Radio : EXD 1237 - Sunday January 29th, 2023

On tonight’s show we have lot of new release segment features. A local show review from Andre leads to a suggestion on how to bring the scene together. We have some archival digging which includes a feature on Riot City records, a D-Beat feature and a Fastcore feature. And the last feature is a demo feature by a band called Hollow point who got played twice on last week’s show so we are itching to feature it. Download the show here. 

HOME FRONT - Real Eyes (LVEUM)

New Releases (Chris) 

D-VOMITO - Bastardo Nuclear (Distro Cefalia)  

GEVES/גבס - Not Worth It\לא שווה (Self-Released)  

TERMINAL - Κατάσταση Εκτάκτου Ανάγκης (Terminal)  

ARTIFICIAL JOY - Wave Linguistics (Shit Kicker / Break the Records) 

HEAVEN’S GATE - Smear Crusade (Beach Impediment / Break the Records)  

Old and New (Rob)

CHINESE JUNK - Fuck You, I’m Broke (Big Neck) 

TST - 6 Million Slaughtered Bodies (Modernes Pop) 

THE BOBBY LEES - Death Train (Ipecac) 

SPIRITUAL CRAMP - Here Comes More Bad News (Self-Released) 

GRAUZONE - Eisbär (Zandra) 

Toronto Style Show Set (January 20, 2023) - Andre

SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE - Sov Style (Self-Released)

MILE END - FCHC (Self-Released) 

BROKEN VOW - Your Fate (Sunday Drive) 

EXCIDE - Two of a Kind (New Mortality Zine) 

COHEZION - Distorted Vision (Self-Released)

Fastcore (Chris) 

DESMILE - スラップダウン (MCR Company)  

VICIOUS THREAT - Lions Club (Rawmantic Disaster / Burning Anger)  

XSPIG - Stressed Out (Self-released)  

CHURCHGOERS - Left Blind (11PM / Static Shock)  

REEK MINDS - Agenda (11PM)  

New Releases (Stephe) 

POWERPLANT - Broodmother (Static Shock) 

ROTARY CLUB - American Tower (Iron Lung)

ZENEVSKI DEKRET - Anarhist (NE!) 

BEŁKOT - Obojętność (Self-Released)

OXYGEN TANK - Doomwatch (Anthems of the Undesirable)

D-Beat (Chris) 

BLACK DOG - Flowers Weep (Sore Mind / Fuzzed Attrocities) 

MUECO - Leaders of the End (Fuzzed Atrocities) 

LANGUID - Centuries of Bloodshed (D-Takt & Råpunk) 

DECADE - It’s Still Too Late (Insane Society / Monolith / Audacious Madness / Distro-y / Headnoise / Black Against Night / Black Konflik) 

NAPALM RAID - Phobia (Runstate / Rust and Machine / PRC / Rawmantic Disasters / Phobia) 

Riot City Records feature 

Bristol-based label set up in late 1980 between punk band Vice Squad and Heartbeat Records "for the release of music from bands in the second wave of punk". The first few releases are VICE SQUAD so let’s start this look at by playing them. 

VICE SQUAD - Living on Dreams (Riot City) 

T.D.A. - T.D.A. (Assembly) 

ABRASIVE WHEELS - Burn ‘em Down (Riot City)

CHAOS UK - Four Minute Warning (Riot City) 

CHAOTIC DISCHORD - Anarchy In Woolworths (Riot City) 

ULTRA VIOLENT - Crime For Revenge (Riot City) 

THE EXPELLED - Government Policy (Riot City) 

THE EJECTED - Have You Got 10p (Riot City) 

NO CHOICE - Nuclear Disaster (Riot City) 

THE VARUKERS - All Systems Fail (Riot City) 

Demo Feature 

HOLLOW POINT is a band that was just released on the tape label Slow Death. Last week we played the band twice by accident which demonstrates how great minds think alike. 

 

HOLLOW POINT - Hollow Point (Slow Death) 

HOLLOW POINT - Ignorance (Slow Death) 

HOLLOW POINT - Art Coward (Slow Death) 

HOLLOW POINT - See You Suffer (Slow Death) 

HOLLOW POINT - Culture Shock (Slow Death) 

HOLLOW POINT - Tough (Slow Death) 

HOLLOW POINT - Injun (Slow Death) 

HOLLOW POINT - Back Against the Wall (Slow Death) 

SHUTDOWN - Borrowed Time (Self-Released) 

SECTION 46 - Different this Time (Self-Released)

Radio : EXD 1236 - Sunday January 22nd, 2023

This week's show showcases Chris favourite eps from 2022. Getting back to new release features (S.H.I.T. and Factory City Children) and some vintage cratedigging (Wild Boys, and Imperialist Pigs). Tonight’s demo feature is from the East Coast (Cell Deth). Download the show here. 

JUDY AND THE JERKS - Our Lips Are Sealed (Refuse)

New releases (Stephe) 

A.S.O.P. - Insert It Here (Self-Released) 

SINISTER FEELING - Standing By (Self-Released) 

BALB KUBROX - An Unending Absence of Light (Self-Released)

SIMP - Symbols Indicating Malicious Prejudice (Self-Released) 

S.H.I.T. - Annihilation (Self-Released)  

Some of my favourite EPs/7”s from 2022 (Chris) 

WARKRUSHER - Epitaph (Audacious Madness) 

YAMBAG - Inclusion (Convulse / 11PM) 

SIBAFÜ - ぶどうの種 (A-Z / Black Hole)  

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

POISON RUÏN - Parade of Phantoms (Roachleg)  

SYSTEMA - 24 (Symphony of Destruction)  

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

SELF-INFLICT - Bent Knee (Mendeku Diskak / Not For The Weak)  

EXIL - Chaos (Adult Crash) 

TOTAL NADA - La Rabia (Discos Enfermos / Sin Temores)

 

EAT MY FEAR - Beyond Binaries (Refuse) 

ETERAZ - Dead Dreams (Iron Lung) 

INNOCENT - Tool of the Demagogue (Side Two)  

ANTICITIZEN - I Hate – Free World cassette (Self-Released) 

FRISK - Puppets and Slaves (Iron Lung) 

 

Old stuff (Rob)

THE WILD BOYS - Death of Eddy (The Belgrade Theatre Coventry) 

YOUNG CANADIANS - No Escape (Zulu / Sudden Death)

STUKAS - Klean Living Kids (Pacamac Bonsai Ent.) 

THE OUTCASTS - Winter (Captain Oi!)

PLASTIX - Geschlechtsverkehr (Danger) 

 

THE BUZZERS - Incoming (Longshot Music)  

RUGGEDY ANNES - Hollow Heros (Tabb) 

FLESH COLUMNS - Time's Up (Touch N Go)  

THE IMPERIALIST PIGS - Warped (Fatal Erection) 

5150 - Li'l Miss Succubus (Reagan Era Hardcore) 

New Releases (Chris) 

FACTORY CITY CHILDREN - F.U.M.E.S. (Toxic State)  

STRANGE ATTRACTOR - Baby Jesus Head (Drunken Sailor / Disos De La Muerte) 

LIQUIDS - No Shits No Fucks/I’m Numb (Self-Released)  

HOLLOW POINT - Ignorance (Slow Death) 

NOVADIES - Lifeless Shell (Break the Records)  

BRIGADA FLORES MAGON - Personne N'Appartient A Personne (Machete / Rebel Time) 

CITY SAINTS – Naj Naj Naj (Sunny Bastards)

ACIDEZ – No Hay Perdon Al Enemigo (Katabomb)

MALA VISTA - Obsolete With Me (No Front Teeth)  

FINAL CALL - Divided We Fall (Longshot) 

 

New Stuff from 2023/2022 (André)

CAPTIVE - End Of A Rope (Delayed Gratification) 

CAPTIVE - Rubberneck (Delayed Gratification) 

HOLLOW POINT - See You Suffer (Slow Death) 

CONSERVATIVE MILITARY IMAGE - Inheritance (Battle Scarred) 

MORNING AGAIN - Resignation (Revelation) 

CROSSED KEYS - The Ray’s Effect (HellMinded) 

WAR BABIES - Keep Your Policies Out Of Our Parts (HellMinded) 

YYY - Pop Song (Self-Released) 

ZEROPTION - Traitor Red (NRK)

SUBHUMANS - Screwed Up (SST) 

PROBLEM CHILDREN - Don't Give Up (Self-Released)

PORCELAIN FOREHEAD - That Number Again Folks (Corpus Callosum) 

Demo Feature 

Cell Deth are a new hardcore band from Charlottetown, PEI. Just caught wind of this because it was released on Sewercide. It’s full throttle and lo fi sounding.   

CELL DETH - Pickpocket (Sewercide) 

CELL DETH - Disposable Culture (Sewercide) 

CELL DETH - Who’s Choice (Sewercide) 

CELL DETH - Eat Pray Fuck You (Sewercide) 

CELL DETH - Climate Crisis (Sewercide) 

CELL DETH - Body is a Poison (Sewercide)

Radio : EXD 1235 - Sunday January 15th, 2023

Andre has compiled a top 10 for Japanese releases so I am excited to hear that. Rob pulled together a feature on new Australian bands. Chris goes international with a set of new material. Chris also has a feature on contemporary street rock. Stephe will look at favourite re-issue / archival releases. Stephe also looks at his favourite Canadian releases for 2022. Download the show here. 

CRASS - Do They Owe Us A Living (Bootleg)

Top 10 Canadian releases (Stephe) 

10 KLAZO – Bad Attractions (Big Neck / No Front Teeth) 

09 THE GRINNING BARRETTS - 10 Teraohm (Self-Released)

08 CLUTTERED - Dysphoria City Limits (Self-Released) 

07 CONDITIONS APPLY – Sketchy Oi (Self-Released) 

06 BOSQUE ROJO – Muertos en vida (Discos Enfermos)

05 BOOTLICKER - Uniforms (Neon Taste)

04 SYSTEM SYSTEM – Everyday (Self-Released)

03 FRACTURED - World Downfall (Phobia / Trujaca Fala) 

PHANE – Vacant (Phobia / Trujaca Fala) 

02 BISHOPS GREEN - Waiting (Pirates Press) 

01 THE SLIME - What I Owe (Cursed Blessings) 

 

New releases (Chris) 

CORKER - Lice (Self-released) 

DSM-5 - Hat (Skärblacka D-beat Tapes) 

SIRKKA - Sika (Sorry State) 

SPEED PLANS - Termination Game (Iron Lung) 

ΠΥΡ ΚΑΤΑ ΒΟΥΛΗΣΗ - Πυρ Κατά Βούληση (Self-released)  

New Australian stuff (Rob)

TEE VEE REPAIRMANN - Bus Stop (Total Punk) 

GEE TEE - Rock Phone (Goner) 

R.M.F.C. - Feeder (Erste Theke Tontraeger) 

PINCH POINTS - Reasons to be Anxious (Mistletone) 

STIFF RICHARDS - Going Numb (Legless)

Top 10 Japanese releases 2022 (André)

YOUTH ISSUE - Infinite (No Longer) 

DOWNWARD - Cruel World (Break the Records) 

CRUNK - How I Feel (Break the Records) 

PRESS ON AHEAD - Frozen Concrete (Interact) 

KRUELTY - Suppression (20 Bucks Spin) 

SHAPESHIFTER - Hollow (Ungulate) 

BRAVE OUT - Discrimination (Fired Stomp) 

NO EXCUSE - Desperate Search (Fired Stomp) 

SIBAFÜ - キ - (Black Hole) 

KLONNS - Crow (Black Hole) 

NERVOUS LIGHT OF SUNDAY - How It Ought To Be (Daze) 

Contemporary Street Rock (Chris) 

CHUBBY AND THE GANG - Pariah Radio (Static Shock / Partisan) 

PUFFER - Wicked Boys (Roachleg) 

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

MESS - I Don’t Like You (Mendeku Diskak / Beach Impediment)  

BOSQUE ROJO - Sin Fondo (Discos Enfermos)  

Re-issues (Stephe)

08 CYMEON X - Wygrać Swoje Życie (Refuse) – originally released as a cassette back in 1992. Polish straight edge hardcore / band founded in October 1991 in Poznań. Active to 15th June 1994 when they played their farewell show in Poznań. Some of the members on the ashes of Cymeon X formed Respect. The band is back together, playing live and writing material.  

07 ERVIN BERLIN – Junior’s Got Brain Damage (Total Punk archives) – Pressed in an ultra limited number of 200 back in 1980. Ervin Berlin was the work of Ervin Shuemake (a late 20's acid rocker) and two young punks named Jeff and Tom The Bomb. Ervin had cut his teeth playing guitar on the crazy TERRY BROOKS "STRANGE"- Translucent World LP back in 1973 and spent the remainder of the 70s in various acid, hard, and prog rock bands throughout Central Florida. He met the younger punk duo of Jeff and "The Bomb" at end of 79/ beginning of 80 and decided to take a stab at the punk craze with his two new acquaintances. Soon the trio was at a country and western studio in Winter Haven recording the Ervin Berlin single between sessions for possible Bellamy Brothers tracks. The blending of Ervin's acid rock chops and Jeff and Tom's thuggish punk approach resulted in this KBD space punk stomper. Equal parts Blue Cheer, Debris, Sacramento's Ozzie, and late 70's Hawkind. The 7" was pressed, a few house parties were played, and all parties went separate ways. 42 years later we are kicking off TOTAL PUNK ARCHIVES with a reissue of this lost Orlando classic. 

06 L'ODI SOCIAL - Los cara de culo (B-Core) Que pagui Pujol Special 35th Anniversary Edition of one of the most important recordings in the history of Spain’s punk. L'Odi Social were pioneers and greatest exponents of the golden age of 80s Barcelona's hardcore-punk scene, along with bands like Subterranean Kids, Anti/Dogmatikss or GRB. 

05 RIOT . 303 - Riot .303 (Supreme Echo) – “1981-1983” LP – band was from Calgary. They had a 7” come out in 1982 called “Crowd Control”. Tim Yohannon likened them to the SUBHUMANS which is true. The band featured ex-Sturgeons rhythm section and future Beyond Possession vocalist. 

04 A.K.O.B. - Officer Friendly Blues - a band from Vancouver formed out of the break up of House of Commons. They recorded and released a record within their first month of jamming.

03 RUDIMENTARY PENI - B-Ward - ep (Sealed) – released three of Rudi P’s back catalogue. We are going to feature something from the ep. We did an anarchist corner feature on them.

02 THE NOSTRILS – Kropotkin Said (Supreme Echo) - Undaunted ep emerged as the dawning light of Winnipeg’s second wave of punk rock. Their punk house – the house of Beep – was the centre for comings and goings in the punk scene. 

01 DOMINANT PATRI - Experiment “Heroes Glory” (Sealed) - Originally released in 1983. Described to me by Chris as one of the most sought after recordings before this release. DOMINANT PATRI from Luton released just one demo and played less than 15 gigs in their short existence. Formed in 1982, the band were part of an active and political punk scene in Luton based around KARMA SUTRA. They recorded and released a three track demo in June 1983 which remains one of the best kept secrets of the peace punk era. It has the tunes, production and lyrics of any classic and it deserved so much more attention. 

Radio : EXD 1234 - Sunday January 8th, 2023

We’re going to start off the show with my top 10 eps because the show is really tight for time. You can also expect top 10 Canadian countdowns from Rob and Andre and Some of Chris' favourite full lengths. And the show will end with some new releases that Chris has dug up. Download the show here. 

Top 10 eps (Stephe) 

10 LASSO - Ausente E Esquecido (Sorry State) 

09 AXE RASH - Buy Your Way Out (Adult Crash) 

08 STATICO - No Hope (Refuse) 

07 THE EXPLOITED - Fight Back 

06 COMBATANT – Diseased Thought Process (Self-Released)   

05 GUERRA FINAL - Historia Bélíca (Desolate) 

04 YAMBAG – Lowlife (Convulse) 

03 LIVING WORLD – Safe (Iron Lung) 

02 RASHOMON – Patriot (Iron Lung) 

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

Chris - Fav LPs/12” 2022 from this country 

MALDITA - Todos Muertos (Cursed Blessings) 

BOSQUE ROJO - Romper el cerco (Discos Enfermos) 

METALIAN - Beyond The Wall (Temple of Mystery)  

PHANE - Jumping Ship (Phobia / Trująca Fala) 

FRACTURED - Full Speed Ahead (Phobia / Trująca Fala)  

KLAZO - Die Second Class (No Front Teeth / Big Neck) 

Top 10 Canadian 2022 (André) 

BOOTLICKER - Two-Faced (Slow Death) 

TODD KILLINGS AND THE CONTRACTS - Private Eye (Slow Death) 

BUTCHER’S LAUGH - Quantified (Slow Death)  

NIHILISTIC DEATH CULT - Imperium (Self Released) 

WORLD OF PLEASURE - Domination 2 (Wildrose) 

MORTALITY RATE - Rosemary (Wildrose) 

FALSE BODY - No Home (Wildrose) 

TEMPER TANTRUM - Loose Screw (Wildrose) 

FRICTION - My Way (Homie Shit Magazine) 

WORLD EATERS - Flash of Green (Self Released) 

Top 10 Canadian (Rob)

THE SHIT TALKERS - Talk’s Cheap (EnGarde) 

OUTTACONTROLLER - Let Me Out (Self-Released)

SCHOOL DAMAGE - Fall To Pieces (Mom’s Basement) 

THE SORELS - Love Your Rock N' Roll (Reta) 

GIRLFRIENDS AND BOYFRIENDS - Dirty Words (Dirt Cult) 

HEADCHEESE - Big Plans (Neon Taste) 

PINK LEATHER JACKETS - Sixteen Forties (Self-released) 

CLUTTERED - Take Me Away (Self-Released)

CRISIS PARTY - Aching (Dirt Cult)

BOOTLICKER - It’s Beautiful (Neon Taste) 

New Releases (Chris) 

KINETIC ORBITAL STRIKE - Deception (Self-released) 

ANGUISHED LIFE - Murderous System (Blown Out Media) 

EXIST ENSLAVED - Brothers In Scum (Sistema Mortal) 

MONGREL - Do Not Harm (Phobia / Distro-Y / Tormenta de Ideas / Pumpkin / Wargame / Cimex / Dead Invoice) 

FLOWER - Divided (Profane Existence) 

Κεφαλοκλείδωμα - Ωμός Ρεαλισμός (Self-released) 

VAROITUS - Krigsbrott (Phobia / ByeBye)  

INSTRUCTOR - The Quick Gain (Quality Control HQ) 

LAYBACK - Times Like These (Quality Control HQ / Advanced Perspective)  

BARRICADE - Just One Taste (Dirt Cult) 

INTENTION - Intention (Break the Records) 

Radio : EXD 1233 - Sunday January 1st, 2023

This week's radio program starts off with a tribute to Terry Hall, lead singer from the Specials. We’ll take a look at some of the bands Terry was in before and after the Specials as well as some rare recordings of the Specials. That will be at the top of the show. The rest of the show will continue with our year in review look at 2022. Stephe reviews cassettes, Chris drills down into Canadian cassettes, Rob and Andre round out their year with their favourite releases. Download the show here.

A message to you .... Terry

The most iconic face for Britain’s ska revival - he had that dour look. Terry Hall was in a punk group called Squad. They formed in 1977 and recorded two singles. This is the A side to that first single “Red Alert”. 

SQUAD - Red Alert (Squad) 

Jerry Dammers talked him into joining the Coventry Automatics. He would replace singer Tim Strickland. The Coventry Automatics would become the Specials. The Coventry Automatics were a little slower and more on the reggae side so although there are a lot of songs on here that would become songs for the Specials, the Coventry Automatics were an early stage of the band's development. Here is an example of a song from the first LP. 

THE COVENTRY AUTOMATICS - Concrete Jungle (Receiver) 

THE SPECIALS - Long Shot Kick The Bucket - Liquidator - Skinhead Moonstomp (The Skinhead Symphony In Three Movements) 

A medley of ska classics recorded at the BBC on October 22nd, 1979 referred to as the skinhead symphony in three movements. THE SPECIALS would go on to release three albums and a ton of top 10 singles. So many hits. And after “Ghost Town” Hall left the Specials with Lynval Golding and Neville Staple to form FUN BOY THREE. FUN BOY THREE were described as a deadpan and oddly experimental new wave group and they worked with an all girl group named Bananarama that would have greater success. With this project the band would hit No. 7 with its cover of “Our Lips Are Sealed,” a 1981 hit for the Go-Go’s that Mr. Hall wrote with that band’s Jane Wiedlin, whom he briefly dated. Here's a track from the first LP that features early Banarama 

FUN BOY THREE - It Ain't What You Do (Chrysalis) 

THE COLOURFIELD - Colourfield (Chrysalis) 

THE COLOURFIELD were formed in 1984 and were based on Manchester. They had that jangly pop 60’s sound that the SMITHS were already popularizing. This is where I lost track of Terry Hall but he would go on to play in many bands and even re-join the Specials in 2008 performing with them right up until 2018. We’re going to go out with a song I got to see performed in a farmer’s field in Oakville thanks to the first Police Picnic and I had no idea what I was watching but I knew I loved it. Here's a clip from Much Music that the folks from UXB press posted.....Scroll through it to see the song "Enjoy Yourself". 

THE SPECIALS - Enjoy Yourself (Reprise) (Two-Tone)

Year in review - 2022

Chris - Top 10 demos from the North of Turtle Island; random order

A.T.E.R. - Vidas Perdidas (Self-released)

SMUTHER - Institution (Slow Death)

BLACK DOG - Masters Ruin (Roachleg) 

CROSSHAIRS - Cockroach (Slow Death) 

SUSPEX - Suspected (Greymatter) 

TRENCHRAID - Inhuman System (Slow Death)

G.R.O.S.S. - The Jank (Sewercide) 

VOLTAGE - Wolves of Russia (Slow Death) 

CRISIS PARTY - Exist (Dirt Cult) 

PUFFER - Puppet (Roachleg) 

Top Ten non-Canadian (Rob) 

THE ROUTES - Showroom Dummies (Topsy Turvy)

OSEES - Sacrifice (Castle Face)

1876 - We Will Remain (Self-Released)

LONG KNIFE - If You Want Blood (Beach Impediment / Black Water)

THE STREETWALKIN’ CHEETAHS - Come On And Dance (Rum Bar) 

WEREWOLF JONES - Half Check (Big Neck) 

THE ANOMALYS - Ready to Die (Slovenly) 

THE BATTLEBEATS - Rest in Piss (Big Neck) 

BAD MOJOS - I’m a Sinner (Self-Released) 

THE CHATS - Emperor of the Beach (Bargain Bin)

 

Top 10 of 2022 (Andre)

COMPASSION - Vile Glow (Convulse) 

YAMBAG - Without Sin (Convulse) 

EN LOVE - Wet Cement (Delayed Gratification)

RABBIT - Halo of Flies (Delayed Gratification) 

ZULU - Fakin’ the Funk (You Got Did) (Flatspot) 

LAW OF POWER - Born Into War (Flatspot) 

LAST GASP - Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard (War) 

ROLL CALL - Reaper Inside Your Mind (Bridge Nine) 

CONSEC - Waste of Life (Futile Force) 

PRAISE - All In A Dream (Revelation) 

Top 10 cassettes (Stephe) 

10 CHEAPNESS - Don't Just Bullshit (Stay Punk Music)

09 CRISIS PARTY - Numbers (Dirt Cult) 

08 INFLUX - Leech Life (Self-released)

07 INVERTEBRATES - Down Under (Sorry State) 

06 FAT JOCK - Line Up Eat Shit (Futile Force)

05 HEADCHEESE - I Can't Listen (Slow Death) 

04 PRIME SUSPECT - G.O.M.B. - Panic Disorder (Manic Mantra) 

03 PRIMAL BRAIN - Eat the street - (Self-Released)

02 CONSEC – Wheel of Pain (Futile Force) 

01 MASSDEAD - Human Bargain Bin (Blown Out Media) 

 

OLD - Jerk Off Parade (Self-Released) 

BUTCHER’S LAUGH - Quantified (Slow Death)

BRAIN BAG - Shoot from the Hip (Slow Death) 

DECK PISS - Deck Piss (Self-Released)