Radio - Sunday, April 25th, 2021

Buzzcock bookends. New wave that sounds like the old wave. Podcast inspirations. NYC tangent tales. And a demo feature by a Barrie pheonix. Download the show here.

BUZZCOCKS - Sitting Round at Home (United Artists)

SAINTS AND SINNERS - Soundtrack of your Life (KB)
PASTORATET - Äckel (Second Class Kids)
BLOCK PARENT - Helluva Bad Dip (Glue Gun)
JEFFIE GENETIC AND THE CLONES - Need A Wave (Dirtnap)
CELIA AND THE MUTATIONS - You Better Believe Me (United Artists)

ZODIAC PANTHERS - Nothing Lasts Forever (Angies Records and Hair)
THE CITY LIMITS - I Just Can’t Say Goodbye
SPASMS - Monday Mourning
ROTZKOTZ - Hurling (SPV / Sireena)
THE SKUNKS - Can’t Get Loose (Last Laugh)

DESTROYED IN SECONDS - Disarm (Deep Six)
HAZARD - Scab (Bloodsucker)
GERM ATTAK - North Korea (Desolate Legacy)
THE BANNED - Only Die Once
THE WOPS - Factory of Cancer (Self-Released)

MIDNITE SNAXXX - Contact Contamination (Slovenly)

THE SOFTIES - Mister Tonight (Charly)

SKULLNBONE - Ride with the Devil (Muerte Negra)

BRASS - Strut Punchin’ (Self-Released)

ZABOGART - Petugas ASN Catatan Sipil Ng***ot!!! 

 

“We Gotta Know” podcast just released an interview with Kim Kinakin who was in many bands and was a show promoter and also did a zine. Kind of a punk rock force of nature in Burnaby / Vancouver. You may know him from some of his bands like SPARKMARKER, STRAIN, SAMSARA SEVIN, SKINJOBS, and SAN ANGELUS. It is a 2 plus hours interview but I was pretty riveted in listening.

SPARKMARKER - Kansas (No Idea)
STRAIN - Cataract (Heart First)
SAMSARASEVIN - Champagne and OJ (Self-Released)
SKINJOBS - Burn Your Rainbow (Spitshine / Bongobeat)
SAN ANGELUS - Waiting for Accidents to Happen (Amber and Wool / Arctic Rodeo)

If your into the Dischord back catalogue check in out the End to End podcast. I just listened to the one on Teen Idles. 

TEEN IDLES - Getting in My Way (Dischord)
THE FAITH - You're X'd (Dischord)
BORN AGAINST - Born Against are Fucking Dead (Vermiform / Prank)
AGNOSTIC FRONT - Traitor (Last Warning / Bridge Nine)
NAUSEA - Godless (Profane Existence)
PARASYTES - Melting Brain (Runstate)
PHANE - Blind (Phobia)

Demo Feature
SELF WILL RUNS RIOT is a band from Barrie that started up a few years ago. They played three shows and then personal tragedy struck the band. But they have recovered and the drummer shared this recording. You can write the band through their bandcamp.
 

SELF WILL RUNS RIOT - Beer Diary
SELF WILL RUNS RIOT - Epidemic
SELF WILL RUNS RIOT - Means to Me
SELF WILL RUNS RIOT - Radio
SELF WILL RUNS RIOT - S.I.N
SELF WILL RUNS RIOT - Self Will Runs Riot
SELF WILL RUNS RIOT - The Battle Begins
SELF WILL RUNS RIOT - United Struggle

GORILLA BISCUITS - Sittin' Round at Home (Revelation)

Radio - Sunday, April 18th, 2021

BREXIT has kicked off the troubles in Ireland as the country has erupted in protests again so we start out with modern Irish punk. Later on in the show we give Prince Philip a punk send off. And the demo feature is a band from Edmonton called Loser Points. Download the show here. 

ARTICLES OF FAITH - Belfast (Noise / Bitzcore) 

THE NUMBER ONES - Lie to Me (Sorry / Static Shock)

FONTAINES DC - A Hero’s Death (Big Nothing / Liberator / Partisan)

UNITED BOTTLES - The Disgracelands (Dancing with the Fallen)

PROBLEM PATTERNS - Gal Pals (Self-Released)

DEATHGRIP - War Business (Warzone Collective)

LEE HARVEYS - From Russia With Love (Rotator Vinyl)

NOMATRIX - Comes in Waves (Deadlamb / Jackhammer)

PARANOID VISIONS - The Other Half Lives (Politician 2019) (FOAD Musick / Louder than War) 

NO MATTER - Scare-retail (Umlaut)

MONGREL - Target in Sight (Solemn)

THE SUBJEX - Rise (Lockdown)

SATAN'S RATS - Facade (DJM / Overground)

LENE LOVICH - Be Stiff (Stiff) 

THE FAST - Kids Just Wanna Dance (Munster)

ALBERTO Y LOST TRIOS PARANOIAS - Teenager in Schtuck (Logo) 

SHITKID - Favourite Thing (PNKSLM) 

THE ROUTES - The World’s at Fault (Action Weekend / Bickerton) 

SARCASM - Algae (Static Shock) 

DARK AGES - Valentine (Self-Released)

THE TOSSPINTS - Whiskey is my Saviour (Self-Released)

With Prince Philip’s death we thought it would be time to dust off some songs about the Monarchy starting off with an early version of the Pistols classic.

SEX PISTOLS - God Save the Queen (Virgin)
THE KIDS - No Monarchy (Fontana / Danger) 
ANTI-SOMA - Inbred Geezer meets Fascist Bird (Royal Blood)
HOOFTPLIJN - John Doe vs the King (Royal Blood)
BETERCORE - Reclaim the Crown (Royal Blood)
THE RESTARTS - Parasite Monarchy (Rejected) 
DOOM - Monarchy Zoo (Discipline / Vinyl Japan) 
LIVE FAST DIE YOUNG - Monarchie Schmonarchie (Royal Blood)

KING SIZE BRACES - Don't Turn Your Back (Squigtone / Working Class)
WEDNESDAY NIGHT HEROES - Shoulda Known (Problem Child Music)

CHIPS OV OI - I Don't (Tape or Die)

REAL SICKIES - Trapped Inside (Self-Released)

AVEM - No Homo (Unreleased)

SNIDE - Hey Mr. Joseph (Dammit)

MIND CRASH - Reality Check (Muerte a Tipo) 

PRIVATE FUNCTION - Fox on the Run (Roolette) - A cover of SWEET. A few weeks ago Martin Popoff was on the show talking about his Clash book and he mentioned that he had just released a new book on SWEET called “Rebel Rouser”. 

THE STRIKE - Communique (Victory)

Demo Feature
This ep came out last year called “Games We Play to Hide”. They’re from Edmonton.  And you can find the rest of this release on bandcamp.

LOSER POINTS - Games We Play to Hide 

LOSER POINTS - Where Did all of My Money Go 

LOSER POINTS - Tracers

There are two more Loser Points songs that we didn't have time for. Visit their bandcamp page.

Radio - Sunday, April 11th, 2021

Back to the lots of music on tonight's EXD. Loads of new releases (Alien Nosejob, Sunday State). A follow up on a previous show feature with a set of all cassette releases (CRASS, Forgotten Rebels, and Kto Ukradl Ciastka). We have some new features like a punk in Asia set featuring bands from Malaysia, Indonesia, China, and South Korea). We have a feature of bands with women singers (Rata Negra, Soakie, and more Bayonettes). And we are super excited about a demo feature for Konform, a band from Vancouver that has just released their last recording which was recorded back in 2015/16. Download the show here. 

BITTER GRIN - Liberty Street (Oi! the Boys / Walzwerk)

DAG NASTY - 100 Punks (Revelation)
AGING YOUTH GANG - Janie Jones (Unreleased)
CRYSSIS - Fighting in Brighton (Drumming in Monkey)
POLKAHOLIX - Tetrispolka (Heideck)
O PRECO - Sonhos Da Televisao (Vertigem / Detona / Neves)
 

All new material

SUZI MOON - Special Place in Hell (Pirates Press)
PALE LIPS - You're A Doll After Dark (Alien Snatch / God's Candy / Rum Bar / Spaghetty Town)
KEWPID - Tunnel of Love (Memorable but not honorable)
MATT K. SHRUGG - Mona / Bring It To Jerome (Black Gladiator / Slovenly)
THE MARDI KINGS - Pretty Thing (Black Gladiator / Slovenly)

DETROIT 442 - Detroit Noise (Self-Released)
ALIEN NOSEJOB - The Scene Expands (Iron Lung)
ELECTRIC CHAIR - Life is Hell (Iron Lung)
TROUSER MOUTH - Booger Sugar (Self-Released)
SPASTIC PANTHERS - No Escape (Self-Released)

SUNDAY STATE - White Pine County (Snappy Little Numbers)
SILICONE PRAIRIE - Dance to the Beat (Feel It)
HERZEGOVINA - Fleeting Celebration (Wave / Mandinga)
THE MISTONS - World of Convenience (Self-Released)
DAMAGERS - When the Hammer Falls (Deranged)

A few weeks ago we did an all cassettes show in honour of the passing of the inventor of cassettes. And as you start researching a show other ideas about the music you program continue to percolate. Here are some other recordings that were originally cassette releases. 

BLIND PIGS - Lost Cause (Sweet Fury)
FORGOTTEN REBELS - This Ain't Hollywood (Other Peoples Music)
ALTERNATIVE TV - Action Time Vision (Overground) 
CRASS - Do They Owe Us A Living (CRASS)
KTO UKRADL CIASTKA - Butapren (Refuse) 

We have been doing features on punk in all sorts of places but I just came across some releases throughout Asia this week so I put together this mini set with bands from different countries in Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, and China). 

SONIC WARHEAD - Crisis (Pissed Off / Dead Bir)
APPARATUS - Southeastasian Nosebleeder (Doombringer / Legion Music / Rawmantic Disasters / Wild Wild East)
SLANT - Terminal (Iron Lung) 
LRF - Stir Shit Up (Real Deal)
THE SINO HEARTS - Mandarin A-Go-Go (Topsy Turvy)

Some new releases came out featuring women as singers and so I took that as the lead for this next set. 

RATA NEGRA - Lo sublime (La Vida Es Un Mus)
ACCIDENTE - Vuestra historia (Contraszt / La Agonia de Vivir / Walking is still honest / Grita O Muere / Tranzophobia / Pifia / In My Heart Empire / Distribuidora Sorell / Pumpkin / Get Better / Inhumano / Vox Populi / Up the Punx / Muerte a Tipo)
THE BAYONETTES - We're Doomed (Deranged) 
VANITY - We're Friends (Beach Impediment)
SOAKIE - Boys on Stage (La Vida Es Un Mus)

Demo Feature
Konform were a band from Vancouver around 2014-2015. This recording just came out and is a posthumous release on bandcamp. The band has members in PHANE and BLIX who you have heard on the show in the past.

 
KONFORM - Forced to Kill (Self-Released)
KONFORM - Believe the Lie (Self-Released)
KONFORM - Born to Consume (Self-Released)
KONFORM - Nothing will Change (Self-Released)
KONFORM - Intolerance and Hate (Self-Released)
KONFORM - Dirty Money (for a Dirty War) (Self-Released)
KONFORM - The Infinity Ward (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, April 4th, 2021

Back in the summer of 2018, Quatro reached out to see if we would be interested in their book on the Clash. The Clash were one of my gateway bands into punk so I responded. A few days later this beautiful hard cover book on the Clash showed up and I started leafing through it. Beautiful photos. So then I set out to start reading it. But I was so into the subject matter that I wanted to read everything and not just the skim reading that most of us have resorted to in a social media era. A year later, Nick Smash was releasing his book on the Clash in Toronto so I thought it would be a good way to reach out to the author, Martin Popoff. He agreed and we met at the Rivoli. At the event I asked Martin if he would be interested in doing an interview and the book had already sold out so he thought it would be misleading to talk about a book that people couldn't get. A year later I thought, this book is so good and people should know that an author from Toronto wrote it and so I reached out again. He agreed after some convincing. So a few weeks back I spoke with Martin with a list of questions that I wrote up over the year of reading his book. I was lucky to get to ask them. To listen to this episode of Clash appreciation download here.

THE CLASH – If Music Could Talk (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Janie Jones (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Remote Control (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS – Watching the Detectives (Warner Bros.)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Police & Thieves (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Stay Free (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Train in Vain (CBS / Epic)
 MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Police on My Back (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Somebody Got Murdered (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – The Sound of Sinners (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – Lose this Skin (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – Rebel Waltz (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Should I Stay or Should I Go (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Atom Tan (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – Know Your Rights (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Dirty Punk (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE DISHRAGS – London’s Burning (Supreme Echo)
DIRECT ACTION – Should I Stay or Should I Go (Schizophrenic)
SINISTERS – Clampdown (Dwell)
AKA – Career Opportunities
DEAD ENDING – Complete Control (Alternative Tentacles)

Please check out Martin's available writings at his website, like his new book on SWEET that he talked about in the interview.