Flyer - Wednesday, November 30th, 2012

Flyer - Friday, November 30th, 2012

Sid's Kids studio 3 session

Sid's Kids are a punk band featuring Cleave Anderson on drums and Marcel laFleur and John Sutton on guitar and bass from Arson. The band is similar to the Screwed in that they focus on early punk classics. This group is a bit of a session band set up to host a punk / new wave night and have involved quite a few players from Toronto's early waves of punk. The band does some covers like the Damned's "Born to Kill" and the Saints "(This) Perect Day". Covers by local artists include:

 
Zero singing Zro4's song known as "Poor Poor Girl",

Mickey Skin singing the Curse's song "Shoeshine Boy",

Chris Haight singing for Zoom and Viletones songs "Sweet Desperation" and "Does She Jump".

Fergus Hambledon sings and plays guitar on A Passing Fancy's "I'm Losing Tonight" and the Basics' "I Can't Help"

Barrie Farrell sings and plays guitar on the Existers "Never Think Big".

There is also an interview done with the group. One of my realizations in doing this interview is that this is a special group of people. The first wave of Toronto punks have remained to be active as a scene which is something I have noticed in other scenes. It is pretty special and continues to impact our scene in many ways. The other thing that needs to be said is that Cleave Anderson is the glue behind so many of these projects and his energy is infectious.

The session was recorded and cleaned up by Jon Hawkes.

Aldo filmed the session and it is amazaing what he was able to catch. Here is a link to the Punks and Rockers youtube channel

Review - Purity Control “Adjusting” ep

PURITY CONTROL is a great new hardcore band from Toronto that live in the power violence arena which is a place I like to dwell. The band features Payson who originally played in this little known band from Truro, Nova Scotia called CAPITAL DEATH. They were incredible and each of the band members have gone on to play in incredible bands (CAREER SUICIDE and the ENDLESS BLOCKADE to name two). Other members in this band moonlight in S.H.I.T. and ABYSS so the talent of this band is nothing to take lightly. They are power houses in their own right and when they get together they make this short sharp bursts of anger reminiscent of CROSSED OUT with the heavy bass driven structures found in PISSED HAPPY CHILDREN. These are cues from the some of the pillars in the power violence scene but the unrelentless speed at which songs like “Dear Life” are played at make you realize that this sound has been brought up to date. In fact, I have heard this described as breakneck bludgeoning music which I tend to think is accurate of the pace and heaviness at which PURITY CONTROL play. This recording was mixed and mastered by Will Killingsworth of ORCHID fame so that is something of note to all you Y2K emo violence followers. And if you like their recordings you really should see them live. (http://puritycontrolhc.bandcamp.com/)

Toronto Star - Motor Mike

Radio - Sunday November 25th, 2012

We started off tonight's show with a tribute to the great Toronto punk drummer Motor Mike Anderson who passed away last Thursday.

We featured some great material by new bands like the Reacharounds (from Missouri), Permaculture (from the UK), Wiggler and the Tiny Humans, No Mistake (from California), and Kromosom (from Australia). We also featured new Canadian material by the Drunken Knights (from Barrie), the Facials (from Montreal), and Concrete Asylum (from Dartmouth).

Tonight's demo feature is a new band from Toronto called Farang, a band made up with Payson who sings for Purity Control and played guitar in Capital Death, a band in which he played with Matt Carroll who is also in this band. Matt used to sing for the Endless Blockade. Ivan Davies-Roberts of the School Jerks and Kremlin is also moonlighting with Farang. Have a listen.

Tribute to "Motor" Mike Anderson
THE VILETONES - Rebel (Montreco)
ARSON - Coho Coho (Ugly Pop)
THE SECRETS - Teenage Rampage (Bomb)

REACHAROUNDS - Get in line or burn (Reacharound)
THE DRUNKEN KNIGHTS - A politikill standby (Self-Released)
THE BLUE DEMON - Beatnik Bandit (Boppa Do Down)
WIGGLER AND THE TINY HUMANS - The Kids aren't getting any smarter (Self-Released)
THE CAPITALIST KIDS - Socialism ain't a dirty word (Toxic Pop)

DEKODER - Anxiety (Chaos Rurale)
PERMACULTURE - (Inflammable Material)
FACIALS - Sickness (Chaos Rurale)
SLUTS ON 45 - Hung Up Drunk

THE CLASH - Death or glory (Epic)
JAWBREAKER - Fine Day (Shredder)
RED 40 - Frisco (Landmark)
OPERATION IVY - Hedgecore (Self-Released)
REVELATORS - Crawdad (Crypt)

CONFLICT - Big A Little A (Mortarhate)
CHINO HORDE - Paul (File is)
SWARM - Absent from the morning headcount (Fans of bad productions)
LOS OLIVADOS - Goin Down (Alternative tentacles)

HERD OF WASTERS - Glockey (Self-Released)
MEAN STREETS - Memories (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - Unibrower (Self-Released)
CONCRETE ASYLUM - Circle E (Self-Released)
VIOLENT ENDS - Dregs (Self-Released)
NAUGHTY GIRLS - Bad habits (Bad Vibrations)

CHRONIC SUBMISSION - Cops ain't tops (NRK)
YOUNG LIONS - Things are gonna change (Schizophrenic)
MICROEDGE - D.P. was right (Self-Released)
DEAD END - The subversive fool (Self-Released)

KROMOSOM - Bred to Lose (Holy Terror)
FILTHPACT - Resurrected under condemnation (Chaos Rurale)
DESPERAT - 10 000 Offer (Beach Impediment)
KANSALAISTOTTELEMATTOMUUS - Hoist the Jolly Roger (Chaos Rurale)

Demo Feature
FARANG - Kill Asylum (Self-Released)
FARANG - Fountain (Self-Released)
FARANG - Blood Press (Self-Released)

Flyer - Saturday, November 25th, 2012