. Here is the playlist. Download links are at the bottom.

Chapterhouse - Breather - Whirlpool (intro music)
1. Jawbreaker - Chesterfield King - Bivouac
2. Jawbreaker - Sluttering (May 4th) - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
3. Jawbreaker - Oyster - Dear You
4. Jawbreaker - Ashtray Monument - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
5. Jawbreaker - Sea Foam Green - Etc.
6. Jawbreaker - Boxcar - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
7. Rocketship - I Love You Like the Way that I Used to Do - A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness
8. Pomegranates - This Land used to be my land, but now I hate this land - Everybody, Come Outside!
9. Shoppers - Demo - Demo I (You Shot Me and I woke up in my Next Life
10. Ova Looven - The Killer Six - Gravity Has Expired
11. Husker Du - New Day Rising - New Day Rising
12. Loomis - Conquistador - You're No Tiger | Meow, Meow, Meow
13. My Best Fiend - Cracking Eggs - Cracking Eggs
14. Shook Ones - Not a Day Goes By - Slaughter of the Insole
15. Sea of Shit - Sea of Shit - Tour Cassingle
16. Leather - Prince of the Salon - Anchorite 7"
17. Total Abuse - 14 Years Old - Mutt
18. New Dad - Quitter - Demo 2009
19. Black Breath - I Am Beyond - Heavy Breathing
20. White Mystery - Aaron - Powerglove 7"
21. Loop - Got to get it Over - Fade Out
22. Smith Westerns - Diamond Boys - S/T
23. Jawbreaker - Kiss the Bottle - Etc
24. Jawbreaker - Tour Song - Bivouac
25. Jawbreaker - Busy - Unfun
26. Jawbreaker - Do You Still Hate Me? - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy

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Harsh Distractions Playlist - 4/20/10 w/ Dave Hofer

Last week Dave Hofer came on the show and we took a step back in time a bit to discuss growing up in the 90's punk scene in Chicagoland and played songs from the era. Unfortunately, the computer froze and erased the first 7 songs we played, but here is what was salvaged.


Boris The Sprinkler - She's Got a Lighter - 8 Testicled Pogo Machine/She’s Got a Lighter 7”
Brockmeyers – 202 – Paul - 2006
Brent's TV – Trinidad - V/A - Can of Pork – 1991
Green Day – 80 - Kerplunk! - 1992
Hey Mercedes - Our weekend starts on Wednesday – Every Night Fireworks - 2001
Propagandhi – Showdown - How To Clean Everything - 1993
Screeching Weasel - Slogans – My Brain Hurts - 1991
Digger - Boy Toy Days - Powerbait - 1996
Rhythm Collision - After Hours (Oh Yeah) – Clobberer ! - 1995
All - Million Bucks – Pummel - 1995
Dear Landlord - Goodbye to Oakland – Dream Homes – 2009
NOFX – Bob – White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean - 1992

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Harsh Distractions Playlist - 3/2/10

The week after Duress played a great set on an otherwise disaster of a show, I was alone in the studio and stuck to playing songs. Here's the playlist.

1. Chapterhouse – Breather - Whirlpool
2. Nails - Unsilent Death - Unsilent Death – 2010
3. Infest - Wheres The Unity? – Slave – 1988
4. Life's Blood - Youth Enrage - Defiance 7" – 1987
5. Guided by Voices - Interest Position - Hold On Hope EP – 2000
6. Knots – Heartbreaker - Heartbreaker b/w Action – 1980
7. No Warning – No Time For You - 2002
8. Monsula - Down Inside – Sanitized – 1992
9. Sleepwall - Since Third Year - 4 Song EP – 2009
10. Best Coast - Wish He Was You - Something In The Way – 2010
11. Piece By Piece - All My Life (I Say Fuck You) - Piece By Piece – 2010
12. Say Goodbye - Anti-Social - Anti-Social 7" – 2003
13. The Dismemberment Plan - The City - Emergency & I – 1999
14. Beat Happening - I've Lost You – Dreamy –
15. Get it Away - Nation of the Damned - S/T 7"
16. Holding On - These Hallowed Halls - Question What You Live For – 2003
17. Koro - Dear Sirs - Koro 7" – 1983
18. Nazi Dust – Fervor - Nazi Dust 7" – 2009
19. Zola Jesus - Devil Take You - The Spoils – 2009
20. White Hinterland - No Logic – Kairos – 2010
21. The Teardrop Explodes - Went Crazy – Kilimanjaro – 1980
22. Blueboy - Always There – Unisex – 1994
23. Lemuria – Hours - The First Collection – 2007
24. Gun Outfit – Like it Is - Dim Light - 2009
25. AA - Suicide Fever - Essential Entertainment – 1981
26. The Legends - Something Strange Will Happen - Over and Over – 2009
27. Closure - The Vomiter - Closure 7" – 2009
28. Sin Orden - Otra Muerte - Arte, Cultura, Y Resistencia – 2009
29. Girl Alliance - Time Heals Nothing – S/T – 2008
30. Letting Up Despite Great Faults - In Steps - Letting Up Despite Great Faults – 2009
31. Wild Nothing - Vultures Like Lovers - Summer Holiday – 2009
32. My Bloody Valentine – Good for You – Unreleased Songs

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*The photo above is a neon Louis Vuitton sign inside the freight elevator of the Fearless building. Why it's there, I don't know.

Harsh Distractions Playlist - 2/16/10 w/ Dan Richardson

Tour manager, artist, budding clothing designer, and across the board mover and shaker Dan Richardson came in to chat play some metal tunes I have little knowledge about back on February 16th. He's had this posted on his blog for weeks, but I'm a much bigger slacker. Here's what we played:

Chapterhouse - Breather - Whirlpool (intro)
1. Trap Them - The Iconflict - Seance Prime
2. Last Rights - Chunks - Chunks 7"
3. Urban Blight - Not Like You - Urban Blight EP
4. Sodom - Code Red - Code Red
5. The Templars - Victim - Omne Datum Optinum
6. Landmine Marathon - Certain Death - Rusted Eyes Awake
7. The Catburglars - King Kong - The Catburglars LP
8. Shrinebuilder - The Architect - Shrinebuilder
9. Criminal Damage - Everything that Bleeds - No Solution
10. Converge - Plagues - No Heroes
11. The Pagan Blonde - Cool Life - Be Free EP
12. Obituary - Immortal Visions - Slowly We Rot
13. Wasted Time - I'm Surrounded by Winners - Wasted Time LP
14. Rot in Hell - Kingdom of Heaven - Hallways of the Always
15. Cannibal Corpse - Hammer Smashed Face - Hammer Smashed Face EP
16. Dead Can Dance - The trial - Dead Can Dance
17. Watain - Storm Of The Anti-Christ - Sworn To The Dark
18. Crime in Stereo - Republica - I was Trying to Describe You to Someone
19. 16 - Me & My Shadow - Bridges To Burn
20. RazorxFade - Turn Your Back - Demo 2010
21. Rival Mob - RCBS - Raw Life
22. Trap Them - Digital Dogs - Sleepwell Deconstructor

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Harsh Distractions Playlist - 3/30/10 w/ Kyle from Fireworks/Smear Campaign

I haven't posted a Harsh Distractions playlist in months and for that, I apologize. Here is the first hour of the episode with my friend Kyle. Like so many instances in the past, the computer lost the second hour. It's very frustrating.

Chapterhouse – Breather - Whirlpool (intro music)
1. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Hounds Of Love - 1985
2. Alkaline Trio - Hell Yes - Hell Yes 7"/Remains
3. Cheap Girls - Hey, Hey, I'm Worn Out - My Roaring 20's
4. Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La - I Will Be - 2010
5. The Animal Upstairs - Fail and Fall - Is Anybody Upstairs - 2010
6. Modern Life is War - Pendulum - Midnight in America
7. Descendents - Thank You - Everything Sucks
8. The Ergs - Books About Miles Davis - Upstairs Downstairs
9. Death in June - The Accidental Protégé - Rose Clouds Of Holocaust - 1995
10. Defiance, Ohio - The List - The Fear, The Fear, The Fear
11. Billy Bragg - The Milkman of Human Kindness - Back to Basics
12. Bad Business - Inside A Dogs Brain - Bad Business - 2004
13. Nomos - Operation Cyclone - Demo Tape
14. Fordirelifesake - We are the Company we Keep - Dance. Pretend. Forget. Defend. (cuts off)

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Everyday Gems

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Everyday Gems

Spring Skinhead - A Mixtape

1. Criminal Damage - World is Not Enough
2. The Templars - Victim
3. YDL - Skinheads 88
4. Negative Approach - Can't Tell No One
5. Morrissey - The National Front Disco
6. Symarip - Skinhead Girl
7. Faust - The Sad Skinhead
8. Youth Brigade - Moral Majority
9. R'N'R - Your Rules
10. Blitz - Attack
11. Death in June - Symbols of the Sun
12. Christian Death - Romeo's Distress
13. Nazti Skinz - Defending Liberty
14. Rome - Swords to Rust Hearts to Dust
15. The Last Resort - Violence in Our Minds (Singles Version)
16. Unrest - Yes, She is my Skinhead Girl
17. The Ronettes - Do I Love You?

Song selection inspired by and for one of the most interesting and misunderstood youth subcultures, the skinheads. Above photo borrowed with the utmost respect from Alison Kinsey.


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Duress - Live on Harsh Distractions - 2/23/10

Last Tuesday Duress came and played live on the show. The show as a whole went poorly, but we got a decent recording of their performance which included some new songs and a cover or two. Check it out and get their 7" when it comes out.

Duress - Live on Harsh Distractions - 2/23/10

* Photo by Ryan Lowry