Radio : EXD 1232 - Sunday December 25th, 2022

This week's show is the annual x-mas show hosted by Dave Stevenson (Emissions Records). The playlist features unique songs about christmas by punk bands, and punk covers of x-mas carols. There will be another Angry Snowmans feature. You can expect bands like the Yobs, the Muffs, and Kohu-63 as return appearances. You can also expect lesser known bands like the Sled Kennedys, Dad Brains, Colt Turkey, and Krypt-Keeper 5. New Chubby and the Gang is in the mix. There is a Ramones themed set, a feature on the Cashing in n Christmas comps, a Scandinavian set, a horror themed set, and a set of duets. Actually the Helen Love cover in the duets is my favourite from this year's show. And the show is capped with a demo feature from Oz. Download the show here. 

TOXIC SONIC - Can't Stand Xmas (Self-Released) 

Dave’s Favourites: 

COLT TURKEY - The Book (Crucial Response) 

HYBRID KIDS - Dead Ducks (Cherry Red) 

EA80 - I Know That You Know (Self-Released) 

THE MUFFS - Nothing For Me (Sympathy For The Record Industry) 

THE YOBS - Who Had All The Christmas Cake? (Captain Oi!) 

Ramones-Influenced: 

VINDICTIVES - Jingle Bells (Gutter Pop) 

THE LUCKY EEJITS - Santa on 98th (Wiretap) 

BLACK RUSSIANS - Garbage Day (Self-Released) 

THE BUDWEISERS - Christmas bells (Family Spree Recordings / Monster Zero)

THE PUTZ - I Hope You Get Coal (Coffin Curse) 

Cashing In On Christmas comps: 

NOTHING BUT ENEMIES - Foul Mouthed Elf (Blackhole) 

THE FISTICUFFS - Santa Smells Like Whiskey (Blackhole) 

VIOLENT AFFAIR - On Christmas Day (Blackhole) 

CITY SAINTS - I Hope Santa Dies (Rebel Sound) 

OLD BREED - For Christmas (Rebel Sound) 

Scandinavian xmas: 

RIPOFF - Christmas Sucks (But Not so Much) (Fucking North Pole)

SCUM DE LA NORVÉGE - Bjelleklang (Fucking North Pole) 

UPSKIRTS - Fuck off It's Christmas (Fucking North Pole) 

KOHU-63 - Ottakaa Joulupukki Kiinni (Wotan) 

UNDERGANG - Hjerternes Tid (Extremely Rotten) 

Angry Snowmans: 

Razorcake interviewed Angry Snowmans in a recent issue.

ANGRY SNOWMANS - Festive (Stiff Hombre) 

ANGRY SNOWMANS - Naughty Or Nice (Jukebox Records Music Company) 

ANGRY SNOWMANS - Slave To Saint Nick (Stiff Hombre) 

ANGRY SNOWMANS - I Hate Reindeer (Self-Released) 

ANGRY SNOWMANS - Oh Santa Claus (Stiff Hombre) 

ANGRY SNOWMANS - Buildin' Toys (Stiff Hombre) 

Horror-Themed: 

CHUBBY AND THE GANG - Violent Night (A Christmas Tale) (Partisan) 

THE KRYPT-KEEPER 5 - Black Christmas (Murder Cow) 

THE KRYPT-KEEPER 5 - Better Off Dead (Murder Cow) 

VAGINAL CROUTONS - Mamma's Gonna Die This XMas (The Show Must Go On) 

THROMBUS - Turkey Terror (self-released) 

Duets: 

HELEN LOVE - Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight) (Damaged Goods) 

SHAUN & PAUL - Christmas Will Roll Right In (Self-Released) 

EBENEZER BOOZE - Xmas Attack (Columbus) 

Fun stuff: 

PIZZA RIDER - It Feels Like Christmas (Swoody) 

SLED KENNEDYS - Santa Song (Self-Released) 

URBAN CRATER - XmasX (Self-Released) 

DAD BRAINS - Grinch (Pirates Press) 

 

Extras

ALICE BAG - No Gifts for Nazis (Get Better)

JINGLE PUNX - Christmas time is here (Self-Released)

ALMIGHTY TRIGGER HAPPY - Seasonal Excuses (Cursed Blessings)

Demo feature 

From the Best Wishes bandcamp page "Blindside are the newest band hailing from the Sunshine State. Being very much influenced by the mid 2000s period of melodic hardcore, think along the lines of Comeback Kid or local acts 50 Lions and Pro-Team. Their demo brings hints of modern youth crew and and classic / semi traditional hardcore."

BLINDSIDE - Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind (Best Wishes) 

BLINDSIDE - Sunsets (Best Wishes) 

BLINDSIDE - Fed Up (Best Wishes)

Radio : EXD 1231 - Sunday, December 18th, 2022

One tonight’s show we have Chris’s Year in Review albums picks so a sneak peak into full lengths for the year that was 2022. Andre has a set of music new to him but not really new. Rob has a mixed bag of new and old releases. I put together a nostalgic set of songs about Thatcher inspired by nephew who you will hear from. Download the show here. 

But up first a tribute to Jet Black which gets to why we opened with “Down in the Sewer”. Jet Black (R.I.P.) - Died Dec. 6th, 2022. Jet Black (real name - Brian Jones Duffy) died on December 6th, 2022. Jet was the drummer and founding member of the Guilford Stranglers. Jet was a successful business man owning a fleet of ice cream vans, The Jackpot which was an off license that would serve as the Stranglers home base, and one of the first home brewing facilities. Jet was a drummer in the late 50s / early 60’s and returned to drumming in 1974 starting up the Stranglers. Although Jet’s drumming was described as basic with some jazz influences the songs Down in the Sewer and Duchess exhibit more frantic drumming.

THE STRANGLERS - Down in the Sewer (United Artists) 
THE STRANGLERS - Duchess (United Artists) 
THE STRANGLERS - The Raven (United Artists)
THE STRANGLERS - Nuclear Device (United Artists)

Chris top 10 LPs of 2022: No order
UNSANITARY NAPKIN - Peter Thiel (Literal Fucking Vampire) (Slimebag / Always Never Fun / Limbless) 
NIGHTFEEDER - Species on the Brink (Self-Released)
INYECCIÓN - La Integracion (Discos Enfermos)
SWAB - Hippies Still Exist (And I Hate Them) (Hardcore Victim)
LONG KNIFE - Curb Stomp Earth (Beach Impediment / Black Water)
BOMBARDEMENT - Prédateur (Symphony of Destruction)
SAVAGEHEADS - Prisoner of the CIA (Social Napalm)
MOCK EXECUTION - Mock Execution (La Vida Es Un Mus)
CRUTCHES - Stopp I Huet (Not Enough / Phobia / Profane Existence)
RIGOROUS INSTITUTION - Laughter (Black Water / Black Konflik / Symphony of Destruction)

Rob
MORAL PANIC - White Knuckles (Alien Snatch / Robellion / Slovenly) 
THE LICKS - 1970's Have Been Made In Hong Kong (Cherry Red / Overground)
SWELL MAPS - Real Shocks (Cherry Red)
T.P.I. - She’s Too Clever For Me (Self-Released)
S.U.G.A.R. - Heartbreaker (Alien Snatch) 

New To Me Set (Andre)
RESIST CONTROL - Liberty in America (Feral Kid)
PLEASURE LEFTISTS - Passing In A Ghost Ship (Feral Kid)
SQUINT - Pig Pen (Sunday Drive)
SWEEPING PROMISES - Hunger For A Way Out (Feel It)
DEAD BROKE - Sludgehammer (Self-Released)
NOSEDIVE - Bad Mood (Best Wishes)
NO BRAINER - To You (Best Wishes)

Maggie Maggie Maggie
Margaret Thatcher served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. Nicknamed the Iron Lady, Thatcher was known for her steadfast conservative politics. Thatcher's term coincided with a boom in English music in the wake of the punk movement, and much of this music harshly criticized her policies or straight up attacked her on a personal level. Bands tapped into the atmosphere of anger and discontent in Thatcher's England, singing about everything from high unemployment rates to the Falklands War. I was talking about this with my brother in law and his son on the weekend and he had some chants that became earworms that became something I had to revisit in the show this week. Here is part of a conversation with my nephew - Dylan as we talk about slogans.

KLAUS NOMI - Ding Dong (RCA)
THE NOTSENSIBLES - (I'm in Love with) Margaret Thatcher (Redball / Snotty Snail
THE LARKS - Maggie Maggie Maggie (Out Out Out) (Exhaltation)
CRASS - How Does It Feel (CRASS)
THE VARUKERS - Thatcher's Fortress (Rot)
THE EXPLOITED - Maggie (Combat)

A Final Listen to PILS 2022 (Chris)
B.A.L.M. SQUAD - No Pride in Genocide (PILS)
B.A.L.M. SQUAD - Sewercide (PILS)
ACID CROSS - To Kill a Lich (PILS)
ACID CROSS - Mistwraith (PILS)
UZU - مستحيل (PILS)
UZU - ماذا تبقّى؟ (PILS)

Radio : EXD 1230 - Sunday December 11th, 2022

 

On tonight’s show we have a band feature on ORCHID, the screamo band from Amherst.  Grant delivers a new feature on Hamilton punk. There is a lot of new material peppered throughout the show. A demo feature by Knull from Charlottetown which is related to a movie they have on youtube. A mostly crate diggin’ set starting out with a mod band from Glasgow called The Jolt. However the show starts out with a yet to be Partisans cover by Crosshairs which they let us air on the show as an exclusive to listeners. Download the show here. 

CROSSHAIRS - Police Story (Unreleased) 

 

THE JOLT - Midnight to Six (Detour) 

ERVIN BERLIN - Junior's Got Brain Damage (Total Punk) 

THE NOSTRILS - Kick You in the Head (Supreme Echo) 

THE B-SIDES - Hooked on Phonics (Pat Riot) 

ALIEN NOSEJOB - Post Punk Posers (Total Punk) 

New releases (Chris) 

T.O.A.D. - Perspective Breached (Grindfather) 

WARHAWK - There Will Be Blood (Headsplit / Cimex) 

DEATH PILL - Расцарапаю Ебало (New Heavy Sounds) 

E.A.T.E.R. - Voice of the People (Self-released) 

ANTAGONIZM - Complacency (Quality Control HQ) 

MONDROOF - Rotten Inside (Self-Released)  

THE FOMITES - Pinstripe Suits and Combat Boots (Self-Released) 

BOTHERS - Washed Out (Dirt Cult) 

'63 MONROE - Goodbye Guyana (Nardem / Yeah Right!) 

CURLEYS - Stink (Total Punk) 

Orchid Set and Tribute Tracks (Andre)

ORCHID - Le Désordre, C’est Moi (Ebullition) 

ORCHID - Weekend at the Fire Academy (Ebullition) 

ORCHID - The Action Index (Ebullition) 

ORCHID - Light’s Out (Ebullition) 

ORCHID - I am Nietzche (Ebullition) 

ORCHID - Anais Nin By Numbers (Ebullition) 

ORCHID - Ding Dong Dead (Clean Plate Records) 

ORCHID - Eye Gouger (Clean Plate Records) 

¡SILENCIO, AHORA, SILENCIO! - A Visit From Doctor Goodsex (Dog Knights) 

DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS - 36 Day Syndrome (Dog Knights) 

MAHRIA - Let’s Commodify Sexuality (Dog Knights) 

TODOS CAERAN - Tigers (Dog Knights) 

FULL OF HELL - Framecode (Dog Knights) 

SOFT ON CRIME - Telex Eyes (Self-Released) 

DEAD MAMMALS - Kim, Am I Dying (Self-Released)

ANDROID - Evolution Let Down (Invisible Audio)

URN - Fractal (Self-Released) 

STRIKT - Stockholm (Self-Released) 

Hamilton (Grant) 

GET OFF THE COP - Bermuda Triangle (Perdu Hamilton)

SAILBOATS ARE WHITE - My Family (Self-Released)

SYSTEM SYSTEM - Zero Light Emission (Self-Released)

BLACK BARON - Flourescent Light (Self-Released)

LIZZY BOREDOM - Garbage Night (Self-Released)

NO HEART - Come and Gone (Self-Released) 

BOOTLICKER - Calm Mind (Static Shock)

RAT CAGE - In the Shadow of the Bomb (LVEUM)

BLOODCLOT - Save the Robots (Upstate)

SNIFFING GLUE - Generation Shit (Search for Fame / Play to Destroy) 

New releases (Chris) 

DÖDA ÖGON - Hippie-medelklass-inbillning (Self-released) 

ELECTRIC MASOCHIST - Finance Drugs (Self-released) 

DEAD CITY - Human Chop Shop (1753) 

WARNING FROM HELL - The Gain Machine (Self-Released) 

PHANTOM - Business Man (11PM) 

Demo Feature 

Tonight a band I found on instagram with a movie they made on youtube. And this recording is it’s sound track. The band is Knull and they are from Charlottetown, PEI and this recording is called “Devour”. 

KNULL - Devour (Self-Released) 

KNULL - Neglected Life (Self-Released) 

KNULL - Motor Mouth (Self-Released) 

KNULL - Shocking Grasp (Self-Released) 

KNULL - Circle (Self-Released)

Radio : EXD 1229 - Sunday December 4th, 2022

On Tonight’s show a look back at Gauze, a feature on Delayed Gratification, new releases, and a demo feature by Butcher’s Laugh. You can download the show here. 

GAUZE - Pressing On (Prank)

 

New releases (Chris)

CROSSHAIRS - Police Story (The Partisans) (Mendeku Diskak)

MESS - Don’t Look Back (Mendeku Diskak / Beach Impediment) 

THE CHISEL - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (Mendeku Diskak/ Beach Impediment) 

MÉFAIT - Facade (PILS / Total Rampage) 

EXPLOATOR - Skiter På Allt (Phobia) 

Some new releases (Rob)

OSEES - Fucking Kill Me (Castle Face) 

NATURE BOYS - Caught in the Fix (Dead Broke / Dirt Cult) 

THE SOVIETTES - Blue Stars (Dead Broke) 

THE STREETWALKIN’ CHEETAHS - Know Your Product (Rum Bar) 

NO WAY - Breaking Point (Our Own)

Delayed Gratification Records

Delayed Gratification Records is a label run by Vladimir Necovski and is based in Cleveland, Ohio. On this weeks set, André interviews Vlad about the label, how he chooses his bands, how the pandemic affected the scene in Ohio, vinyl and tape production, as well as Vlad choosing 5 bands off of his label and why he loves them. Enjoy! Photo courtesy of Kristen Necovski (IG: @kristenecovski) Vlad is the dude on the left in the above photo. 

SLUG - Cold (Delayed Gratification) 

EN LOVE - Thrill Is Gone (Delayed Gratification) 

S.M.I.L.E. - More (Delayed Gratification) 

PREVENTION - What Must Be Done (Delayed Gratification) 

RABBIT - Hellmouth (Delayed Gratification)

GAUZE (R.I.P.) 

Our namesake for the show has just called it a day. Reported in Metal Injection - Gauze, the influential Japanese hardcore punk band, are breaking up after 41 years. They announced the news today (November 26) on the band’s official Twitter. “Report of disbandment of GAUZE,” reads a translated version of their statement. “Ever since I became a current member, I have decided that if even one person leaves the group, it will be disbanded. That statement alludes to one of the rare interviews Gauze did during their career. In 1997, bassist Shin told Maximum Rocknroll, “To be honest, if one of the members quit, it won’t be Gauze anymore. We never change the members. It’s not because how good they play, but how they think or feel about these things.” Gauze formed in 1981 in Tokyo, Japan. Singer Fugu, guitarist Momorin, and Shin remained in the band over its 41-year-long career, with drummer Hiko joining the original members in 1989. They established themselves as a hardcore punk band that played around with D-beat and thrash conventions. Famously, they wanted to capture the feeling of grindcore without maximizing their tempo. “There is a limit to how fast you can play. We wanted to challenge the limit,” Shin told MRR. “To us, the feeling of the speed is the most important part.” Here's a track off of everything Gauze released. 

GAUZE - Syodokueki (ADK) 

GAUZE - Desperate (City Rockers)

GAUZE - Core Tick (ADK / XXX) 

GAUZE - Crash the Pose / Distort Japan (Selfish) 

GAUZE - 山深雪未溶 (Selfish) 

GAUZE - 歯を喰いしばれ (Prank)
GAUZE - ワッショイ (Wasshoi) (XXX)
GAUZE - メシ喰え (XXX / Prank) 

GAUZE - 言いたかねえけど目糞鼻糞 (XXX) 

Other sources
Pitchfork

Vice 

Demo feature

Tonight's demo feature is the brand new release on Slow Death by a band called Butcher's Laugh. 

BUTCHER'S LAUGH - Die Rabid (Slow Death)

BUTCHER'S LAUGH - Quantified (Slow Death)

BUTCHER'S LAUGH - Terror Dripping (Slow Death)

BUTCHER'S LAUGH - Mental Hygiene Unit (Slow Death)

BUTCHER'S LAUGH - Pixelated (Slow Death)

BUTCHER'S LAUGH - Shooting Target (Slow Death)