Radio - Sunday, December 27th, 2020

The Pandemic defined 2020 and the first recording inspired by the pandemic was Jimmy Vapid's release "Short Songs about a Virus" so I wanted to start off a Year in Review show off with this release. tonight's show features the first in a series of top 10's meant to take a look at the year that was, starting out with my top 10 Canadian releases. Download the show here.

JIMMY VAPID AND FRIENDS - Nothing Like a Pandemic (Self-Released)

Stephe’s Top 10 Canadian releases 

10. DOA - All the President's Men (Sudden Death)
9. REIFER MADNESS - Punk Rock is Life (M.S.A.)
8. SUBSISTANCE- Get Off My Case (Self-Released)
7. TERMINAL CITY RATS - Wants and Needs (Self-Released)
6. BOOTLICKER - It's Beautiful (Neon Taste)
5. S.H.I.T. - Hidden in Eternity (La Vida us Un Mus)
4. DRAGGED IN - No Surrender (Cursed Blessing)
3. THE FALLOUT - One Last Struggle (Rebel Time)
2. TOMMY AND THE COMMIES - Impulse Action (Slovenly) 

1. THE PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND - Pickpockets & Thieves (Self-Released)

Dave’s Top 10 Albums (In no particular order except for one that sounds good)
LOUD NIGHT - Holy Hell (Vinyl Conflict)
PARANOID - Mada Minu Yuutopia (D-Takt ja Råpunk Records / Konton Crasher)
GELD - Trench (Iron Lung / Static Shock)
INTERNAL ROT - Sensitive Cop (Iron Lung / 625)
MURO - No Hay Lugar (Beach Impediment / Adult Crash)
SPECIAL INTEREST - Disco III (Thrilling Living)
THE WAR GOES ON - Voice of the Condemned (Adult Crash)
IMPOTENTIE - Stille Rebellen (Roachleg)
SIAL - Bencana (La Vida Es Un Mus)
PERMISSION - Stimulation (La Vida Es Un Mus)

Rob's International Top 10
10. THE CAVEMEN - Euthanize Me (Slovenly)

9. SMALLTOWN TIGERS - Just Friends (Area Pirata)

8. SHITKID - Fat Mad-n-Gone (PNKSLM)

7. CHUBBY & THE GANG - All Along the Uxbridge Road (Static Shock)

6. KARKKI & THE CAR KEYS - Last Line (Lempi and Sylvi)

5. THEE DIRTY RATS - Let’s Fight (Mandinga)

4. IDLES - Mr. Motivator (Partisan)

3. S.I.G. - Take What You Get (SBAM)

2. THE TELEFONES - Shake n' Plasticate (Self-Released)

1. ZERO ZEROES - Mouth Full of Snakes (Drunken Sailor / Bachelor)

Cat's Top 10

MUCK AND THE MIRES - Messed Up Mary (Dirty Water)

THE HECK - I Hate It Here (Sour Bomb)

THE SPACK VOID - Thought Crimes (Self-Released)
MFC CHICKEN - Spontaneous Combust (Dirty Water)

THE FUCKIN'ASTRONAUTS - Dirtbike (It's Trash!)

REAL(s) - Stop freaking Out (Music as Insurgent Art)

THE VERSIONS - It's Not Enough (Also)

SHELTER - Why Can't I Just Get Through To You (End Hits)
THE SANITIZERS - Sa-ni-ti-zin' (Folc)

CRO-MAGS - Age of Quarantine (Arising Empire / At the Beginning)

Radio - Sunday, December 20th, 2020

Punk rock Christmas curated by Dave Stevenson a punk with punk rock x-mas ornaments and a seasonal sweater to match. Tune in for punk rock christmas carols, punk christmas songs from Japan and Korea, a look at punk christmas compilations, and punk rock christmas covers of Misfits songs for a Nightmare Before Christmas feel. Some covid Christmas numbers along with a feature on Cincinnati's Two Inch Winky competing with Angry Snowmans for the most Christmas themed punk band. Download the show here.

DREAM NAILS - Lonely Star (Christmas Song) (Self-Released) 

Cashing in on Christmas compilations

HUNG STOCKING & THE GINGER BRED - The Green Santalishi (Columbus Blood Records)
FIGGY AND THE SCROOGES - 12 Shots of Xmess (Columbus Blood Records)
THE HULLS - Christmas Time on the Picket Line (Rebel Sound)
SNIPER 66 - 7 Years (Blackhole Records)
LAZY CLASS - Sick Of It All (Rebel Sound)

Japan bands doing x-mas songs

UNSKILLED LAB - The First Noel (Asylum Party)
THE ROXY - Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Asylum Party) 

KALTBRUCHING ACIDEATH - Tree of Wisdom (Asylum Party)
LAUGHIN' NOSE - White Christmas (Let's Rock) 

Christmas carols made out of Misfits songs. Like Nightmare before Christmas.

FROSTBITE B.C. - We Are 12/25 (Self-Released)
LAMONTA - Christmas Eve (Mommy Can I Go Out and Carol Tonight?)[Where Reindeer Dare] (Self-Released)
MISFITSMAS - Hybrid Presents (Unreleased)
CHRISFITS - Yuletude Business (Unreleased) 

ANGRY SNOWMANS - Horror Christmas (Stiff Hombre)

Fast and Grindy x-mas songs
SLEIGHER - Communist Christmas (Self-Released)
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED - Hung Like A Stocking By The Chimney With Care (Decibel)
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED - Merry Chrystmeth (Decibel)
RECENSION - Decision Maker For The Limitation Of Typical Holiday-Type Celebration To The Occurrence Of Seasonal Change (Sounds of Revolution)
THE LOCUST - Pulling the Christmas Pig by the Wrong Pair of Ears (Anti-)
ACxDC - All I Want For Xmas (Self-Released)

New + COVID christmas songs
INSANE SOCIETY - A Covid Christmas (Self-Released) 

SL SPITFIRES - Killing Christians (Merry Christmas!) (Self-Released)
KAMAKAZI - Happy Xmas (Covid's Over) (Slam Disques)
THE PLODES - Superpowered Palestinian Baby (Self-Released)
TREEPHORT - Covid Christmas (Self-Released)

South Korea Christmas punk songs

A-ZAK - Angels We Have Heard On High (Cujo Entertainment)
BURNING HEPBURN - Silver Bell (Cujo Entertainment)
GLOBAL CORPORATION - Feel Like Shit In Christmas (Cujo Entertainment)
HALF BROTHER - I wanna Hate Your Merry Christmas (Cujo Entertainment)
NO BRAIN - I Am Glad the Saviour has Come (Cujo Entertainment)

Other punk rock Christmas songs
PARANOID VISIONS - Crusty Claus (FOAD)
RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED - Christmas with the Devil (Reflex!)
GLUE EAR - Santa the Cat Burglar (Horn and Hoof Records)
MICHAEL M - Humans are not Worth Saving (Merry Christmas) (Self-Released)
THE WHITE COFFIN TERROR - Silent Night, Deadly Night (Cleopatra)

Two Inch Winky has so many great Christmas songs that we are going to end up with them.

TWO INCH WINKY - Burn Down the Tree (Self-Released)
TWO INCH WINKY - War on Christmas (Self-Released)
TWO INCH WINKY - Kill the Carollers (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, December 13th, 2020

 

 

Tonight's show features a tribute to Hammer City / Schizophrenic Records, Mortarhate compilations, sets of old and new punk and guest DJ Cat. Cat used to do a radio show in Rome called Search and Destroy and has translated some books into Italian which include one on the Cramps and one on the early rock scene in NYC. When the city is not in lockdown Cat DJs clubs under Nora Noise. Download the show here.

THE PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND - Awaydays (Self-Released) 

Hammer City Records (R.I.P.)
A few weeks back Hammer City Records was evicted from their space by a landlord looking for excuses to evict tenants. Stuff you normally see in Toronto. As gentrification becomes a thing in the Hammer the same shit is happening there. The record store connected to Schizophrenic Records is looking for a new retail space, but in the meantime I thought we could spin some releases by the label. Starting out with a band they championed early on.

LEGION666 - Abhorrence Contained (Schizophrenic) 

HAZARDOUS WASTE - Skate Block (Schizophrenic) 

HASSLER - Enlightened (Schizophrenic) 

BORN WRONG - Torch the Place (Schizophrenic) 

TV FREAKS - Salutation (Schizophrenic) 

Cat has guest DJed on the show before. Her scene cred extends to Rome where she did a radio show called "Search and Destroy". Cat also translated a book on the Cramps into Italian "Viaggio al centro dei Cramps". Then she translated "New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB's". And when the pandemic isn't locking down the city Cat is DJing under the name "Nora Noise". 

CRO-MAGS - From the Grave (Mission Two Entertainment)
FEAR - Let’s Have a War (Slash)

GORILLA BISCUITS - High Hopes (Revelation)
CIRCLE JERKS - What’s Your Problem (Frontier)

Some more oldies
SHAM 69 - They Don’t Understand (Polydor / Captain Oi!) 

CHELSEA - Twelve Men (Step Forward / Captain Oi!)

ANDERS ANGEST - Just När Allt Är Så Roligt (Albons Skiver)

M-80's - Gone Away (Backstreet One)

PERKS - Escape (Awes)

FLESH EATERS - Disintegration Nation (Upsetter) 
TEENAGE HEAD - Disgusteen (Unreleased Take)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Suspect Device (Rigid Digits / Rough Trade)
THE SNIVELLING SHITS - Bring Me the Head of Yukio Mishima (Damaged Goods)

New releases

MOMENT OF FEAR - Truth Expires (Beach Impediment) 
GUT WOUND - Deprived (Stand Together / Youth Authority)
PUBLIC ACID - No Revival (Beach Impediment)  
GEFYR - Pröjsa Din Lyx (Angry Hudik / Flyktsoda)
PROTEIN - Second Thoughts (Refuse) 

Covers
ANGRY SAMOANS - Time Has Come Today (Bad Trip)
THE GUN CLUB - Run Through the Jungle (Animal)
GIRLSCHOOL - Race with the Devil (Bronze)
HUSKER DU - Sunshine Superman (Reflex)

Mortarhate compilations
In the mid-80’s after CRASS had broken up and Conflict was just getting going, Conflict started a label in the same vein as CRASS records to release the new wave of anarchist bands coming out. The first one I saw was the “Who?, What?, When?, Where?, Why?” compilation in 1984, which I picked up. It was the fourth release by the label, but the first comp.

DEATH ZONE - The Youth are to Blame (Mortarhate)
DEZERTER - Greetings From Poland (Mortarhate)
TOXIC REASONS - Powercrazed (Mortarhate)
VORKRIEGSJUGEND - 0815 (Mortarhate / Fight Back)
CONFLICT - This is the A.L.F. (Mortarhate)

THE URINALS - I’m White and Middle Class (Happy Squid)
COCAINE PISS - Body Euphoria (Hypertension)
AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS - Pleasure Forever (Damaged Goods / Homeless)
PSYCHOTIC TURNBUCKLES - Lunar Chik (Rattlesnake)
TY SEGALL - The Drag (Castle Face)

More new releases

CONQUEST FOR DEATH - Idiotcalypse Now (Refuse)
APSURD - Dan Kao I Svaki Drugi (Doomtown)
STOLEN WHEELCHAIRS - The America (State Line)
DOGHOUSE ROSE - Run 666 (Stomp)
RED AUNTS - Peppermint Patty (Epitaph)

ADOLESCENTS - Fuck You (Cleopatra)
VICE SQUAD - Poverty Face (Last Rockers)
THE DAMNED - Manipulator (Spinefarm)

Demo Feature 
Self described as raw angry and passionate you can find this demo on bandcamp.

CONDITIONS APPLY - Who’s the Victim (Self-Released)
CONDITIONS APPLY - Small Print (Self-Released)
CONDITIONS APPLY - Two Words One Finger (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, December 6th, 2020

Tonight's show features is based around listener requests. Our listeners have great taste. They didn't get it from us. Plus new releases (Special Interest, old releases (Qloaqal Letal, Link Larm), interesting covers (Black Flag's My War), themes (Motorcharge, Pop Punk) and a demo feature by a new band from Toronto called THE SLIME. Interest peaked? Here's the playlist and the download.

THE STUPID STUPID HENCHMEN - Episodic Streaming Delirium Syndrome (Self-Released) 

All listener request set
NUNFUCKERS - Up Your Ass With All Your Gossip (Self-Released)

COCK SPARRER - You Lost the War (Pirates Press / Randale / Chasing the Ace)
MURO - Mundo Infesto (Fuerza Ingobernable Discos / Beach Impediment / Adult Crash)
PUS - Aniquila (Self-Released) 
POLVORA SOXIAL - Hasta Cuando (Self-Released) 
ESCAPE FROM THE ZOO - Smoke 'em if ya got 'em (Self-Released) 

MELVINS and MUDHONEY - My War (Amphetamine Reptile)
LUCKY PIERRE - Into My Arms (Unadulterated)
THE SOCIAL LITES - Big Business
THE CRIMSON SHADOWS - What I Want (Groovie)
LAUGHING HYENAS - Sister (Touch and Go)

FOX FACE - Fan the Flames (Dirtnap)
CHICKEN MILK - Sink (Fans of Bad Productions)
FLESH RAG - Ugly Death (It’s Trash / Loose Lips)
WARSAW - Failures (RZM Productions)
SPECIAL INTEREST - Tina (Thrilling Living / Night School)
MODERN DELUSION - Wasteland (Self-Released)

PINHEAD GUNPOWDER - At Your Funeral (Adeline)
AFI - Whatever (Key Lime Pie)
TIGER ARMY - F.T.W. (Hellcat)
CLEVELAND BOUND DEATH SENTENCE - Jailbird Bars (Lookout! / No Idea)
AVENGERS - Car Crash (CD Presents)
 

QLOAQA LETAL - Destroy (Metadona / Rumble)
CONTRAZIONE - Sbarre (R Radical)
STRESS - Χαφιές (Wipeout / B-Otherside)
MASSACRE 68 - Ejército Nacional (Producciones en Negro)
BFG - Destroy (CIUT)

PROLES - Thought Crime (RARecords)
THE CONDEMNED - Endless Revolution (RARecords)
RENTALS - Gertrude Stein (Rent)
THE VERDIX - Media (Aura)
THE VECTORS - Fast Cars (Redzone)

SPY - Running out of Space (To Live a Lie)
PARANOID - Kikaijikake no Satsurikusya (D-Takt ja Rapunk / Konton Crasher)
BUTCHER - The Dead Turns Into Birds (Farewell / Desolate)
OVERCHARGE - D-Beat Destruction (Phobia / Angry-Voice / N.I.C. / Calimocho Autoproduzioni / Planet K)
HARD CHARGER - We Own the Night (Wasted Time / Doomsday Machine / D7i / Emergency)

Demo Feature
THE SLIME are from Toronto and they have a couple of releases but “Bitter Dream” is their most recent. Self described as old school hardcore on the punk and thrash side with influences including Poison Idea, Anti-Cimex, Career Suicide, and Negative Approach. We’re going to try and play as much of this as possible starting out with “Mutant Generation”.

THE SLIME - Mutant Generation (Self-Released)
THE SLIME - Maverick (Self-Released)
THE SLIME - Russian Roulette (Self-Released)
THE SLIME - Bandage (Self-Released)
THE SLIME - Unquenchable (Self-Released)
THE SLIME - Washout Revenge (Self-Released)
THE SLIME - Crawl (Self-Released)
THE SLIME - Don’t Look Back and Think (Self-Released)
THE SLIME - Ripped from your mind (Self-Released)

LINK LARM - Militare (No Plan)