Saturday, February 28, 2015

Top 10 - February 2015

Top 10 - February 2015
1. S.H.I.T. “Feeding Time/Private Lies” ep (Static Shock Records)
2. BOSTON STRANGLER "Fire" LP (Fun with Smack)
3. PORKERIA “Desde la Era del Terror” ep (Adelante Discos)
4. BAJA BLATZ - In it, Over it (Self-Released)
5. NO SIR I WON’T “The Whole Fucking World is Shit” 12” (Drunken Sailor)
6. AMERICAN HATE "Dead Squeeze" ep - Social Exposure (Not Normal)
7. IMPALERS “Psychedelic Snutskallar” 12” - Tracers (540 Records)
8. HARD LEFT “Skinheads Home for Christmas / Yesterday’s Home” (Future Perfect)
9. VACANT STATE “Chains” ep - Chains (Hardware)
10. VCR “VCR’s Greatest Hits” ep - Bugs Bugs Bugs (Barfbag)

Labels
* STATIC SHOCK RECORDS - http://staticshockrecords.blogspot.ca/
* FUN WITH SMACK - http://funwithsmackrecords.bigcartel.com/product/boston-strangler-fire-lp
* ADELANTE DISCOS -
* BAJA BLATZ - http://bajablatz.bandcamp.com/releases
* DRUNKEN SAILOR - http://www.drunkensailorrecords.co.uk/
* NOT NORMAL - http://notnormaltapes.bandcamp.com/
* 540 Records - http://chaosintejas.bigcartel.com/
* FUTURE PERFECT - http://hardleft.bandcamp.com/album/skinheads-home-for-christmas
* HARDWARE - http://hardware-records.com/
* BARFBAG - http://vcr-toronto.bandcamp.com/

Friday, February 27, 2015

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Flesh Rag studio 3 session

Do you remember when these guys lived in Welland and Burger played guitar. It was way back and they were known as the Rocket Reducers. Jimmy Vapid was recording them and he was recommending them to me. Well Jimmy is still letting me know about Matt's latest project and Jimmy is even involved with the recording of Matt and Burger's latest band. Matt had recorded some songs with Jimmy and then Jimmy reminded him about them and then Matt and Nate became roommates and Jimmy told Matt about Eric, because Eric was in the last rendition of the Vapids and Flesh Rag came to life. Jimmy loaned a recording unit and Matt and Nate set about writing and recording songs almost everyday that TV Freaks aren't doing things. 

In our session we recorded:

1. It Ain't Enough
2. Burning Sands
3. Blood on my Mind
4. You Fucked Me Up, You Put Me Down
5. Running Around
6. Ugly Death
7. Ballad
8. Tombstone Heart
9. Fucked Up
10. Bad Attitude
11. Milk Man

Then we recorded some IDs:

12. Bad Attitude EXD ID
13. Fucked Up CIUT ID

Throughout the session it got hot and the band stripped down to their underwear. They have a lot of tattoos. 

Matt talked about a lot of shitty things that has happened to him like the break up the Mystics and the break up with his wife and the benders, but Matt talks with the verve of a guy who is high on life. 

And Burger seems super stoked to have access to an 8-track. That seems to be the driving force or the fourth member in this band. the band keeps making songs. It sounds like every band should have an 8-track. 

The last time the Rocket Reducers were on the show, Matt was getting dropped off by his mom. Now he has adult problems and drives himself.

This session was recorded by Ian Wilkinson. It was videotaped by Candy Nichols for Punk and Rockers. 


Sunday, February 22, 2015

Radio - Sunday, February, 22nd, 2015 - Poland

Notes from Behind the Iron Curtain - Poland

This is the second installment of Notes from Behind the Iron Curtain. This segment looks at Polish punk scene under the influence of the USSR in the beginning looking at the period of 1977 and 1987. You can listen to the show through a download of an MP3 file here. There is some jungle from the Prophesy and a couple of station IDs at the beginning of the show. Just wait it out until you hear Mr Rogers.

This show was put together with the help of some incredible people like Robert of Warsaw Pact Records, Jason Flower who put together “Victim of a Safety Pin” and this website Kaseta Stilon Gorzow.

KARCER - Revolution Waltz (Self-Released)

We started off with a song that embodies a bit of a polka beat because the polka is close to the national dance of Poland. But in researching this show the history of Poland reads like a continuing fight for liberation whether it be exemplified by the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943, the Warsaw uprising in 1944, the trial of the sixteen in June 1945 or the execution of the “Cursed soldiers”, or the Poznan workers riot in 1955 or the General Strike which led to Martial Law (December 1981 - June 1983). This latter period was the environment that punk grew under in Poland.

So in approaching a historical look at Poland's punk scene I thought we could start chronologically at the beginning which really starts with a folk artist by the name of Walek Dzedzej. He started out in 1973 and was known as the Polish Bob Dylan. I wasn’t able to find anything by him on-line but there is a song from the “Victim of a Safety Pin” comp that reflects this Bob Dylan sound. Walek gets credit for organizing and playing the the first punk gig in 1977 in Warsaw at a place called the Hybrydy Club. The people who came to the see the show were put off because Walek had turned to electric instruments inspired by the punk sounds being heard over the airwaves via Radio Luxembourg. The fans expected folk songs and instead were treated to electric guitar performances of new songs like “Cultural Propaganda” and “Anarchy in Warsaw”.

1977-1978
WALEK DZEDZEJ - Nie Jestem tym Czym ty (Supreme Echo)
KSU - Liban (Live)
NOCNE SZCZURY - Londyn wzywa (Live)

KSU were from a small town near the Ukraine border in the south east. The town was Ustrzyki Dolne which was a small town of 900 people and was in a region referred to as W.R.B., which stood for Free Republic of Bieszczady. The area shared an anti-communist solidarity. KSU broke up in 1980 because some members had to do their military service which was a tactic the censor board employed as a way of frustrating early punk bands. The early recordings were largely live recordings as the most punk bands couldn't get approval to record in the state run studios.

NOCNE SZCZURY were from a small seaport town on the north east Baltic coast also considered an unlikely place for punk rock to take route but shows took place at a local state run hotel called Dom Rybaka which was frequented by fishermen. There was a summer festival called Jarocin which featured new music in Poland and Nocne Szczury became the first punk band to perform at that. The song we played was recorded live in 1980 but at a show other than the Jarocin festival.

1979-1980
There were other bands from this first wave like DEUTSCHLAND PROSTITUTES or SPEEDBOATS which I couldn't find anything about. These were the first wave of Poland’s punk scene which came out between 1977 and 1978. A scene that grew out of this was a scene that might be considered a new wave scene and featured many bands. The most popular was a band by the name of KRYZYS. To me that band had a big Clash influence. Here is a song by them called “Telewizja” which comes from a cassette collecting material between 1978 and 1981.

KRYZYZ - Telewizja (Tonpress)
TILT - Punk Picture (Self-Released)
DEADLOCK - Am I Victim of a Safety Pin (Supreme Echo)
POE' ROCK - Punk Rock (Self-Released)
VARIETE - Papro (Self-Released)

TILT were from Warsaw and Gdansk and formed in 1979. There was a film being made about them called “Tilt Back” which featured live footage and an interview. The band before the completion of the documentary and became other bands like BRYGADA KRYZYS. The song we played was from a studio collection of material between 1979 and 1980.

DEADLOCK were from Gdansk and they formed in 1977. We played a song called “Am I Victim of a Safety Pin” which became the title of the compilation that Jason from Supreme Echo put out. The band would go on to release an album called "Ambicja" on Blitzkrieg which was a label from France. This would not be the only time that the French scene would help out the Polish scene, but the fact that a French label released a punk band before the state run Tonpress Records was a memorable embarrassment and may have led to the label releasing punk bands in the future. It was an important shift with regards to punk within the Culture Ministry.

POE’ ROCK were from Wroclaw and formed in 1978. The song we played is called “Punk Rock” and appeared on a compilation called the “First Polish New wave” which contains live songs from the very first Polish punk festival which took place in 1980.

VARIETE had a noticeable GANG OF FOUR sound to them. The song we heard was recorded in 1988 and was called Papro.

Other bands from this period include ORMITOLOG, ATAK, PKS, MONO, FORNIT (pre-DEUTER), PSYCHODELIKI AND GARY HELL, PORTER BAND, and, KANAL.

1981 - 1982
DEUTER were from Warsaw and formed out of the break up of FORNIT, KRYZYS, and TZN XENNA. They recorded quite a few times and broke up and reformed. They were one of Poland’s first super groups within the punk scene.

DEUTER - Nigdy w Nic (Self-Released)
BRYGADA KRYZYS - Fallen Fallen Is Babylon (Tonpress)
BIKINI - Zdrowe Społeczeństwo (Self-Released)
BRAK - Na Bliskiem Wschodzie (Supreme Echo) - In the Middle East
DE PRESS – Signals (Siberian)
TZN XENNA - Kim jest ten człowiek (Praktyki Studenckie 1982)
SS-20 – Burdel (Self-Released)

BRYGADA KRYZYS were the second punk rock super group to form out of these early bands. They also had a punk and reggae vibe to them in the spirit of the RUTS.

BIKINI comes from a collection of material.

BRAK were from Lodz. They formed in 1980 and this song comes from a recording in 1982 at a student radio station.

DE PRESS became known as one of the Cold Wave bands which could be considered pioneers of the goth sound. Technically they were from Norway but the band was led by a Polish guy living in Norway. This comes from a release called “Produkt” that came out in 1982.

TZN XENNA were from Warsaw. They started in 1981 and they were originally called ANNEX. They had to change their name so they chose TZN XENNA. TZN is an acronym which means “It Stands for” and XENNA is ANNEX spelled backwards. This recording is one of the band’s earliest recorded at the Warsaw Academy for Music in 1982. This is around the time when the guitarist would join DEUTER.

SS-20 were a hardcore band named after a secret Russian missile. This recording collecting their appearance at Jarocin from 1982 and a demo they recorded in 1981. One of the songs they covered was Stiff Little Finger’s “Suspect Device”. When Martial Law was declared in 1981 the band’s name was outlawed and so they had to switch it to DEZERTER. DEZERTER would go on to become the most famous of all punk band’s to come from Poland.

1983
In 1983, the state run label would finally release a 4 song ep by DEZERTER called “Ku Przyszłości” which would become part of the recording that Joey Shithead of DOA would smuggle out of the country a few years later and give to MRR to release as the “Underground out of Poland” LP. Tonpress had sold 50,000 copies of the ep but refused to re-press it. So DEZERTER took matters into DOA's hands.

DEZERTER - Szara rzeczywistosc (Tonpress)
REJESTRACJA - Armia (Noise Annoys)
SMIERC KLINICZNA - Nasza edukacja (Tonpress)

REJESTRACJA were a band from Torun that formed in 1980. Their name was short for Registration Conscription required of all young men to do their military service. The band was effected by Martial Law but did get to record a demo called “Darmowe Wczasy” in 1983, which is where the song above comes from.

SMIERC KLINICZNA were from a place called Gliwice and had two ep comes out in 1983. They were unconventional and were playing with many sounds coming out of the new wave scene. They were well known for the song called “Sahara”, but I picked something else that shows off the band’s many influences with the song “Nasza edukacja”. There is a great whistling part in the chorus.

1984
1984 saw hardcore bands really explode out of Poland. MOSKWA were probably one of the most well known bands at the time. With a name like Moskwa they were an obvious target for the state censors making it tough for them to record, but they played Jarocin in 1984 and won studio time as a prize. That was released in 2011 as an ep on Warsaw Pact Records. It is a much better recording but I thought I would go with something lesser available.

MOSKWA - Oj Oj Oj (Self-Released)
SIEKIERA - Fala (Self-Released)
INSEKTY NA JAJACH - Trzeci świat (Self-Released)
OKRUCH - Nie Wiem (Self-Released)

SIEKIERA would go on to record quite a few times. They were compared to SIEGE and OHLO SECO and COLERA and had a pretty devastating sound. This was taken from a recording in 1984 called “Demo Summer 1984”.

INSEKTY NA JAJACH was a band from the same town as MOSKWA. They were influeced by UK bands like DISCHARGE and DISORDER. Little is known about OKRUCH.

1985 - 1986
TZN XENNA finally gets an ep released on Tonpress and we played the title track.

TZN XENNA - Dzieci z Brudnej Ulicy (Tonpress)
ABADDON - III. Wojna or “World War III”. (New Wave / Warsaw Pact)
KARCER – Skinheads (Self-Released)
KONWENT A - Kim jest (Self-Released)

ABBADON were from Bydgoszcz and one of their first releases was a split tape with REJESTRACJA they put out in 1985. But in 1986 New Wave Records out of France releases their first LP. The French connection strikes again. The LP was called “Wet za Wet” and this is a song off that called “III. Wojna” or “World War III”.

KARCER were from Slupsk and recorded an incredible demo in 1986. They had a song about “Skinheads” which wasn’t as ripping fast as they usually play, but it did have a sing a long chorus.

KONWENT A were from Gdansk and started out in 1983. A tape called “Best of” was released as a bootleg later on but collected live, rehearsals, and studio recordings. “Kim jest” was one of the few studio recordings.

1987
1984 - Sztuczne Oddychanie (Outlaw)
KOLABORANCI - Pociąg (Kaszana Warszawa Factory)
DEFEKT MOZUGU - Ku-klux-klan (Psycho 31)
ARMIA - Saluto (Tonpress)
ID - Przedmiescia (Self-Released)

1984 were part of the Cold Wave movement and recorded quite a bit. The “Why Not LP came out in 1987 as a demo but more recently has been pressed as vinyl by Pasazer Records.

KOLABORANCI had a collection of material come out called “I My Kiedys Będziemy Grać Przeboje”.

DEFEKT MOZUGU translated to mean Brain Defect. This came from a tape of recordings from 1987 and 1988.

ARMIA finally get a state release in 1987 which is an ep.

ID. One of the Freudian concepts like ego and super ego. They were from Krakow. This comes from a recording titled “Drzewa umierają stojąc”. This band does a cover of ADRENALIN O.D.’s “Suburbia”.

THE CORPSE were from Lask and started up in 1985. They released four recordings in the next two years. “Fight Against Rules” gets released on Warsaw Pact records. They had a crossover sound to them. This song does make it onto that recording and is better sounding but this version is more raw sounding.

THE CORPSE - W Mieście (Self-Released)

A lot of the downloads for this show came from Kaseta Stilon Gorzow.

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Radio - Sunday, February 15th, 2015



Today is the 50th anniversary for the unveiling of the Maple Leaf as Canada's flag. So to honour the day we thought we would play bands from Canada with songs about national identity, Canadian icons, and insight into their hometowns, which give the microcosm look at Canada. We pulled songs by region so starting with our hometown here is a punk look at Canada.

RANDOM KILLING - Take our flag (Aardvark)

Toronto
MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS - Suburban dream (Virgin)
THE VILETONES - C.O.N.T.R.O.L. (Other Peoples Music)
THE POLES - CN Tower(Nimbus)
YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Why pay more (NRK)
APB - Living in the USA - Better Red than Dead (Unreleased)
HYPE - O'Canada (Reuben Kincade)
CAREER SUICIDE - Quarantined (Deranged)
SCHOOL JERKS - Slums of the future (Bad Vibrations)
URBAN BLIGHT - Toxic City (Slasher)
ABSOLUT - Neo Fuckers (Electric Assault)
HASSLER - Pig Pen II (Deranged)

Montreal
GENETIC CONTROL - Brave New World (Generic)
NILS - Scratches and Needles (BYO)
S.C.U.M. - Exit Death (Psyche)
SISSY HAVOC - Spectator Sports (Mentaka)
SLOBS - Write Offs (Self-Released)

222's - Lowlife (Sonik's Chicken Shrimp)
THE DISCORDS - R.C.M.P (N.D.G.)
ASEXUALS - New World (Og)
BORN DEAD ICONS - Ceremony (Dead Alive)

Hamilton
FORGOTTEN REBELS - National unity (Unreleased)
CHOKEHOLD - Culture Cease (G.A.S. Religion)
LEFT FOR DEAD - A nice place to Raise Children (No Idea)
BORN WRONG - True Patriot Love (Schizophrenic)

Fredericton / Ottawa
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH - Face the nation (Self-Released)
GUILT PARADE - Fuck off America (Self-Released)
BUREAUCRATS - She's an American (Self-Released)
RED SQUARES - Ottawa Today (Double Helix)

Winnipeg
POPULAR MECHANIX - Ice Box City (Dollartone)
UNWANTED - Gotta get out (BYO)
STRETCH MARKS - Who's in charge (Head Butt)
ROYAL RED BRIGADE - Search The City (Harvest King)

Edmonton / Calgary
SNFU - Thee Maul that eats Peeple (Cargo)
CURIOUS GEORGE - Canadian National Front (Nemesis)
NO PROBLEM - Living in the void (Debt Offensive)
KNUCKLEHEAD - North of the 54 (Stumble)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Bomb the Stampede (Handsome Dan)

Vancouver / Victoria
SUBHUMANS - Oh Canaduh (Self-Released)
DOA - Royal Police (Sudden Death)
DEATH SENTENCE - R.C.M.P. (Self-Released)
THE EVAPORATORS - Gassy Jack (Mint)
FROSTBACKS - Kill the Prime Minister of America (Self-Released)
INFAMOUS SCIENTISTS - Canada's Pissed (Alandhiscar)

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Brauer studio 3 session

So who are Brauer? I didn't know before doing this studio 3 session. I looked them up and lots of historical pieces not related to punk came up. I did eventually come across the singer, Sloane, wearing a Jawbreaker shirt which makes sense because the band did do a cover of "Kiss the Bottle". 

When I got to the radio station Nick was waiting for me wearing an Absolut shirt so I was expecting some raging d-beat. What I wasn't expecting was an extremely sophisticated hybrid of hardcore that drew from the "Summer of revolution", straight edge bro core, and various aspects of more raging emo that defined the late 90's scene. And when we starting speaking in the interview you start getting an idea of just how deep the influence bench goes with Brauer. 


So I don't consider myself a big emo guy. Until I started watching Brauer and started trying to connect the dots with bands like Three, Gray Matter, Beefeater and songs like "Mambo's 1 through 4" have a certain Nation of Ulysses quality to their title in the subcultural analysis. In fact, Sloane's vocals remind me of Guy Picciotti of Fugazi fame.

Nick and Campbell (Wastoids, Direct Approach) reminded me of the Fred / Dug E Bird partnership of the Beefeater line up. 


Selvin and Nick talked bro core and Selvin could hit the kit like any other mosh drummers, but he also played the kit with the delicacy of a jazz kit player. 

Brauer was just mind blowing. Sloane had some of the freedom of association stream that Leah from Farang employs especially with references to ice cream and then go back to heavy subjects like sexual assault in songs like "Baptist". Musically, Brauer sounds as accomplished as the New Enemy or Victim Party or Careers in Science. In fact these bands could all play together for sure. Brauer remind me of the mash up concept of Hassler as applied to the Summer of Revolution back catalogue but with a quick witted lyricist. This is gold. Hear for yourself. The songs recorded i tonight's session include:

1. Mambo's 1 through 4
2. Technicolour Yawn
3. Skinny Wolves
4. Lesley Gore
5. What a time to be alive (2011)
6. Castlerock
7. Iron On
8. Baptist / Human Torch
9. Kiss the Bottle

The band also did some IDs for the station and the show.

10. 2011 ID
11. Human Torch ID
12. Kiss the Bottle ID

Candy at Punks and Rockers caught all of this on video.

To hear Brauer in their studio recordings go to https://brauer.bandcamp.com/.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Radio - Sunday, February 8th, 2015



Here is the show for Sunday, February 8th, 2015. We start out with an ode to the weather by Boston's Baja Blitz which sums how we feel about the non-stop snowstorms as of late. We start out with ripping new hardcore. Download the show here.

BAJA BLITZ - (Intro) Hibernation (Self-Released)

GAS RAG - On The Beach (Even Worse)
AJAX - Escape (Katorga Works)
HASSLER - Identity theft (Deranged)
BOSTON STRANGLER - Fire (Self-Released)
SLUMS OF THE FUTURE - Space prison (Compressed Thought)

Tonight's show also sees Rob returning to the co-host deck with material that reflects his recent trip to L.A.

X - Riding with Mary (Elektra)
WEIRDOS - Solitary Confinement (Frontier)
TEENGENERATE - Six and Change (Crypt)
THEE MILKSHAKES - Don't Destroy Me (Pink Dust)
THE NERVES - Walking Out on Love (Alive / Bomp)

AMERICAN HATE - Social Exposure (Not Normal Tapes)
CULTURE SHOCK - Lone Wolves (Self-Released)
DIRTY WORK - Stepped In It (Self-Released)
FARANG - Ear of the Bull (Self-Released)
FAMILY OUTING - Psychic Leech (Self-Released)
BIG CRUX - Warship (Self-Released)

CIRCLE JERKS - Behind the Door (Frontier)
CHEIFS - Eddie's Revenge (Hate)
THE CRAMPS - I can't find my mind (IRS)
THE PULSATING HEARTBEATS - Talkin' about you (Crypt)

WOUNDED KNEE - DIY (Spook)
GROSS - My Cool Friends (Self-Released)
GOMS - Frost Bite (Self-Released)
CAVE STATE - Self Extinct (To Live a Lie)
IRON LUNG - Strap (Iron Lung)
GETS WORSE - Boring Legend (Dead Heroes)
COLUMN OF HEAVEN - A Modern Day Sodom (SPHC)

IMPALERS - Acousmetre (Can O' Bees)
ABSOLUT - Noose (D'takt & Rapunk)
ASESINATO DEL PODER - Tortura y Crimenes de Guerra (Infeccion Sonnica)
USELESS CUNTS - Uhrit (Rapina / Hakaniemi / Bad Hair for Life)
BATTESCARD - Zeke (Self-Released)
JACKALS - No Solution (Hardware)
SUBSISTENCH - Blvd. Rene Levesque (Swollen City)

BÖRN - Þú skuldar mér að vera sexý (Self-Released)
COSMIC TOILET - Star Stuff (Low Earth Orbit)
FACE THE RAIL - Live & Try (Katorga Works)
PURA MANIA - Tus ojos (CV)
PORKERIA - Sudor (540)

FRAU - High Heels (Self-Released)
GLAMOUR GIRLS - Unhealthy (More Power Tapes)
GENERACION SUICIDA - Rechazados Por (Going Underground)
DESPERFECTO - Fracaso (Polze de la Mort)
FASTIC - Facebook Addict (Polze de la Mort)

SPINE - Hall of Death (Self-Released)
PRESKOOL DROPOUTS - Dropout (Twerp)
2X4 - The Law is Theirs (Self-Released)
INMATES - Sushi 39.6 (Painkiller)
BLACKHOLE - Wolves in Pig's Clothing (Or Block)

Tonight's demo feature is a new band from Toronto that will be recording in Studio 3 on Tuesday. here is their first demo which you can download at http://brauer.bandcamp.com/album/five-songs.

BRAUER - Lesley Gore (Self-Released)
BRAUER - New Disguise (Self-Released)
BRAUER - Prison Sushi (Self-Released)
BRAUER - Castlerock (Self-Released)
BRAUER - Hot Seat (Empire) (Self-Released)
BRAUER - Iron-On (Self-Released)

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Radio - Sunday, February, 1st, 2015



This is the broadcast for Equalizing-X-Distort on Sunday, February 1st, 2015, the same night as the Super Bowl which had no impact on our show. But it is the first day of Bla ck History Month so we started off with a half hour of punk bands influenced by reggae.

BASEMENT 5 - Riot (Antilles)

THE CLASH - One More Time (CBS)
KRYSUZ - Swiety Szczyt (Studenckie Radio Torun, 1980)
CULTURE SHOCK - No Chance in a Million (Bluurg)
THE RESTARTS - Painterman (Self-Released)
THE RUTS - The Crack (Captain Oi)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Roots, Radicals, Rockers And Reggae (Chrysalis)
ANGELIC UPSTARTS - Rude Boy (Picasso)

We pick up with a look at the top 10 releases from January and a runners up set.
10. PELUQUERIA CANINA "Cerebros" ep - Cerebros (Blondes Must Die)
9. CONTORTURE / INSIDIOUS PROCESS split ep - Still a Hunger (Halvfabrikat / Not Enough)
8. FASSBANDER - Heads Up, Shovels Down (fassbender.bandcamp.com)
7. BLACKHOLE "Deeper" - Keep Spitting (Work Ethic)
6. FUGAZI "First Demo" LP - Break-In (Dischord)
5. LAS VENAS "Vamos por la calle" ep - La playa de los negris (Blondes Must Die)
4. LUCHA ETERNA "Aceroso" ep - Como Me Quejo (saucepanrecords.bandcamp.com)
3. MYSTERIOUS SKIN "Winter Tour tape" - Stop Smiling (mysteriousskin.bandcamp.com)
2. RAJOITUS / RATSTAB split ep - Chaos and insanity (Patac / Reality is a Cult / Riotous Outburst)
1. MANLIFTINGBANNER "Red Fury" LP - Give Them Some More (Crucial Response)

Runners Up
BUZZCOCKS "The Way" CD - Disappointment (buzzcocks.com)
VORTIS "Safety First" CD - Know More (Self-Released)
DISABLER "Aggressive Negativity" CD - Your Opening Act, The Date Rapist (disabler.bandcamp.com)
COMBAT KNIFE - Unending Sionic Warfare (Schizoid Unit)
HOUNDS OF HATE "Hate Springs Etrnal" LP - Axe to Grind (Braddock Hit Factory)
CLOSE TO THE EDGE - Vice Grip (cttenyhc.bandcamp.com)
FAT VEGAN "Music to eat tofu to" - Starving To Death (saucepanrecords.bandcamp.com)

D'Arcy pulls together some new bands from Sweden who played at a fest in Uppsala back in November.
DAMAGED HEAD - Regler, regler (D'Takt and Rapunk)
SVIN - Fredag Beja Veglan (svinhc.bandcamp.com)
SISTA BUSSEN - Funbo Barby (sistabussen.bandcamp.com)
SMARTSAM UTLOSNING - Ingenting ar kvar (smartsamutlosning.bandcamp.com/releases)
RATS OF REALITY - Change Direction
UNDERGANG - Pedophliac Priest (Defiant Hearts)
AGENT ATTITUDE - Deranged Realities (agentattitude.bandcamp.com)
THE BLINDS - Attack the Police (http://theblindshc.bandcamp.com)
GOVERNMENT FLU - Still no justice / Live your life (Anger Battery)

Tonight's demo feature is from Hmilton and they are called Flesh Rag. The band features some members of Rocket Reducers / TV Freaks and this is their second demo titled "Summer of Bummers" recorded by Jimmy Vapid back in August.
FLESH RAG - Losing my mind (fleshrag.bandcamp.com)
FLESH RAG - Milk Man (fleshrag.bandcamp.com)
FLESH RAG - Turning Around (fleshrag.bandcamp.com)
FLESH RAG - Is this real (fleshrag.bandcamp.com)
FLESH RAG - Tombstone heart (fleshrag.bandcamp.com)
FLESH RAG - So you fucked me up, you put me down (fleshrag.bandcamp.com)

THE CAPITALIST KIDS - I dreamed I saw Phil Ochs last night (Toxic Pop)

MRR Review - Subsistench "Plastic Lies" demo

Subsistench get reviewed in the February issue of MRR (#381). The recording can be downloaded from the label's bandcamp page. 

MRR Review - Negative Rage "Sensitive City"

Negative Rage "Sensitive City" is reviewed in February's issue of MRR and is downloaded through a mediafire link.

MRR Review - Grump "Back to Being Normal" ep

Grump, a band of scene vets from Halifax, get their latest recording reviewed in the February issue of MRR (#381). You can download this ep at their bandcamp page. 

MRR Review - Burn Victim "Rat King"

Burn Victim also recorded "Rat King" which didn't come to MRR's attention until February 2015. Here is a review from issue #381. You can download the demo at their bandcamp page.

MRR Review - Burn Victim - Pinto

Burn Victim are from Hamilton and "Rat King is reviewed in the February 2015 issue of MRR (#381). This can be downloaded at https://burnvictummmmm.bandcamp.com/album/pinto

MRR Review - Bricks - No Flesh

MRR reviews the Bricks recording in the February issue of MRR (#381). Bricks are from halifax and their demo can be downloaded at the bandcamp page.

MRR Review - Vacant State "Chains" ep

Vacant State's latest ep is reviewed in the February 2015 issue of MRR (#381).

MRR Review - VCR "VCR's Greatest Hits!!!" ep

VCR's ep is reviewed in the February issue of MRR (#381)

MRR Review - S.H.I.T. "Feeding Time / Private Lies" ep

S.H.I.T.'s third single is reviewed in the February 2015 issue of MRR (#381).