Top 10 - December 2016

1. MIND TRAP “Life Among Liars and Thieves” LP (Refuse)
2. FASHIONISM “Subculture Suicide” ep (Dirt Cult)
3. SEX DWARF “Non Stop Erotic Noise Cabaret” (D-Takt ja Rapunk)
4. PANDEMIX “Pathological Culture” demo (Self-Released)
5. BUSTED OUTLOOK “Not Defined by Violence” LP (Refuse)
6. SEA OF SHIT “Servitude” ep (Nerve Altar)
7. DAUDYFLIN “Drepa Drepa” ep (Erste Theke Tontrager)
8. X45 Demo (Self-Released)
9. WOUND MAN “Rolled” ep (Iron Lung)
10. WHIPWORM Demo (Self-Released)

Labels:
* REFUSE - http://www.refusemusic.net/
* DIRT CULT - http://dirtcultrecords.com/main/
* D-TAKT & RAPUNK - http://dbeatrawpunk.blogspot.ca/
* PANDEMIX - https://pandemixpunx.bandcamp.com/releases
* NERVE ALTAR - http://nervealtar.blogspot.ca/
* ERSTE THEKE TONTRAGER - http://erstetheke.de/
* X45 - https://exfortyfive.bandcamp.com/
* IRON LUNG – http://ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com/
* WHIPWORM- https://whipworm.bandcamp.com/releases

Flyer - Friday, December 30th, 2016

Flyer - Thursday, December 29th, 2016

Radio - Sunday, December 25th,2016

There is a tradition on EXD started with Pete Genest from Hits and Misses. When Pete left the city Dave Stevenson stepped up with his love for punk Christmas songs. Dave works throughout the year finding new songs and pairing songs in sets and giving everything thorough listens.I come across Christmas songs and send them to Dave but Dave curates and programs and ingests these songs.  This year is no exception to the no duplicates code we live by and there are a lot of great unheard of punk songs to show listeners. But the explanations behind the songs like Electric Umbrella. You need to listen to the show on the player above or download the show here.

HOLLY BETH VINCENT - Punk X-Mas

16 PIECE BUCKET - No Presents for Christmas (On-Line Cinccinati comp)
ELECTRIC UMBRELLA - Christmas as a Punk (Self-Released)
ROUGH KIDS - Rough Christmas (Self-Released)
VICE SQUAD AND BEKI BONDAGE - A Dog is for Life (and not just for Christmas) (Last Rockers)
THE RIPTIDES - I Can't have a Merry Christmas (Self-Released)

BEST PRACTICES - Reindeer Games (Tiny Engines)
J CHURCH - Winter Comes Again (Damaged Goods)
JON COUGAR CONCENTRATION CAMP - Reason for the Season (Better Youth Organization)
KATASTROPHY WIFE - Busiest Shopping Day of the Year (Integrity)
RADIO DEAD ONES - Boxing Days (Squoodge / Drunk 'n Roll)

HENRY ROLLINS AND STEPHEN COLBERT - A Very Rollins Christmas (Late Show)
BULLET BELT BASTARDS - Shit Holiday (More Noize)

SORE THROAT - The Snowman (AreaDeath)

Y - Merry Christmas (Flowerviolence / Thought Crime)

THE S.C.U.M. - Black X-Mas

SCUM DE LA NORVEGE - Bjelkelang (Laffen)

STRIP MIND - Jingle My Bells (Reprise)

THE MONSTERS - Jingle Bells (Dionysus)

SQUIRTGUN - Jingle Bell Rock (Interpunk)

RIFLE SPORT - Little Drummer Boy (Big Money Inc)

THE DONNAS - Up on a Housetop

BLOODSUCKING ZOMBIES FROM OUTERSPACE - Bloody Unholy Christmas (Schailter / Shiltzer-Pepi)

THE AQUABATS - Holiday Road (Self-Released)

NE LUUPOJAT SURF - Hauska Joulua (Poko)

STEPHEN EGERTON - She’s Got Everything (Paper + Plastick)

THE DESPERATE BICYCLES - Holidays (Refill)

THE FIGGS - Merry Christmas, Girl (Chunk)

THE SHADES - Snowy Day (Ray Gun)

BATTERED ELVES - We’re Gonna Kill Santa Clause (CBS / Epic)

THE NOT QUITE - Satan’s Elves (Bacchus Archives)

BUNCHOFUCKINGOOFS - Alcoholiday Turned Alcoholocaust (Back Alley)

ANGRY SNOWMANS - Festive (Stiff Hombre)

HEWHOCANNOTBENAMED - War on Christmas (Rebel Sound)

THE EMERSONS - Merry Christmas, Baby (Ramone to the Bone)

THE HARDKNOCKS - This One’s For Us (Rebel Sound)

Radio - Sunday, December 18th, 2016

VCR broke up this week so we started off the show with them. The first set is made up of local bands that have been playing out in the last little bit. You can download the show here.

VCR - VCR (Kills A Cop)

THE FALLOUT - A Shot Rings Out (Insurgence) 
MAKE NO GAINS – Noose (Self-Released)
ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION - Sell U Shit (Self-Released)
THE VAPIDS - Second Time Around (Surfing’ Ki)
CAREER SUICIDE - Kill the Warden (Self-Released)
CONMAN - Straight Shot (Self-Released)

FUCKHAWK – I Hate the Kids (Self-Released)
LEGAL WEAPON – Death of Innocence (Arsenal)
PSEUDO – Albatross (Self-Released)
COLOR TV – Meat Wagon (Deranged)
FUN THINGS – Lipstick (Shock/ Savage Beat)

Best Re-Issues of December 2016
VICIOUS CIRCLE “Circle of the Doomed” ep - Police Brutality (Not Like You)
DEZERTER “Ku Przyszlosci” ep - Wojna Glupcow (Antena Krcyku)
THE VARUKERS “Led to the Slaughter” - The End is Nigh (Havoc)
LAST RITES “Fascism Means War” ep - The Dreams of Many – Glasgow (Loud Punk)
EXTERNAL MENACE “The Process of Elimination” - Standin' on the U.K. (Loud Punk)
EMILS “Demo ’87” ep – Gerechtigkeit (Power It Up)
POISON GIRLS “Where’s the Pleasure” LP - Lovers Are They Worth It (Water Wing)

BLAHA! - It's Christmas Time (and I have nothikng left to lose) (Slovenly)
THE DARTS – Revolution (Dirty Water)
THE CONNECTION – Bad to Worse (Rumbar)
BIG BROTHER – Scrap City (Self-Released)
SPECTRES – 16 Years (Deranged)

Top 10 – December 2016
10. WHIPWORM – Anxiety (Self-Released)
9. WOUND MAN “Rolled” ep – CB100 (Iron Lung)
8. X45 Demo - Untitled (Self-Released)
7. DAUDYFLIN “Drepa Drepa” ep – Rusi (Erste Theke Tontr臠er)
6. SEA OF SHIT “Servitude” ep – Reversion (Nerve Altar)
5. BUSTED OUTLOOK “Not Defined by Violence” LP – Self-Surrender (Refuse)
4. PANDEMIX - Never Believed / Conceptual Fuck (Self-Released)
3. SEX DWARF “Non Stop Erotic Noise Cabaret” - Krigslust (D-Takt ja Rapunk)
2. FASHIONISM “Subculture Suicide” ep - Nun of That (Dirt Cult)
1. MIND TRAP “Life Among Liars and Thieves” - Tunnel Vision (Brain Abuse)

X – White Girl (Slash)
THE DIRTBOMBS - 21st Century Fox (In The Red)
THE BOOMTOWN RATS – She's So Modern (Ensign)

Remwar played Faith/Void opening for Vile Intent. They were also from Montreal and I thought I would feature them in tonight's demo feature. They demo is found on their bandcamp page. 

REMWAR - Secret Police (Self-Released)
REMWAR – Raid (Self-Released)
REMWAR – Funeral Dream (Self-Released)
REMWAR – Hit That (Self-Released)
REMWAR – Please (Self-Released)

Flyer - Saturday, December 17th, 2016

Flyer - Friday, December 16th, 2016

Flyer - Tuesday, December 13th, 2016

Radio - Sunday, December 12th, 2016

Last night, I watched Toronto FC lose to the Seattle Sounders in the MLS Cup Final. Toronto played better and came closest to winning but the game was decided by penalty kicks, however a significant contributor to the lose was a past Toronto FC player by the name of Stefan Frei. Frei was a starting keeper and in the end he was treated terribly by MLSE. Frei made the save of the game that kept Toronto FC from winning and I wish I could say this is the first time that a former Toronto FC player has lead to this team's undoing but it is more often the norm. People in Toronto who follow pro sports teams from this city refer to a curse on the city's team. However we thought this team we could beat the curse. In our lose, I kept singing the line "This is as good as it ever gets", a line from Problem Children's "On the Air". So we started tonight's show with that very song. I participated in a podcast for Red Nation On-line called East Side Stand up where you can hear a more through analysis of the lose. Listen to tonight's radio show on the player below of download an MP3 file here.



PROBLEM CHILDREN – On the Air (Problem Children Wrekords)

B-GIRLS – Fun at the Beach (Bomp)
NOBUNNY – I am a Girlfriend (Mooster)
PATSY'S RATS – Rock and Roll Friend (La Ti Da)
BIZNAGA – Mediocridad y Confort (Slovenly)
THE BARRACUDAS – I Can't Pretend (Bomp)

Interestingly, Trump is voted "Person of the Year" by Time Magazine. In the cover of the piece the sub title is "President of the Divided States of America" which makes the Mood of Defiance song appropo. There is a good article on the cover by Haaretz.

SUBURBAN LAWNS – Gidget Goes to Hell (Suburban Industrial)
MOOD OF DEFIANCE – The Divided States of America (New Underground)
U.X.A. - Social Circle (Dangerhouse)
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS – I Want You (Blackhearts)
45 GRAVE – Consumers (Restless)

This studio 3 session was recorded back in mid-October with Sabotage. They are organizing and playing a benefit show this coming Friday and we wanted to get this on before their show. 

SABOTAGE – Bang Bang Bang (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Interview (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – STI (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Interview (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Que Mierdero (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Interview (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Mucjeras (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Interview (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – It doesn’t have to be this way (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Interview (CIUT)
SABOTAGE – Watching TV (CIUT)

Tonight's demo feature is a new band from Boston called Pandemix. Their demo was reviewed in December's issue of MRR. You can download their demo at bandcamp. 

PANDEMIX – Second Opinion (Self-Released)
PANDEMIX – Total Immersion (Self-Released)
PANDEMIX – Faultless (Self-Released)

Flyer - Saturday, December 10th, 2016

Flyer - Monday, December 5th, 2016

Radio - Sunday, December 4th, 2016

Shequalizing-X-Distort for the 9th episode takeover.  Another amazing show which runs the gamut from raging hardcore to outlier post-punk. There was some brand new and unreleased local tracks, digging in the crates archival material, show reviews of Cock Sparrer and the upcoming Impalers show AND an early Christmas present. Listen to the show on the player above or download an MP3 file here. 

VEX – I Wanna be Where the Boys are

S-21 – Mass Gave (Self-Released)

ADS – Waiting for the War (BZ)

OUTCRY – Reality (Self-Released)

PEDESTRIAN – Paradise (Self-Released)

ANXIETY – The Worst (La Vida Es Un Mus)

TASHME  - Demons (Self-Released)

GOOD THROB – Tube Disaster (Outsider)

CAREER SUICIDE – Machine Response (Career Suicide)

CRUX – Keep on Running (No Future)

THE PRATS – Disco Pope (Rough Trade)

FLQ – Repent (Unreleased)

HARD PRESSED – Crook in Disguise (Self-Released)

COCK SPARRER – Runnin’ Riot (Decca)

GAZM – Easy 2 See (Self-Released)

MIRROR – Boot Licker

RIK AND THE PIGS – Vile Order (Feel It)

S.L.I.P. – There’s No Hope in the USA (Sorry State)

LYSOL – Clean Living (Deranged)

THE IMPALERS – Human Kindness (S.H.I.T. cover)

FAMILY FOODER – Savoir Faire (Fresh)

CRASS – Darling (CRASS)

THE EXPELLED –Dreaming (Riot City)

CONMAN – Steam (Self-Released)

THE BUSINESS – Bollocks to X-mas (Secret)

THE GREEDIES – A Merry Jingle  (Vertigo)

HYGIENE – Christmas Do (Statik Shock)

SHONEN KNIFE – Space Christmas (Seminal Twang)

THE KINKS – Father Christmas (Arista)

THE DAMNED – There Ain’t No Sanity Clause (Chiswick)

SPECTRES – Vertigo (Deranged)

ALIENATION – Always the Same (Warthog Speaks)

WILD AT HEART – Haunted (Self-Released)

DEVO – Swelling Itching Brain (Warner Brothers)