Equalizing Distort: November 2016

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Top 10 - November 2016

1. WARTHOG “Culture?” ep (Beach Impediment)

2. PURE DISGUST LP (Katorga Works)

3. SUNSHINE WARD “Order” (Feral Ward)

4. FRAGMENT Demo (Self-Released)

5. MAD EXISTENCE “Ignorance is Bliss” ep (Self-Released)

6. LAUGHING STOCK “Inside Joke “ ep (Nightrider)

7. MILD SHAG “Rat Race” ep (Imminent Destruction)

8. BOMBARDEO / DHK “La Vida Es Un Infierno” split (Espiral DIYscos)

9. S-21 Demo (Self-Released)

10. ARMS RACE “New Wave of British Hardcore” LP (La VidaEs Un Mus)

Labels:

* BEACH IMPEDIMENT – http://beachimpedimentrecords.bigcartel.com

* KATORGA WORKS– http://katorgaworks.bigcartel.com

* FERAL WARD – http://www.feralward.com

* FRAGMENT – https://fragmentpunk.bandcamp.com/releases

* MAD EXISTENCE – https://madexistence.bandcamp.com

* LAUGHING STOCK – https://laughingstockboston.bandcamp.com

* IMMINENT DESTRUCTION - http://imminentdestruction.bigcartel.com

* ESPIRAL DIYSCOS – https://www.facebook.com/Espiral-DIY-271776643173659/

* S-21– https://s-21.bandcamp.com

* LA VIDA ES UN MUS– http://www.lavidaesunmus.com

Monday, November 28, 2016

Flyer - Monday, November 28th, 2016

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Radio - Sunday, November 27th, 2016

Fidel Castro passed away and in honour of his passing we played Cuba's first and best known band Eskoria.

ESKORIA - Chispetren (Self-Released)

Cock Sparrer are playing in Toronto tonight. On tonigh's show we are playing a top 10 for November and this set has some re-issues and runners up from this month's releases.

COCK SPARRER - Don't Stop (Captain Oi)
TOXIC EPHEX - What A Waste of Money (Mad Butcher)
AHEADS - Not Last Night (Blurrg)
MACHO BOYS - Victim to Blame (Self-Released)
TOXIC WOMB - Sucker (Self-Released)
JUVEBTUD PODRIDA - Criando Cuervos (Logica Ciega)
MYTERI – Utbränd (Halvfabrikat)

It's my birthday tonight so Rob played the Beatles song and some pop punk, which I am not a fan of to celebrate my birthday.

BEATLES – Birthday (Apple)
PSEUDO – Outlaws (Self-Released)
SAMIAM – Full On (Burning Heart)
FIFTEEN – Middle (Cool Guy)
CHIXDIGGIT – Going to the Peelers (Honest Don's)

Here is my top 10 for November 2016 in reverse order.

10. ARMS RACE – UK15 (La Vida Es Un Mus)
9. S-21 - Mass Grave (Self-Released)
8. BOMBARDEO - Guerra = Muerte / DHK - Lxs Punk's no mueren! (Espiral DIYscos)
7. MILD SHAG - Fight On (Imminent Destruction)
6. LAUGHING STOCK - On and On (Self-Released)
5. MAD EXISTENCE - My Richmond (Self-Released)
4. FRAGMENT - Abandoned, Surrounded (Self-Released)
3. SUNSHINE WARD - Order (Feral Ward)
2. PURE DISGUST - White Silence (Katorga Works)
1. WARTHOG - Functioning World (Beach Impediment)

THE CAVEMEN – Speed of Death (Dirty Water)
JONESY – (I Wanna) Bang Bang You (No Front Teeth)
PLATINUM BOYS – Candy (Dusty Medical Records)
TYRANNA MEN – I Can't Read Your Mind (Static Shock)
BULLET PROOF LOVERS – Master of my Destiny (Rum Bar)

CIUT has a trip for two to Iceland as a Grand Prize draw for our fundraising campaign. The off air has been extended until January 14th and so if you make a donation to CIUT for $25 or more you can get an entry into that draw. Donate at www.ciut.fm. In honour of the trip to Iceland here is a set of early punk from there which includes Bjork's second band, Tappi Tikarras.

VONBRIGOI – O Rejkajavik (Mauerstadtmusik)
TAPPI TIKARRAS – London (Spor)
UTANGANOSMENN – Poppstjarnan (Steinar)
FRAEBBBLAMIR – Gotta Go (Hugrenningur)
PURRKURR PILLNIKK – Floqhahbid (Gramm)
Q4U – Toys (Skaf)
EGO – Sieg Hell (Steinar)
VONBRIGOI – Guafraea (Red River)

THE SAINTE CATHERINES – Look at the Moon (Yo Yo)
ERIC'S TRIP – Sunlight (Sub Pop)
COLD WARPSE – Endless Bummer (Noyes)
KID DYNAMITE – Never Met the Gooch (Jade Tree)

You can download the show here.

Flyer - Sunday, November 27th, 2016

Sunday, November 20, 2016

Radio - Sunday November, 20th, 2016

Tonight is our fundraising show and we always play name that tune with our hosts on the Prophesy. This year James St. Bass (Creative Zero / Sudden Impact fame) was on deck and he guessed that the opening song was an Elvis Costello tune a song about radio.

SMALLTOWN - Radio Radio (Pirates Press)

Interviews and band profiles
Last week we aired an interview with ALIENATION who are a hardcore band from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. We interviewed them when they were here for Not Dead Yet. Interviews and band profiles are something we do quite often on the show. In the last few months we aired interviews with the legendary Oi Polloi from Scotland, Zoom and the Scenics who are considered by some to be the first punk bands from Toronto, DS-13 from Umea Sweden, Fuck You Pay Me from Cleveland, and Geoff Pevere who wrote Gods of the Hammer. And when INACTIVIST came in Evan talked about doing an interview on Equalizing-X-Distort was like one of these bucket list items. Matt Black from Die Brucke said the same thing. I have heard this a couple of times from bands so we know this is valued by bands. In fact I don’t hear other punk radio shows do this. Band interviews are something unique to EXD abd CIUT and as a result we profile a lot of local and Canadian bands to get their story out.

In these interviews we often get into other things that members of bands are up to. These people are champions of the scene because they put in their time trying to build up the scene in various ways and it is not uncommon. Last week when we were talking to Dave Brown, Alienation’s newest member, he was telling us about Sewercide Records and his latest offshoot label Unknown Coast, which is responsible for the release of the Slow Death demo. Slow Death were a hardcore band from Summerside, PEI – who represented a lot of firsts. Dave used to be a host on the show and he knows how important the drive is to keeping our doors open, so he offered us a Sewercide package which includes a Word on the Street ep, Abject Pax ep, Dyscontrol ep, and the Slow Death ep.

ALIENATION – Dad Body (Self-Released)
GAUCHO – New song about cannibalism (CIUT)

Studio 3 session
GAUCHO and SABOTAGE were both in to record Studio 3 sessions recently. But over the last six months we aired sessions with :

- SAGO on April 24th and then you recommended we do a session with
- KATATONIX which aired on May 29th
- MOTHERFUCKERS from Calgary which we aired on June 26th
- INACTIVIST on July 17th, which was recorded just before the Irish members left the city. Leo what is happening with Inactivist?
- PROM NITE on August 28th
- FLQ on September 4th, and
- GAUCHO on October 16th

We have the members of some of these bands in tonight. So first off I want to re-introduce Leo who was in twice, first with Inactivist and when you were hear I was telling you how much trouble I was having getting Gaucho in and you made that happen because you sing and play bass in that band as well. And Andrew and Alex, who are brothers playing in Sabotage. They talked about their experiences recording at the station and what that means for their bands.

INACTIVIST – YYZ (CIUT)
SABOTAGE - It Doesn't Have to be this Way (CIUT)

Studio 3 sessions continued
Alex from SAGO joins in on the conversation and we talk about the development of those personalized station IDs. We also talk about the band photos. And then we talk about community access to the station using Alex as an example of being someone who has suggested these programming pieces that we acted on which include:

- At the SOFISTIFUCKS session he told us about SAGO so we had you come in.
- He helped set up the UNCLE RAY recording who are a band from Windsor
- At the SAGO session he told us about KATATONIX and we arranged to have them in.
- At the KATATONIX session he told us about DS-13 and even arranged for us to get in so we can get an interview.
- I also want to thank you for turning me onto Democracy Now. You mentioned it on the last drive that you were in and I started listening where I heard about the altercation at Standing Rock

Anyway I wonder how common this is to be able to suggest programming and watch it come together. We talk about CIUT being a community station but all these points above demonstrate to me the two way involvement that the station has with our listeners.

SAGO – Fukk the Cops (CIUT)
KATATONIX - Rip Off (CIUT)

Co-Sponsorships
CIUT has done quite a few co-sponsorships in the last little while. What is a co-sponsorship? It is an event that gets promoted by the station and in return the event promotes the station. It is another expression of community influence and impact. In the last little bit we have helped promote:

The Secrets show
The Son of Dave show
Not Dead Yet fest
The Zoom show
Johnny and the G-Rays show
And the upcoming James Chance show

Here is the title track from the brand new James Chance album titled “The Flesh is Weak”.

JAMES CHANCE - The Flesh is Weak (True Groove)
ZOOM - Porno Town (CIUT)
VCR - How Low Can A Punk Get (Murder City Video / Barfbag)

In appreciation for radio here are some songs about radio.

RAMONES – We Want the Airwaves (Sire)
THE MANTS – 250 Volt (Dead Beat)
THE SPIES – My Radio (Giant Radio)

Special Features
EXD is known for doing Top 10 features at the end of the month.

We do a punk Christmas show with host Dave Stevenson and this year’s show happens on Christmas day.

SHEXD is alive and well and planning their next broadcast on December 4th so tune in for that.

Dini Lazlow was in to do a contemporary look at the Hungarian punk scene.

We feature a demo every week on the show.

We have talked about co-sponsorships that we participate in with local promoters.

We talked about the interviews we do with bands that come through.

We talked about studio 3 sessions we organize with local bands.

All this happens on a voluntary basis but without money to keep the day to day operations going we cannot continue to broadcast.

Craig Wattie, a co-host on Aggressive Rock tells us about CKLN and how that fragile a campus community station is. CHRY also had their station taken from them with outside owners adopting a commercial format for their newly rebranded VIBE. We play some more songs about radio….

GASOLINE - Radio Flic (Egg)
SKULLIANS - Over The Edge (STP)
RAMONES – Do You Remember Rock’nRoll Radio (Sire)

TEENGENERATE – Radio 55 (Crypt)
CUB – Who the Hell do you think you are (BMG)

You can donate to CIUT until December 31st on-line at www.ciut.fm. There is a trip for two to Iceland and the draw will be held on January 15th. Thanks to those who have donated so far.

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Radio - Sunday, November 13th, 2016

Leonard Cohen passed away this week and there have been a lot of tributes on the radio. Punk certainly gave the poet his tributes and here is one of them by a band from Philly back in 1986. You can listen to the show on the player above or download the show here.

RUIN – Famous Blue Raincoat (Meta Meta)

OXYGIRL - Japanese title

TROPEIZO - Super Superficial (Kawali)

SOVIET NUNS - Summer Is Dead (Rising Riot)

FACASSO - Estilo Punzante (Crapoulet)

F.U.G. - Word Attack (Rising Riot)

SEX AIDS - Back on the Piss Again (Riot City)

THE BOLDNESS - Skinhead Antifa (Rusty Knife / Clockwork)– Indonesia

ÚLTIMA CLASSE – Antifa (Rusty Knife / Clockwork)– Brazil

PANCAKE LIZARD - Nazi Synthesizer (Hash Crimes LLC)

LES PARTISANS - Street Goons (Limo Life)

THE ANTIDON’TS - Banned in PC (Self-Released)

MILISI KECOA– Attitude (Self-Released) - Indonesia

Alienation are from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and feature some super talented kids that make up the punk scene out east. When I found out they were playing Not Dead Yet I set about to try and interview them and was able to get something together just before their show. Here is that interview.

ALIENATION – Butter Box Babies (Self-Released)