Sunday, August 30, 2020

Radio - Sunday, August 30th, 2020

Bruce La Bruce is an important name in the Toronto hardcore scene. He is mostly known for his filmaking. He was one of the first people to mix hardcore punk with LGBTQ footage. One film constantly referred to is “No Skin Off My Ass”. When he was first learning his craft he hung out and lived with FIFTH COLUMN and became a go go dancer for them and appeared on some of their recordings like “The Fairview Mall Story” which will feature in this interview. He did a zine called J.D.'s. He played drums in ZuZu’s Petals. He helped coin the term “Homocore”. He wrote a LGBTQ manifesto called “Don’t be Gay” that appeared in April issue of Maximumrocknroll in 1989. He did many films featuring some amazing people in the hardcore scene. In an interview that we did in 2018 for the book “Tomorrow is Too Late” Bruce takes us through the back stories of all these projects and fills us in on a whole lot more about the punk scene back then. This is the latest installment in the feature series on the early hardcore scene in Toronto called “Tomorrow is Too Late” with a look into Bruce La Bruce. Download and MP3 here.

ANGRY SAMOANS - Homo-Sexual (Bad Trip)

BRUCE LA BRUCE - Interview (CIUT)

FIFTH COLUMN - The Fairview Mall Story (Hide)

BRUCE LA BRUCE - Interview (CIUT)

SUBHUMANS - Slave to My Dick (Quintessence)

BRUCE LA BRUCE - Interview (CIUT)

MDC - Chicken Squawk (R Radical)

BRUCE LA BRUCE - Interview (CIUT)

SCREECHING WEASEL - I Wanna Be a Homosexual (Shred of Dignity)

BRUCE LA BRUCE - Interview (CIUT)

BEEFEATER - Fred's Song (Dischord)

BRUCE LA BRUCE - Interview (CIUT)

NIP DRIVERS - Nips Get Pissed (New Alliance)

BRUCE LA BRUCE - Interview (CIUT)

OPERATION IVY - One of These Days (Lookout!)

Bruce has a new movie called "Saint-Narcisse" that will be world premiering at the Venice Film Festival on September 11th. 

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Radio - Sunday, August 23rd, 2020

 

Tonight's EXD features new Long Knife, Los Fastidios, Spectres and Fragment, we dig in the crates for the Epileptics, Das Schnitz, Against, and Hype and we play some oi, some power violence and a whole lotta punk. Tonight's demo feature is a grind band from Toronto called Garter. Download the show here.

SCIENCE MAN - Steal the Street (Self-Released)

THE EPILEPTICS - 1970s Have Been Made In Hong Kong (Spiderleg)
ELEKTROSHOCK - Fever of the Night (Numero Uno)
PROLES - Kings Road Punks (Incognito)
DAS SCHNITZ - 4 AM (Ellie Jay / Different Class)
NEON - Bottles (Sensible)

SPECTRES -The Call (Artoffact
PSYCHIC VOLTS - Totally Useless (Cherry Red
THE REDS - Luxury (A and M)
45 GRAVE - Riboflavin-flavoured Non-carbonated Polyunsatured Blood (Enigma)
THE SKIDS - Out of Town (Virgin / Captain Oi!)

KOMBATANTS - Skinhead Girl (Pretty Shitty Town)
NO QUARTER - Bootboy Rock N Roll (Askania Productions / Olifant)
ALL GONNA DIE - Anti-Social 

THE SORELS - School Girl Blues (Surfing' Ki / Reta)
THE WALL - New Way (Small Wonder)
STRANGLEHOLD - She's Not Leaving (Taang! / One Step)
WHITE 'N' HAIRY - Involved (Fartblossom Enterprizes)
THEE DIRTY RATS - Ghost Town (Mandinga)

GOLDEN SHOWER HANDSHAKE - Compraventa (Self-Released)
DEMOKHRATIA - El Khouf (Darbouka / Kawaii / Maloka / Les Nains Aussi / Crapoulet / Fraction Production / Tranzophobia)
GAG - Mad Dog (Iron Lung)
psd - Empty Barrel (Self-Released)

AGAINST - Aftermath (Grand Theft Audio / Radio Raheem / Coladicto)
KATUPARTIO - Syöksykierre (Self-Released)
NO CRISIS - Darby Crash (Grand Theft Audio)
HYPE - You Slay Me (Reuben Kincade Productions)
FRAGMENT - Die Alone (Sewercide)

BAKERS DOZEN - See It Say It Sorted (Askania Productions / Oldschool)
THE ELECTED OFFICIALS - Whitewash (Self-Released)
BLACKLIST - Don't Stop (Self-Released)

BRAND NEW UNIT - No Heroes (HeartFirst)
THE DRUNKEN KNIGHTS - Good Night Irene (Self-Released)
THE ESSENTIAL LETDOWNS - Police Won't Leave Me Alone (Self-Released)
CHAIN WHIP - Six Day Weekend (Neon Taste)

Demo Feature
A new grind band from Toronto with a member of Paliolithic Brain Surgery and a member who works at Eypiecalypse Bakery. Can be found on bandcamp.  

GARTER - Horrifying Existence (Self-Released) 
GARTER - Politically Motivated (Self-Released)

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Radio - Sunday, August 16th, 2020

 

With protests scaling up in Minsk and Russian soldiers on standby to protect Europe's oldest dictator's, we program a set of Belarusian punk. We have loads of new, old and Canadian punk, which includes Friction in our demo feature. Download the show here.

CONSCRIPTS - Summer of Truncheons (Byllepest Distro)

UNIPLUX - UX (RCA)
BEARS - Decisions (Good Vibrations)
DYAKS - Gutter Kids (Bonaparte)
ADVERTS - No Time To Be 21 (Bright)
JUNIOR AND THE LIGERIANS - Goodbye (Self-Released)
 
PALE LIPS - The Kids (Alien Snatch / God's Candy / Spaghetti Town) 
OUTTACONTROLLER - Time To Crash (Self-Released)
ONE MAN ARMY - Stuck in the Avenues (Adeline)
DOA - All the President’s Men (Sudden Death
YOUTH BRIGADE - What Price Happiness (BYO) 

PESADILLA - Imagen (Self-Released)
ARGH - Trampa Para Ratas (Junko)
NERVIOS - Farsa (Junko / Tobi)
DECESO POR CAUSA DESCONOCIDA - Decreto NN (Tobi)
AUXILIO - Ciclo Vicioso (Self-Released)
HURANA - Mi Generacion (Iron Lung)

Belarusian punk 
A week of clashes in Minsk over contested re-elections with Alexander Lukashenko. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya refused to accept the results, but has had to flee to Lithuania. The lack of scrutiny has led to allegations of vote rigging. Wouldn’t be the first time for a satellite country of Russia. Lukashenko is even using the same dismissive conspiratorial language that Putin uses and now has the assurances of the Russian protection on the form of their military. Here are some punk bands from Belarus to let you know we are thinking about you. 

FORCE EVENTS - Farewell (Self-Released)
PATRIYA - Capitalism Played A Cruel Joke (Byllepest / No Bread)
MULCT - Corrupt (Self-Released)
TIRED OUT - Disappointment (Self-Released)
MISTER X - (Lads-shitheads) (Self-Released)

CRY OUT - Garden Song (La Vida es en Mus
JONCRO - Degenerate (hi-fi) (Self-Released
GREEN/BLUE - No Place to Go (Self-Released)
DOCTORS HATE HER - Megan Draper (Self-Released)
THE CAVEMEN - Drownin’ (Slovenly

DEATH GASP - Murder Policy (Self-Released)
LIQUIDS - When You Were Born You Should Have Died (Self-Released)
NSA - You Killed It (Invisible Audio)
PEACE TALK - A Lasting Peace (Self-Released)
SCOWL - Retail Hell (Self-Released)

UNBELIEVER - Same Old Story (Self-Released)
VIS VIRES - Vengeance (Battle Scarred)
JADED EYES - Hate Speak (Boss Tuneage / Serial Bowl)  
NOISE - Price We Pay (Pirates Press)

WHITE STAINS - Quarantine (Self-Released)
UTOPIAN - Tierra Ajena (Urge
BURNER - Love City (Self-Released)
THE LET’S GO’S - Danny My Love 

Demo Feature 
FRICTION are a hardcore beatdown band from Toronto. This is released on one of the band members zine labels, Homie Shit Mag
 
FRICTION - Kick It (Self-Released) 
FRICTION - Bad Dogs Bite (Self-Released) 
FRICTION - Youth of Disaster (Self-Released) 
FRICTION - Huge Grin (Self-Released)

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Radio - Sunday August 9th, 2020

 

Tonight's show features new material from Turkey (Hexa Boom), new music from older bands (MDC / Dropdead), and humourous material like Chips ov oi!. Demo feature is the Automatix from Montreal, but we kick things off with new Territories out of Calgary. Download the show here

TERRITORIES - The Lockdown (Pirates Press)

THEE DIRTY RATS - Don't Even Try (Mandinga
THE JACK CADES - You've Seen it All (Dirty Water
HORRORPOPS - Psychobitches Outta Hell (Hellcat)
JOHNNY MAFIA - Big Brawl (Dirty Water
GRIN HOUND - Basement Parents (Kafadan Kontak) 

M.D.C. - Corporate Deathburger (Twisted Chords)
HEXA BOOM - L.A.H.M. (Self-Released)
DAME - Skeleton (Beach Impediment)

ZUTATEN - Hercolubus (Self-Released
D GENERATION - Degenerated (Chrysalis) 
THE SHAFTONS - Accidentally Accurate (Self-Released
SANO EX MACHINA - Social Distance (Self-Released)

STRIKE ANYWHERE - Dress the Wounds (Pure Noise
TOMMY AND THE COMMIES - One Arch Town (Slovenly)
BAMBIES - Red Guitar (Reta)
THE FALLOUT - Can't Take It (Rebel Time)
CHIPS OV OI! - Tiki Pogo Punk Rock Party (Self-Released)

ZIPGUN BOMBER - Reflections (Rum Bar
ANTI-FLAG - Sky is Falling (Spinefarm)
MILLENCOLIN - Happiness for Dogs (Burning Heart)
THE LIVING END - End of the World 
RANCID - Corazon De Oro (Randale)

SECRET HATE - Theme Song (New Alliance)
MINUTEMEN - Monuments (SST)
DROPDEAD - God Illusion (Armageddon)
FANZUI XIANGFA - Racist Scum (Genjing)
 
PRIOR CONVICTIONS - Bought and Sold (Lockdown / Dat Sound)
THE DISCARDED - Janitor Joe (Self-Released)
FRAGMENT - Dead World (Sewercide

Demo Feature
THE AUTOMATIX from Montreal self-released a CD of material called “77 in 07”. The release was described as a demo on the Quebec Punk Scene site and so we are going to treat it as such. We didn't play the entire release but enough to give you an idea of how good they were. 

THE AUTOMATIX - Sounds of ‘77 (Self-Released) 
THE AUTOMATIX - Sex Drug and Rock n roll (Self-Released) 
THE AUTOMATIX - Scene Belongs to Us (Self-Released) 
THE AUTOMATIX - City Terror (Self-Released) 
THE AUTOMATIX - 30 Years of Punk (Self-Released) 
THE AUTOMATIX - W.A. (Self-Released)

Sunday, August 2, 2020

Radio - Sunday, August 2nd, 2020

 

Tonight's show starts out with a band from Ohio asking and answering the question behind the revolt. Download the show here.

RACERIOT59 - What do you expect? (Self-Released)

BLANK! - The Last Song
EMILY RATFACE - Snake in the Grass
RICHIE BOURBON - Crybaby (Martha Stewart's Prison Cell)
THE BOOBY TRAPS - Bad Reaction (Off the Hip)
THE TONE DEAF PIG - DOGS - (No More) Hotdogs (Self-Released)

BLACK T-SHIRT - Janji-Janji Tai Anjing 
HATE PREACHERS - Wrong Side (Suckblood)
MESS - Street Boys (Self-Released)
DEAD HERO - Falsas Promesas (Primator Crew)
UNRULED - Unruled (Schizophrenic)

BAT MATH - System Destroya (Self-Released)
THE HONDAS - Bad Life Decisions
JUMALVAUHTI - Nilsiänkadun ohituskaista (Self-Released)
ТРУП- Mycop
P.O.T.S. - Braindead (Self-Released)

THE ANGRY AGENDA - We Shall Prevail (Self-Released)
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH - N.A.N. (Self-Released)
CRISIS UNIT - Lost It (Plead Your Case)
PERJURY - Be Lucky (Self-Released)
KALIK - Unsatisfied (Black Brain) 

PLAYTIME - Sink in
LIP CREAM - F.C.D. (Selfish / Dynamite / Oni)
INDIGESTI - Oltre Camera (TVOR / Vacation House)
NEGAZIONE - Plastica Umanità (Children of the Revolution)
PASMATERS - Vreme Bombi (Self-Released)

RAW MUD - Today your life is worthless (Self-Released)
PIG SWEAT - Find Peace (Rinderherz / Incredible Noise / Goodwill)
DEMOKHRATIA - 02 Arabic Title (A World Divided)
ACxDC - Back in Black Bloc (Prosthetic / To Live a Lie)
SUPER MUTANT - Polarized (Speedowax / Grindcore Karaoke)

MISFITS - Teenagers From Mars / Children in Heat (Plan 9)
SO MUCH HATE - We Can't Change the Past (Norwegian Leather / X-Port Plater)
GENOME - Psycho Terror (Up The Punx)
ACCIDENTE - Colze a colze (Up The Punx)

CUTTIN' EDGE - How Do We Know (Rebellion)
THE REAL McKENZIES - Death of the Winnipeg Scene (Fat Wreck)
NO CLASS - Every Now and Then (Contra)
RECKLESS UPSTARTS - Friday Night Heroes (Longshot Music)
HATS AND CAPS - Pay the Price (Bitter Boi)

Demo Feature 
Alternative Action are a noisy D-Beat out of Halifax that have come out with a demo called “Attack”. Technically this came out at the end of last year, but it is listed in discogs as a 2020 release. You can find this on bandcamp as one song but it is three. We are going out with this as a demo feature.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION - Class Conflict (Self-Released)
ALTERNATIVE ACTION - Global Assault (Self-Released)
ALTERNATIVE ACTION - Antitrust (Self-Released)

TABANO - Falsa Realidad (Self-Released)

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Radio - Sunday, July 26th, 2020



This Artificial Dissemination song summarizes our first feature on the music of Portland. Portland is under siege from federal agents with reports of kidnapping, tear gas and other methods of trying to make protestors disappear which would be heavily criticized coming from other countries. So we start out with a spotlight on music coming out of the PDX scene on the frontlines at the moment. We also have a celebration of Chi Pig's life. And we finish up with a new demo feature from Toronto - Miss Thing. You can download the show here.

ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION - F.S.U. (Seminal Recordz)

Portland - At the time of taping federal troops have moved into Portland and protests have escalated as this unwanted occupying force kidnaps protesters, attacks US citizens with tear gas, and the battle of the streets rages as part of Donald Trump’s political theatre to impress a re-election audience that he is the law and order candidate. In other countries when they make protesters disappear the government is characterized as an authoritarian police state. In honour of of the resistance movement standing up against police violence I put together a set of PDX punk.

CHARTBUSTERS - Portland Belongs To Us (Self-Released
DEATH RIDGE BOYS - Leaders Don't Speak (Black Water)
CRIMINAL DAMAGE - No Peace (Feral Ward)
RETIREMENT - Priced Out (Iron Lung)
PRESSING ON - Blocked By A Wall (Self-Released)
GENOGEIST - Cosmic Vortex (Self-Released)
TRAGEDY - Deaf and Disbelieving (Tragedy)
POISON IDEA - Beautiful Disaster (Southern Lord)
RAW NERVES - Weapons of the State (Man in Decline)
MONGOLOID - Mongoloid Part 3 (Deranged)
INTERCISION - Their Names (Self-Released)
CLITERATI - Alt-Wrong (Tankcrimes)
ERA BLEAK - Tinderbox (Dirt Cult)

SUBSISTANCE - Get Off My Case (Self-Released)
CHRONIC ABUSE - Civil Society (Amok / SFR Hardcore)
COLONY DROP - Master of Space Combat (Self-Released)
KTO UKRADŁ CIASTKA - Butapren (Refuse)

Krzysztof Siasiek Szymański from KTO UKRADŁ CIASTKA passed away this week. First band to be released on Refuse Records. Refuse is working on a collection of their material. This is a song from a live recording from 1993.

BULLSHIT DETECTOR - Shit-Sandwich (Clockwork Punk / HoM)
ALL HITS - Easy Killer (Iron Lung
ISS - Too Punk For Heavy Metal (Total Punk)
JIM BOB AND THE LEISURE SUITS - White Trash Rock (Polyester)
THE TELEFONES - Stop Rudy Stop (VVV)

13 BATS - Virus 187 (Potencial Hardcore)
CIOS - Один спільний голос - One Common Voice (83 Records)
NOT FOR SALE - You Own Nothing 
SILVERSTEIN - Smashed Into Pieces 
WEINS NO. 1 - Mein Herz Für Austria Wien

REIFER MADNESS - Never Stop the Riot (Self-Released)
NO TIME TO WASTE - Mister President (People of Punk Rock)
NO PAROLE - No Right of Way (Self-Released)
OFFSIDE REIDARS - I Can't Play (Hiljaiset Levyt / Roku)

Tribute to Chi Pig
I did an interview with Chi Pig from September 11th, 1987 which has been transcribed and posted up on the blogOn July 16th Ken Chinn passed away. I will forever know him as the singer with the huge leap, the colourful costumes, and prankster stage antics. To honour Chi Pig’s passing with thought we would put together a set of material by SNFU starting off with “She’s Not on the Menu”, one of the best known songs in punk addressing sexism.

SNFU - She's Not on the Menu (BYO)
SNFU - Visiting the Bad Again (Cargo)
SNFU - Time To Buy A Futon (Cargo)
SNFU - Costume Trunk (Epitaph)
SNFU - A Better Place (Epitaph)
SNFU - Bobbitt (Epitaph)
SNFU - Cockatoo Quill (Rake)
SNFU - Ashes (Cruzar Media)
Photo by Trent Nelson

"She's Not on the Menu" is one of the many anthems off of “...And No One Else Wanted To Play”. It was one of the first and best known songs addressing sexism. Up there with "Not Just Boys Fun" and put the listener in women’s shoes from an experiential standpoint. It was later re-recorded and they made a Dance Mix called “Dunce Mix” which they self-released as a single.
Chi Pig, 1986, University of Windsor, photo by Trent Nelson
"Time to Buy a Futon" is one of the better known songs from "Better than a Stick in the Eye" (1988). The song was partially made more popular by it’s inclusion on the fifth Thrasher comp that came out a year earlier called “Born to Skate”. So the song had a pre-release. The song is a clever jab at consumerism penned in two minutes.

"Costume Trunk" off of "Something Green And Leafy This Way Comes" (1993) was about the trunk Chi used to do costume changes on stage. But the song was also a metaphor for his sexual orientation which he would become more comfortable with being out. So in that way the song was autobiographical.

The song "A Better Place" depicts an old women who’s life has run its course. A reminder that life is short. I am putting that up as a pick for "The One Voted Most Likely To Succeed" (1995).

"FYULABA" (1996), but I thought "Bobbitt" was a good choice because it showcased Chi's sense of humour which often focused on weird observations. This song features Simon Head on keyboards.

"Cockatoo Quill" was another song written in two minutes with a cockatoo quill feather duster bought at a dollar store.

Lots of the information about Chi Pig came from Chris Walters' book "What No One Wanted to Say". You can find a copy here.
Demo Feature 
MISS THING from Toronto in our demo feature tonight. This came out in March of this year and is another project of Scooter’s. You can find the demo on bandcamp.

MISS THING - Ghost (Self-Released)
MISS THING - Barf (Self-Released)
MISS THING - Black Words (Self-Released)
MISS THING - Therapy (Self-Released)
MISS THING - Laughter is Life (Self-Released)

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Radio - Sunday, July 19th, 2020



Tonight's show is hosted by Rob and Jose. Rob starts out with some garage and early punk with originals followed by covers. There is also a lot of early New Zealand punk in the opening sets, which includes a post Split Enz band called the Swingers formed out of the Suburban Reptiles. There is a set of Canadian punk followed by a set of punk featuring bands with women and references to some cool DIY comps that inspired the sets. Jose brings some raging punk sung in Spanish. And then another raging set of new hardcore. Download the show here

THE KIDS - Do You Love the Nazis? (Philips / Havoc / Sonik's Chicken Shrimp / Burger / Radiation Reissues)

THE MODS - Empty Heart (Eva)
THE HELLACOPTERS - Empty Heart (Self-Released)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - Here She Comes Now (Verve)
NIRVANA - Here She Comes Now (Communion)
THE BROOD - I Can't Believe (Dionysus)

SUBURBAN REPTILES - Megaton (Vertigo)
SWINGERS - Certain Sound (Descabezados En  Acapulco)
THE BEARS - Insane (Good Vibration)
F-X - You're Gonna Kill the Girl (Only Fit for the Bin)
DAS SCHINTZ - Getting Nowhere (Eliie Jay / Different Class)

DOA - My My, Hey Hey (Sudden Death)
THE FALLOUT - Failure of Character (Rebel Time)
OUTTACONTROLLER - Flashpoint (Alien Snatch)
SPECTRES - The Head and the Heart (Artoffact)
TEENANGER - Touching Glass (Telephone Explosion)

PHONE JERKS - 3rd Wheel (Self-Released)
NJF - Sitting!! Pretty (Green Fuse)
RUGGEDY ANNES - Hollow Heroes (Tabb)
SEPTEMBER GIRLS - Black Oil (Kanine / Fortuna Pop)
LILIM - Apathetic Dog (Self-Released)

FUTURO TERROR - Sangre (Discos Humeantes)
ACCIDENTE - La Mataron - Canibal (Self Released)
BAIT - No Sense (83 Records)
VEJAMEN - Aquel Que Creian Muerto (Self Released)
INSOLENCIA - Condena Inmunda (Self-Released)

Futuro Terror are from Spain and they released this self titled ep a couple of months ago. After that a new release by the well known Spanish punk rockers Accidente. They have a new album called "Canibal" and we heard the song La Mataron. Bait from Barcelona were next with their song called: No Sense, they released an Ep this month called Another End Of The World Is Possible. Another new band from Peru called Vejamen and a song called Aquel Que Creian Muerto. The set finished with a new band from Mexico City, called Insolencia and a song called Condena Inmunda. Thanks to my friend Ukre from Mexico for sending me this. Ukre is the organizer of a yearly international festival called "Destruxiones" and he also runs a youtube channel called "Mexikaaos" where he is constantly uploading new bands and doing compilations with such bands. 

SUBDUED - Sanctuary is Nowhere (La Vida Es Un Mus)
THE ANNIHILATED - Push Me Around (Brainrotter / Roachleg / Voice from Inside / Black Dust / Unstuck)
TOWER 7 - Zero Zum (D4MT Labs)
S.H.I.T - Bullyng/Integration (Self-Released)
LIFE - The End Of Mother Nature (Not Enough)

Subdued started it out with a song called Sanctuary is Nowhere from their debut album "Over The Hills And Far Away". Right after that we heard another bad ass band called The Annihilated with a song called Push Me Around/Abuse Of Power, The Annihilated features Mr Ryan Tong on bass. Ryan is better known for being vocals on my favorite Toronto band S.H.I.T and even though Ryan moved to the UK S.H.I.T is Not Dead Yet, (No Pun Intended). They are still playing and they also just released a sick ass live recording of their pre pandemic performance at IDRIMA a squat in the middle of Athens Greece, and we heard a song of this recording called "Ekfosvismos/Ensomátosi". Right after that we heard a new band from New York called Tower 7 with a song called Zero Zum. They released this tape last May. 
The set ended with Tokyo crasher crusties, L.I.F.E. They just released their third album called "Ossification of Coral" and it fucking rips. The name of the song was The End of Mother Nature, and as the title of the record implies, this is also a record to raise awareness of the importance of the ecosystem and the exploitation of coral reefs. We got to see Life at Varning Fest in 2016 lets hope they come back with this release.

THE CAVEMEN - Night After Night (Slovenly)
GREEN/BLUE - Police Street (Slovenly)
GUTTER DEMONS - Gutterkings (Falsetto)
LIME SPIDERS - Weirdo Libido (Virgin)
SEPTIC DEATH - Gore Story (Pusmort)