Radio - Sunday, April 12th, 2015

Every six months we host an on-air fundraising drive. In our training, the Station Manager thought a pass off between EXD and the Prophesy was impossible so I tried to prove him wrong with out little game of name that tune which gets played every week between us off air. But this week it was my turn because the Prophesy aren't as well versed in the finer areas of punk. So I tried with covers of Kool and the Gang and the Specials at the begining of the show to disasterous effect. Listen on....

BIG BOYS - Hollywood Swingin’ (Touch 'n Go)

SNUFF – Do Nothing (Workers Playtime)
SCREECHING WEASEL – I can see clearly (Lookout)
THE VAPIDS – You’re tearin’ me apart (Double Hell)

Every couple of weeks we record bands in our broadcast studio (known as studio 3). Candy has really been involved in the video side of recording these bands and so much work goes into those that I wanted her to come on air and tell you some of what she gets up to with these sessions. I also had her program some material from these sessions.....

TEENAGE HEAD – Disgusteen (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Milk Man (CIUT)
VCR - Pizza Party (CIUT)

Sarde is one of the women behind the women takeover of the show and also runs out of time to play material in her sets. She came in to make up for that and tell us about some magic moments of the takeover.

SLURS – Cartoon People (Self-Released)
SOA – I Hate the Kids (Dischord)
THE FREEZE – Idiots at Happy Hour (Modern Method)
COMA – Coda (ADK)

This is the first of Rob's radio appreciation sets.

MISFITS – Static Age (Caroline)
FLESHEATERS – Radio dies screaming (Atavistic)
PROBLEM CHILDREN – On the Air (Problem Children Wreckords)
THE BANANAS – Radio Action (Recess)

Davis Brown was a co-host on the show for a few years, but has since moved back to Truro. He runs a label called Sewercide and offered out his last three releases as a prize package so we played a song from each with exception for the last release which comes from a demo.

DYSCONTROL – Lies (Sewercide)
ABJECT PAX – Abject Pax (Sewercide)
WORD ON THE STREET – H.R.M. Mayhem (Self-Released)

More appreciation for the medium from punk.

WAND – Floating Head (In the Red)
THE WIMPS – Hamburger radio (Sniff)
KILL-A-WATTS – Radio Suicide (Rip Off)
TEENGENERATE – radio 55 (Crypt)

Alex from the Sofistifucks came in to answer phones but I wanted to get his unique perspective of what it was like to have played studio 3.Fathers was supposed to come in and talk about their session but they left us hanging high and dry. I still played a song from their demo and will play their session on Sunday's show.

FATHERS – I Gotta Piss (Self-Released)
MDC – No Place to Piss (R Radical)
SCHOOL JERKS – Slums of the Future (Bad Vibrations)

More radio love

ELVIS COSTELLO – Radio Radio (Columbia)
BOW WOW WOW – Radio G String (EMI)

Radio - Sunday, March 29th, 2015

A great way to start out a palm Sunday broadcast would be with something off of "Holy things are for the holy". You can download an MP of the show here.

COLUMN OF HEAVEN - How Glorious This Hour (Iron Lung)

The last Sunday of the month has Rob DJing and D'Arcy performing at a punk rock night at the Painted Lady. In honour of the show I try and put together an early scene shot from somewhere that we haven't really covered. I was interested by the Sydney scene in Australia when I read an interview with a filmaker who made a scene about this early scene called "Distorted". A free link for the documentary and trailer can be found at "Distorted: Reflections on early Sydney punk".



VICTIMS - Open your eyes (1977)
PRESS - Alcoholic (Laser)
THE CELIBATE RIFLES - Let's Get Married (EMI)
REJEX - Who Wants To March (Doublethink)
FUN THINGS - When The Birdman Fly (EMI)
BRITISH JETS - No News (EMI)

This set was inspired by bands that sing in Spanish with women singing. 

ILEGAL - Odio Kontra Odio (Lengua Armada)
DETESTADOS - Consumir- Vomitir (Todo Destruido)
GENERACION SUICIDA - Mierda Ciudad (Going Underground)
BANDA MUERTE - Vibraciones (Self-Released)
MALOKIO - Futuro Feo (Self-Released)

A powerviolence set by strictly new bands. 

BURIAL PERMIT - Willful (CIUT)
BURN VICTIM - Pinto (CIUT)
RABID PIGS - Brewtality
GRIN AND BEAR IT - Plasma
BEGGING FOR OXYS - Holt Renfrew (Self-Released)

I love the new sound of Toronto that is weird and experimental and even more edgier sounding then before. Then I heard Blotter and realized that bands in Austin are trying to sound like bands from here.

DEFORMITY - Fracture (Katorga Works/Toxic State)
BLOTTER - Life Among Sausages (False Form/Katorga Works)
INSTITUTE - Success (Katorga Works)
S.H.I.T. - Fuck All (Lengua Armada)
FARANG - If you're not now you never were (CIUT)
VCR - B.D.S.M. (Self-Released)
BELT FIGHT - b e l t f i g h t d o e s i t a g a i n (Self-Released)
INJURED LIST - Hey it's me (Self-Released)

FLESH RAG - Is This Real (Self-Released)
VANITY - The King Drinks (Katorga Works)
KELLERASSELN - Mittelmeerromantik (Self-Released)
HALBSTARK - Punx und skins (Gossenstolz)
OI POLLOI - Oigridh Air Na Sraidean (Rotten to the Core)

PLEASURE CROSS - Only In A Dream (Iron Lung)
DRUGS OF FAITH - Placing Bets (Malokul)
IDNS - Global Abuse (Self-Released)
POSEIDO - Mental Healing (Self-Released)
GAS CHAMBER - Stacked Logs (Iron Lung)

Here is a look at my top 10 new releases for March in reverse order like it was a countdown or something. 

10. SUFFER - Staub (Per Koro / Vendetta)
9. URBAN SAVAGE - Those who go and those who stay (Savage)
8. THE SICKS - Pretty Plastic (Fair Warning)
7. CRIME DESIRE - Fire (Standards)
6. CHEM-TRAILS - Stop And Frisk (Vex)
5. PURE DISGUST - Vacant (Flophouse)
4. WAR EMBLEM - (Ready To) Bleed
3. SYSTEMATIC DEATH - 3 (Fade In)
2. MERCY KILLINGS - Destroy It Again (Beach Impediment)
1. HASSLER - Victim (Deranged)

KING KHAN AND BBQ - Invisible Girl (In the red)
63 MONROE - Weekened Punks (Rave Up)
VALLEY BOYS - Auto Pilot (Cut the Cord)

Tonight’s demo feature is a new band from Victoria called Azotobacter which features former members of Iskra, Shibboleth, No Eulogy, Sewer Rat, Stimpy, and Blood Nasty. This recording can be listened to at http://azotobacter.bandcamp.com.

AZOTOBACTER - Restrained Detained (Self-Released)
AZOTOBACTER - Crude Death (Self-Released)
AZOTOBACTER - Rapacity (Self-Released)
AZOTOBACTER - Middle Class Expectation (Self-Released)
AZOTOBACTER - Alternate Option (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, March 15th, 2015

We started out the show with this new Hamilton band and an interview and studio 3 session recorded back on February 24th. The band features two Rocket Reducers and one Vapid. You can hear the show here.

FLESH RAG - It Ain’t Enough (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Interview (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Burning Sands (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Interview (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Fucked Up (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Bad Attitude (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Interview (CIUT)
FLESH RAG – You fucked me up, you put me down (CIUT)
FLESH RAG – Running Around (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Interview (CIUT)
FLESH RAG – Ballad (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Interview (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Ugly Death (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Interview (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Tombstone Heart (CIUT)
FLESH RAG - Milk Man (CIUT)

TNT - Zuri Brannt (Static Age)
TOM AND THE BOOT BOYS - Oi! Boy Oi! Girl (Fear of War)
URBAN SAVAGE - Wasted time (Self-Released)
OI POLLOI - Skinheads Of Tomorrow (Rotten to the Core)
SKUNX - Destiny (CIUT)
PUB NIGHT - Another Round (CIUT)

SEX DWARF - Din Gud (D-Takt and Rapunk / Konton Crusher)
SUFFER - War Paint (Per Koro / Vendetta)
PLEASURE CROSS - Only In A Dream (Iron Lung)
MENTAL DISTRESS - Love Sex, Hate Sexism
THE SICKS - Pretty Plastic (Fair Warning)
WAR EMBLEM - Frustration (Narshardan)
PURE DISGUST - You Don't Care (Flophouse)

THE CAPITALIST KIDS - I dreamed I saw Phil Ochs last night (Toxic Pop)
WASTOIDS - Faux Pas (High Anxiety)
BOSTON STRANGLER - Call to Arms (Fun with Smack)
VACANT STATE - Where's the line (Hardware)
S.H.I.T. - Nobody knows anybody (Iron Lung)
PURA MANIA - Sospepchoso (CV Recs)
LOW CULTURE - Georgia (Dirt Cult)

On the woman's takeover show last week, Lia played this great new band from Montreal.  We featured their demo which can be found at http://malokio.bandcamp.com/releases.

MALOKIO - Futuro Feo (Self-Released)
MALOKIO - Selvaggio (Self-Released)
MALOKIO - Bambino (Self-Released)
MALOKIO - Home (Self-Released)
MALOKIO - Formiche (Self-Released)

Flesh Rag studio 3 session

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

In our session we recorded:

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

Then we recorded some IDs:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flyer - Saturday, February 21st, 2015

Radio - Sunday, February, 1st, 2015

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

BASEMENT 5 - Riot (Antilles)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flyer - Sunday, January 25th, 2015