Top 10 - September 2014

Top 10 - September 2014
1. DEMANDS "Self Inductance" 
2. S.H.I.T. "Generation S.H.I.T." ep (Lengua Armada)
3. REPLICA "Beast" ep (Prank)
4. SNOB demo ep (Mata La Musica)
5. KONTAMINAT "Team Player" ep (Lengua Armada)
6. EU-vostoliitto "Yksin  Maalimaa Vastaan" ep (Kamaset Levyt)
7. THE STEADYS / GRANDMA'S BOYFRIEND split ep (Dirty Rabbit)
8. HELLSHOCK "Low men in yellow cloaks" ep (Black Water)
9. FIFTEEN DEAD / POPULATION ZERO split ep (Suburban White Trash)
10. BOG BODIES "What have they committed in the fields of the flesh" ep

Labels: 
* LENGUA ARMADA - martincrudo@yahoo.com
* PRANK - prankrecords.com
* MATA LA MUSICA - matalamusika@gmail.com
* KAMASET LEVYT c/o Jukka Nakarliisakintie, 18, 37560 Lempaala, Finland / www.punkinfinland.net/kamamnen/ 
* DIRTY RABBIT - 1839  47th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94122, USA / www.dirtyrabbitrecords.com
* BLACK WATER - P.O. Box 5223, Portland, OR, 97208, USA / www.blackwaterpdx.com
* SUBURBAN WHITE TRASH - suburbanwhitetrashrecords.com
* BOG BODIES - bogofbodies.bandcamp.com

Burn Victim studio 3 session

BURN VICTIM are a new-ish power violence band from Hamilton. The band features Stephen from WEB SOCIETY on vocals and Nate from NOT on drums. BURN VICTIM have played many shows ion the past couple of years with bands like FUCK YOU PAY ME (Cleveland), HATYMAKER, PICK YOUR SIDE, ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION, REZENTMENTS, SNAKERCHARMER, BORN WRONG and countless others. In the last two years the band has pulled together three recordings (which can be found at bandcamp) making this their fourth. The line up is filled out with Joe on guitar and Sam on bass. Tonight they recorded:

1. Rat
2. Hypocrite
3. Action
4. Jesus takes the wheel
5. Self-Doubt
6. False Entitlement
7. Pinto
8. Terminal

Most of this was recorded in one take. Then we decided to have some fun starting off with the Charles Bronson cover.

9. Deaf and Dumber

And then we did some station IDs. Burn Victim were willing participants for this.

10. Rat EXD ID
11. Terminal CIUT ID
12. Pinto CIUT ID
13. Alone ID
14. CIUT ID
15. EXD on CIUT ID

There was an interview afterwards where Stephen explains the meanings to songs, Nate talks about how the band came together, Joe talks about his love for Metallica and Sam his love for jazz. There are quite a few more pictures found at https://archive.org/details/BurnVictimStudio3.

Tonight's session was recorded and mixed by Big Brother's Ian Wilkinson. The session was video taped by Aldo of Punks n' Rockers.

Radio - September 28th, 2014

The show starts out with some jungle music. There was some technical difficulties. The punk starts  nine minutes in. You can skip over to that where Mr Rogers will introduce Career Suicide.

The show got a late start. Technical problems were responsible for the delay so you have to listen to eight minutes of jungle before getting to the start of the show.

CAREER SUICIDE - Turnaround (Deranged)

All Japanese hardcore set
FORWARD - Shocked More!! (HG Fact)
FRAMTID - Scrapes of Tragedy (Crust War) 
FRIGORA - Strid Fortsatta (Overthrow)

BRAVE OUT - Rise to the Challenge / Same Set Crew (Self-Released)

A set of bands playing their anthem songs
PRIMITIVE BLAST - Primitive Blast (Self-Released)
TEEN IDLES - Teen Idles (Dischord)
KREIGSHOG - Kreigshog (Heart First)

NEGATIVE FX - Negative FX (Taang)

This is a covers set except for the first song, but the rest features the songs of Bad Brains, Minor Threat, and Shitlickers

THE FUCK UPS - I think your shit (Fowl)
MELIST KECOG - Attitude (Self-Released)
END IT QUICK - The Regulator (Self-Released)
GENETIC CONTROL - Big Takeover (Sonik’s Chicken Shrimp)
LARM - Seein’ Red (Self-Released)
HEAD TRAUMA - Bottled Violence (Self-Released)
ALL TENSED UP - Small Man Big Mouth (Self-Released)
NERVESKADE - War System (Distort Reality)
APPARATUS - Sparckta Snutskallar (Disarmament) 
MEAT PUPPETS - No Values (SST)
KILL YOUR IDOLS - Only Dicks don’t like Black Flag (Side One Dummy)

A set of garage inspired punk dedicated to host Rob Ferraz who is MIA at the Painted Lady

THE RETARDS - Listen to my heart (Empty)
THE HARD ONS - Bye Bye Girl (Vi-Nil)
TY SEGALL - Happy Creeps (God?)
LES FELES - Mon Lycee (Vid 'ordur)
DAGOWOPS - Arbeitsscheu (Dago)
PRIME TIME - Tied Down (Self-Released)
PLASTIC IDOLS - Sophistication (Vision)
THE VICTIMS - Behind the Times (Plan 9)
VORKRIEGSJUGEND - Ratten (We Bite)

In the recent issue of MRR there is a scene report on Mexico City. This set is the recent Chilang Punk scene as reported in MRR by bands and their current releases

MUJERCITOS - A mi ruca (Self-Released)
AVICHINES - Pay de Limon (Self-Released)
SACRIFICIO - QuÈ le haces al cuento (Self-Released)
SANKINPANKIN - Se Ve Tu Zombie (Self-Released)
CREMIN - El enemigo soy yo Parte Dos (Discos Infernos)

RAW POWER - You are the Victim (Self-Released)
HERATYS - Odotukset Ja Vaatimukset (Not Enough)
LOS CRUDOS - Qué Pasó Con La Paz (Lengua Armada)
THE SALINOS - Nein Nein Nein (Self-Released)
URBAN BLIGHT - Leech (Slasher)
MACKT - En Kristen Lärare (Jorvars Gosskor)
CULO - Solanum Suicide (Cowabunga)
THE TAKE - Tonight (Self-Released)
THE HASKELLS - Baby Let’s French (Milwaukee Hits)
HALSHUG - Dødskontrol (D-Takt & Råpunk)
TRAGEDY - Incindiery (Feral Ward)
SYSTEMATIK - Corrupted Thoughts (Deranged)
BRUTAL YOUTH - Pissing Wine (My Fingers My Brains)
VALLEY BOYS - Drone Attack (Ugly Pop)
TEENANGER - Sky Saxxon (Telephone Explosion)
SEM HASTRO - Pesadelos me rondam (Self-Released)

You can download an MP3 file of the show here.

Flyer - Sunday, September 28th, 2014

Radio - Sunday, September 21st, 2014

Last week we prepared sets of Scottish punk to bring attention to this country given they might declare independence. There was so much great material we continued the theme in a post vote. You can't deny the contributions to punk that Scotland has given and this cultural snapshot is a great example. 

THE ZIPS - Angerland (Tenement Toons)

THE VALVES - It don't mean nothing at all (Albion)
THE REZILLOS - (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures (Sire)
SUBS - Gimme your heart (Stiff)
THE ZIPS - I'm in Love (Black Gold)
THE DRIVE - Jerkin' (NRG)
THE SKIDS - Melancholy Soldier (Virgin)
DEFIANT POSE - Someone Else's War (Graucho Marxist Record Co-operative)
THE FEGS - Mill Street Law and Order (Graucho Marxist Record Co-operative)
PVC2 - Put you in the Picture (Zoom)
BEE BEE CEE - You gotta know girl (Rel) - Edinburgh
THE STRIKE - Cry of the Youth (Captain Oi!)
THE EXILE - The Real People (Charity) - Glasgow
JOHNNY AND THE SELF ABUSERS - Saints and Sinners (Chiswick)
ZONES - Stuck with you (Zoom)
THE REVILLOS - Where's the boy for me (Dindisc)

X - Degenerate Boy (Ugly Pop)
FAIRMONTS - Spend the night with me (Self-Released)
63 MONROE - Media Junkie (Rave Up)
GRUESOMES - Dementia 13 (Og)
TV FREAKS - Co-Worker Blues (Self-Released)

STRANGE ATTRACTOR - We're a Druugie family (Red Lounge)
REAL KIDS - She Don't Take It (Ugly Pop)
DAYGLO ABORTIONS - Proud to be a Canadian (Fringe)
SLOBS - Write Offs (Self-Released)
BFG - Bad Dream In Toronto (Back Alley)

D'Arcy's Japanese madness set
LASTLY - Hang Them Up (Dowse)
GOUKA - Answer (Deadly Noise Blast)
POIKKEUS - Systeemiin Paska (Crust War)
DEATH DUST EXTRACTOR - Slave System (Crust War)
FEROCIOUS X - Kroussa Systemet (Distort)
ZYANOSE - Love Song (Guerilla)
S.D.S. - Why? (MCR)
LIFE - Instinct
KRIEGSHOG - Warfear (Under the Surface)
GLOOM - Morbid Education / Answer = Chaos (Crust War)
DEFECTOR - Punk System Destroy (Crust War)
FRAMTID - Life's Hard (Overthrow)
DISCLOSE - Religious Terror (Fader War) (Overthrow)
D-CLONE - What color the sky? (Tardis)
CONTRAST ATTITUDE - Dot and Line (MCR)

Tonight's demo feature is a band from DC called Demands and their new release called "Self-Inductance". I read about this demo in the September issue of MRR, but it is probably easier to listen to the demo at the band's bandcamp page. here is what we played.

DEMANDS - I Wish I could Help You (Self-Released)
DEMANDS - No Lifeboats (Self-Released)
DEMANDS - Onyx (Self-Released)
DEMANDS - Fate (Self-Released)
DEMANDS - Uprooted (Self-Released)

You can download an MP3 file of the show here. 

Flyer - Sunday, September 21st, 2014

Flyer - Sunday, September 21st, 2014

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2014
SITC PRESENTS
A LIVE PUMMELLING FOR YOUR EARS

IRON LUNG / VILE INTENT / ABYSS / BURIAL PERMIT @ S.H.I.B.G.B.'s

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IRON LUNG
(#drummersthatrule)
(PURVEYORS OF GOOD MUSIC)
(AT THEIR MOST VISCERAL)
http://ironlungpv.bandcamp.com/album/savagery-7

VILE INTENT
(FORBEARERS OF MTLPV)
http://cutnpasteyoface.blogspot.ca/2011/08/vile-intent.html

ABYSS
(TORONTO DEATH ASSAULT)
(THEE MOST HERETIC)
http://abyss666.bandcamp.com/

BURIAL PERMIT
(TORONTO YUNG PV/DEATH)
http://burialpermit.bandcamp.com/

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at S.H.I.B.G.B's
225 GEARY AVE
DOORS AT 8PM

$10

ALL AGES

RESPECT THE SPACE & RESPECT YOURSELVES.
DO NOT HANG OUT OUT FRONT.

Flyer - Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

BOBBY BACKWARDS PRESENTS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH 
LIVE AT SHIBGBs & OMG, FU 

GRUMP / WRONG GENERATION / STRAIGHT TRUTH / SEVERE at SHEEBS!

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GRUMP - Twisted hardcore punk from Halifax, NS
http://grump.bandcamp.com/

WRONG GENERATION - TOHC, members of VCR
http://wronggeneration.bandcamp.com/

STRAIGHT TRUTH - (Slightly east of) TOHC. Argh, fuck, kill
http://www.mediafire.com/download/kcs64j4ybk4ll47/Straight+Truth+-+Rehearsal+03.08.14.mp3

SEVERE - Newish band FFO Lifes Blood, SOIA, Confront, whatever. Members of VF/Outsider and Conundrum

8 PM
$10/PWYC
225 Geary Ave - middle door

Radio - Sunday, September 14th, 2014

You can hear tonight's show on the player above or download the MP3 file here.

We started off the show with an interview and in studio recording with a new grind band from Toronto called Hangin' Tuff that also loves hockey. Think Yacopsae meets Hanson Brothers. This session was recorded a few weeks ago. 

HANGIN' TUFF - Rage Cage (CIUT)
HANGIN' TUFF - Interview (CIUT)
HANGIN' TUFF - Hit the Ice (CIUT)
HANGIN' TUFF - Interview (CIUT)
HANGIN' TUFF - Pony Ride (CIUT)
HANGIN' TUFF - Interview (CIUT)
HANGIN' TUFF - Club Rat (CIUT)
HANGIN' TUFF - Ogie (CIUT)
HANGIN' TUFF - Crystall Ball (CIUT)

Through the week I heard a number of songs about being banned so I out together a "Banned" set inspired by the Sham song and the Peter and the test Tube anthem. 

SHAM 69 - No Entry (Captin Oi!)
SEX PISTOLS - God Save the Queen (Warner Brothers)
SHOCKS - Banned frm the USA (Dirty Faces)
BAD BRAINS - Banned in DC (Roir)
ABDUKTIO - Banned in Ylojarvi (Combat Rock Industries)
PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES - Banned from the Pubs (DSR)
CRASS - Banned from the Roxy (CRASS)

I had heard a lot of stories on the independence vote in Scotland so I thought I would put together material honouring Scottish punk. I played one of the four sets programmed going with bands that we haven't played on the show before. Look for the "Bloodstains Across Scotland" or the "Kilt by Death" comps for some great collections.

SCARS - Adultery (Fast Product)
ALTERNATIVE -  Who's Sussed (CRASS)
THE EXPLOITED - Anti-UK (Rough Justice)
EXTERNAL MENACE - Escape from Hell (Beat the System)
THREATS - Go To Hell (Rondelet)

D'Arcy programmed a few sets on the roots of US hardcore. 

VIOLATION - Smoke pot and die (BCT)
FRIED ABORTIONS - Joel Selvin (Subterranean)
NO DEAL - Government forms (Positive Force)
MALIGNANT GROWTH - Hopeless (Affirmation)
NIP DRIVERS - Rio (Bemisbrain)
G.F.O. - Girl problems
MORBID OPERA - Eat the rich (Destroy)
PILLSBURY HARDCORE - Kill everyone now (Fartblossom)
YOUTH OF TODAY - Take a Stand (Revelation)
REPPELENTS - New Image
MAN SIZED ACTION - I hate Girls
7 SECONDS - I hate sports (Positive Force)
SUICIDAL YOUTH - Punks and skins and anarchy (Self-Released)
TEEN IDLES - Teen Idles (Dischord)
RIGSBY - Fuck Me (Vinehell)
SCARED STRAIGHT - Take a Stand (Mystic)
M.I.A. - New Left (Alternative Tentacles)
JACKSHIT - Foreign Aid (Positive Force)
POISON IDEA - Think Twice (Fatal Erection)
P.S.W. - Incarcerated (Sacrificial)
GOVERNMENT ISSUE - No Rights (Mystic)

FANG - The money will roll right in
WEIRDOS - Life of Crime
BLACK FLAG - No Values (SST)
ANGRY SAMOANS - Dig (Bad Trip)
BEASTIE BOYS - Egg Raid
DYS - Wolfpack (Taang)
XKI - 
MINOR THREAT - Stand Up (Dischord)

I rounded out the show with a look at my top 10 releases from August. 

Top 10 - August 2014
10. OLD MAN STRENGTH - Woke Up Swinging (Self-Released)
9. INSTITUTE "Demo" 12" - Diamonds and pearls (Deranged)
8. MODERN DELUSION "Wasteland" - Love of the Weird (Self-Released)
7. FAILED STATES demo - Domestic Terror (Self-Released)
6. DAVIDIANS "Born 2 Chewz" ep - BornToChew(s)
5. SNOB "Exploit Me" ep - Stay At Home (Hardware)
4. FARANG  12" - Psychic Bruise (Self-Released)
3. NO PROBLEM "Already Dead" LP - Already Dead (Deranged)
2. KOHTI TUHOA "Kujanjuoksu" ep - Ohjelmoitu Voittaja
1. RUZ "Drug Cult" flexi ep - Nothing Better To Do

And Grump are in town on Tuesday so we ended with a Grump song.

GRUMP - Empty Lungs (Self-Released)

Flyer - Sunday, September 14th, 2014

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14th @ S.H.I.B.G.B.'s
FUCKING INVINCIBLE
FOXMOULDER
FALSE HOPE

Radio - Sunday, September 7th, 2014

This session was recorded this past Tuesday. Look for the blog post on the session so that you can download the songs. The Victim Party are a great new band with loads of melody and a bunch of thought put into vocal arrangements. But having said all that they are no barbershop quartet. They have two guitarists giving them a super heavy sound. One of them guitarists (Pat) was in Hostage Life and I can't help but hear their sound in comparison to that. Especially because Colin is one of the singers. But Tabi's Delta 72 like vocals go a long way with giving this band a different dimension. The band has three releases out to date and the latest one was re-recorded in our studio 3 for this session. But you can find all their recordings at http://victimparty.bandcamp.com/.  

THE VICTIM PARTY - Spring Mixer (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Interview (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Adam Cook - Extinguished Gentlemen (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Interview (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Matt Woo (and you can too) (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Interview (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Soft Drinks (Black Pint)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Hard Drugs (Black Pint)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Interview (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - 100 Assholes (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Interview (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - An evening with Colin (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Interview (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Tabi Irani - Tragically fascist or fascistically tragic (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Interview (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - You're Great, I'm Dean Richards (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Interview (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Pat Mathers cuts the sleeves off your expectations (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Interview (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Weekend at Kyle's (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Interview (CIUT)
THE VICTIM PARTY - Irreconcilable Similarities (CIUT)

Tonight's demo feature is a band from Zagreb with a synth sound. The band is called Modern Delusion. They come highly recommended in the August issue of MRR and you can download their "Wasteland" demo for free at http://moderndelusion.bandcamp.com/album/wasteland-cass.

MODERN DELUSION - Wasteland (Self-Released)
MODERN DELUSION - Human Experiment (Self-Released)
MODERN DELUSION - Love of the Weird (Self-Released)
MODERN DELUSION - Piss on your Dogg (Crime cover) (Self-Released)

You can download an MP3 of the show here.

Victim Party studio 3 session

It has taken us a while to book Victim Party. They are one of the biggest bands we have recorded with two singers, two guitarists and a rhythm section. Colin and Pat have recorded a studio 3 session or two with Hostage Life, but that was back at the basement at St. George. The third floor digs allow us to isolate things like drums and guitar amps, which help at the mixing stage. But we had five plus people in the broadcast studio and somehow it worked. 

The band was set on recording their latest LP along with one additional song. The full length is called "Getting to know the Victim Party" and has a few themes that weave the material together. But each member, past and present has a song about them and in a very literal way this serves as in introduction to the members of the band. These songs include:

- An evening with Colin (shouter)
- Adam Cook, Extinguished Gentleman (original bassist)
- Weekend at Kyle's (drummer)
- Tabi Irani, Tragically Fascist or Fascistically Tragic (singer)
- Matt Woo (and you can too) (bassist)
- You're Great, I'm Dean Richards (guitarist)
- Patrick Mathers cuts the sleeves off your expectations (guitarist)

There is an opening number which is about a party and is called "Spring Mixer". And there is a song that predicts the band's break up called "Irreconcilable Similarities". The additional song is "100 Assholes" which is a song pulled together from two earlier songs which were "100 Laces" and "Poets and other assholes". These original songs can be found at http://victimparty.bandcamp.com/album/the-worst-party-on-earth-digital.

Colin's singing was familiar and amazing. Tabi's vocals were sung and held in a soulful way that sounded like Delta 72 or Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex. The two singing styles together is unique and as we went through the songs I realized that this band spends a lot of time on vocal arrangements. That is true of my most favourite punk bands like the Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, the Angelic Upstarts and it is amazing to hear it in a local band. But I find the vocal arrangements are a lot more complex in Victim Party's material,  in a way that invites singing along, head bobbing and foot stomping. 

A two guitar attack between Dean and Pat make for a full sound. Matt Woo on bass and Adam's brother Kyle plays bass. Adam was the original bass player in this band and played with Colin in Marilyn's Vitamins. This may be helpful in some family tree sort of way on the scene in the future.

This session was recorded by Ian Wilkinson who also recorded the Hostage Life session a few years back. 

Aldo from Punks and Rockers videotaped the session which you can see below.

MRR Interview - S.H.I.T.

S.H.I.T. just went out to California to play a few shows. This brief little tour coincided with the release of their two 7”s, “Collective Conscious” (on Iron Lung) and “Generation Shit” (on Lengua Armada). Json Halal of MRR interviewed them on this tour and martin Sorrendeguy took photos, some of which have been seen in photospreads on Not Dead Yet. The band talks about things like :

-       Jaybo’s artwork on the new releases

-       the band’s commitment to building a local punk community

-      S.H.I.B.G.B.’s which represents Toronto most recent DIY space

-      S.H.I.T.M.A.S. fest, and

-      The band’s future plans to write an LP and tour Europe

The band resisting slagging Montreal. You can download a PDF of the interview which is worth the read and the new photos of the band.