Radio - Sunday May 29, 2022

On tonight’s Equalizing-X-Distort, we feature Philly in the 90’s, by request. We play a fake SNL band that has a lose association to Fugazi. Loads of new releases by Squander, Organ-ism, Invertebrates, Diamond Dogs (Belgium/Netherlands), Statico (Belgrade) Spy, Booze and Glory, and the Slime. And we feature the demo that Torbjorn gave us a glimpse at last week – The Sex. But we’re going to start things off with a fake band that appeared on SNL in 2010 by the name of Crisis of Conformity. Download the show here (mp3 - 273MB).

SPREAD JOY - Ow (Feel It) 

 

CRISIS OF CONFORMITY - Fist Fight! (Drag City) 

PEOPLE PROBLEM - Gay Panic (Coffin Cut) 

VIVISICK - Distort World Distort Future (Sound Pollution / Busted Heads) 

TOTAL KOMPLET - SS Mercedes (Self-Released)

BRING THE DRONES - Culture Attack (Phobia / Kibou)

New Releases

経血 (KEIKETSU) - ハナアブ (Break the Records) 

SQUANDER - Fallout (Self-Released)

ORGAN-ISM - Hora De La Loba (Unlawful Assembly) 

BLESSURE - Sabaté (Discos Enfermos) 

INVERTEBRATES - Red Lake Earth (Sorry State) 

PIFFBREAK ARCADE - Stay in the Light (Self-Released) 

THE HEARTDROPS - Fool For Love (Rum Bar) 

THE B-MOVIE RATS - Strut (Junk)

CYANIDE PILLS - Someone to Love (Damaged Goods)

ENCHANTERS - Torture Chamber (Transistor 66) 

Philly in the 90’s 

INK AND DAGGER - The Changeling (Six Feet Under)

KID DYNAMITE - Bench Warmer (Jade Tree)

RAIN ON THE PARADE - Second Chance (Youngblood)

KILL THE MAN WHO QUESTIONS - Number One Asshole (Bloodlink)

FRANKLIN - Major Taylor (Tree) 

More New Releases 

MALA VISTA - NY Groove (Self-Released) 

BOOZE AND GLORY - Raising the Roof (Pirates Press) 

DIAMOND DOGS - Break Out (Rebellion)

STATICO - No Hope (Refuse) 

THE SLIME - Locked in a Cage (Cursed Blessing) 

TOURIST - Lonely at the Top (Germinate / Coxinha) 

Even More New Releases 

DESICCATE - Ego (Rehearsal) (Unreleased)

SPY - Violent Majority (To Live A Lie) 

DEATHMARCH - Militia (Self Released) 

POISON RUÏN - Edifice (Roachleg) 

REAPER - Taste The Blood (Dying Victims Productions / No Patience)

DROPKICK MURPHYS - Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding (Born and Bred) 

HOOLIGAN - Calling Joe Strummer (Reekus)

THE FALLOUT - Warpath (Self-Released)

VANDIDA - Movimiento (Self-Released)

THE BREAKING SOUNDS - Career of Hate (Self-Released)

RATS BLOOD - Meltdown (Phobia) 

YDINTUHO - Warheads, Thunder and Blood (Phobia) 

OLD - Die (Self-Released)

CHAIN WHIP - Up In Smoke (Neon Taste)

FULLY CRAZED - Raw Powerslide (Cursed Blessings)

Demo Feature    

Last week Torbojorn Rollandsen brought the Sex to our attention. The Sex is a band from Montreal that features Alicon who used to sing in Total Trash. So we're going to feature the Sex in our demo feature tonight. You can find this on bandcamp.

THE SEX - Experiment (Demo Fest)

THE SEX - Braindead (Demo Fest)

THE SEX - Home Alone (Demo Fest)

THE SEX - Mud (Demo Fest)

Radio - Sunday May 22, 2022

On tonight’s Equalizing-X-Distort, we feature some punk music from Sweden that you may not have heard. Torbjörn Rolandsson - from Leper, UX Vileheads - does a scene report feature looking at obscure old Swedish punk, Umea hardcore, and reflecting some Montreal punk back to us. That’s in the second hour of the show. The first hour features a ton of new releases that Chris showcases. Andre does a feature on blacked punk. And I pull together some new oi inspired by a comp from BC titled “British Columbia Bovver”.  And Chris has picked a demo by a band called Smuther who are from Chilliwack. Download the show here. 

CUIR - Prenons De La Drogue (Offside)

BISHOPS GREEN - Empty Streets (Pirates Press) 

TERRORIST GANG - Early Morning Shoplifting (Rebellion / Last Years Youth) 

THE DROWNS - The Working Dead (Pirates Press) 

THE ADICTS - And It Was So (Nuclear Blast / Punk Empire) 

ULTRA SECT - Nation on Fire (Contra / Turn Up the Volume)

New releases

DJINN - Into The Void (Self-Released) 

CROSSHAIRS - Camo (Slow Death) 

BULLS SHITT - The Joke (Quarantined) DISPÖSAL - Coercion (Slow Death) WOODSTOCK 99 - War (Sorry State)

Blackened Punk Set

ISKRA - Traume (Self-Released) 

SORROW - In Solitude (Self-Released) 

LAMENT - Lžice (Pant Y Meddygon) 

HOMESKIN - Fungal Sweets (Self-Released) 

FINAL DOSE - Intro/Can’t Be Saved (Self-Released) 

More new releases
WARKRUSHER - Apostate (PILS) 

GLÖM ALTT - Dödsskuggan (Self Released)  

THE FLEX - Inferno (Static Shock) 

MANIC RIDE - Never Going Back (Quarantined) 

SWAB - Can’t Get Out/Got A Light (Hardcore Victim) 

Michael Thorne @razorbladesandaspirin

Scene Report - Torbjörn Rolandsson 

Torbjorn contacted me around the time that "The Eye" ep had come out. At the time he told me of his plans to coming to McGill to work at the university for a short period of time. We soon hatched a plan to do a radio feature as our scene report guest. We came up with the idea on a set about Sweden, a more focused set on Umea and then a set on Montreal given it was going to be his adopted home. Here is that report.....

SET 1: Sweden - Lesser known Swedish punk

ABKK - Mörker (EFMD)

THE MODERNS - Say Yes (1977 / Hosehead)

ROTTWEILER - I wanna be your friend (Sing Sing)

MINX - Övergivna tårar (Image)
THE LEATHER NUN - Ensam inatt (Industrial)

SET 2: UÅHC - Bands that has six degrees of separation to our host

EXIL - Mercenary (Adult Crash)

LEPER - Suckling Pigs (Kink)

THE VICIOUS - Sanity (Ny Vag / Cage Match Federation / Feral Ward / Missing Link)

WARCHILD - Battlefield Trauma (Black Water / D-Takt ja Råpunk) 

UX VILEHEADS - Waste of Life (Deranged) 

SET 3: Canada/QC 

PORCELAIN FOREHEAD - Human Torch (Corpus Callosum)

THE SEX - Braindead (Demo Fest)

PUFFER - Puppet (Roachleg)

OMEGAS - Disgusting Fun (Hardware / Parts Unknown)

INEPSY - No speed limit for destruction (Feral Ward / Ineptik / Southamerican Holocaust)

Torbjorn mentioned that he is looking for a copy of the "Right Now! - The World Needs A Clear Head" ep by Porcelain Forehead. If you have a copy that you are willing to part with get in touch with us at the show and we will put you in touch with him. For those living in Montreal, some Leper EP's are available at Disque Sonique and Le Nouveau Soundcentral. 

 

Demo Feature 

SMUTHER are from Chilliwack, BC and a release called "Demonstration 37" just came out on Slow Death Records. Here is this recording.

SMUTHER - Die Pig Die (Slow Death)

SMUTHER - Businessman (Slow Death)

SMUTHER - Violent Nature (Slow Death) 

SMUTHER - Institution (Slow Death)

Radio - Sunday May 15, 2022

On this broadcast, we dig in to an all covers show (Discharge, the Rolling Stones, A-ha). We hear from Jesse (Klazo / It’s Trash), and Andre about campus community radio (CHRW). We talk to Dizz (PILS), Justin (Dogma), and Ben (Acid Shower) about the importance of Equalizing-X-Distort. We also hear from next week’s scene report guest - Torbjorn Rolandsen (singer in Leper) about why you should support CIUT. There are giveaways for 3 electric assist pedal bikes that are pretty amazing and eligible for those who donate to CIUT 89.5 FM at www.ciut.fm. Download the show here. 

SMALLTOWN - Radio Radio (Pirates Press) 

Dizz from the PILS sessions talks to us about the importance of EXD.

UNWANTED NOISE - Violence (Copyright Chaos) (PILS)   

DISTHROAT - Hell On Earth (Discharge) (Self Released)  

YAKUZA - Meanwhile (Discharge) (Extreme Earslaughter)  

DECADE - Where There Is A Will (Discharge) (Unreleased)

THE MODETTES - Paint It Black (THE ROLLING STONES) 

THE DOGMATICS - Tell Me (THE ROLLING STONES) (Rum Bar) 

SUICIDE - 96 Tears (? Mark & THE MYSTERIANS) 

Jesse from KLAZO tells us about volunteering at CHRW, about Klazo, and the importance of the campus community sector.  

KLAZO - Smash the Letter (No Front Teeth / Big Neck)

KLAZO - Jaquar Ride  (Electric Eels) (No Front Teeth / Big Neck)

André also started out at CHRW and so we talked to him about volunteering at CHRW. 

CAP’N JAZZ - Take On Me (A-Ha) (Jade Tree) 

FRACTURED - Drug Culture (Capitalist Casualties) (Rotten to the Core) 

DECEASED - Right Brigade (Bad Brains) (Malt Soda)

Hells Headbangers

Justin from Dogma talks to us about the importance of EXD.

DOGMA - Witch Hunt (The Mob) (PILS) 

WARSICK - Decapitated (Broken Bones) (Self Released) 

RAT CAGE - Emotional Blackmail (UK Subs) (La Vida Es Un Mus)  

 

THE DEVIL DOGS - Stay with Me (The Dictators) (Crypt)

SEX PISTOLS - Substitute (The Who) (Virgin) 

RAMONES - Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane) (Sire) 

Torbjorn Rolandsen sings for Leper and is at McGill as a visiting researcher. Next week Torbjorn will be featuring a scene report feature on Sweden, Umea, and Montreal, but this week he chimes in on the importance of campus community radio. 

MUDHONEY - Ensam I Natt (Tasque Force)

Ben from Acid Shower loves CIUT and listens to more than EXD.

SCIENCE MAN - Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top) (ETT)   

ACID SHOWER - Tough Guy (The Beastie Boys) (Self Released) 

BIPOLAR - WAP (Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion) (ETT)   

ZERO BOYS - Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith) (Secretly Canadian / Toxic Shock) 

THE SAINTS - Lipstick on your Collar (Connie Francis) (Sire) 

CTMF - Fire (Jimi Hendrix) (Damaged Goods / Burger) 

AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY - Centerfold (Far Out) 

BLIND PIGS - Revolution Rock (Hohnie / Dirty Faces) 

DIE TOTEN HOSEN - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Honululu-Strand-Bikini (Wolverine / Soundcarrier) 

Crime for Revenge 

LUMPEN - Venganza (Ultra Violent) (Discos Enfermos)   

FUKKER - Anti War (No Fucker) (Televised Suicide)   

ROCKY AND THE SWEDEN - Crime For Revenge (Ultra Violent)  

THE TWEEZERS - (Dance Dance Dance) to the Radio (Time Bomb)

GENERATION X - Shakin’ All Over (Johnny Kidd and the Pirates) (Chrysalis) 

CIRCLE JERKS - Jerks on 45 Medley (Allegiance / LAX)

Radio - Sunday, May 8th, 2022

Pinoy punk 

Tonight’s show is co-hosted by Jim Agapito from Winnipeg. Jim does a podcast on the CBC called “Recovering Filipino” but more importantly, Jim is in a punk band from there and has been part of the Winnipeg punk scene for a few decades. 

Tonight’s show is similar to other features we have done on other countries in that we will be looking at the origins of the punk scene from the Philippines. But there are some differences like we will look at Filipino punks in diaspora with a focus on the US and Canada. But we are going to start at the beginning with Third World Chaos and Twisted Red Cross. Download the show here. 

THIRD WORLD CHAOS - Rebel Rockers (Twisted Red Cross) 

The Twisted Red Cross years 
So technically the next band may have pre-dated THIRD WORLD CHAOS in terms of starting up as the formed in 1980 but they formed in Queens, NY so the recording you are going to hear is a lot more amped up in a NYHC way as that scene had already started. The band members go to start going to university in the Philippines in 1982 and form a couple of bands that eventually becomes that BETRAYED. This recording comes out with the turmoil of the last year of Ferdinand Marcos’ brutal regime which was marked by military intervention.  

BETRAYED - Military Rule (Twisted Red Cross) 
DEAD ENDS - Not Stopping Us (Twisted Red Cross)
URBAN BANDITS - Hoy (Twisted Red Cross) 
I.O.V. - Vagrancy (Twisted Red Cross)
PHILIPPINE VIOLATORS - School Violence (Twisted Red Cross)
R.D.A. - Lesson For (Twisted Red Cross) 

Young Angry Bands / United Hate era
A scene grew up around a band called DRASTIC NOISE. DRASTIC NOISE released a cassette called “Combatants of Anarchy” on their own label called United Hate. Then they proceeded to release two compilations of other bands from the Philippines called “Young Angry Bands”. Vocalist John John Serna worked with a major label called Aquarius to put these out which produced and got them distributed.

DRASTIC NOISE - Lumaban Ka (United Hate)
TRIBAL FISH - Huwag Kang Baboy (United Hate)
H.I.V. - Tigilan Ang Paghihilaan (United Hate)
BATINGAW - Fight For (United Hate)
SUBLIMINAL - Hardcore Rules (United Hate)
DISABUSE - Mistaken Identity (Self-Released) 

2000’s 
PARACONFLICT - Reality (Where's Your Anger) 
FEUD - We Can't Get Along (Take Four Collective / Hell on Earth / 625 Thrashcore / Where’s Your Anger / Boisleve)
HALF THE BATTLE - Article (Take Four Collective)
ANTI-SUCK SYSTEM - Fictional Reality (Crazy Don’t Collective) 

THE EXSENADORS - Limang Taon (Mutilated Noise)
MINORITY BLOCKS - Wake Up Call (Struggle for Radical Action)
ISTUKAS OVER DISNEYLAND - Emuku Iduluhan (Still Ill)
FLASH ELORDE - The Anarkicks (Still Ill) 

Pinoy Punk in Diaspora - United States
ESKAPO - Mamamatay Ang Mundo (Dirty Shoes) 
DIGMA - Development Diplomacy Deathsquads (Self-Released)
NAMATAY SA INGAY - Madaling Sabihin, Mahirap Gawin (Self-Released) 
MATERIAL SUPPORT - Solidarity (Aklasan) 
ANINOKO - Donate to Twisted Red Cross (Self-Released) 
KANTA KANTA - V.F.A. (Self-Released)

Pinoy Punk in diaspora - Canada

Pinoy punk also had an influence on a number of Canadian scenes. We’re going to start off with a band that I was in in the 90’s called One Blood. The band featured another singer by the name of Melanya Aguila. Melanya was good friend’s with my sister and stayed in the punk scene becoming one of our singer’s. Melanya would go on to start a record label called Fans of Bad Productions, start a super influential zine called Femzine, and then start doing video documentaries. I had chance to catch up with Melanya to ask her about these projects and her experience growing up in the scene. 

ONE BLOOD - Laying It Out on the Kitchen Table (Self-Released)
DANKO JONES - Rock and Roll is Black and Blue (Bad Taste)
THE SORELS - She’s in the Gang (Surfin’ Ki / Reta)
THE SQUAREHEADS - Sweet Sherry (Eat 'em Up)
AGAPITO - Debacle (Self-Released)

Contemporary scene - Know Your Enemy compilation
BACK AT THE JUNKYARD - System Decay (Know Your Enemy)
BURIAL SUCKS - Victims of Drugs (Know Your Enemy)
ARMAS NI JUAN - The Lies of COVID-19  (Know Your Enemy)
CHOKE COCOI - Pacifist (Know Your Enemy)

Radio - Sunday May 1st, 2022

On tonight’s show Grant Coates returns with another feature on Hamilton. Andre has a UK’82 set in ‘22. Christian kicks things off with a new releases feature. And tonight’s demo feature is a band from Montreal that sing in Arabic called Uzu (Thanks Jose). Download the show here. 

POLARDEGOS - Hadde Ikke Internett (Mosvolddalen) 

New 

THERAPY - A Wish For (Atomic Action)  

I-SO - Apokalypse Anxiety (Toxic State)  

DIE IN VAIN - Mortal Solution (General Speech)  

SAVAGE PLEASURE - The Reaper’s Sythe (Toxic State)  

EXIL - Mercinary (Adult Crash)   

AXERASH - Lucky We’re Punks (Atomic Action)  

 

TOY DOLLS - Benny the Boxer (Secret / Randale)

CHAOTIC DISCHORD - Boris Is A Cunt (Self-Released) 

HE SAID SHE SAID - I Do What I Want (Shock Collar) 

HECTIC - I Tried Too (Shock Collar) 

PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND - A Better Man (Wasted Wax)

Hamilton - Grant Coates 

ANXIOUS PLEASERS - Suck (Neon Taste)

BANANA CLIP - Tommy Gunn 

NO BLUES - I Want You (Schizophrenic)

DEBT’D - Forever Throwing Bricks (Self-Released)

SWEET DAVE AND THE SHALLOW GRAVES - Mental Jails (Pointless Products) 

UK82 in ‘22 

THE CHISEL - Blackpool 2020 (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

NO HEADS - Concrete & Steel (Grave Mistake) 

PMS ‘84 - Meat (Black Water / Discos Enfermos / Pissed Off) 

RIXE - Larmes De Crocodile (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

PHANE - Protecting Your Filth (Phobia) 

FRACTURED - In God’s Name (Self-Released) 

Mixed bag

GENEVA - Geneva Street (Valiant)

CTMF - A Quick One (Damaged Goods / Burger)

THE SKIDS - Of One Skin (Virgin)

LOMBEGO SURFERS - Third Stage (Sheep)

CHAIN WHIP - Up In Smoke (Drunken Sailor / Neon Taste)

Cana-core

DECADE - Indifference (Rotting Head / Phobia / Audacious Madness / Black Against Night) 

PEROXIDE - Kiddie (A Dog Story) (PILS)  

LAST AGONY - Diabolism (Sentient Ruin Laboratories) 

MALDITA - Carne (Cursed Blessings) 

NAPALM RAID - Wounds (PRC Music, Runstate, Rawmantic Disasters, Phobia, Rust and Machine)

HARD WAX - Kings of the Weekend (Rebellion / American Oi!)

THE PIGS - Nuclear Disarmament (Bristol Archive) 

JOHN COOPER CLARKE - Innocents (Rabid)

Demo Feature 

Condenado Fanzine described this new Montreal band as having a dark punk sound. But they are more than just a dark wave re-boot. You can find this on bandcamp.

UZU - Chamsoun Moudlima شمس مظلمة (Self-Released) 

UZU - Len Astaslima لن أستسلم (Self-Released) 

UZU - Mouhassar محاصر (Self-Released) 

UZU - Taïf طيف (Self-Released) 

UZU - Chafa El Hawiya شفا الهاوية (Self-Released) 

UZU - Mada Hadeth ماذا حدث؟ (Self-Released) 

UZU - Aswad أسود (Self-Released) 

UZU - Aghrikni أغرقني(Self-Released)