Flyer - Monday, December 30th, 2013

Radio - Sunday, December 29th, 2013

This is the last show for 2013 so this is a retrospective look at the year in punk. You can hear the show on the player above or download the file here.

We started out with some of my favourite Canadian releases.

DEMOLITION - Big Jon's Mosh (Triple B)

KREMLIN – Buried (Bad Vibrations / Beach Impediment)
CRITICAL CONVICTIONS – Man Enough (Self-Released)
BORN WRONG – Loujack Cafe (Schizophrenic)
PROXY – Shackled to a Corpse (Inflammable Material / Imminent Destruction)
SYSTEMATIK – Decay (Deranged)
ROYAL RED BRIGADE – Sickness (Self-Released)
HASSLER – Escape (Beach Impediment)
BISHOPS GREEN – Stay Away (Rebellion)
ASILE - La Maudite Guerre (Rust and Machine)
THE SCREWED – Last Pogo (Screwed)

We moved to bands that were new to the scene in 2013.

CHRISTER PETTERSSEN - Simulation of reality (Self-Released)
RAD “Loud and Fast” LP – Sk8bored / Legancy of Bro-tality / Don't call the cops (Phono Select / Sacramento)
CAGED ANIMAL – PPM / Betrayed (Warthog Speak)
UTANFORSKAPET - Kängor från rännstenen (Fight Back / Rawby)
NAPALM HEARTS – No Reply (Helta Skelta)
THE SHORTS – Inspiration (Suspect Device)
SPIKNYKTER – Det syns inte utanpa (Refuse / Commitment / Ugly and Proud)
INSTINTO - Días de dolor (Hysterical / Angry Voice / Grito o Muere / Mass Productions / Svodoba)
HELVETIN VIEMARIT - Kuilun Partaalla (Absurdo / Terrotten)
UHRIT – Lapsimorsian (Tuska ja Ahdistus / Kamaset Levytt)

I compiled some of my favourite demos released in 2013.

GAS RAG - Progress (Self-Released)
GREY NURSE - Stolen Language (Self-Released)
PILLAGE - Head in the sand (Self-Released)
xSAXONx - In The Night (Self-Released)
ANCIENT FILTH - Egokill (Self-Released)
ACOUSMA - Ancient Transcripts (Self-Released)
BLOODY MUMMERS - Moral Graffiti (Self-Released)
CORRECTION - Resist Stance (Flophouse Tapes)
GRUMP - Empty Lungs (Self-Released)
ABSOLUT - Savages (Self-Released)
ABJECT PAX - Science Fiction (Self-Released)

Lastly was a look at some of the many re-issues that came out in 2013.

DNA - Done Laughing / Rich Man's Society (Even Worse / Way Back When)
ASTA KASK - Den enes bröd (Prank)
BAD SKIN - We're dogs (Bad Vibrations)
POINTED STICKS - Somebody’s Mom (Ugly Pop)
BUREAUCRATS - Grown up age (Ugly Pop)
COCKNEY REJECTS - Flares 'n Slippers (Ugly Pop)
THE BUSINESS - Employers Blacklist (Ugly Pop)
P-NISSARNA - Benzin (RIP)
FIRE EXIT - Timewall (Last Laugh)
KLAXON “1984” LP - Riot (Sydney Town)
CAMERA SILENS - Squatt (Sydney Town)

Then we featured the DISDONUT demo. DISDONUT features Mike from Oxbaker as a one man donut themed band. The demo is titled "Dazed and Confused" and you can hear it at disdonut.bandcamp.com/.

DISDONUT - Fritter Obliteration (Self-Released)
DISDONUT - Honey Glazed Holocaust (Self-Released)
DISDONUT - Old Fashioned Pain (Self-Released)
DISDONUT - Nuclear Dutchie (Self-Released)
DISDONUT - Jelly Full of Napalm (Self-Released)
DISDONUT - Coconut Cream Genocide (Self-Released)
DISDONUT - Maple Dip Massacre (Self-Released)
DISDONUT - Walnut Crunch Warfare (Self-Released)
DISDONUT - Death's Doorstep Double Chocolate (Self-Released)
DISDONUT - The Cruller knows only cruelty (Self-Released)

We did some show listings and then we played most of the last release by Kremlin which was a cassette only release. You can download the tape at Cut and Paste.

KREMLIN - Empire (Self-Released)
KREMLIN - Abuse Asylum (Self-Released)
KREMLIN - Waking E (Self-Released)
KREMLIN - Untitled (Self-Released)
KREMLIN - Sun Never Sets (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, December 22nd, 2013

Amidst an ice storm Dave Stevenson from OXBAKER and DIRTY BLACK SUMMER guest hosts the Christmas edition of Equalizing-X-Distort. Dave approached me at Not Dead Yet about the idea and as we got talking about it I realized that Dave would have a lot of new material that Pete Genest of Hits and Misses hadn't covered with exception of the Yobs song which was a request by Pete. You can listen to the show on the player above or download an MP3 file here.

DESTRUCTORS666 - Punk Rock Christmas Song (Rowdy Farrago)

ANTI-HEROES - All Hail Santa (Link)
THE PORK GUYS - Rudolph Burger Hold the nose (Tarquin)
THE VIBRATORS - I Hate X-mas (Raw Power)
BLACK DHALIA - Drinking Up Christmas (No Balls)
FEEDERZ - Aborted Jesus (Brokin)

BAD ENGRISH - Ho Ho Oh No (Black Hole)
WHITE FLAG - Death under the Christmas Tree (Mystic)
HAUST - No Christmas (Fysisk Format)
THE FUCK UPS - White Christmas (Knock Out)
RAJOITUS - Joulu on Taas

SABOTAASI - Jouluopukin Maa (Kahlenjukke)
APPENDIX - Joulu Laulu (Uho)
EUTHANASIA - Joulu Peruutettu (Deggael)
KIITOLLISET KANSALAISET - Musta Joulu (Cable Hell)
TAMPERE SS - Kun Joulu on (Havoc)
NAIKIT JA MUUSI - Koko Joulun Tofut (Skeletor Tapes)

DONNAS - Christmas Wrapping (Self-Released)
EA 80 - It's Christmas (Self-Released)
DAG NASTY - Merry Christmas Baby (Revelation)
999 - Christmad Cards (Overground)
NIGHTBIRDS - Less the Merrier (Grave Mistake)

POINTED STICKS - Christmas Time Again (La-Ti-Da)
TOY DOLLS - Credit Crunch Christmas (Secret)
SSS - Merry Christmasss (Ear Ache)
THE A-TEAM - Christmas Claws (Painkiller)
GERIATRIC UNIT - Christmas 1977 (The Endless Sickness)

THE DEAD MILKMEN - Christmas Party (Jerrock)
FEAR - Another Christmas Beer (The End)
PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES (with GBH) - I'm Getting Pissed for Christmas (We Bite)
THE YOBS - Oy Santa (Receiver)

ANGRY SNOWMAN - Sugar Plum (T.K.O.)
MISSILE TOADS - Santa's on Methadone (Black Hole)
FIGGY AND THE SCROOGES - The Scrooge's Carol (Used Kids)
BAD RELIGION - Father Christmas (Epitaph)

JOEY RAMONE - What a Wonderful World (Sanctuary)

Dead Mouth studio 3 session

 

Dead Mouth are a band from Toronto that have been around since 2010. The band features members of some bands like Teethmarks and Black Faxes. They are pretty amazing and cover some of their influences like Agnostic Front, S.O.D., and Integrity. Although they take some of the heaviness from this scene they approach things with a critical mind which is refreshing to hear in a time of never ending whitewash. This is a session recorded by Ian Wilkinson in CIUT's studio 3. Here are the songs recorded:

1. Why Should I Care?!
2. Dead
3. Through Being Cool
4. Hipster Holocaust / Years and Years
5. Pull the Plug
6. PTS to SP
7. Losing Control
8. Everest
9. Iron Fist (Motorhead) - This took three takes and was done as a request because the band had just played a Motorhead set at the Punks is covers series
10. Victim in Pain (Agnostic Front)
11. Milano Mosh (S.O.D. from NYC)
12. Hipster Holocaust EXD ID
13. Losing Control CIUT ID
14. Losing Control CIUT ID dub

The band features Jesse Robinson on vocals, Martin Poulin on guitars, Dave Fenton on bass, and Joe Drebit on drums. They have two releases up on bandcamp which you can find at http://deadmouth667.bandcamp.com.

Punks 'n Rockers has captured a medley of songs from that session. They have a blog that you can go and see past sessions found at http://punksandrockers.com/blog/.

Flyer - Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Radio - Sunday, December 15th, 2013

A big snowstorm hit Toronto this weekend and after much snow shovelling this NoMeansNo song "'Til I Die" soke to me with the opening lyric "I'm gonna Shovel snow til I die".

We started off the show with a dedication to Greg Dick for the loss of his father, Martin, who passed away last week. He was from Hamilton and "Picture my face" was a song that Martin knew. We had to keep it Hamilton. The rest of the set was by bands from Belfast because Greg let us know about this film on Belfast called "Good Vibrations". This Friday "Good Vibrations" will be showing the film for a week at the TIFF Lightbox. You should try and see it.

After that I played a set based on my top 10 picks for October and a set of runners up.

There was a set of new material mostly of the grind / power violence nature.

Then a set of galloping hardcore inspired by Discharge, Japacore, and kang.

D'Arcy finished up the show with a preview of the top 10 for 2013. We wil be going through it in two weeks. You can listen to the show on the player above or download it here. Here is what was played.

NOMEANSNO - 'Til I Die (AntAcidAudio)

TEENAGE HEAD - Picture my Face (Teenage Head)
VICTIM - The Teen Age (Good Vibrations / Overground)
THE XDRERAMYSTS - The Heat is on (Polydor)
STRIKE - Running past (Good Vibrations)
the OUTCASTS - Magnum Force (Cherry Red)
THE YOUNG LIONS - Goodnight Belfast (Schizophrenic)

SICK/TIRED - Warm Beer (Self-Released)
HELVETIN VIEMARIT - Vihaan Työtä (Terrortten)
GREY NURSE - Asleep (Self-Released)
DEALBREAKER - Here lies... (Cricket Cemetary)
HERO DISHONEST - Systeemi ei lepää (Peterwaulkee)
CHRISTER PETTERSSEN - For those about to thrash (Self-Released)
NEIGHBOURHOOD BRATS - Break Down The Walls (Deranged)
GOVERNMENT FLU - Random Acts (Refuse)
POISON PLANET - Death Of Ideas (Refuse)
CRIMINAL DAMAGE - Anxiety (Feral Ward)
VENGEANCE - Buy the record (Search for Fame)

CHEAP ART - Hate this Party (Fastercore)
HIGGS BOSON - 6 6 Sick (Self-Released)
THE FLEX - Repressed (Video Disease)
WASTOIDS - Brown Sugar, Brown Liquor (Deranged)

NO QUALMS - Squander / Follow Me (Give Praise)
BASTARD SWINE - Pigs Eating Pigs (Give Praise)
CAGEDGRAVE - Filthy Streets (Self-Released)
ALTERED BOYS - Choosing Sides (Give Praise)
STOIC VIOLENCE - Waste of Life (Katorga Works)
ANCIENT HEADS - Fight Back (Give Praise)

DEVIL'S HAND - World Gone to Shit (Grave Mistake)
BATTLESCARD - Speed chaos (Self-Released)
LAUTSTURMER - Bedtime for Humanity (Unrest)
UHRIT - Rantojen Miehet (Tuska ja Ahdistus)
CRIATURAS - Anti Autoridad (Residue)
INEPSY - Fast Way To Die (Feral Ward / Ineptik Records)

HARD SKIN - You Still here? (JT Classics)
LIFE - Enduring freedom (Punk Bastard)
SLANG - Glory outshines doom (Pizza of Death)
INSTITUTION - Vansine (D-Takt and Raw Punk)
TV FREAKS - Salvation / Nothing (Schizophrenic)
VALLEY BOYS - Autopilot / Feel like shit (Beach Impediment)
HASSLER - Apathy (Beach Impediment)
FUCK YOU PAY ME - Fuck You Pay Me (Self-Released)
BIRD DEATH - cHEST pAIN bLUES (Self-Released)
BURIAL - More to Come (Hardware)
RAD - You're Next /Strike the Spine / Simple (Sac)

LEATHERFACE - Not a day goes by (Roughneck)

Flyer - Saturday December 14th, 2013