Some of my favorites from 2021, plus a few songs from late 2020 that I felt deserved some attention.

This episode aired on Wednesday December 29, 2021 from 6-8p on KXSF.

The Dirts | Take Me Away | The Dirts (2020, Helvete's Kitchen)
Joy | Dirty | Joy - EP (2020, Self-Released)
Erik Nervous | Geiger Counter | Bugs!! - LP (2020, Tetryon Tapes)
Thee Royals | Revolution | Blood Moon (2020, Southern Sphere Records)
Stiff Richards | Talk | State Of Mind (2020, Legless Records)
The Unknowns | You're A Creep | Nothing Will Ever Stop (2020, Bargain Bin Records)

Civic | Another Day | Future Forecast (2021, Flightless Records)
Liquids | When You Were Born (You Should've Died) | Life is Pain Idiot (2021, Self-Released)
Very Paranoia | Something Will Go Wrong | Very Paranoia (2021, Who Can You Trust?)
Toads | Running 2: Still Running | Toads (2021, Sanctuary Moon)
Suzi Moon | Nuthin' to Me | Call the Shots - EP (2021, Pirates Press Records)
The Battlebeats | Stitch Your Heart Up | Search And Destroy (2021, Alien Snatch)

Anxious Pleasers | Suck | Anxious Pleasers (2021, Neon Taste Records)
Amyl and The Sniffers | Hertz | Comfort To Me (2021, ATO Records)
GG King | Golden Horde Rising | Remain Intact (2021, Total Punk)
Fox Face | Slow Burn | End of Man (2021, Dirtnap Records)

Descendents | Like the Way I Know | 9th & Walnut (2021, Epitaph)
Chain Whip | Fresh Paint and Philanthropy | Two Step To Hell - EP (2021, Neon Taste Records)
Unsanitary Napkin | TERF War | TERF War - Single (2021, Self-Released)
Gel | Bitchmade | Violent Closure (2021, Atomic Action! Records)
Bear Trap | Blood in the Water | Bear Trap - EP (2021, Dust Up! Records)

The Stuck-Ups | My Time | Paper Doll - The Very Best of Sister Tiffany Lee Linnes (2021, Girlsville, orig. 2006)
The Glycereens | Lost Souls | Atomic Army (2021, Glyco)
Skerries | Ain't It Fun | A Tribute to Dead Boys (2021, Kafadan Kontak Records)
The Beast | Enemy Ace | Scrap Metal - Vol 1 (2021, RidingEasy Records, orig. 1983)
Warish | Seeing Red | Next To Pay (2021, RidingEasy Records)

Alvilda | Négatif | Négatif - EP (2021, Alien Snatch)
April South and the Pennies | Heroes of the Night | Heroes of the Night (2021, Reminder Records, orig. 1981)
Modern Cynics | Walls | Auditory Postcards (2021, Dirt Cult Records)
Generacion Suicida | Fuego | Regeneracion (2021, Symphony of Destruction)
Kool and The Gang Bangers | Wish You Were Dead | Year of the Kool - EP (2021, No Front Teeth)
Satanic Togas | Strange Attraction | Satanic Togas / Zoids - Split EP (2021, Goodbye Boozy Records)
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Sick Thoughts | Drug Rock | Poor Boys b/w Drug Rock - Single (2021, Goodbye Boozy Records)
Dumb | Pizza Slice | Pizza Punks - Split EP with Tough Age (2021, Mint Records)
Dead Meat | Nuffin' New (For Trash Like You) | Dead Meat (II) - EP (2021, No Front Teeth)
Neighborhood Brats | Migraines | Confines of Life (2021, Dirt Cult Records)
West Cult | Further Faster | West Cult Demo - EP (2021, West Cult)
Co-Ed | Error | Co-Ed - EP (2021, SLUDGE PEOPLE)

Shannon & The Clams | Leaves Fall Again | Year Of The Spider (2021, Easy Eye Sound)

I was excited to return to the Late Risers' Club on WMBR this week as part of their Alumni Tuesday rotation!

Shannon & The Clams | Bed Rock | Dreams In The Rat House (2013, Hardly Art)
Hector | Bye Bye Bad Days | Bye Bye Bad Days - Single (1974, DJM)
Sister Suzie | Claws | Don't Want To b/w Claws and Are You Gonna (Give Me A Kiss) - Single (2021, Reta Records)
Los Pepes | Let Them Talk | The Happiness Program (2021, SNAP!!)
The Outlets | Best Friends | Best Friends - Single (1982, Modern Method)
Bart & The Brats | Not For Real | Dogged (2021, Chickpea Records)
Ovens | Losin' Touch | Ovens (2008, Tumult)

The Wednesdays | Runaway Train Couldn't Drag Me Away | Fury (2001, Arkam)
The Sangomas | Executioner Style | Giddyup & Destroy (2015, Return to Analog)
The Short Fuses | Motorcycle Pill | Dawn of the Deaf (2020, Rum Bar)
Don't | Enough Is Enough | Enough Is Enough / How It's Gonna Be - Single (2017, Twisted Chords)
Trainwreck Riders | Pay Your Rent / Goddamn | Where The Neon Turns To Wood (2005, Self-Released)

Kool & The Gang Bangers | Demo | Demo - Digital Single (2021, Self-Released)
Warheads | I Lost My Legs In The War | Let It Out (1980, Adventure Records)
Don Cappa | Steel City Metal | Scrap Metal - Vol 1 (2021, RidingEasy Records, orig. 1987)
Dark | I Can Wait | Cleveland Confidential (1982, Terminal)
Blemish | Bankrupt | Blemish (2021, A World Divided)

Gel | Mental Static | Mental Static - Digital Single (2021, Self-Released)
Demonios | Consumidos | Demonios (2021, 1753 Recordings)
Imploders | Keeping A Close Eye | Imploders (2021, Neon Taste)
F-Word! | Government Official | Like It Or Not Live (1978, Posh Boy)

Compliance | Nine to Five | Comply or Die - EP (2004, Self-Released)
Cruz Radical | Death-Train | Death-Train - EP (2021, Self-Released)
Youth Brigade | Blown Away | Sound and Fury (1983, BYO)
Liquids | Fuck Up | Fuck Up - Digital Single (2021, Self-Released)
Surfbort | Youth Group Therapy | Keep on Truckin' (2021, Inner Freak)
Piss Test | Babies | Piss Test - EP (2013, Jonny Cat Records)

Death Ridge Boys | Boots on the Streets | Boots on the Streets (2020, Self-Released)
The Enemies | Burn the Page | Seize the Day (2002, Lookout!)
The Boatsmen | When I'm Drunk | Versus The Boatsmen (2021, Spaghetty Town Records)
The Pulsebeats | 241259 | Lookin' Out (2021, Rum Bar)
The Perfectors | YT502951D | YT502951D - Single (1980, Active)
The Chats | 4573 | High Risk Behaviour (2020, Bargain Bin Records)

Panic Shack | Who's Got My Lighter | Who's Got My Lighter - Single (2020, Brace Yourself)
Personal Damage | Steppin' Razor | Ambush (2021, 1753 Recordings)
The Peepers From Your Neighborhood | Pat Steffey | 2nd Time Offender (2019, Self-Released)
Ebba Grön | We’re Only in It for the Drugs No. 1 | We’re Only in It for the Drugs (1979, Mistlur)
Lost Kids | Alle Taler | Cola Freaks - EP (1979, Medley Records)
Mundo Primitivo | Duelo | Paisaje Interior (2021, Static Shock)

DeBartolo | The Great Highway | DeBartolo - EP (2016, Self-Released)