Top 10 - September 2012

1. KREMLIN "Will you Feed Me" ep (Hardware)
2. ILEGAL "Callejon Sin Salida" ep (Lengua Armada)
3. THE GUNS Discography (Smog Veil)
4. M:40 "Diagnosis" CD (Halvfabrikat)
5. RAKOSI "Olaszliszka" ep (Lengua Armada)
6. V/A "More World, Less Bank part 3: No Borders, No Banks" ep (Halvfabrikat)
7. KRIGKONTRAST "Prostituerad Natur" ep (Not Enough / Halvfabrikat)
8. GAS CHAMBER "Modern Vision of the Erect Nightmare" ep (Nerve Altar)
9. NEGATIVE RAGE - I Don't Like You (Self-Released)

Labels:
* Hardware – www.hardware-records.com
* Lengua Armada – martincrudo@yahoo.com
* Smog Veil – www.smogveil.com
* Halvfabrikat – Ringvagen 18 B / S-532 72 Axvall / Sweden / www.halvfabrikat.net
* Nerve Altar – www.nervealtar.blogspot.com
* Negative Rage – cody_cross@hotmail.com

Wrong Generation studio 3 session

Wrong Generation are Richview Collegiate's next generation of hardcore kids. The band features Ryan Sandrin on vocals, Izzy Burgwin on guitar, Scott Jenner on bass, and Matt Avenins on drums. Here is the session recorded tonight.

1. Your Kind
2. Cutting Ties
3. Born Dead
4. Life Lessons
5. Wrong Generation
6. Street Cancer
7. Kill Your Landlord
8. Blah
9. EXD ID
10. CIUT ID

Aldo Erdic video taped the session for Punks and Rockers website.

Hassler "Asphyxiate" ep

Hassler ep HASSLER are a new group from Toronto. They remind me of DOUBLE NEGATIVE in their approach to song writing. They write short songs packed dense with generations of hardcore. It is what a contemporary hardcore band should sound like if they were speaking in tongues about the last three decades of hardcore. The band credits RIPCORD, BGK and a few other noise merchants as their influence despite their despisal of any retro trends. HASSLER is made up of the singer from BAD SKIN, the guitarist from BRUTAL KNIGHTS, the bassist from the REPROBATES, and the drummer from RAMMER. Get it right because I am sick of seeing the crazy lists that are associated with this band which speak to how involved these guys are in the scene. RAMMER brought Al and Jon together and this idea of a band germinated more in a band called KOMMANDO, but they threw everything out when they found Erik and Jay. Any of this previous band history is misleading because HASSLER sounds like none of these bands. They also sound like nothing I have heard before. This recording is blown out and the over modulation serves to suggest that these guys are just kicking it out regardless of any consequences. I have heard their production described as raw-fi which gets close. But the enthusiasm of MRR’s editor captures what I feel about this band after seeing them live. She said about this ep that it is “un-fucking-real. The record is stupid good. If you ever claimed or claim to like hardcore in its most violent, purest forms, then you should love this." I wholeheartedly agree with her. They don’t give a shit about hype. This will make them the best band that you don’t know about. I am telling you to pay attention. I also think that something should be said about the artwork. Adam Kindred from CONCRETE ASYLUM / ABJECT PAX did the cover artwork. Adan has done covers for other bands like TRUNCHEONS. This particular piece channels RUDIMENTARY PENI meets DYS’ “Brotherhood” drawing. Just a gnarly rough street alley scene with characters like a pregnant girl smoking and a personified rat in leathers, which may sound cliché and comedic but sets the tone for a wild party. Everything about this release is great. (Schizophrenic Records – 17 W 4th Street / Hamilton, ON / L9C 3M2 / Canada / www. schizophrenicrex.com)

The songs found on this ep are:

1. Asphyxiate
2. Nothing for Nothing
3. Beatdown

4. Pigpen
5. Enlightened
6. Innocent

There were 100 with a limited cover, which is the scan you see to the right of this.

Flyer - Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Radio - Sunday September 23rd, 2012

This is the broadcast for Equalizing-X-Distort on Sunday September 23rd. On tonight's show we start out with a top 10 for August. We program some unique sers. I program a set of bands with straight edge roots and heavy sounds with local roots. Rob programmed a set of College rock that doesn't get played so much these days. I followed that up with some noisier contemporary garage. And D'Arcy pulled together two sets of hardcore with sounds that have been inspiring him. The demo feature was Negative Rage in which they cover the Dead Kennedys and JFA so there are some songs you will recognize.
VIOLENT FUTURE - Bloody Victims (Self-Released)

HARHAA - Delusion (Self-Released)
PURE SCUM - Disaster (Sorry State)
ANIMAL INSTINCT - The Bubble (Take it back)
DEAD ENDING - This is a Stick Up (Alternative Tentacles)
DEATH BY SNOO SNOO - Pentutehdas (Creative Class War)
AUTUUS - Sota (Self-Released)
THE FORUM - THis Time / Next Time (Harsh Crust)
CITIZENS PATROL - Diktatuur van de Wekker (Way Back / Too Circle / Spastic Fantastic)
BRAIN KILLER - Re-Educated (Vinyl Rites)

ANGRY SAMOANS - You Stupid Asshole (Triple X)
VINCAS - Hell Ride (Douchemaster)
AVAIL - On the nod (Lookout)
THE HYPNOTICS - Radio City (Self-released)
THEE HEADCOATS -All my feelings denied (Damaged goods)

CURAHEE - I opened my Eyes (Commitment)
BURNING LOVE - Damage Case (Southern Lord)
OWL EYES - Alleyways (A389 Records)
PICK YOUR SIDE - But Wait! (Regurgitated Semen)
ACxDC - Jokes on You (To Live a Lie)

DINOSAUR JR. - Let it Ride (SST)
HUSKER DU - Standing in the rain (Warner)
JELLYFISH BABIES - Certain Memories (Plot)
JAWBREAKER - Chesterfield King (Tupelo)

SOUTH MONSTER AND POWER - R&R Desire (MCR)
MAGIC CHRISTIAN - Let’s Shake (Schizophrenic)
TV FREAKS ep - Upper Hand (Schizophrenic)
NEON PISS LP - Bullet (Deranged)

INSOMNIA - Any Moment (Sorry State)
LOVE POTION - We will return (Adult Crash)
MAJOR DAMAGE - Edge of Sanity (No Way)
MINEFIELD - Woyzo12 (Drunk with Power)
SNIFFING GLUE - Masquerade (Search for fame)
F.A.S.T. - Not my fault (Self-Released)
SNOB VALUE - No Comfort (Spastic Fantastic)
UBER - La calle es mia (SOS)

LET DOWN - Apologies (Six Feet Under)
GENETIC CONTROL - 1984 (Sonik's Chicken Shrimp)
RAH - Not worth it / Preach (Climbin' Aboard)
CRITICAL CONVICTIONS - Hardcore sick (Self-Released0
MALE NURSES - Pull the trigger (Deranged)

Demo Feature
NEGATIVE RAGE - Don't Wanna Talk (Self-Released)
NEGATIVE RAGE - Foward to Death (Self-Released)
NEGATIVE RAGE - I Don't Like You (Self-Released)
NEGATIVE RAGE - I want to die (Self-Released)
NEGATIVE RAGE - Snot Nose (Self-Released)

Flyer - Saturday September 22nd, 2012

Flyer - Thursday, September 20th, 2012

Radio - Sunday September 16th, 2012

This is a broadcast from Sunday September 16th of Equalizing-X-Distort, CIUT's weekly hardcore punk show. This program featured a live recording by a new band from Hamilton called Pick Your Side. The session was recorded at the station originally on Tuesday September 11th, 2012 and you will hear references made to this throughout the broadcast. But we mostly talk about the meanings behind the songs played and we mix in some other things relevant to the interview.

The show also features some garage punk courtesy of Rob Ferraz.

Tonight's demo feature is a band from Bourdeaux called Shock. the band features members of Warning / Warning and Gasmask Terror. We squeezed in six of the nine songs.

PICK YOUR SIDE - Prepared or Paranoid (a389 Records)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
HAYMAKER - Sometimes you don't pick your enemies (Deranged)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Hinkley Had a Vision (a389 Records)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Snakes and Ladders (Regurgitated Semen Records)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Bleeding Out (Regurgitated Semen Records)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Doomsday Demise (a389 Records)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - More Cops, More Crime (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Dark Future (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Plug-In Generation (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Meltdown (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - This is not a Test (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Throne of Priviledge (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - My Troubles / 2 Headed Snake (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - How to Cope (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Survival Prayer (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - New War (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Looking Back (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - This Too Shall Pass (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Right Turn (CIUT)
PICK YOUR SIDE - Interview (CIUT)
LEFT FOR DEAD - A Nice Place to Raise Children (No Idea)

FLAMIN' GROOVIES - Somethin' Else / Pistol Packin' Mama (Epic)
RADIO BIRDMAN - Man with Golden Helmet (4 men with beards)
THE USERS - Sick of You (Rave Up)
THE SPITS - Kill from the heart (Slovenly)
YOUNG LIONS - Freedom Fighter (Schizophrenic)

Demo Feature
SHOCK - Rats (Self-Released)
SHOCK - Paranoia Reality (Self-Released)
SHOCK - Strangers (Self-Released)
SHOCK - Tribes (Self-Released)
SHOCK - Set Me Apart (Self-Released)
SHOCK - Stress (Self-Released)

Flyer - Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Pick Your Side studio 3 session

September 11th has taken on significant meaning and is one of the reasons for why we were able to record Pick Your Side, becaus eit was just too coincidental for the band to pass up. In some ways tonight's session is a bit of a break for all involved. We all worked magic to make it here tonight. As the Hamilton contingent pulled up I hear familiar voices but no familiar faces. It has been a while. In fact Haymaker, for which Pull Your Side is an extension of, was the first band we ever recorded in these studio 3 sessions. Jeff and Chris are sporting beards and I am reminded of the Chokehold reunion show on New Years Eve when a fellow band mate was chided for sporting such a beard. And although times seemed to have changed, the anger remains the same. Here are the songs recorded by Jonathon Hawkes at CIUT`s Studio 3.

1. Dark future
2. Plug-in generation
3. More cops, More crime
4. Meltdown
5. This is not a test
6. Throne of Priviledge
7. My troubles / 2 Headed snake
8. How to cope
9. Survival prayer
10. Looking back
11. New war
12. This too shall pass
13. Right Turn
14. CIUT ID
15. EXD ID

Aldo Edric of Punks and Rockers videotaped the session. Below is a clip of the night.

Radio - Sunday September 9th, 2012

We started off tonight's show with a tribute to Hits and Misses because they are closing down this week so we started by playing the song that the store was named after.

Then we went into a live interview with Demolition who drove down from Barrie. We got a sense of who they are, where they come from in terms of influences, some insight into their songs, and where they are going in terms of recordings and shows.

We played some new Canadian material such as the New School Jerks LP and the new Wasteoids demo.

And we finished with a demo by a band from Helsinki called Autuus. The name translates to mean Bliss, which could be true if you are a fan of a pan-Scandi sound in hardcore embodied by bands like Āäritila.

Have a listen to the show here.

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Hits and Misses

DEMOLITION - Intro / Here to Stay
DEMOLITION - Interview (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Don't Need Your Help
DEMOLITION - Interview (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Sick People (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Interview (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - United We Stand
DEMOLITION - Interview (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Dream of Mine (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Interview (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Honesty (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Interview (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - In My Way (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Interview (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Us Against You (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Interview (CIUT)
ANCIENT HEADS - Moving On (Blank Stare / Ground Floor)
DEMOLITION - Interview (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Reach Out (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - Interview (CIUT)
DEMOLITION - New Song #2 (CIUT)

ILEGAL - Callejon sin Salida (Lengua Armada)
MARGARET THRASHER - No Offense (P Trash)
SCHOOL JERKS - Arrogant Order (Bad Vibrations / Grave Mistake)
WASTEOIDS - I'm a prick (Self-Released)
TV FREAKS - Freelancer (Schizophrenic)

POISON PLANET - Boycott Everything (Refuse)
NAPALM RAID - To Serve and Arrest (Rust and Machine)
PICK YOUR SIDE - My Troubles (A389 Records)
BEATRIZ CARNICERO - Pensa, No Reces (No Reces)
ACxDC - Anti-Christ Demon Core (To LIve a Lie)

POW WOWS - Killing Me (get Hip)
NO BUNNY - Motorhead with Me (Hozac)
THEE MIGHTY CAESARS - Death of a Mighty Caesar (Crypt)
BLACK FLAG - Black Coffee (Fringe)

Demo Feature
AUTUUS - Maatuneet Lapset
AUTUUS - Autuus (Self-Released)
AUTUUS - Sota (Self-Released)
AUTUUS - Pelko Pahemmasta (Self-Released)
AUTUUS - Apaattinen Runkkari (Self-Released)
AUTUUS - Yritan Jaxaa Huomiseen (Self-Released)
AUTUUS - Kaaoksen Partalla (Self-Released)

Flyer - Saturday, September 8th, 2012

Flyer - Friday, September 7th, 2012

Interview with Jello Biafra

Here is an interview with Jello Biafra on CBC's Q.

Radio - Sunday September 2nd, 2012

For our Labour Day show we featured an interview with Chris Walter about his new book "SNFU: What No One Else Wanted to Say". Chris has just released the book on GFY Press and was in town two weeks ago to talk about it. In the little time that we had we spoke about the book, about the band from Edmonton, and about his other band biographies. I wish I had more time to go in detail about some of the band's more known songs, but we did what we could, but getting at some of the highlights. There are a lot more to read about in his book.

We also got to feature the demo of Pure Scum who are from North Carolina. In the recent issue of MRR the band is described as "Boston not L.A." era Jerry's Kids meets SOA meets "United Blood". All that and they start out with a song railing against school just two days before school starts. Who can't relate to that? You can get the demo through Sorry State.

You can hear the show by clicking here.

SNFU - Strip Search / Grunt, Groan, Rant and Rave (Rubber Records)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
DOWN SYNDROME - You're a Punk (Rubber)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Victims of the Womanizer (BYO)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - I think Fine Art's Fine (Rake)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - I Forget (BYO)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Painful Reminder (Epitaph)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Poor Pitiful Me (Psyche Industries)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Postman's Pet Peeve (Cargo)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Thee Maul that Heats Peephole (Cargo)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Eric's had a Bad Day (Epitaph)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - I Forget (Megafore Entertainment)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Cockatoo Quill (Rake Records)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump (Rake Records)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - This is the End

Demo Feature
PURE SCUM - To hell with School (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - Brainwash (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - I Hate the Mall (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - I Don't Care (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - Spit It out (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - Born to Hate (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - Disappear (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - Test My Patience (Sorry State)

Flyer - Sunday, September 2nd, 2012

MRR Review - EXD zine Volume 12, Issue 2

MRR says some nice things about our issues with Sons of Ismael and Arson in them.

MRR Review - The White Wires "III" CD

The new White Wires CD was reviewed in the September 2012 issue of MRR (issue #352)

MRR Review - White Lung "Sorry" LP

Here is a review of the new White Lung LP in the September issue of MRR (Issue #352).

MRR Review - Strange Attractor "Mutant Love" LP

The new Strange Attractor full length appeared in the September 2012 issue of MRR (Issue #352).

MRR Review - Ohmwar "We must fly" ep

The Ohmwar ep apears in the September 2012 issue of MRR (Issue #352).

MRR Review - Kremlin "Will you feed me?" ep

Here is a review of the first Kremlin ep. This review appeared in the September 2012 issue of MRR issue #352.

MRR Review - Ilegal "Callejon Sin Salida" ep

Here is a review of the latest Ilegal single. This review appears in the September 2012 issue of MRR, which is issue # 352.

Top 10 - August 2012

1. BRAIN KILLER "War" ep (Vinyl Rites)
2. CITIZENS PATROL "Retarded Nation" ep (Way Back / Too Circle / Spastic Fantastic)
3. THE FORUM "The Master's Wall" ep (Harsh Crust)
4. AUTUUS demo - (Self-Released)
5. DEATH BY SNOO SNOO "Tasta Saat" LP (Creative Class War)
6. DEAD ENDING 12" (Alternative Tentacles)
7. ANIMAL INSTINCT "Unfinished Business" LP (Take it back)
8. PURE SCUM demo (Sorry State)
9. HARHAA demo (Self-Released)
10. VIOLENT FUTURE demo (Self-Released)

Labels:
* Vinyl Rites – P.O. Box 341, Athens, GA, 30603 / USA / www.vinylrites.net
* Way Back When – Taskinlaan 9 / 2361 XM Warmound / the Netherlands / www.waybackwhenrecords.com // Too Circle – 221-3 Hi-home, Kodaira / Nakamachi, Kodaira-City / Tokyo #187-0042 / Japan // Spastic Fantastic – www.spasticfantastic.de
* Harsh Crust – ________________
* Jaani Kemppanen – Palkkatilankatu 9 / B28 00240 / Helsinki, Finland / e-mail: autuus1@gmail.com
* Creative Class War – e-mail: creativeclasswar@gmail.com
* Alternative Tentacles – P.O. Box 419092 / San Francisco, CA / 94141 / USA / www.alternativetentacles.com
* Take it Back – c/o Christian Unsinn / Danestr 13 / 10439 Berlin / Germany / www.takeitback.com.bandcamp.com
* Sorry State – www.sorrystaterecords.com
* Harhaa – 29 Somerset Avenue / Toronto, ON / M6H 2R3 / Canada
* Violent Future – 141 Spadina Avenue / Toronto, ON / M5V 2K8 / Canada