E-Mail This Article to a Friend COMBS NAIL HANNITY Indie band urges fans to call crank BY MIKE MILIARD

One of the best songs by X, the old Los Angeles punk group, is a snarling, accusatory rant called "Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not."

It’s a tune Fox News blowhard Sean Hannity might want to acquaint himself with soon. Because another band, Brooklyn indie-politicos Kids Against Combs, have fallen into possession of Hannity’s home phone number. And they’ve made it the title of their forthcoming album. The disc, on 10-34 Records, hits shelves next Thursday, July 21. Après ça, le déluge.

In the liner notes to Sean Hannity (631) 673-[XXXX] (we blocked out the last digits to keep from spoiling the band’s surprise), fans will find an open letter to the pugnacious talking head, taking him to task for his "arrogant faux journalism and uninformed commentary" and decrying the fact that his "deception, slander and arrogance have left a scar on the minds of Americans."

Kids Against Combs, who play slowly loping weepers and rhythmically tricky entreaties with titles like "Capitalism Is Going To Break Your Heart" and "Fuck This, I’m Moving to Canada," say they want to "destroy apathy and bring a soul back to [a] subculture" — indie rock, presumably — that’s overpopulated with "whiny boys who wear girls’ jeans." Taking the fight to Hannity’s back yard is one way to do that.

KAC frontman Degal, who’s currently pursuing a master’s in government and politics at St. John’s University, explains via e-mail that he’s "a very firm believer in media reform. Without it, we have no hope for our democracy." Sean Hannity, with his bellicose bullying and hectoring half-truths, is a prime offender.

Degal was given Hannity’s digits by a friend. "I had been sitting on his number for a while, and decided to use it one night while flipping through channels, after I landed on Fox," he writes. (He also posted the number and address on the Majority Report radio-show message board in May 2004.) "I hope that Mr. Hannity will be bothered to the point that he can not escape the voice of reason. If callers harass him — as he does [his guests] — I wouldn’t mind. Hopefully it will stimulate some debate, but I don’t expect Mr. Hannity to be open to a double-sided conversation."

Kids Against Combs play as part of the Cirque du Singe Brisé on July 30 at Cantab Lounge, 738 Mass Ave, in Central Square; call 617.354.2685, or visit www.kidsagainstcombs.com or www.theshatteredmonkey.com for details.