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Sunday, September 14, 2025

Radio : EXD 1353 - Sunday September 14, 2025

This is episode 1353 of EXD. This episode was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this episode :

A set on Experimental punk
An interview with Skizophrenia from Japan
Recent show experiences with Varukers and Trenchraid shows
A feature on the comp Punk Canada Volume 4 which is just out
Top 10 for the month of August
Eskrima in our demo feature

SKIZOPHRENIA - Stereotype (Kick Rock)

Experimental punk (Bee )
FLIPPER - Shed No Tears (Subterranean)
PUPPET WIPES - The Peeper (No Label NZ)
PUPPET WIPES - Refrigerator’s Gold (No Label NZ)
THE RAINCOATS - Adventures Close to Home (Rough Trade)
KLEENEX/LiLiPUT - Nighttoad (Rough Trade)

Two weeks of insanity (Chris)
CONVIKT - Capital Punishment (Self-released)
SAGO - Burning Books (Self-released)
PHANE - Usurper (Phobia)
THE VARUKERS - Soldier Boy (We Bite)

PESTS - Memento Mori (Undocumented)
YUNG SKUMZ - Cancel Culture (Self-released)
MANACLE - Live (In The Moment), (Self-released)
TRENCHRAID - Disregulated (Blown Out Media / Burning Anger / Horrible Existence)

SKIZOPHRENIA Interview and Their Requests (Andre)

Interview
SKIZOPHRENIA - Destruktion (Hardcore Victim)
TEACHER’S PET - Missing Person (Self-Released)
THE LAST SURVIVORS - Judgement For Freedom (Dan Doh / General Speech)
SYSTEEMI - Punk Nuorisoo (Self-Released)
MODERAT LIKVIDATION - Tio Timmar (Black Konflick)

Punk Canada 4 (Stephen)
We speak with Jeremy from A.S.O.P. about the new Punk History comp

A.S.O.P. - Corporate Cog (En Guard)
Interview with Jeremy Mogk of A.S.O.P.
MAVERICK - Rise Up (The Northern Vultures cover)
PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND - Twist Off (The Von Zippers cover) (En Guard)

August 2025 - Top 10 (Stephen)
REVANCHE - Plein gaz - “Demain” (Primator Crew)
RECALL - Cacophony ep (11pm)
PIERCING DAMAGE - Piss Pot (Self-Released)
VAROITUS - Luokkasota - “Syntynyt Häviämään” (Self-Released)
DELETAR - Funambule (Kick Rock)

DEADSKY - Kleptocracy “Repears Call” LP (Profane Existence)
WHOSE REALITY - Death March (Self-Released)
MERCY cassette ep - Mercy (Sound Grotesque)
ILLITERATES - Read the Room - “Does Not Compute” (Sorry State)
HOME INVASION - Loser (War)

Some new stuff from August
FUNERAL SERVICE - Funeral Service ep (Sound Grotesque)
THE RUFFIANZ - No Warning “Pils Session” (Pils)
DURS CEOURS “Crises Cardiaque” (Pils)
HELLSHOCK - The Hero Returns “XXV” LP (Black Water)
BOOTCAMP - Endless Commute “Time’s Up” (Convulse)

STATICO - Rat Race (Refuse)
THE ALLIGATORS - Nothing Is What It Seems (Last Warning)
SLAVE BIRTH - Your regret (Self-Released)

Demo Feature
ESKRIMA are a new hardcore band in the Total Supply stable.The band features Norman from Pluto’s Kiss. When listening to the recording they remind me of bands like Struggle who were part of that sound that ebullition initially started releasing.

ESKRIMA - Marked By the Flame (Total Supply)
ESKRIMA - Struck Down (Total Supply)
ESKRIMA - Divinity (Total Supply)
ESKRIMA - Lies (ft. Dear Evangeline) (Total Supply)

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Radio : EXD 1352 - Sunday September 7, 2025

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This episode (1352) was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this edition of EXD:

A new installment of our Polish punk series featuring a band named Tilt
New releases by Illiterates, Narcan, Zero Bars, Badterms, Street Eaters, Some Exercise, Sex Dwarf, Imploders, and Haram
A demo feature by Weakness who are a new power violence band from Toronto

DISCHARGE - But After The Gig (Clay)

Hardcore (Bee )

ILLITERATES - Does Not Compute (Sorry State)

SUSPECT - Art of War (Collective Memory)

DESGRACIADOS - Generacion Condenada (self released)

NARCAN - Moral Compass (Designated Moshers Unit)

URBAN BLIGHT - Total War (Static Shock)

Mixed bag (Rob)

TAKER - For You (Self-released)

DISTRACTIONS - It Doesn’t Bother Me (Island)

1186 - Rabia (Drunken Sailor)

ZERO BARS - Prove It (Self-released)

BADTERMS - Tip The Cup (TKO)

Mixed bag (Andre)

STREET EATERS - No Excuse (Dirt Cult)

THE DRAGS - Tastes Like Poison (Total Punk)

FAULTY COGNITIONS - Worse Than Any Bomb (Dead Broke)

SOME EXERCISE - Cul De Sac Beat (Self-Released)

LA FATIGUE - Aucune Limite (Self-Released)

New releases and Teasers (Chris)

SEX DWARF - Korrupta Svin (Armageddon Label / Children Of The Grave)

IMPLODERS - Eat, Sleep, Repeat (Neon Taste / Static Shock)

HARAM - Until the Last Breath (Toxic State)

THE RUFFIANZ - Rotten To The Core (Pils)

FILTH-KIN - Carnage of Youth (Phobia)

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Polish punk (Tilt) - by JB

Tonight we are looking at another core band in the early Polish punk scene. A band named TILT. JB explains how core this band was to the early Warsaw scene. The band started out in 1979 and continues to this day. In between members of Tilt joined forces with Kryzys to form Brigada Kryzys. But members would always come back to Tilt.

TILT - Fallen Fallen is Babilon

Interview with JB (CIUT)

TILT - The Border Line (Warsaw Pact)

Interview with JB (CIUT)

TILT - O Jaki Dziwny, Dzwiny, Dziwny (Tonpress)

Interview with JB (CIUT)

TILT - Szare koszmary (Self-Released)

Interview with JB (CIUT)

TILT - Widziałem cię (Self-Released)

Interview with JB (CIUT)

TILT - Za zamkniętymi drzwiami (Self-Released)

Mini set (Stephen)

CUSTOM FIT - Puppets (Chapter Eleven / Pirates Press / Longshot)

THE PROCRASTINATORS - I Need A Disease (Black Water / Vinyl Fetish)

REGRESS 86 - The Struggle (Primator Crew / Shroom)

Demo Feature

WEAKNESS are a power violence band from Toronto featuring Jason who is the singer. Jason used to play bass for Eating Glass and was also in Total Silence . They are playing the Vegans of Hardcore benefit show on September 20th at Array Music.

WEAKNESS - What Future? (Self-Released)

WEAKNESS - Resistance (Self-Released)

WEAKNESS - Arm Yourself (Self-Released)

WEAKNESS - Spiritual Fraud (Self-Released)

SKA-P - El Gato Lopez (RCA / BMG)

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Radio : EXD 1351 - Sunday August 31, 2025

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This is episode 1351 of EXD. This episode was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this edition of EXD, * An interview and guest hosting segment with Phane * An interview with the Varukers * New releases being showcased by LIfe Jolt, Whose Reality, Sloks, Useless Eaters, Corpse Gas, Urban Sprawl, Sold Short, and Piercing Damage A set on Johnny culture * A demo feature is a band from Vancouver named PISS tagged as a cross between hardcore and noisecore.

PERACEPTIC - No Peace (Sewercide)

Mixed bag (Bee)

THE HOLD - Street Filth (Divorce)

LIFE JOLT - Reputation (Open Veins)

WHOSE REALITY - Bled Dry (RIP Peace)

PISSCHRIST - Yet We Close Our Eyes (Endless Blockades)

JOBBYKRUST - Poisoned From Birth (Funai Recors)

Phane interview (Chris)

Interview with PHANE

TRENCHRAID - The Wake Of The Bomb (Blown Out Media / Burning Anger / Horrible Existence)

DURS CŒURS - L'Heure Sonnera (Reglememt XVII / Broken Skull)

ZEAL - Illusion of Peace (Broken Skull)

KRASH - Napalm Attack (Blown Out Media)

APRIL WINE - I Like to Rock (Aquarius / Capitol)

H.Ä.L.T. - Lost (Self-released)

Interview with PHANE

FURTHER CHARGES - National Service (City to City / Total Punk / Лоботомия Рекордс)

KATORGA - War of the Future (Black Against Night / Feral Dog)

YELLOWCAKE - Maelstrom (Self-released / Not For The Weak / Total Peace)

AUXILIÖ - Dimension Oscura (Self-released)

CORPSE GAS - Warmonger (Phonophobia)

New Mixed Bag (Rob)

SLOKS - Stab Me (Goodbye Boozy)

BLOODY BLUE DARLINGS - Vampire Hair (Cartridge Heart)

OK BUCKO - Bad Dreams pt 1(Self-released)

THE WIND-UPS - A Fine Pink Mist (Dandy Boy)

USELESS EATERS - Rub (Goodbye Boozy)

Mixed Bag (Andre)

REVANCHE - Rives (Primator Crew)

FUNERAL SERVICE - Death Charade (Sound Grotesca)

MERCY - Higher Class (Sound Grotesca)

BRUT - No Apology (Self-Released)

END IT - Pale Horse (Flatspot)

URBAN SPRAWL - Culture Vulture (Convulse)

SOLD SHORT - Beat All Odds (Total Supply)

REPOSSESSED - Easy To Forget (Tough Love Records)

PIERCING DAMAGE - Fast Track (Self-Released)

UNREAL - Feeble Mind (Self-Released)

The Varukers (Nick)

I had a chance to speak with Nicholas Jackson-Wynch who is the guitarist in the Varukers. He used to play in the English Dogs and joined the Varukers two years ago. The Varukers are playing at Vertagogo tomorrow night and the Hard Luck on Wednesday. We start offwith a song from the Damned and Defiant LP. Here is “Allegiance to None”.

THE VARUKERS - Allegiance to None (Cleopatra, Criminal Attack, Nunny Dave)

Interview with Nick

THE VARUKERS - Bullets, Bombs, and Bodies (Cleopatra, Criminal Attack, Nunny Dave)

Jonee culture

I was watching the Devo documentary on Netflix and I was taking in everything they were saying about this subversion of American ideals using pop culture references and the song Come Back Jonee came on and I heard this set. A review of punk and it’s critique of Johnny culture starting off with the Devo song….

DEVO - Come Back Jonee (EZ Listening version)

DEVO - Come Back Jonee (Warner Bros)

SEX PISTOLS - Johnny B. Goode (EMI)

THE MONKS - Johnny B Rotten (EMI)

STAINS - John Wayne was a Nazi (R Radical)

TYRANNA - Johnny (Rave Up)

A transcript of a Tyranna interview can be found here

Demo Feature

I came across this band in a facebook post about a show they played at the Baby G. I thought new Canadian band, I should check it out. It has floored me and makes me sad about missing the play here. The band is called Piss, they are from Vancouver, and they are tagged as hardcore meets noisecore.

PISS - Time loop at hot slit (Self-Released)

PISS - A little girl's horse craze betrays her (Self-Released)

PISS - How can you act opposite to this emotion (Self-Released)

DED FERRETS - I Just Don’t Care (Self-Released)

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Radio : EXD 1350 - Sunday August 24, 2025

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SCREAM - Banging the Drum (Dischord)

That was Keya Chatterjee from the Free DC movement interviewed on Democracy Now this week. As DC has been taken over by the Federal guards, citizens come out at 8:00pm to bang pots and pans. 8:00pm represent the 8 Districts in DC as a show of solidarity against an occupying force. People power can bring down dictators. WWII fascism started out as patriotism in defense of a country and then a slowly narrowing insider group as the manufacturing of domestic enemies became weaponized to crush dissent.

This episode was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry.

This is episode 1350 of EXD. On this edition :

We talk with Sarde about the Filton 24, a group of young adults being incarcerated under a terrorism act. This incarceration has implications to personal freedom with regards to activism.
We feature new releases by Recall, Angel Face, Bilious, 1-800-Mikey, Traidora, Te Fading Signal, Fan Club, Twenty One Children, Inefables, and Rebelmatic
We feature classics by Ripcord, United Mutation, and Fang
We have a Clash covers set for a ticket giveaway for the Rise and Fall of the Clash Redux screening on Thursday
We have a demo feature by Culvert Corpse

Mixed Bag (Bee)

RIPCORD - State of Emergency (Quality Control/LVEUM)

DAUNTING NIGHTMARE - Contorting the Mask (Sex Fiend Abomination)

UNITED MUTATION - It’s Over (DSI/Dischord)

RECALL - Acid Rain (11PM/Broken Skull)

DESPISE YOU - Memories of Tomorrow (Deep Six)

Filton 24 (Stephen)

Download Filton 24 interview here

Armʼs Race features Ola and the expression of solidarity in Beeʼs opening set is because Ola is part of the Filton 24. The Filton 24 are a group of activists being incarcerated under a terrorism act in the UK. This application of the act has serious consequences for activism in a 2025 context of authoritarianism. Sarde has spoke with Ola and I asked Sarde to tell us about the Filton 24 situation. Hereʼs that conversation.

ARM’S RACE - Distort Britannia (LVEUM)

Interview with Sarde Hardie (CIUT)

GAME - Curse (Quality Control HQ)

PURE TERROR - Fuck the Occupation (Self-Released)

HARAM - The Solution (Is Resistance)

Sarde spoke with Ola since she has been in remand and Ola’s spirit isn’t broken. Neither should yours. Here is an article about Ola and the prison conditions.

New releases and teasers (Chris)

1-800-MIKEY - 2 Kaiju (Self-released)

HARRÏSSON - Te Souviens-tu (Pils)

TRAIDORA - Disforia Eterna (LVEUM)

BOOTCAMP - CEO (Convulse)

THE SOCIAL - WWII (Mendeku Diskak / QCHQ)

Rob

ANGEL FACE - Out in the Night (Slovenly)

SPLIT SYSTEM - On the Loose (Self-Released)

HELLAPHANT- Good Grief (Cartridge Heart)

BILIOUS - Out of Hash (Cartridge Heart)

CASUAL HEX - The System (Self-Released)

The Clash ticket giveaway

We have a pair of tickets to giveaway for the screening of the Rise and Fall of the Clash Redux at the Paradise Cinema on Thursday at 8:00pm. We interviewed Danny Garcia about his film and you can check that out on the blog. Send us an email.

CRASS - Intro

THE SCREWED - Career Opportunities (Self-Released)

SINISTERS - Clampdown (Dwell)

THE MOB - Tommy Gun (Karma / Chord)

FANG - White Riot (Karma / Chord)

THE OFFENDERS - White Riot (Black Butcher / KOB)

RUDE HI-FI & THE LICKSHOTS - I Fought The Law (Golden Singles)

Tickets are available at ticketweb.

Mixed Bag (Andre)

COUP D’ETAT - On Staying Put… (Zegema Beach)

TETHERED - Consume (Self-Released)

PUBLIC EXECUTION - OI! Knock Up Some Wallop (Brutal State Of Grind)

ACT-FAST - Lollygag (Invisible Audio)

FADING SIGNAL - Never So Few (Indecision)

FAN CLUB - Only Heroes (Feel It Records)

Upcoming shows (Stephen)

EYE BALL - Listen (Self-Released)

SCIENCE MAN - The Want (Swimming Faith / Feral Kid)

WASTED AGE - Casualty (Self-Released)

B.A.L.M. SQUAD - Dark Times (Pils)

REIFER MADNESS - Die Fascist Scum (MSA / Just Fuckin' Pogo)

PHANE - Hellcharge (Phobia)

New releases (Stephen)

TWENTY ONE CHILDREN - Let it Doom (Slovenly)

REBELMATIC - Peace (Say-10)

TOMAR CONTROL - Lamento (Refuse)

INEFABLES - Lobotomía Estructural (Distro Cefalia)

SKINHEAD - Ancient History (Closed Casket Activities)

Demo Feature

CULVERT CORPSE came up on our radar in Beeʼs Black metal set back on July 20th. This is another of Cody Googooʼs projects.

CULVERT CORPSE - Season

CULVERT CORPSE - Discarded

CULVERT CORPSE - Twisted Meaning

CULVERT CORPSE - North Of Nowhere

Ska-outro

INOKASHIRA RANGERS - Happy (Kilikilivilla)

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Radio : EXD 1349 - Sunday August 17, 2025

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Tonight’s show was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. This is episode 1349 of EXD. On this edition

A Primal Note studio session with Black Iron Prison
New releases and teasers from Durs Cœurs, Varoitus and Deadsky
A feature segment on the In Stride reunion show
A show review of the benefit show for CIUT
Some Toronto punk classics
A demo feature by Garbage Mitts from Winnipeg

GAUZE - Crash The Pose (Selfish)

CIUT event from EXD

DESPOTIC - Nakba

CEASE - Un Duh (Self-Released)

VESTIGIO - Vestigio (Undocumented)

DECADE - Unfortunate Poor (Phobia)

New releases and teasers (Chris)

DURS CŒURS - L’heure Sonnera (Reglememt XVII / Broken Skull)

VAROITUS - Syntynyt Häviämään (Self-released)

NO PEELING - Can I Pet That Dog (Feel It)

DEADSKY - Answer the Reapers Call (Profane Existence)

STREET EATERS - Spectres (Dirt Cult)

In Stride Reunion Show Oct, 24, 2025 (Andre)

IN STRIDE - In Stride (Self-Released)

IN STRIDE - What Is (Bottled Up)

ALLEGIANCE - Found My Niche (Big Bite)

JUICE - World War 3 (WAR)

MEANTIME - Immured (Indecision)

SELF ARREST - Depth Of Mind (Total Supply)

Black Iron Prison - Primal Note Studio session

I saw Black Iron Prison open for Echthros a couple of years ago. Then at the end of March Iron Lung had released an album by them. I knew both Eric and Matthew from their past projects and had thought it was a shame that I hadn’t heard much about this release. I reached out to them about doing a session and they agreed. I didn’t realize that they were going to record some new material. Lucky for us to be the way that you get to hear that. We start off with a track titled “Spatial Awareness’. We recorded this at Primal Note Studios on June 8th.

BLACK IRON PRISON - Spatial Awareness (CIUT)