Super Hi-Five - Beth 10" [1995 Creep Records]

This is the first thing PA's Super Hi-Five releases, and it came out a good three years before the fantastic Man Without Plan split, so while the kernels of that sound are here, this is obviously much rawer. 

Hey look, they still have an Angelfire site! 

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Metal Battle Comp LP [1983 Roadrunner Records]

Probably the less I say about this the better. Not because I don't like this, I really do - I make no apologies for my metal years - but because I don't want to get a bunch of music-hating lawyers who don't realize this isn't actually available anywhere and I'm doing promotion for them sending me threats. 

Anyways, some good shit on here. Good songwriting, yet once again I am reminded how much I would love MF if they had a different vocalist.  

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The Showcase Showdown / The Twerps 8" [1997 702 Records]

 

I shouldn't have to say anything about this, right? 2 great bands, 1 great label. It sells itself. 

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Ten Bright Spikes - Vertical Brando 10" [1991 New Red Archives]

If I told you that members of Social Unrest and the UK Subs put together a band called Ten Bright Spikes, there's very little chance you'd think this would be the result. But put that all aside and judge this on its own merits. It's indie/alternative, done very well, and I like it. But none of these songs is as good as "La Mancha Candidate" from a different 1991 10". That song should have been huge. 

Astro Stukas and Blueland are available streaming on most platforms, but I don't see this 10" anywhere. 

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Contents Under Pressure Comp 7" [1998 Rotten House Records]

Straight ahead punk with some '77/snot influence from The Syphilitics (OH), The Piss Shivers (PA), Just A Product (Bulgaria), and The Fux (PA). I like everything on here, I love the Just A Product track. 

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Strictly On A Stick #knotts

There is exactly one item here on a stick, so why would you choose this name? Words mean things. 

ICU - Play Dead 7" [1993 Radical Records]

I don't remember how I ended up owning this. Based on the cover of the 7", I would never in a million years have bought this. Which would be a shame, because this is excellent, but isn't, because I do own it. Life, right? 

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Various - Lump Of Coal CD [1995 Yell-O Records]

 

Have I seriously never posted this? That's crazy, as this is one of my favorite Christmas comps and almost designed to be on this blog. I think I was only doing 7-inches for a while, so this never did make it. 

Anyways....

 A lineup of great mid-90's San Diego pop-punk, with The Neighbors rounding it out with some decidedly not-pop punk. Spazboy, Dodgeball, Third Rale, Carter Peace Mission, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp, Everready, and a combination of all the bands called Second String. 

Merry Christmas! 

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Kill Kill Kill - Pissing Prisms CDr [2009 Hello My Name Is Records]

 

I jokingly but actually seriously put our a call for a Bluesky invite, and it happened! Thank you to for making that happen. I'm xpadrex.bsky.social, have no followers and am 100% okay with that. Now Twitter is just for Padres new until everyone eventually migrates to an alternative. Fuck you, Elon. When Bluesky issues me some invites, I'll pay it forward. In return, I'll try to post more here often. 

Okay, so this album falls under "experimental rock". I don't know what that means. My definition is: long songs, no melody. 5 songs, 44 minutes - we got the long songs covered. No melody? I wouldn't go that far. There some noodling, some droning, but overall I found it interesting, and the 44 minutes went by pretty quickly. 

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Repercussion Unit - Christmas Party CS (1984 Robey Records)

A Christmas rarity for you. 

Repercussion Unit was a percussion ensemble based out of CalArts, north of LA. 

Is it kind of cool and kitschy? Or is it nightmare fuel? 

I say it is very cool and kitschy AND nightmare fuel. 

This is great and I don't care what you say. One of my favorite Christmas albums. 

First couple of tracks seem louder than the rest, but I didn't want to fuck with them too much in Audacity so I left 'em as is. 

BTW if you're like, where's the punk, dude, I'm not here for this shit? Well here it is: 

And all it's going to take for me to delve into that folder (at least for a little while) is for one of you motherfuckers to send me a Bluesky invite. Capice? 

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