Equalizing Distort

Radio - Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

2012-01-22T23:59:00.000-08:00

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U.X. VILEHEADS - Catch 22 (Law and Order / Green Menace)

BROTTSKOD 11 - Forstor oss (Turist I Tillvaron)
URSUT - Kampen mot tiden (La Familial)
VICTIMS - Trapped (De Nihil)
ANATOMI-71 - Griseriets historia (Halfabrikat)
MISAR - Inget Liv (Halvfabrikat)

P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. - Assault (Doomtown Sounds)
GANG GREEN - Alcohol (Taang!)
RULETA RUSA - Destruye la television (Solo Para Punks)
DESTRUCT - The Red (Voltage)

ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT - Hairball Alley (Headhunter cargo)
TV FREAKS - Real Pain (Schizophrenic)
SLOBS - No escape (Machette)
SUPERSUCKERS - High Yah! (Sub Pop)
THE DAMNED - Burglar (Big Beat)

WYMYNS PRYSYN - Cat Pills (Scavenger of Death)
PROCESSION OF VULTURES - Black, White, and red all over (Inimical)
SUDOR - Viejos con bocas de desague (Beat Generation / Solo para punks)
KAUNEAS AND TERVEYS - Paikallinen Legenda (Self-Released)
UNDER AL KRITIK - Aldrig Mere! (Darlige har liv)

DOA - The Prisoner (Sudden Death)
THE WIPERS - Romeo (Zeno)
MEATMEN - Meatmen Stomp (Touch and Go)
VERBAL ABUSE - Boredom (Beer City)
M.I.A. - Murder in a foreign place (Alternative Tentacles)

BANDANOS - Stay Cyco II (Offside / Thrashbastard)
MINDSNARE - Gather to decompose... (A389)
FRUSTRATION - Nightstealer (Inimical)
CONFINES - Bait and Switch (Labour of Love / Side Two)
POISON PLANET - Intro / the Victim (Offspring)

THE DEMICS - New York City (Ready)
NIRVANA - Molly's Lips (Geffin)
POISON IDEA - Punish Me (Taang!)
GERMS - Richie Dagger's Crime (Rhino)

DON'T - Killing Me (Doomtown Sounds)
SJU SVARA AR - Pappa (Not Enough / Trujaca Fala)
VICE SQUAD - Out of Reach (Anagram)
A BIRTHDAY PARTY BAND - Broken Cups (Nikt Nic Nie Wie)
FAMILY MAN - The Turning of the key (Nikt Nic Nie Wie)

Demo Feature
GAG REFLEX - Chugging Bleach (Self-Released)
GAG REFLEX - Sucker (Self-Released)

Studio 3 - Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

2012-01-17T23:00:00.000-08:00

Careers in Science are a band of friends who decided to be a post punk band inspired by the book "Our band could be your life". If you took the premise that the periuod between 1981 and 1991 are post-punk that is a huge arena of influences to draw from and Careers in Science do just that. On their CD "Whateverwolf" I heard influences that draw from as diverse groups like Minutemen and the anthemic parts of Rites of Spring. In our conversations that night they referenced bands like Mission of Burma, Wire, and the Clash. They did covers by the Cars, Neil Young, and Electric Six who are a funk band. We will be interviewing the band live on the show on Sunday January 29th and featuring material from this session recorded by Jon Hawkes. Here is the recording.

1. Rockets
2. Elizabeth Brown
3. Konami Code of Conduct
4. The Luxury of Forgetting
5. Patchwork Children
6. Boss Fight
7. Suri Cruise Missile
8. Damaged Men
9. Holy Shit, Giant Spiders
10. Fucking Up (Neil Young cover)
11. Just What I Needed (Cars cover)
12. Holiday Song
13. Gay Bar (Electric Six cover)
14. Hardcore Nice Guy

Radio - Sunday, January 15, 2012

2012-01-15T23:59:00.000-08:00

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NO PROBLEM - Isn't This Fun (Deranged)

THE JOLTS - Czar Bomb (Sudden Death)
TV FREAKS - Never finish what you start (Self-Released)
THE AVERSIONS - Hypnotist extraordinaire (Die in Style)
CAREERS IN SCIENCE - The luxury of forgetting (Self-Released)

THE SAINTE CATHERINES - Machine gets under way (Self-Released)
THE ROTTEN - Human disaster (Rebel time)
RANDY - Karl Marx and history (Burning heart)
PROPAGANDHI - Utter ccrap song (G7 Welcoming committee)
WESTON - Feet (Gern Blansten)

PHOBIA - Rise Up (Deep Six)
LEPTOS PIROSE - Em maio todo mundo janta pipoca na minha cidade (Laja / Criminal Attack)
KASTRAT - Mosaik (Scum Musick)
PICKED ON - Snakepit (Self-Released)
LANDMINE MARATHON - Time Movement (Deep Six)

VAPIDS - Ain't got no sense (Double Hell)
DELINQUENTS - Holidays (Self-Released)
RICHMOND SLUTS - Drive me wild (Disaster)
RACKULA - Mark Lanegan (Self-Released)
RIPTIDES - Degenerate Girl (Goblin)

KVOTERINGEN - Forbanna Den.... (De Nihil)
BLITZ - Fight to live (Captain OI!)
ANSTALT - Borderline (De Nihil)
CRIMINAL DAMAGE - The heat (Feral Ward)
POISON IDEA - Nothing is Final (Alchemy)

FILTH - Today's lesson (Lookout)
SWEET BABY - She's so fine (Lookout)
CRIMPSHRINE - Another Day (Maximumrocknroll)
BLATZ - Fuk shit up (Lookout)
OPERATION IVY - I got no (Maximumrocknroll)

MAD PIGS - F.O.A.D. 2010 (Voltage)
THE VARUKERS - Don't Conform (Captain Oi!)
EVACUATE - Final Solution (Voltage)
THE EXPLOITED - Alternative (Captain Oi!)
YOUTH BRGADE - Fight to Unite (BYO)

Demo Feature
BRAZEN HELL - Torment (Self-Released)
BRAZEN HELL - Disinherit (Self-Released)
BRAZEN HELL - Servitude (Self-Released)
BRAZEN HELL - Blockade (Self-Released)
BRAZEN HELL - Dormant (Self-Released)

Flyer - Saturady January 14th, 2012

2012-01-14T01:00:00.000-08:00

Radio - Sunday January 8th, 2012

2012-01-08T23:59:00.000-08:00

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FRUSTRATION - Sleepwalker (Inimical)

EXTREME NOISE TERROR - Skin Deep (Deep Six)
WAKE - Plague of the reach (Self-Released)
WOLBACHIA - Deadlock (IFB Records)
LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER - Su Opio (Deep Six)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Metally Fucked (A389)
SPRING BREAK! - Return to Anchor Bay (Deep Six)

MUMMIES - Stronger than dirt (Telstar)
SUBSONICS - Voodoo Doll (Homo Habilus)
CARBOMB - 60's Girl Lover (Troubleman Unlimited)
SPASTICS - 11/8/96 (Rip Off)
NERVES - Hanging on the Telephone (Rhino)

UK SUBS - Teenage (Captain Oi!)
MOTORJOKE - Kramp (Massproduktion)
ABJEKT - Rodvin och Rakblad (Turist I Tillvaron)
ANATOMI-71 - Hip Skitt (Halfabrikat)
VICTIMS - Bomben Har Fallit (Combat Rock Industry / Havoc)

INEPSY - City Weapons (Feral Ward)
BLACK DONNELLYS - Anything and Everything (Audio Fellatio)
NEUROSIS - Pollution (Lookout)
SEPTIC DEATH - Hardware (Pusmort)
CAREER SUICIDE - Quarantined (Deranged)

THE QUEERS - I'm Okay, You're Fucked (Lookout)
3 - Empathy (Dischord)
SWEET EMPIRE - Dirt (Shield Recordings)
ABDUKTIO - Perustuu tositapahtumiin (Combat Rock Industry)
THE SUPPLEMENT - Smash through you (Self-Released)
CONDOMINIUM - I don't hate any of you (Condominium)

MODEY LEMON - It's Hard (A-F)
THE WEIRDOS - Jungle Rock (Bomp)
STARK NAKED AND THE FLESHTONES - I broke her heart, she broke my arm (Self-Released)
RADAR EYES - Me and My Dogs (Hozac)
ROACH MOTEL - What if your mom liked drugs (Destroy)
DAYGLO ABORTIONS - I Killed mommy (Fringe)

FRONT LINE - Screwed Up (Beach Impediment Records)
CITIZENS PATROL - I want to be boring (Shield Recordings)
NEGATIVE LIFESTYLE - New Solutions (Deranged)
BRAT PACK - Family Man (Shield Recordings)
PETTURIN PALKKA - Aivoriihi (Tuska ja Ahdistus)
N/N - Es Anarquista (MRR)

Flyer - Saturday January 7th, 2012

2012-01-07T01:00:00.000-08:00

Radio - Sunday January 1st, 2012

2012-01-01T23:59:00.000-08:00

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FROSTBACKS – American Invasion (True North Records)

Stephe's Top 10 Canadian punk releases for 2011
THE REBEL SPELL– Uncontrollable (Rebel Time)
KNUCKLEHEAD – Rock, Rhythm and Boots (Stumble)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS – I Hate Chores (Deranged)
HAZARDOUS WASTE – Jock Rock (Schizophrenic)
RAPID LOSS - Complete Wreck (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE – Fucking Hesitation (Self-Released)
NO PROBLEM – Wish you were here (Deranged)
WEAK LINK demo – Last Rung (Self-Released)
TOTAL WAR demo – Total War (Self Released)
PICK YOUR SIDE ep – Help Me Forget (A389)

Rob's Top 10 Canadian punk releases for 2011
SCHOOL JERKS - Ready to Die (Cowabunga)
SNAKEPIT - Frat Bopy Holocaust (No Contracts Jusrt Friends)
TEENANGER - Wasted (Self-Released)
MATURE SITUATIONS - Yoga Predator (High Anxiety)
SLOBS - Weapos Free (Cowabunga)
B-LINES - Psychedlic High School (Deranged / Nominal)
STRANGE ATTRACTOR - Decapitate me baby (Red Lounge)
TV FREAKS - Casual Encounters (Self-Released)
KREMLIN - No Work (Self-Released)
VACANT STATE - So Sick (Deranged)

D'Arcy's Top 5 Canadian punk releases for 2011
TRUNCHEONS - Killing Fields (Self-Released)
TOTAL WAR - They lead and we follow (Self-Released)
DEKODER - Hate song (Self-Released)
OMEGAS - Blasts of Lunacy (Deranged)
PREGNANCY SCARES - Don't Try (Self-Released)

Stephe's favoruite hardcore releases of 2011
LOW THREAT PROFILE “Product #2” LP – My Only Friends (Deep Six / Draw Blank)
VILE NATION “Tight Leash” ep – No War No Future (Even Worse / Way Back When)
SYSTEMATIC DEATH “Systema-8” ep – Sakitchodakedemo (Way Back When / Even Worse)
NUCLEAR CULT “Better Nightmares” ep – Der Mast (Warm Bath)
LIEUTENANT LP – Wake up Dumb (Peterwalkee / Warm Bath / Art of the Underground)
RUIDOSA INMUNDICIA “Huellas de odio” ep – Contaminados (Heart First)
REPROACH “The Bitter End” LP – Is This It? (Deep Six)
POISON PLANET “Undermine” ep – Bible Stories (Third Party)
SOCIAL CIRCKLE “Expiration Date” ep – Up the Ladder (Side Two)
WHOLE IN THE HEAD “Them and Us” ep – Fight Prejudice (Warm Bath / Dogdown / Zandor / Tadpole / Active Rebellion / Opiate)

Rob's favoruite hardcore releases of 2011
SPITS - Beat You Up (In the Red)
CRAMPS - I was a teenage werewolf (Moonlight)
CHIEFS - Eddie's Revenge (Dr. Strange)
HUNX AND THE PUNX - He's Coming Back (Hardly Art)
PUFFY AREOLAS - Gentlemen's grip (Hozac)
BROWN SUGAR - Brown Eyed Girl / Copper Helicopter (Feral Kid)
HEAVY TIMES - Let it Die (Hozac)
COLA FREAKS - Sniper (Hjernespind)
WAX IDOLS - Hotel Room (Hozac)
CULO - Military Trend (Self-Released)

D'Arcy's favoruite hardcore releases of 2011
DEATHRATS -Please (To Live a Lie)
CLEANSING WAVE - Collect Your Dirt (Katorga Works)
DEATH TOKEN - Al dreams are nightmares (Adult Crash)
NITAD - Ingen Chens (Adult Crash)
HUBRIS - Former (Self-Released)
NO STATIK - We all die in the end (Prank)
RALPH - I Can't Breathe (Self-Released)

NEGATIVE LIFESTYLE “Panic” ep – New Solutions (Deranged)
PSUDOKU “Space Grind” LP – BAaang (625 Thrash / Crucificados)
PETTURIN PALKKA “Kaikellaista Harmia” ep – Utopia (Tuska ja Ahdistus)
RAW NERVES “Burnt Skin” ep – Delusions (Inimical)
AVFART 33 – Panik / INSIDIOUS PROCESS – Internal Wars split LP (Halvfabrikat / Undislessed / Aborted Society)

Truncheons demo

2012-01-01T01:23:00.000-08:00

I just learned about this band from D'Arcy this afternoon. They get a review in January's demo section of MRR #344.

Total War demo

2012-01-01T01:21:00.000-08:00

This crust super group from Van City gets a review in the demo section of MRR #344.

Teenage X CD

2012-01-01T01:17:00.000-08:00

The TEENAGE X CD got reviewed as a demo in the January issue of MRR #344.

Equalizing-X-Distort, Volume 11, Issue 5

2012-01-01T01:14:00.000-08:00

Our issue with Zro4 in it gets reviewed in the January issue of MRR #344. The reviewer really read the entire issue.

Unruled "Time is Running Out" ep

2012-01-01T01:10:00.000-08:00

MRR reviews the re-issue of this Montreal hardcore classic in issue #344. This re-issue contains a previously unreleased song from the recording session which is the song "Clear the Pigs Out".

Unlearn LP

2012-01-01T01:07:00.000-08:00

Vancouver's Unlearn gets a review of their recent full length in the recent issue of MRR (#344). This is the band's fourth release this year (the demo, the ep, the split, and this).

Rapid Loss "A Dark Place" ep

2012-01-01T01:03:00.000-08:00

Rapid Loss from Edmonton get a review of their first ep in the January issue of MRR #344.

Top 10 - December 2011

2011-12-31T23:59:00.000-08:00

1. NEGATIVE LIFESTYLE “Panic” ep (Deranged)
2. SYSTEMATIC DEATH “Systema-8” ep (Way Back When / Even Worse)
3. WEAK LINK demo (Self-Released)
4. PETTURIN PALKKA “Kaikellaista Harmia” ep (Tuska ja Ahdistus)
5. VACANT STATE “Fill the Void” LP (Deranged)
6. NEIGHBOURHOOD BRATS “We own the night”ep (Abscess)
7. WAKE “Leeches” CD (Hearing Aids)
8. VOID “1981-1983” Sessions” CD (Dischord)
9. DEFECT DEFECT (Dirtcult)
10. 63 MONROE “Bad Bad Rock ‘n Roll” ep (Self-Released)

Labels:
* Deranged Records – P.O. Box 21534 / Vancouver, BC / V5L 5G2 / Canada / www.derangedrecords.com
* Way Back When – Taskinlaan 9 / 2361XM Warmond / The Netherlands / www.waybackwhenrecords.com // Even Worse Records - van ostadestr 93-f / 1072sr, Amsterdam / The Netherlands / http://evenworserecords.com
* Weak Link – c/o Michael Phillips / 125 Merrymeeting Road / St. John’s, NL / A1E 2W3 / Canada
* Tuska ja Ahdistus – Kannaksenkatu 6 as. 7 / 33250 Tampere / Finland / www.elisanet.fi/tuskajaahdistus
* Abscess Records – 424 Ellis St. #611 / San Francisco,CA / 94102 / USA / www.abscesstrax.com
* Dischord – 3819 Beecher Street NW / Washington, DC / 20007 / USA / www.dischord.com
* Hearing Aids – hearingaidsrecords.bandcamp.com
* Dirtcult Records - 713 Stagecoach Drive / Las Cruces, NM 88011 / USA

Flyer - Tuesday December 27, 2011

2011-12-27T01:19:00.000-08:00

Radio - Sunday December 25th, 2011

2011-12-25T23:59:00.000-08:00

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We played re-issues by Crude SS and Svart Framtid and classics by Abrasive Wheels, Infa Riot, Blitz, and Black Flag. We also played a bunch of covers which included HDQ's version of DOA's "Race Riot". Our demo feature was Contagium from Halifax. Lots to listen for including new bands like Sucked Dry, Neo Cons, Much Worse, Brain Tumour, and Bloody Gears.

SKULLIANS - 416 / Doomsville (Self-Released)

HDQ - Race Riot (Boss Tuneage)
THURNEMAN - Kult Band (Puke 'n Vomit)
CRIPPLE BASTARDS - Mass Media (Deep Six)
UK SUBS - She's Not There (Captain Oi!)
NEO CONS - Kill the Police (Abscess)

VIIMEINEN KOLONNA - Ihmisia on liikaa (Roku / Gasmask / Psychedlica)
TRIAC - Grab Everything that kills (A389)
LOW THREAT PROFILE - My one and only (Deep Six / Draw Blank)
LAUTSTURMER - Maskin Nr. 2 (Not Enough)
KICKER - Walking Headache (Inimical)
SUCKED DRY - Stockholm Syndrome (Pass Judgement)

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Alternative Ulster (Island)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS - Start Again (Rebel Time)
UNRULED - Time is Running Out (Schizophrenic)
INFA RIOT - Power (Captain Oi!)
RIOT99 - Start a Riot (Longshot)

CRUDE SS - Who'll Survive (Voltage)
EVACUATE - Final Solution (Voltage)
ABRASIVE WHEELS - Voice of Youth (Captain Oi!)
BLITZ - T.O.? (No Future)
TOTAL TRASH - No York (Self-Released)

SVART FRAMTID - Religios Terror (Voltage)
MUCH WORSE - Distract (Pass Judgement)
SOCIAL CIRCKLE - No I Won't (Side Two)
DOUBLE NEGATIVE - Super Recourse (Sorry State)
RAW NERVES - Burnt Skin (Inimical)

GETTING EVEN - The Weight (Pass Judgement)
BLACK FLAG - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (SST)
BRAIN TUMOUR - Rules if Abuse (Pass Judgement)
DOUBLE VISION - Cold Comfort (Refuse)
DCOI - Toilet Bowl Kickoff (Voltage)

Top 10 for December 2011
63 MONROE - Bad Bad Rock ‘n Roll (Self-Released)
DEFECT DEFECT – Napalmed Babies and New Palm Trees (Dirtcult)
VOID – Summer Sucks (Dischord)
WAKE – Predatory Greed (Hearing Aids)
NEIGHBOURHOOD BRATS - We own the night (Abscess)
VACANT STATE – Rhetoric (Deranged)
PETTURIN PALKKA – Narsisti (Tuska ja Ahdistus)
WEAK LINK – Broken Gears (Self-Released)
SYSTEMATIC DEATH – Man Made (Way Back When / Even Worse)
NEGATIVE LIFESTYLE – Panic (Deranged)

BLOODY GEARS - Take a Ride (Deranged)
KNIFE FIGHT - God Damn (Kato)
WARCHILDREN - Trouser Gallery (No Patience)
KNIFE IN THE LEG - New City Looks (Inimical)

Demo Feature
CONTAGIUM - Impact of Others (Self-Released)
CONTAGIUM - Poison Filth (Self-Released)
CONTAGIUM - Mornings (Self-Released)
CONTAGIUM - Equality and Fester (Self-Released)
CONTAGIUM - Bait (Self-Released)
CONTAGIUM - Believe (Self-Released)

BASTARD NOISE - Seeing the Same Fate (Deep Six)

Radio - Sunday, December 18, 2011

2011-12-18T23:59:00.000-08:00

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This is our annual Christmas show where we play songs about Christmas, be they good, bad, or ugly. THis show is an annual event hosted and programmed by Pete Genest of Hits and Misses records, because he is such a big fan of Christmas.

ANGRY SNOWMANS - Drinkin' Rum and Eggnog (Absolute)

FEAR - Another Christmas Beer (The End)
CAPTAIN SENSIBLE - One Christmas Catalogue (A and M)
THE FALL - A Protein Christmas (Action)
U.K. SUBS - Hey Santa (Dojo)

ANGRY SNOWMANS - Green and Red (Absolute)
ANGRY SNOWMANS - Lights Up (Absolute)
ANGRY SNOWMANS - Slave to Saint Nick (Absolute)
ANGRY SNOWMANS - Fruitcakes (Absolute)
ANGRY SNOWMANS - Elves of the North Pole (Absolute)

THE CUTE LEPERS - Christmas is the time to say I love you (Blackheart)
RAMMA LAMMA - Rock 'n Roll Lady (Certified PR)
CANDYBAND - I Want a Big Fat Cookie for Christmas (Mo Pop)
THE YOBS - Oy Santa (Captain Oi!)
THE YOBS - Ballad of the Warrington (Captain Oi!)

BLINK 182 - I Won't be Home for Christmas (Immortal)
SQUIRTGUN - Blue Christmas (Self-Released)
SHOWER WITH GOATS - Rudolph (Drive-Thru)
THE VANDALS - Grandpa's Last X-Mas (Kung Fu)

MARK BELL AND HIS ELVES - C'mon Santa (Gulcher)
THE REAL PILLS - It's Almost December (Flying Bomb)
NADROJ AND THE WOLRATS - Forget It (Midnight)
APACHE - X-mas Song (Burger)
THE BELLRAYS - Merry Christmas baby (Vital Gesture)

ANGRY SNOWMANS - Twenty Lights on my tree (Absolute)
ANGRY SNOWMANS - Don't Naughty Me (Absolute)
ANGRY SNOWMANS - Candy Cane Addiction (Absolute)
ANGRY SNOWMANS - Decoration (Absolute)
ANGRY SNOWMANS - Wasted Elf (Absolute)

THORAZINE - Merry Stupid Fuckin' Christmas (Hell Yea)
BLOOD SAUSAGE - Fuck Christmas, Fuck Santa, Fuck You
THE ALMIGHTY TRIGGER HAPPY - Seasonal Excuse
SLOPPY SECONDS - Hooray For Santa (Taang)
THE VINDICTIVES - I'm Gettin' Nuttin' For Christmas (Lookouts)

CRASS - Merry Crassmas (Crass)

Sunday, December 11, 2011

2011-12-11T23:59:00.000-08:00

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LAUTSTURMER - Out of my mind out of luck (Not Enough)

AVON LADIES – Power Failure (SYG)
ARCTIC FLOWERS – Crusaders + Banshees (Inimical)
GET DESTROYED – Pyramid Climbers (625 Thrash / To Live a Lie)
BORED STRAIGHT – Wasted (Data Control)
SICK CHARADE – Lock Up (Self-Released)
BEARDAGE – Rattus Humanus (Self-Released)
MUKEKA DI RATO – Festa Jovem (Laja / Give Praise / MCR Company)
UNRULED – Forced Mistake (Schizophrenic)
P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. - The Things I Know (Doomtown Sound / Power Blaster)

U.K. SUBS - Rockers (Gem)
THE VIBRATORS - Yeah Yeah Yeah (Columbia)
THE USERS - Sick of You (Rave Up)
THE DISCORDS - Dead Cubans (Redrum)

THE REGISTRATORS - Scratch Your Heart (Rip Off)
THE EXPLODING HEARTS - Modern Kicks (Screaming Apple)
WHITE FLAG AND TONY ADOLESCENT - Demolition Girl (Sympathy)
LOLI AND THE CHONES - Summer of Love (Repent)

NO RESPONSE - Plastics (How Much Art Can You Take?)
INFECT - Todas Temos (625)
BRAT PACK - Mall Rats (Dirty Faces)
GENERACION SUICIDA - untitled track
TV FREAKS - Never Finish What You Started
LAST LAUGH - Warning / Every Day Struggle / Friend of Mine

TEAR IT UP - It's Fucking Dead (Havoc)
HARSH VIBES - Teeth
OUR GANG - Broken Roads (Jack Roy)
JUNGE FRONT - Junge Front (Blastic Concept)
PSYCHIC BLOOD - Leaves
RAZORxFADE - Needle & Thread

THE FREEZE - Food Lava (Modern Method)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Your Fired I Quit (Deranged)
THEE MIGHTY CAESERS - P38 Saturday Night Special (Crypt)
DEVIL DOGS - Sweet Like Wine (Crypt)
THE SPITS - Cha Cha Love (Slovenly)
BURNING LOVE - Don't Ever Change

THE ANEMICS - Radio Rebel (Live)
RAW NERVES - S=Klogw (Inimical)
FEAR OF EXTINCTION - An Idol Bastard (Phobia)

Demo Feature
PREGNANCY SCARES - Nightwalker (Self-Released)
PREGNANCY SCARES - (Not) the Rat (Self-Released)
PREGNANCY SCARES - Don Try (Self-Released)
PREGNANCY SCARES - Rattus Rattus (Self-Released)
PREGNANCY SCARES - Reptile Race (Self-Released)
PREGNANCY SCARES - S.E.L.F.C.O.N.T.R.O.L. (Self-Released)
PREGNANCY SCARES - Mutant Creature Sixty Nine (Self-Released)
PREGNANCY SCARES - Deathmachine (Self-Released)
PREGNANCY SCARES - X-Ray my head (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, December 4th, 2011

2011-12-04T23:59:00.000-08:00

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Chris Farr, Jamie Vella, and Gary Cozocar from the Class Assassins were in to talk about their new release called "Treason" and to go over the last ten years as a band. I was trying to get at behind the message behind a lot of the songs. I was also trying to find out influences and recording information while we had them for the night. Here is the song list for the night.

THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Uprise (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE SKIDS – Of one skin (Captain Oi)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Breaking the law (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Fortunate son (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Start again (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – One tin soldier (Insurgence)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Class assassin (Insurgence)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – A generation robbed (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Urban rebel (Insurgence)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – For the kids (Insurgence)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Run for cover (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – You’ve got it all wrong (Insurgence)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Stop the world (Insurgence)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – After the story (Insurgence)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Sex and guns (Insurgence)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Treason (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Interview (CIUT)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS – Still got a lot to give (CIUT)

EXD - Volume 11, Issue 06

2011-12-02T13:14:00.000-08:00

This came out in December 2011 and featured Total Trash and Scream. Click on the cover to download a PDF of this issue.

Weak Link demo

2011-12-01T02:51:00.000-08:00

Weak Link are from St. John's and their demo was reviewed in the December issue of MRR (#343).

Wake "Leeches" CD

2011-12-01T02:49:00.000-08:00

Wake from Calgary, get reviewed in December's issue of MRR (#343).

Vacant State "Fill the Void" LP

2011-12-01T02:47:00.000-08:00

This Vancouver band was reviewed in the December issue of MRR (#343).

Germ Attack "Lockdown/Is this really hell?" ep

2011-12-01T02:29:00.000-08:00

This is from the December issue of MRR (#343).

Germ Attak "Fear of the Unknown" LP

2011-12-01T02:26:00.000-08:00

Ottawa's Germ Attak get reviewed in the December issue of MRR (#343).

Naughty Girls "Bad Habits" ep

2011-12-01T01:53:00.000-08:00

Here is a review of the Naughty Girls "Bad Habits" ep in December's issue of MRR (#343). Luke from School Jerks released this.

Brazen Hell demo

2011-12-01T01:49:00.000-08:00

This is a review of the Brazen Hell demo in the December issue of MRR (#343).

The Aversions "Nocturnal Ghost" LP

2011-12-01T01:38:00.000-08:00

The Aversions are from Quebec City. Here is a review of their latest full length from December's issue of MRR (#343).

Review of Volume 11, Issue #3

2011-12-01T01:00:00.001-08:00

This appeared in the December issue of MRR #343. I was playing catch up with them and sent them two issues at once.

Review - EXD - Volume 11, Issue 4

2011-12-01T01:00:00.000-08:00

This review appeared in the December issue of MRR #343 which came out this month. You can order copies of MRR at http://maximumrocknroll.com/back-issues/.

Top 10 - November 2011

2011-11-30T23:59:00.000-08:00

1. P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. “Cold Cold Rain / The Things I Know” ep (Doomtown Sound / Power Blaster)
2. UNRULED “Time is Running Out” ep (Schizophrenic)
3. PREGNANCY SCARES (Self-Released)
4. MUKEKA DI RATO “Atletas de Fristo” CD (Laja / Give Praise / MCR Company)
5. BEARDAGE demo (Self-Released)
6. SICK CHARADE demo (Self-Released)
7. BORED STRAIGHT “Locked Up” ep (Data Control)
8. GET DESTROYED “Shut In” ep (625 Thrash / To Live a Lie)
9. ARCTIC FLOWERS “Reveries” LP (Inimical)
10. AVON LADIES “Guns & Gold” ep (SYG)

Labels:
* Doomtown Sound – kellymotxo@hotmail.com / Power Blaster – www.powerblasterrecords.com
* Schizophrenic Records – 17 W 4th Street / Hamilton, ON / L9C 3M2 / Canada / www.schizophrenicrex.com
* Pregnancy Scares - pregnancyscares@gmail.com
* Laja – Caixa Postal 25519 / Vila Velha / ES CEP 29102-973 / Brazil / www.laja.com.br / Give Praise – www.givepraiserecords.com / MCR Company – www.dance.ne.jp/~mcr/englishsite.html
* Beardage – beardageband@gmail.com
* Sick Charade – sickcharade@gmail.com
* Data Control – 4388 S. Pine Avenue / Milwaukee, WI / 53207 / USA
* 625 Thrash - www.625thrash.com / To Live a Lie – www.tolivealie.com
* Inimical Records – P.O. Box 2803 / Seattle, WA / 98111 / USA / www.inimical.com
* SYG Records – P.O. Box 10455 / Pheonix, AZ / 85064 / USA

Radio - Sunday, November 27th, 2011

2011-11-27T23:59:00.000-08:00

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VACANT STATE - Vicious Bastard (Deranged)

THE CLASH - Armagideon Time (CBS)
THE CLASS ASSASSINS - Treason (Rebel Time)
VERBAL ASSAULT - Tiny Giants
ANGELIC UPSTARTS - We Gotta get Out of this Place (Captain Oi)

DISCHARGE - Always Restrictions (Clay)
UNLEARN - Compliance (Deranged)
DISORDER - Provacted War (Get Back)
KRUEL - (Crucifacados Pelo sistema)

HEAVY TIMES - Jackets (Hozac)
RAYON BEACH - The Libertine and the Happy Slavie (Hozac)
THE KETAMINES - New Victims (Hozac)
RADAR EYES - Me and My Dogs (Hozac)
WAX IDOLS - Dilno (Hozac)

CRITICAL POINT - Breakin' Out (Commitment)
IT'S NOW - Resistir (Commitment)
CURRAHEE - Thinkin' Straight (Commitment)
FACE VALUE - What it Meant (Smog Veil)
YOUTH OF TODAY - A Time We'll Remember (Caroline)
STRAIGHT AHEAD - Who's to Blame (Bootleg)

CRAMPS - TV Set (Moonlight)
NIRVANA - School (Sub Pop)
BORN AGAINST - Riding with Mary (Vermiform)
RORSCACH - Hardware (Vermiform)
FEAR OF TOMORROW - Neverender (Charged // Distorted)

DIRTY BS - Line of Fire (Slasher)
HARD CHARGER - Spineless Ones (No List)
PETTURIN PALKAA - Narsisti (Tuska ja Ahdistus)
TRIAC - Child Thief (A389 / Regurgitated Semen)
BOMB BLAST MEN – Nothing’s Ever (Vex)

HUGH DILLON AND SWAMP BABY - Something's Gonna Die Tonight (Velvel)
THE UGLY - All Because of You (Bomb)
THE PLUGZ - El Clavo Y la Cruz (San Andreas)
THE DAMNED - Dead Beat Dance (Big Beat)
JOE STRUMMER AND THE LATINO ROCKABILLY WAR - Baby the Trans (Epic)

KRUEL - Exterminacion Total (Self-Released)
KRUEL - Odio La Musica (Self-Released)
KRUEL - Anti-Systema (Self-Released)
KRUEL - Estado de Depression (Self-Released)
KRUEL - Ponx no Disco! (Self-Released)
KRUEL - Conquest (Self-Released)
KRUEL - Musica para la destrukcion (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, November 20, 2011

2011-11-20T23:59:00.000-08:00

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This show is a feature on Creative Zero, who were a hardcore band that existed from 1981 - 1984. The band was originally from Peterborough and they moved to Toronto and got involved in our local scene. They did a 15 song recording in 1984 with Brian Taylor at Accusonic that sounds as great as anything on the "T.O. Hardcore" comp. Guitarist, James Zero and drummer Joel Wasson came in and spoke about the band, the time, and the recording. There was lots of perspective on this heyday period of the Toronto hardcore scene.

CREATIVE ZERO - Jocks Fuck Off (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
MICROEDGE – Hardcore (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
CREATIVE ZERO – U.K. Thump (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
CREATIVE ZERO – Krush the Klan (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
CREATIVE ZERO – Nonconform (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
CREATIVE ZERO – Master Race (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
CREATIVE ZERO – White Crosses (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
CREATIVE ZERO – Rest in Peace (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
CREATIVE ZERO – Justice in the Green Berets (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
CREATIVE ZERO – Cash (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
CREATIVE ZERO – This can’t be utopia (Self-Released)
CREATIVE ZERO - Interview (CIUT)
CREATIVE ZERO – Backwards NRK (Self-Released)

Flyer - Saturday November 19, 2011

2011-11-19T01:00:00.000-08:00

Flyer - Thursday November 17, 2011

2011-11-17T01:00:00.000-08:00

Studio 3 session: Class Assassins

2011-11-15T23:00:00.000-08:00

It has been ten years since Class Assassins were in at the station to play live and that is way too many years I was thinking as I watched in awe. From the opening chords which took me back to my old Skids and Stiff Little Fingers records to the vocal interplay that reminded me of how complicated the Clash back ups were. Just a flood of influences from the Ruts to Bad Brains it was a session to remember if not alone for Cactus' Grizzly Adams beard and chordless guitar.

1. Uprise
2. A Generation Robbed
3. Treason
4. Start Again
5. Still got a lot to give
6. Run for Cover
7. Breaking the Law
8. Fortunate Son

Dark Circles demo

2011-11-15T14:35:00.000-08:00

Dark Circles are a band from Montreal made up of members from Naughty Girls and ex Black Ships. They follow in the tradition of Born Dead Icons with a heavy moody crusging sound. The songs on here are found on the lyric sheet below.

Radio - Sunday, November 13, 2011

2011-11-13T23:59:00.000-08:00

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The Diodes are back in town to play their third 3-D show and "Action Reaction" has just been released as a CD with a whole bunch of bonus recordings. John Catto, Paul Robinson, Bent Ramussen, and Ralph Alfonso were in last night to tell us about the making of "Action Reaction". It was a rocky start with the songs but stick with it because everything works out.

THE DIODES - Polaroid (Bongo Beat)
THE DIODES - Interview (CIUT)
THE DIODES - China Doll (Epic)
THE DIODES - Interview (CIUT)
THE DIODES - Edge of Darkness (Bongo Beat)
THE DIODES - Interview (CIUT)
THE DIODES - Catwalker (Bongo Beat)
THE DIODES - Interview (CIUT)
THE DIODES - City of the Dead (Bongo Beat)

THE DRAGONS - Roll the Dice (Tunk)
MUDHONEY - Let it Slide (Sub Pop)
PUFFY AREOLAS - Psychomania (Hozac)
VACCINES - Bit Fucked Up (Tum)

DARK CIRCLES - Unearthing Rage (Self-Released)
DARK CIRCLES - Death Defectors (Self-Released)
DARK CIRCLES - Double Negative (Self-Released)
DARK CIRCLES - Storms (Self-Released)

Flyer - Friday, November 11, 2011

2011-11-11T05:49:00.000-08:00

Radio - Sunday, November 6th, 2011

2011-11-06T23:59:00.000-08:00

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SYSTEMATIC DEATH - Born in Japan (Way Back When / Even Worse)

VEIMEINEN KOLONNA - Sairaan Maailman Sairas Tuote / Kaikki Tanne (Roku / Gasmask / Psychedlica)
UNRULED - Clear the Pigs Out (Schizophrenic)
ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS - Squalor (Viral Age)
SLAKTRENS - Fuffens and Fiffel (Rawny / Fight Back / Turist i Tillvaron / Svindel)
RUIDOSA INMUNDICIO - Ilusiones (Heart First)

OPERATION IVY - Someday (Bootleg)
PROBLEM CHILDREN - Energy (Problem Children Wreckords)
RED40 - Frisco (Landmark)
PEGBOY - Fields of Darkness (Touch and Go)
SHOTMAKER - Nick's Question (Mung Fu / Manticore)

GEHENNA – Caveman (A389 Records)
SLUTS ON 45 – Waltz Me Dirty (Cheap Slut Records)
TUHKAUS “Sotatila” ep - Ennustus (Roku / Psychedlica)
TENEMENT – Spit in the Wind (Mandible)
GAZ-66 INTRUSION – Intellectual Apathy (625 Thrash / Crucificados)
RESIST CONTROL – Ideas not Politics (Feral Kid / Shock to the System)
PSUDOKU – Quantilibrium (625 Thrash / Crucificados)
BROWN SUGAR – Mind Fucked (Feral Kid)
GEHENNA – Yes Ma’am (A389 Records)
VIVSEKTIO – Nukekoti (Hohnie / Roku)

MORBO - Al Carajo
KROMOSOM - Live Forever (D-Tak)
MUCH WORSE - Can't Bullshit a Bullshitter (No Way)
CONDOMINIUM - Warm Home (Self-Released)
RATAS DEL VATICANO - Borrachlos Vagabundo (Bat Shit)
REGULATIONS - Different Needs (P Trash)
NIRVANA - Territorial Pissings (Geffin)

NEW BOMB TURKS - Sharpen (Bag of Hammers)
PRISON SHAKE - Ron Kinda World (Estrus)
SHEEP SQUEEZE - Vespa (Recess)
SCREAM - This Side Up (Dischord)
YAH MOH'S - Break Them Open (Recess)

OXBAKER - You May have water but you have no soul (Schizophrenic)
AVON LADIES - Power Failure (SYG)
RAPID LOSS - Complete Wreck (Self-Released)
JESUS H BOMBS - Freedom Fight (Self-Released)

NERVOUS HABITS - Buzzkill (Self-Released)
VICTIMS - Television Addict (Self-Released)
THE UNDERTONES - Teenage Kicks (Sire)

Demo Feature
DELIBERATE ABUSE - Ready to Shred (Self-Released)
DELIBERATE ABUSE - Detroit Needs Help (Self-Released)
DELIBERATE ABUSE - You Look Bad in those pants (Self-Released)
DELIBERATE ABUSE - Hateraid (Self-Released)

MRR-342-Sick Charade demo

2011-11-01T14:48:00.000-07:00

This review appeared in the November 2011 issue of MRR.

MRR-342-Contagium demo

2011-11-01T14:44:00.000-07:00

This review appeared in the demo section of the November 2011 issue of MRR.

MRR-342-Unruled "Time is Running Out" ep

2011-11-01T14:40:00.000-07:00

This review is from the November 2011 issue of MRR.

Review - EXD zine

2011-11-01T09:49:00.000-07:00

Top 10 - October 2011

2011-10-31T23:59:00.000-07:00

1. VIVSEKTIO “1984” LP (Hohnie / Roku)
2. GEHENNA “O.D.R.I.E.P.” flexi (A389 Records)
3. BROWN SUGAR “Get Fuckin’ Mugged” flexi (Feral Kid)
4. PSUDOKU “Space Grind” LP (625 Thrash / Crucificados)
5. RESIST CONTROL “Dissipation” ep (Feral Kid / Shock to the System)
6. GAZ-66 INTRUSION “Power Without Violence/Death Tomorrow” ep (625 Thrash / Crucificados)
7. TENEMENT “Napalm Dream” LP (Mandible)
8. TUHKAUS “Sotatila” ep (Roku / Psychedlica)
9. SLUTS ON 45 “Steeped in Semen” ep (Cheap Slut Records)
10. GEHENNA “Lands of Sodom II / Upon the Gravehill” ep + CD (A389 Records)

Labels:
* Höhnie Records - An der Kuhtränke 7 / 31535 Neustadt / Germany / http://www.hoehnie-records.de/ // Roku Records - Ville Vuorjoki / Kemintle 1488 / 97130 Hirvas / Finland
* A389 Records - P.O. Box 12058 / Baltimore, MD / 21281 / USA / http://www.a389records.com/
* Feral Kid Records – 27 Ripley Place / Buffalo, NY / 14213 / USA // Shock to the System – P.O. Box 400206 / Cambridge, MA / 02140 / USA
* 625 Thrash – http://www.625thrash.com/ // Crucificados – http://www.crucificados.de/
* Roku Records – Ville Vourjoki / Kemintie 1488 / 97130 Hirvas / Finland // Psychedelica – http://www.psychedelica.fi/
* Cheap Slut Records – cheap.slut.records@gmail.com

Radio - Sunday, October 30, 2011

2011-10-30T23:59:00.000-07:00

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Vera Bickle, Gerry Doyle, Mark Sanders, and Dan Hughes were interviewed on October 16th about a weekly event that they organized called Start Dancing. This was a unique all ages punk event that had DJs and bands playing. They took place in halls, curling clubs, church basements and other unlikely community spaces that they could find around the city. Four years of these events entrenched the spirit of an all ages scene in the early hardcore era. These events allowed for various levels of alternative scenes that include mods, skins, punks, new romantics and others. It was one of my first exposures to the local scene and in hindsight it had a big impact on my life.

L’ETRANGER - Barricades (Sensible Record Company)
Interview – Start Dancing
PURPLE HEARTS - What am I gonna do (Captain Mod)
Interview – Start Dancing
YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Apathy (Fringe)
Interview – Start Dancing
SHAM 69 - If the kids are united (Captain Oi!)
Interview – Start Dancing
THE ENGLISH BEAT - Mirror in the bathroom (Sire)
Interview – Start Dancing
THE CLASH - White man in Hammersmith Palais (CBS)
Interview – Start Dancing
THE YOUNG LIONS - We wanna riot (Schizophenic)
Interview – Start Dancing
MARK MALIBU AND THE WASAGAS - Wasaga run (Self-released)
Interview – Start Dancing
COCKNEY REJECTS - East End (Captain Oi!)

Flyer - Thursday, October 27, 2011

2011-10-27T02:12:00.000-07:00

Studio 3 - Bunchofuckingoofs

2011-10-25T23:59:00.000-07:00

This was a long night, but a satisfying night. The TTC made me late. The Lansdowne bus has got to be the worst I have ever rode in my life. The Goofs had taken shelter under an overhang and were good sports about me being late. There was a lot of equipment to load upstairs. It tooks us quite a few loads in the elavator. The set up was unusual with two bass players but we were able to mic everything and get recording. We didn`t get to record everything but we did get these twelve songs with one minor interruption from a security guard. It was pretty late buy the time we finished and the building was locked up so we had to lug everything down three flights of stairs. The amps are the most brutal. Regardless of all that I was riding a high of hanging out with the Goofs all night. They are awesome folks. Here is what we recorded:

1. Business Scum
2. Crack
3. Have you ever seen?
4. Thanks
5. Hogs / Dogs
6. Total Breakdown
7. Alcoholiday turned Alcoholocaust
8. Bike
9. Go Get Screwed
10. Coke
11. Destroy
12. Profit

Radio - Sunday October 23, 2011

2011-10-23T23:59:00.000-07:00

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CREATIVE ZERO – Brain Dead (Self-Released)

CHRONIC SUBMISSION – Go 4 It / Cops Ain’t Tops (CIUT)
URBAN BLIGHT – Fake Attitudes (CIUT)
TOTAL TRASH – Opiates (CIUT)

BFG - Alcoholiday turned Alcoholocaust (Back Alley)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Too Many Tattoos (Deranged)
SNAKEPIT - Hipsterectomy (Self-Released)

ZRO4 - Downtown Boy (unreleased)
ZRO4 - Poor Poor Girl (unreleased)
ZRO4 - 1040 (unreleased)

MSI - Choke / Infection (Still Thinking)
SNFU – Real Men Don’t Watch Quincy (Self-Released)

BLADSEST WOODS - (Self-Released)
HUNTING PARTY - Straight Shooter (Self-Released)
NEW BRIGADE - Lost Cause (Self-Released)

GIVE - I am Love (Self-Released)
NO POWER - Changing Grip (Self-Released)

HOODED - Ultimate Asshole theme song (Self-Released)
LAST CHAOS - Sex Priest (Self-Released)
JAZZUS - Ewan is the Bastard (Self-Released)

BRUTAL YOUTH - For Pete (CIUT)
MATURE SITUATIONS - Yoga Predator (High Anxiety)
LARM - Nothing For Us

Demo Features
FOOT KLAN - I wish I was kidding (Self-Released)
FOOT KLAN - Liar (Self-Released)
FOOT KLAN - The Feed (Self-Released)
FOOT KLAN - Regret (Self-Released)

Flyer - Thursday October 20, 2011 - Saturday October 22, 2011

2011-10-20T01:00:00.000-07:00

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20th @ the Poor Alex Theatre (772 Dundas Street W), 8:00pm, All Ages

DOUBLE NEGATIVE
CHRONIC SUBMISSION
BURNING LOVE
SALVATION
TOTAL TRASH

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 21st @ the Poor Alex Theatre (772 Dundas Street W), 7:00pm, All Ages
KNIFE FIGHT
URBAN BLIGHT
STICK TOGETHER
GIVE
DISENGAGE
EASY WAY OUT
DIRECT APPROACH T.O.

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 21st @ the Wrongbar
KING SIZED BRACES (one off reunion)
THE PROWLERS
DELINQUENTS

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 21st @ the Horseshoe Tavern, 9:00pm
THEE OH SEES
THE MEN
YOUNG GUV AND THE SCUZZ

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-Afterparty-
FRIDAY OCTOBER 21st @ Soybomb HQ (156 Bathurst), $5
CAREER SUICIDE
MOLESTED YOUTH
COLISEUM
HAZARDOUS WASTE

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 22nd @ the Poor Alex Theatre, 11:00 am
RECORD SWAP
***
SATURDAY OCTOBER 22nd @ the Garage, 73 Cecil Street, $10, 2:00pm
BOSTON STRANGLER
NO TOLERANCE

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 22nd @ the Poor Alex Theatre (772 Dundas Street W), 7:00pm, All Ages
DROPDEAD - 12:15-12:45
SCAPEGOAT - 11:30-11:50
VEINS - 10:45-11:15
PICK YOUR SIDE - 10:00-10:30
HOAX - 9:15-9:40
COLUMN OF HEAVEN - 8:30-8:50
OWL EYES - 8:00-8:15

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 22nd @ Hard Luck Bar (812 Dundas St W), 7:00pm, All Ages
DIRECT CONTROL - 12:45-1:20
OMEGAS - 11:45-12:15
RIVAL MOB - 11:00-11:30
SPECIAL GUEST - 10:25-10:55
WASTE MANAGEMENT
CREEM - 9:40-10:00
CONFINES - 8:45-9:15
COMMANDO - 8:00-8:20

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 22nd @ Silver Dollar, 9:00pm
DAVILA 666
BARRERACUDAS
WHITE MYSTERY

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-Afterparty-
SUNDAY OCTOBER 23rd @ Soybomb HQ, 156 Bathurst, 1:00am, All Ages, $5.00
OBLITERATION
FAILURES
ANXIETY
PURITY CONTROL

Radio - Sunday, October 16th, 2011

2011-10-16T23:59:00.000-07:00

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MAYDAY - In it to Win It (Feral Kid)
ZOUNDS - What is it Worth (Overground)

DRI - I Don't Need Society (R Radical)
MDC - Business on Parade / Dead Cops (R Radical)
CONFLICT - An Ungovernable Force (Mortarhate)
DIRECT ACTION - Repression / Eat the Rich (Bitzcore)
DISCHARGE - Drunk with Power (Clay)
YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Greed (Fringe)

ANGRY SAMOANS - Right Side of my Mind (Triple X)
BLACK FLAG - Black Coffee (SST)
DEAD BOYS - Down in Flames (Sire)
THE SAINTS - Wild About You (Raven)
RADIO BIRDMAN - Non-stop Girls (Sub Pop)

PLATES – Marching (Feral Kid)
ORDER – 4th song (HG Fact)
ENDPROGRAM – Confidence Man (Self-Released)
DEATH TRAP – No Majority (Feral Kid / Warm Bath)
BROWN SUGAR – Valu Meal (Feral Kid)
GUNNAR HANSEN – My Crimes (Schizophrenic)
PICK YOUR SIDE – Gnarly Times (A389)
SUPER REPEATER – 0636 (Self-Released)
WEEKEND NACHOS – No Saints (A389)
WARHEAD – This World of Confusion (HG Fact)

LIQUOR STORE - Commando (Almost Ready)
KETAMINES - New Victims (Hozac)
PUFFY AREOLAS - Gentlemen's Grip (Hozac)
I.V. EYES - They Saved Teri's Tube (Rubber Vomit)
THE AVERSIONS - Scarlet Street (In Style)

ATTENTION - Tonight Will Be Like Any Other Night (Juicebox Dot Com)
ANTISCHISM - Greedy Bastard (Prank)

Demo Features
AVFART 33 - Packa och ak (Self-Released)
AVFART 33 - Dubbelmoral (Self-Released)
AVFART 33 - Latsaskontroll (Self-Released)
AVFART 33 - Pregnant with seitan (Self-Released)
AVFART 33 - Dra ditt vapen (Self-Released)
AVFART 33 - Punkhierarki (Self-Released)

The Class Assassins "Treason" ep

2011-10-15T10:04:00.000-07:00

Side A, “Treason” has this underlying reggae beat to the song that reminds me of VERBAL ASSAULT’s “Tiny Giants” partially for the same reggae back beat, but partially because the sound is beefy. Beefy rock reggae from punks. Makes sense coming from punks who are anti-racists. Reaches back to the roots rebel army origins of the band’s appreciation for bands like the RUTS and SLF. The B Side, “Start Again” is more like what I am used to hearing from the CLASS ASSASSINS. Having just recorded a version of this song for our radio show I appreciate the heavy vocal interplay that comes together as gang chants in this song that live somewhere between SHAM 69 and RANCID. The music is more along the lines of the SKIDS with the not so subtle celtic riffing that made BIG COUNTRY a phenomenon. “Start Again” is my favourite of the two numbers and should have been the A-Side, but both songs are great. And it kind of baffles me how this band doesn’t have more people talking about them especially given that the singer was in an early rendition of CHRONIC SUBMISSION and the bassist was in DIRECT ACTION. Thos are two heavyweights as far as Toronto hardcore is concerned and should take nothing away from the others who played in PROBLEM CHILDREN, HOCKEY TEETH, and BOMB SHELTER. All of these bands were great in their own right. And although bringing together that much talent can be risky as is the case with Brazil’s football team, the egos are in check with the CLASS ASSASSINS. In fact I would say that the egos are no existent. These guys just play stripped down back to basics punk with loads of melody and is an example where bringing together this much talent can blow you away. There are a few examples of this like LIMP WRIST and the SWARM and now streetpunk has a role model. (Rebel Time Records – 2-558 Upper Gage Avenue, Suite 162 / Hamilton, ON / L8V 4J6 / Canada / www.rebeltimerecords.com)

Flyer - Saturday October 15, 2011

2011-10-15T06:05:00.000-07:00

Radio - Sunday, October 9th, 2011

2011-10-09T23:59:00.000-07:00

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ARSON - Prime Time (CIUT)
THE ANEMICS - Sick Boy (CIUT)

PICK YOUR SIDE - Controlled by Fear (A389 Recordings)
RIDE AT DAWN - A Bloody Threat (Schizophrenic)
LEGION DCLXVI - The Final Days (Schizophrenic)
INTERNAL ROT - Pig Teeth (625 Productions)
BOMB BLAST MEN - Religious Shit (Vex Records)
WITCH LORD - Bones are Left (A389 Records)

WILD CHILD -Piss Down a Drain (Self-Released)
KREMLIN - Kremlin (Self-Released)
VACANT STATE - Nothing New (Deranged)
CIRCLE FLEX - My Choice, Your Choice (Crew for Life)
LOGIC PROBLEM - Sterile Anxiety (Abuse)
NIHIL BAXTER - Angry Youth (Spastic Fantastic)
DEATH TOKEN - All dreams are nightmares (Adult Crash)

THE BLUE DEMON - Dick (Self-Released)
PAMPERS - Eruptions (JKSHK)
STRANGE ATTRACTOR - Decapitate Me Baby (Red Lounge)
CONNOISSEURS OF PORN - Peasant Terror (Buzz Records)
THE TERRORISTS - 30 Minute Love (Self-Released)

BURNING KITCHEN - Missed the train (Alerta Antifascista)
FAILURES - Available: (Youth Attack)
ONE BY ONE - Nazi raus (Words of Warning)
TV FREAKS - Never finish what you started (Self-Released)
MOLESTED YOUTH - Recycled life (Deranged)
NABAT - Kill Police (Self-released)
POWER TRIP - Suffer no fool
VILLAIN - Debt nation
MASAKARI - IX tempt providence

AVFART 33 – Orattvisan (Halvfabrikat / Undislessed / Aborted Society)
LIEUTENANT – 1 out of 4 (Art of the Underground / Warm Bath / Peterwalkee)
SPASTIC PANTHERS – Panther Bomb (Handsome Dan)
WHOLE IN THE HEAD – Fight Prejudice (Warm Bath / Dogdown / Zandor / Tadpole / Active Rebellion / Opiate)
TEENAGE RAMPAGE – What’s the Rush (Handsome Dan)
UNLEARN – Used + Killed (Deranged)
INSIDIOUS PROCESS – Internal Wars (Halvfabrikat / Undislessed / Aborted Society)
NO PROBLEM – I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (Deranged)
THE SHIRKS – On Time (Grave Mistake)
BLOOD RED BABY BLUE – What?! (No Profit / Peer Pressure)

DEADBEATS - Kill the Hippies (Dangerhouse)
e-150 - Azul (Self-Released)
STREET TRASH - What the shit? (Blacknoise)
CODE ORANGE KIDS - Walls (Mayfly)
ANTI-YOU - H Bomb (Six Weeks)

Demo Features
LIVING DEADBEATS - Theme Song (Self-released)
LIVING DEADBEATS - (Just to make) Rent (Self-released)
LIVING DEADBEATS - Lost (Self-released)
LIVING DEADBEATS - Stumble (Self-released)

Ilegal “Error de Orden” ep

2011-10-09T15:35:00.000-07:00

This is a band from Montreal released at least a year ago. It sounds unlike anything I have heard come from this scene in recent times. It is raw, fuzzed out and playing as fast as they can. There are bands like INEPSY drawing in some traditional influences like DISCHARGE and MOTORHEAD. But ILEGAL go for more obscure sounds that tap into the essence of hardcore sound that I first heard from regions in South America through the “Welcome to 1984” comp. It doesn’t hurt that the band is singing in Spanish. (Lengua Armada – 1355 Grove Street, Apt. B / San Francisco, CA / 94117 / USA)

Volume 11, Issue 5

2011-10-07T15:02:00.000-07:00

Zero and Dave appeared on the show back in 2008. Zro4 were a great punk band that formed in 1978 and brtoke up in 1986. ZRO4 was comprised of members from many early wave punk bands in the Toronto scene which included the UGLY, the VILETONES, TYRANNA, and BLUE PETER. Zero and Tony Brighton of the UGLY started up the band and they recruited Dave Joudrey on guitar and Mike Bambrick who would go on to play in the SHARKS and BLUE PETER on drums. Chris Hate of the VILETONES, Marc Gamage of the WADS / ARSON, Chick Parker and countless others would fill the ranks throughout the years. In an interview we did in 2008 with Zero and Dave we found out that ZRO4 had played almost every dive in Toronto that would give punk a chance. These places included the Turning “Learning” Point, the Pylon Theatre, The Rock (Oriental) Palace, the Horseshoe, Larry’s (a.k.a. the Head Space), the Issy, the Bev, the Cameron, the Masonic Temple, the El Mo, the Cabana Room, the DMZ and a bunch lesser known places like Scruffers, and pubs in Mattawa and Tottenham. In 1980, Chameleon Records released the song “Blood” on the “No Pedestrians” comp, but it wasn’t until the Punk History Canada comp where “Gimmie Attention” saw the light of day. This came from a number of unreleased recordings with so many great songs that Zero told us about. Photos by Anita Alksnis, Tony Brighton, Gail Bryck, Mark Leach, Wayne Maguire, Ted Russell, and Garry Vortex. Click the photo to download a copy of the zine.

Radio - Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

2011-10-02T23:59:00.000-07:00

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DOUBLE NEGATIVE - Beg to a Vile Nude (Sorry State)

MUKEKA DI RATO - Atletas de Fristo (Laja Records)
LEPTOSPIROSE - Aqua Mad Max (Laja REcords)
BORED STRAIGHT - Alienation, Part Three (Data Control)
RESIST CONTROL - Don't Want It (Feral Kid / Shock to the System)

THE CRAW - Is This what we really want (Live Fast Die Drunk)
AVON LADIES - Hang 'em High (SYG Records)
P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. - Cold Cold Rain (Doomtown Sounds)
BURIAL - Dissatisfight (Heart First)
ETAE - Mind Set (La Familia Releases)

HOAX - Dead Weight (Self-Released)
NO TOLERENCE - Pay The Cost (Painkiller)
URBAN BLIGHT - Leech (Slasher)
SCHOOL JERKS - Screamer (Cowabunga)
WASTE MANAGEMENT - Medicine (Painkiller)
BOSTON STRANGLER - The Truth (Self-Released)

SALVATION - The Internal (Youth Attack)
CREEM - Good Riddance (Katorga)
RAH - Keep Walking (Labeled)
OMEGAS - Excessive Force (Parts Unknown)
CONFINES - Downward Harmonization (Labour of Love)
RIVAL MOB - Tough Love (Six Feet)
DROPDEAD - Control (Ad Absurdum)
STICK TOGETHER - Stick Together (Self-Released)

SLUTS ON 45 - Hung up drunk (Cheap Slut Records)
THE LIVING DEADBEATS - Time (Self-Released)
SPOILED ROTTEN - I Want my Rock 'n Roll (Amp)
OS PEDRERO - Sua Bouca Gatiiama (Laja Records)

DISCHARGE - Realities of War (Clay)
DISSYSTEMA - Depression and Discontent (Despotic)
DISTRESS - Filthy Business (Total Punk)
DISFEAR - Det Sista Kriget (Self-Released)
DISPENSE - Detached (No Records)
DISGUST - War Crime (Nuclear Blast)
DISARM - Dagen Efter (Self-Released)
DISCLOSE - Battlefield of Hell (MCR Company)

PICK YOUR SIDE - Controlled by Fear (A389 Recordings)
RIDE AT DAWN - A Bloody Threat (Schizophrenic)
LEGION DCLXVI - The Final Days (Schizophrenic)
INTERNAL ROT - Pig Teeth (625 Productions)
BOMB BLAST MEN - Religious Shit (Vex Records)
WITCH LORD - Bones are Left (A389 Records)

NEWTOWN NEUROTICS - Kick out the Tories (Captain Oi!)
INSERVIBLES - Acedtalo Todo (Captcha)
CODE 13 - Darkness at noon (Havoc)
DEATHRITE - Locust Swarm (Self-Released)
WRITTEN OFF - Reiterator (IMC)
HATEWAVES - Pride (A389 Records)

Demo Features
SKINNED ALIVE - Skinned Alive (Self-Released)

Top 10 - September 2011

2011-09-30T02:01:00.000-07:00

1. NUCLEAR CULT “Better Nightmares” ep (Warm Bath)
2. WHOLE IN THE HEAD “Them and Us” ep (Warm Bath)
3. Various Artists “City Limits” LP (High Anxiety)
4. PULLING TEETH “Funerary” LP (A389 Records)
5. ASSHOLE PARADE / SLIGHT SLAPPERS split LP (No Idea)
6. DEAF MUTATIONS “Crash Clubs” ep (Static Shock)
7. B-LINES Self-Tirtled LP (Deranged / Nominal)
8. SWINDLED “It's only peace that you want...” CD (Swi-Fi Music)
9. HOMEWRECKER / THE LOVE BELOW split ep (A389 Records)
10. DEATH TRAP “No Hicks” ep (Feral Kid / Warm Bath)

Labels:
* Warm Bath – P.O. Box 652 / Buffalo, NY / 14215 / USA / http://www.warmbathlabel.wordpress.com/
* High Anxiety - highanxiety416.blogspot.com
* A389 Records - P.O. Box 12058 / Baltimore, MD / 21281 / USA / http://www.a389records.com/
* No Idea – P.O. Box 14636 / Gainesville, FL / 32604 / USA / http://www.noidearecords.com/
* Static Shock Records - http://www.staticshockrecords.com/
* Deranged Records – 2700 Lower Road / Roberts Creek, BC / V0N 2W4 / Canada / http://www.derangedrecords.com/ // Nominal Records - http://recordsnominal.com/
* Feral Kid – 27 Ripley Place / Buffalo, NY / 14213 / USA / http://feralkidrecords.com/

Flyer - Friday, September 30, 2011

2011-09-30T01:20:00.000-07:00

Studio 3 session - The Fairmonts

2011-09-27T23:00:00.000-07:00

1. Spend the Night With Me
2. Weed Me Out
3. Black Hearted Girl
4. For the Sun to Come
5. Silly Girl (Descendents cover)
6. These Drums
7. Dragged in the Mud
8. Bill Popper
9. Can't Hardly Wait (Replacements cover)
10. New England (Billy Bragg cover)

Radio - Sunday, September 25th, 2011

2011-09-25T23:59:00.000-07:00

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PENETRATION PANTHERS - Lipstick on Leather (A389 Records)

DEVO - Space Junk (Warner Bros)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Webs in the Sky (A389 Records)
THE LOVE BELOW - High Friends in Low Places (A389 Records)
TARANTUJA - Burning the Bridges (Unrest)
LEGION666 - Evil (Schizophrenic)
OVERPOWER - Montreal (self-Released)
GEHENNA - Caveman (A389 REcords)
GRAVEHILL - Black Mass Prophecy (A389 Records)

THE SPITS - She Don't Care (In the Red)
THE DICKIES - Give It Back (A&M)
THE OKMONIKS - Not That Good (Slovenly)
THEE MIGHTY CEASARS - Lie Detector (Crypt)
GENTLEMEN OF HORROR - Overhead projector (No Exit)

ARTICLES OF FAITH - What we want is free (Version Sound)
FUCKED UP - Two Snakes (Vice)
SLOBS - Technophile Society (Cowabunga)
HARDA TIDER - Bring the Ruckus (Not Enough)
HYSTERESE - Headlocked (Self-Released)
SEPTIC DIETER - operland (Yakuzzi Tapes)
ABSURD - Bojkotta Coca-Cola (Killed by death)

DEATH TRIP - No Hicks (Feral Kid / Warm Bath)
HOMEWRECKER - Internal Morgue (A389 Records)
SWINDLED - Apathy Rules (Swi-Fi Music)
B-LINES - It Rains (Deranged / Nominal)
DEAF MUTATIONS - Mutation Shuffle (Static Shock)
ASSHOLE PARADE / SLIGHT SLAPPERS - Boso! Control (No Idea)
PULLING TEETH - Extinction (A389 Records)
OMEGAS - Social Slasher (High Anxiety)
WHOLE IN THE HEAD - A Brief History of Working Class Resistance (Warm Bath)
NUCLEAR CULT - Heimspiel (Warm Bath)

NOTFUNNYANYMORE - College Park (One Way)
ADOLESCENTS - Amoeba (Frontier)
IRON CROSS - Crucified for your sins (GMM)
BLUE DEMONS - Hot and Heavy (Schizophrenic)
FUNGI GIRLS - Velvet Days (Hozac)

CIVIL VICTIM - We are 129A (Cowabunga)
LOW PLACES - Controlled Chaos (A389 Records)
DYS - City to City (Taang!)
SABERTOOTH ZOMBIE - Send the pigs (12 Gauge)
ANIMAL FACES - Living Spaces

Demo Feature
TOTAL WAR - Total War (Self-Released)
TOTAL WAR - And For What (Self-Released)
TOTAL WAR - Lifeline (Self-Released)
TOTAL WAR - Mind Destruct (Self-Released)
TOTAL WAR - They Lead, We Follow (Self-Released)

Flyer - Sunday, September 25, 2011

2011-09-25T01:32:00.000-07:00

Radio - Sunday, September 18th, 2011

2011-09-18T23:59:00.000-07:00

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SLANDER - Upside Down (CIUT)
SLANDER - Interview (CIUT)
SLANDER - No Slander Reunion (CIUT)
SLANDER - Interview (CIUT)
SLANDER - Tearin' Me Apart (CIUT)
SLANDER - Full Time Fool (CIUT)
SLANDER - Let's Shake (CIUT)
SLANDER - Ain't Got No Sense (CIUT)
SLANDER - Interview (CIUT)
SLANDER - I Want Your Woman (CIUT)
SLANDER - Interview (CIUT)
SLANDER - The Pigs (CIUT)
SLANDER - Interview (CIUT)
SLANDER - I Need You (CIUT)
SLANDER - I'm a Believer (CIUT)
SLANDER - Interview (CIUT)
SLANDER - Still the One (CIUT)
SLANDER - 8 Days a Week (CIUT)
SLANDER - Interview (CIUT)
SLANDER - Ghetto (CIUT)
SLANDER - Interview (CIUT)
SLANDER - Jail Bait (CIUT)
SLANDER - Interview (CIUT)
SLANDER - It's Over (CIUT)

Flyer - Friday September 16, 2011

2011-09-16T01:19:00.000-07:00

Fuck the Facts / Mesrine split ep

2011-09-15T15:46:00.000-07:00

Volume 11, Issue 4

2011-09-14T09:23:00.000-07:00

This is the September 2011 issue of EXD radio zine. Urban Blight is the feature interview. We did this interview originally with the band back in October 2010 just after they had gotten back from a tour in Europe. Consequently we spend a lot of time talking about the places they played. I have also been trying to get an interview with Beav about Urban Blight for years so I took the opportunity to ask him about meanings behind songs and history behind releases. I hope this covers all you wanted to know about Urban Blight. There are record reviews in here which include some new Finnish releases and some 625 releases that came in. A review of Jennifer Morton's book on BFG titled "Dirty Drunk and Punk" is in here. Nico Taus of Vicious Cycle also wrote a book about the Sudbury scene called "Songs from Nowhere" and my critiques are found in here. The big Hallowe'en fest flyer is the back cover with some of the bands playing the big three day fest in October. The show is being called "Ain't Dead Yet". Click the cover for a download of this issue.

Studio 3 - Slander

2011-09-13T23:00:00.000-07:00

1. SLANDER - Destination (CIUT)

2. SLANDER - Rocking on Main Street (CIUT)
3. SLANDER - Good Thing (CIUT)
4. SLANDER - Upside Down (CIUT)
5. SLANDER - I Need You (CIUT)
6. SLANDER - Jailbait (CIUT)
7. SLANDER - I Want Your Woman (CIUT)
8. SLANDER - The Pigs (CIUT)
9. SLANDER - Ghetto (CIUT)
10. SLANDER - It’s Over (CIUT)
11. SLANDER - No Slander Reunion (CIUT)
12. SLANDER - Still the One (CIUT)
13. SLANDER - 8 Days a Week (CIUT)
14. SLANDER - First Time (CIUT)
15. SLANDER - The Tribute (CIUT)
16. SLANDER - Sonic Reducer (CIUT)
17. SLANDER - CIUT ID (CIUT)
18. SLANDER - EXD ID (CIUT)

Unlearn LP

2011-09-13T15:03:00.000-07:00

Isn’t this always the way. As soon as a band gets an LP out they are broken up. That is the case for UNLEARN. I was just reading on the UNLEARN blog that they played their last show in September. That’s a shame because these guys rage. Do you remember at the beginning of hardcore just after the first DISCHARGE record had come out and many bands were trying to sound like them but very unsuccessfully and that was alright because they were creating all these amazing styles of hardcore in the process. Like the FARTZ who tried to be like DISCHARGE or RATTUS from Finland or WARSYSTEM from Denmark. That is what it is like listening to UNLEARN. The DISCHARGE influence is there but I would never say they play d-beat. And in an interview found in September’s, the bassist credits DISCHARGE as being an influence. But UNLEARN credit early Finnish hardcore and even more artistic noise bands like G.I.S.M. as playing a part into how fucked up they sound. Think DISORDER and DISCHARGE having it out in Helsinki in the early 80’s. (Deranged Records – P.O. Box 21534 / Vancouver, BC / V5L 5G2 / Canada / http://www.derangedrecords.com/)

Radio - Sunday, September 11, 2011

2011-09-11T23:59:00.000-07:00

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FEARLESS IRANIANS FROM HELL - Decade (Boner)

DIRECT ACTION - Living Dead (Bitzcore)
DAMNABLE EXCITE ZOMBIES! - Pain (Not Very Nice)
LIP CREAM - No No Mercy (Hold-Up)
GAUZE - Wassyoi (XXX)

SCHOOL JERKS - Decline (Cowabunga)

STEELPOLE BATHTUB - Bee Sting (Lookout)
SUBWAY SECT - Ambition (Rough Trade)

WIRE - Dot Dash (Harvest)

RECENSION - ....and Watch out for Christians (625 Productions)
PSUDOKU - Dimensional Warp (625 Productions)
GET DESTROYED - Sort out (625 Productions)
GAZ-66 INTRUSION - She Suffers (625 Productions)
INTERNAL ROT - Purple Rain (625 Productions)
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS - Adult Humour (625 Productions)

RORSCHACH - Hardware (Vermiform)
NO COMMENT - Modern Moses (Noise Patch)
NEANDERTHAL - Fluids (Vermiform)
BORN AGAINST - Resist Control (Vermiform)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Bikini Diet (Deranged)

CHEAP TRAGEDIES - Ain't Dead Yet (Mad at the World)
NAPALM DREAM - Spit in the Wind (Mandible)
NILS - Truce (Profile / Rock Hotel)
HUSKER DU - Somewhere (SST)
RHYTHM PIGS - Marlboro Man (Mordam)

YOUNG PIONEERS - Regrets of the Doublers (Lookout)
CRIMPSHRINE - Pretty Mess (Lookout)
NEW TOWN ANIMALS - Baby, You're the Reason (Zircon Virile Acxtion)
THE STATICS - Rebel Like Me (Ugly Pop)

BOSTON STRANGLER - Hit and Run (Self-Released)
RAMONES - Loudmouth (Sire)
BROTSKOD 11 - Infor Doden (Self-Released)

PSYCHED TO DIE - OCD Life (Grave Mistake)
ENUF - Face the Music (Self-Released)
MOLESTED YOUTH - Dead world (Deranged)

SNAKEPIT - Snakes never sleep (No Contracts Just Trust)
CONDOMINIUM - Elevators (Self-Released)

DIRECT APPROACH - My Time (Self-Released)

SICK CHARADE - Sick Charade (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Victims (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Lock Up (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Getting Too Much (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Formaldehyde Face (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Fucking Hesitation (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Modern Genocide (Self-Released)

Legion DCLXVI “The Final Days” LP

2011-09-09T06:46:00.000-07:00

This was rumoured to be LEGION’s last record and with a song title like “Final Days” one would think that is in the offing, but I have been reassured that these are just rumours. This makes me wonder if album title is refering to the apocalyptic Christian groups which dominate the fear parade in today’s society or the satanic pose found around this band. The clues lie in the lyrics for the title track, which uses religious writing to write about Armageddon. It could be a metaphor for the decline of Western civilization. Who knows? The song was originally written for a side project that Blas was involved in called MEGIDDO and the singer Oskar does some vocals and guitar work on the song so MEGIDDO get more input than a routine cover would offer. The song is clever, just like the re-make LEGION do of the 4 SKINS song “Evil”. And when you stand back to give it some thought LEGION utilize the dark side of metal in their sound and look. They call themselves misanthropic blackened hardcore. The choruses of the 4 SKINS classic is perfect for a reinterpretation to LEGION. This is where a cover is more than just a crowd pleaser, although the band did perform it when they opened for OI POLLOI. Overall the songs are slower than on previous records. It allows the band to get heavier sounding. It has been four years since “Black Goat Armageddon”. Part of the time delay was in getting the artwork, which didn’t actually make it on the cover but did make it into the lyric sheet. The band is already at writing new material more in the EXTREME NOISE TERROR vein so expect a new curve ball for their next release. Until then we have “The Final Days” to chew on. The songs on this release are:

1. Mass Hysteria
2. It Just Gets Worse
3. The Final Days
4. Delusions
5. Inherenet Laws
6. Paranoid Landscapes
7. The End
8. Evil (4-Skins cover)

(Schizophrenic Records - www.schizophrenicrex.com)

Unlearn / Kruel split ep

2011-09-07T15:05:00.000-07:00

This is like listening to a double A side of a raw noise punk record. Either side challenges for the right to be heard first. To be honest both bands are evenly matched. On one side you have these transplanted Calgarians called UNLEARN who crank out some noisey as fuck punk. This is the kind of stuff that would make KAOSS and DISORDER proud. KRUEL are a Spanish speaking hardcore band from L.A. There is lots of reverb on the vocals which invokes thoughts of G.I.S.M. and TERVEET KADET. There is some heavy ANTI-CIMEX / SHITLICKERS worship going on here. At the beginning of “No Hay Cruces, Ni Craciones” there is this wailing guitar scream reminiscent of DISCHARGE. The music is raw punk in sound with a barreling bass sound and a galloping drum beat. As far as splits go this was a thoughtful pairing. (Crucifacados Pelo sistema – http://www.crucificados.de/)

Radio - Sunday, September 4, 2011

2011-09-04T23:59:00.000-07:00

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LOVE SONGS- There's No L in Fool, Foo (New Disorder / 625 Productions)

AUTHORITIES - Radiation Masturbation (Get Hip)
CAREER SUICIDE - Jonzo's Leaking Radiation (Deranged)
BRADY'S PROBLEM - Drink (Unreleased)
UNLEARN - Used and Killed (Deranged)
SPECTRES - Rats in Walls (Charged // Distorted)
PYGMEY SHREWS - Snake Eyes (JKSHK)

BATTERED WIVES - Uganda Stomp (Bomb)
STRAW MEN - Jack Rabbit (Foul and Fair)
SUB SONICS - Voodoo Doll (Homo Habilis)
BARRERACUDAS - New York Honeys (Douche Master)
WOMEN IN PRISON - Circles and Circles (HoZac)

VIOLENT LIBERTY - Burst (MCR Company)
BANJAX - Shiroi Hako (MCR Company)
U.G. MAN - First Song (625 Productions / Wajlemac)
SLIGHT SLAPPERS - Rasen (625 Productions)
BREAKFAST - Scar (625 Productions)

THE ONLY ONES - Another Girl, Another Planet (CBS)
THEE MIGHTY CEASARS - Cowboys are Square (Damaged Goods)
DECRY - Falling (Toxic Shock)
OVERNIGHT COWS - Last Meal for the Underachiever (Goner)
FEEDERZ - Dead Bodies (Placebo)

SOKEA PISTE - Vieraantuneet, Sopeutuneet (Tuska ja Ahtistus / Kamaset Levyt)
DOA - Nervous Breakdown (Sudden Death)
BEARDAGE - We Trash Electric (Lunacy)
BURNING LOVE - Destroyer of Worlds (Deranged)
TO HELL AND BACK - Blood of the Father, Heart of the Son (Peterwaulkee)

OFF! - Now I'm Pissed (Vice)
GOVERNMENT FLU - Behind the Wall (Per Koro)
LOW THREAT PROFILE - My Only Friends (Deep Six)
OWL EYES - Lonely Roads (Self-Released)

CREEPER - Sueke (No Contracts, Just Trust)
CURSED - Search and Destroy (Goodfellow)
LOOK BACK AND LAUGH - Exhaust Filled Damnation (625 Productions)
WARFARE - Zombie Rock (Quaderno a Quadretti)
VEINS - 4/16/2007 (Youth Attack)

LAMA - Tavaista (Svart)
VIVISEKTIO - Tyo Tappaa Meidat (Roku / Hohnie)
TUHKAUS - Lestat (Roku / Psychedlic)
ABDUKTIO - Griller (Nyt Mausttaan Paaministri Matti Vanhanen) (Combat Rock Industries)
KURWA APARATA - Silent World (Self-Released)

WASTOIDS - Hoop Dreams (Self-Released)
WASTOIDS - Moon People (Self-Released)
WASTOIDS - We are the Wastoid Crew (Self-Released)
WASTOIDS - Fuck You, I'm Here to Party (Self-Released)

Overpower “Hogtown Skins” CD

2011-09-01T06:30:00.000-07:00

OVERPOWER are a local oi skinhead band featuring members of HOLD A GRUDGE, RAMMER, the PROWLERS, and KOPS FOR CHRIST. Pat Laso, the bassist from BLUNDERMEN, is singing in this band and his vocals are low growls. This is a heavier oi than what I am used to. Sort of an oi crossed with tough guy hardcore. But Laso is part of the anti racist movement here in Toronto and the heaviness is a sign of his commitment. And these themes of loyalty play themselves out in songs like “The Wrong Side”, “The Crew”, and “Good Fight”. I know Laso is a big Toronto FC supporter as well and these themes run throughout

whether they be the photo on the back cover taken from the bunker at BMO field or the offside analogies that make the lyrics in “The Wrong Side”. These subtleties are not lost on me. One of the highlights off this is the cover of the OPPRESSED’s “Work Together”. It’s a great song and a local anti-fascist label, Insurgence Records, re-issued the OPRESED material a year or tow ago and so Toronto folks have been re-living the OPPRESSED anthems recently. OVERPOWER plays on this synergy by picking the OPPRESSED best known song to cover. I dare you to try and not sing along. Insurgence is making this release available as a digital download with proceeds being raised for A.F.A.

groups in Russia. (Insurgence Records - http://www.insurgence.net/)

Top 8 – August 2011

2011-08-30T02:12:00.000-07:00

1. AVFART 33 / INSIDIOUS PROCESS split LP (Halvfabrikat / Undislessed / Aborted Society)

2. LIEUTENANT LP (Art of the Underground / Warm Bath / Peterwalkee)

3. SPASTIC PANTHERS / TEENAGE RANPAGE split ep (Handsome Dan)

4. NO PROBLEM “…and No This” LP (Deranged)

5. UNLEARN “When the Reaper Comes to You, Will you Clap?” ep (Deranged)

6. SHIRKS, THE “Cry Cry Cry” ep (Grave Mistake)

7. WHOLE IN THE HEAD “Them and Us” ep (Warm Bath / Dogdown / Zandor / Tadpole / Active Rebellion / Opiate)

8. BLOOD RED BABY BLUE “The Colours of Chaos” LP (No Profit / Peer Pressure)

Labels:

* Aborted Society Records – 1122 E Pike Street #1377 / Seattle, WA / 98122 / USA / www.abortedsociety.com

* Undislessed – www.undislessed.e-monsite.com

* Halvfabrikat Records – Ringvagen 18 B / S-532 72 Axvall / Sweden / www.halvfabrikat.net

* Handsome Dan Records – 3244 - 31A Avenue SE / Calgary, AB / T2B 0H9 / www.handsomedanrecords.com

* Peterwalkee Records – 408 Richmond Avenue / Buffalo, NY / 14222 / USA / www.peterwalkeerecords.com

* Warm Bath Label – P.O. Box 652 / Buffalo, NY / 14215 / USA / www.warmbathlabel.wordpress.com

* Art of the Underground – P.O. Box 250 / Buffalo, NY / 14205 / USA / www.artoftheunderground.com

* Deranged Records – 2700 Lower Road / Roberts Creek, BC / V0N 2W4 / Canada / http://www.derangedrecords.com/

* Unlearn – P.O. Box 21534 / Vancouver, BC / V5L 5G2 / Canada

* Grave Mistake – P.O. Box 12482 / Richmond, VA / 23241 / USA / www.gravemistakercords.com

* No Profit – 2724 Glastonbury Road / Apex, NC / 27539-8663 / USA

Radio: Sunday, August 28th, 2011

2011-08-28T23:59:00.000-07:00

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BLITZ - Voice of a Generation (No Future)

SONS OF ISHMAEL - This is Germany / Lefty Gets Serious (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Clark the Parrot / Follow the Leader (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - The Lightbulb Cracks (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Jimmy Swaggart stuck his pee pee in my poo poo / Today's Victim, Tomorrow's Aggressor (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Reprise / Sex Class Rules Mom (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Break Free / Democracy (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Sumo Training Camp (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Ohio (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Explanation (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Social Drinker (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Small Town Mentality (CIUT)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Mr. Personality / Man and His Penis Sceptre (CIUT)

MANLIFTINGBANNER – Myth or Freedom (Crucial Response)
COLT TURKEY – The Book (Crucial Response)
RISE ABOVE – Real Deal
MAINSTRIKE – Can’t Bring Me Down (Crucial Response)
SCRAPS – A Traitor to my Nation (X-Mist)
NATIONS ON FIRE – Nice Song (X-Mist)

PSYCHED TO DIE - Scatter Brain (Dirtnap)
MATURE SITUATIONS - These Old Hands (Deranged)
TUHKAUS - Sotatila (Roku)
CHEAP TRAGEDIES - Days of our lives / My boss ain't no Jewish carpenter (High Anxiety)

WADGE - Fiery Rivers of Kilauea (Regurgitated Semen)
FY FAN - Du Har slutat skratta (No Way)
THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE - Pest control / Fetal position (Regurgitated Semen)
SMASH YOUR FACE - Blood in the High (Ride On)

THE SAINTS - Messin' with the kid (Sire)
THE PAGANS - Slow Street (Treehouse)
DEMICS - I Wanna Know (Ready)
DEVIL DOGS - Stuck in Third Gear (Sympathy for the Record Industry)

SICK CHARADE - Victims (Self-Released)
B-LINES - Wealthy Barber (Nominal)
THE JOLTS - I Wanna Dig Where The X's Are (Sudden Death)
TRANZMITORS - Jimmy's at the Mod Shop (Meaty Beaty / No Front Teeth)
THE LIVING DEADBEATS - Stumble (Self-Released)
THE FIGGS - Dance Lessons (Peterwalkee)

CHAOS UK - Kill your Baby (Anagram)
63 MONROE - Hijack Victim (Rave Up)
S.F.B. - Shit For Brains (Self-Released)
CHRIST ON A CRUTCH - Nation of Sheep (New Red Archives)

PUNCH - Don't Need You (625 Productions)
XFILESX - "X up" or Shut up (My Trust)
WOMB RAIDER - Make Waves (Self-Released)
WEEKEND NACHOS - Hated (Deep Six)
TOTAL TRASH - Socially Fucked (Self-Released)

KREMLIN - Inhuman (Self-Released)
KREMLIN - Duped (Self-Released)
KREMLIN - No Work (Self-Released)

Volume 11, Issue 3

2011-08-24T15:10:00.000-07:00

This issue was released in late August 2011. The issue features an interview with D'Arcy's most recent band, Snakepit, who released a few records and toured Japan in their sort existence. Henry Martinuk did a retrospective interview with Mark Gane and Martha Johnson of Martha and the Muffins in 2010 looking back at their early punk days. And there is loads of reviews in this issue. Click on the cover to download a PDF of this issue.

Video: Sons of Ishmael "Break Free / Democracy"

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Video: Sons of Ishmael "Small Town Mentality

2011-08-23T23:00:00.001-07:00

This is the band's classic song that starts out "Hayseed Hardcore"

Studio 3 - Sons of Ishmael

2011-08-23T23:00:00.000-07:00

It was great to see these guys playing together again. Just as raging as when I remmeber seeing them back in the day, but they have gotten a lot better as musicians. Tim's angry vocal delivery, Ditch Dog's screaming guitar solos, Paul's accoustic interludes, Mike's embellishments, Daragh's rapid fire bass meandering, and Chris precision drumming. It was a priviledge to view one last time. But we want to share the magic. Here are the songs from that session:

1. This is Germany / Lefty Gets Serious
2. Clark the Parrot / Follow the Leader
3. The Lightbulb Cracks
4. Jimmy Swaggart stuck his pee pee in my poo poo / Today's Victim, Tomorrow's Aggressor
5. Reprise / Sex Class Rules Mom
6. Break Free / Democracy
7. Sumo Training Camp
8. Ohio
9. Explanation
10. Social Drinker
11. Small Town Mentality
12. Mr. Personality / Man and His Penis Sceptre
13. Undulating Blobs
14. Downsview
15. Hallowe'en Party

Vacant State “Fill the Void” LP

2011-08-22T15:12:00.000-07:00

This is Vancouver’s answer to SSD and S.I.E.G.E. in a tug-o-war contest. And this is a full length of the Boston inspired hardcore that these guys crank out. The eps were teasers but this is the real McCoy. You can think LAST RITES or NEGATIVE APPROACH or other early burly hardcore bands, and if you are a fan of that sound VACANT STATE breathes new life into this back to basics sound which is part oi and part early American hardcore split right down the middle. The album cover artwork is Raymond Pettibon-esque. This is a record I could listen to over and over again. Even the INFEST like droner at the end. (Deranged Records – P.O. Box 21534 / Vancouver, BC / V5L 5G2 / Canada / http://www.derangedrecords.com/)

Flyer - Saturday August 20, 2011

2011-08-20T01:00:00.000-07:00