Sunday, July 30, 2023

Radio : EXD 1262 - Sunday July 30, 2023

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On this episode We have a feature on thrash which will include a set on Peru and an interview with a band from Victoria called Distorted Influence who will be celebrating an archival release and reunion show in Victoria this week. Andre will do a spotlight on the New Friends fest. 

ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION - Blow Up (Self-Released

Thrash set (Rob)
DNS - Helpless 
DRI - Nursing Home Blues 
BEYOND POSSESSION - Why It's Youth
SARCIFICE - Reanimation 
EXCEL - Insecurity 

Black Legion Records - Lima, Peru: NWOTHM/Thrash/Black Speed Metal (Chris) 
SÖRCERESS - Far Away (Black Legion)
HECHICHERIA - Espectros (Black Legion)  
HYENA - Metal Machine (Black Legion)  
WITCHNIGHT - Phantoms of the Crypt (Black Legion)  
THUNDERSTRIKE - I’m a Thunderstrike (Black Legion)   

New Friends Fest 2023 spotlight (Andre)
MOMENTUM - Occam’s Razor (DAZE)  
RABBIT - Manabinge (Delayed Gratification) 
PAGENINETYNINE - Love Goes Tisk…Tisk…Tisk (Happy Couples Never Last) 
THE HIRS COLLECTIVE - Last Acrylic Nail In The Coffin (SRA
CLOUD RAT - Corset (Artoffact) 
PIPER MARU - De-escalation Tactics (Self-Released
BOXCUTTER - Stray (Mostly Tapes) 
DREAMWELL - Obelisk of Hands (Prosthetic Records)  
BURIAL ETIQUETTE - Hyperviolent Ballet (This Dying Light) 

New Friends Fest links - https://www.newfriendsdiy.com/  
  
New Releases (Chris) 
STINGRAY - Subterranean (LVEUM) - E/N  
KHASSARAT - The Third War الحرب الثالثة (A World Divided) - O/N/CC  
HEADCHEESE - I Wanna Be Special (Forces) (Neon Taste)   
DSM-5 - Greed (Self-released)  
EXTENSIVE SLAUGHTER - Life Is A Cold Hell (Neon Taste)   
WARKRUSHER - Armistice (Agipunk / Desolate) - 

Interview - Distorted Influence 
Distorted Influence were a crossover band from Victoria in the late 80’s to early 90’s. They recorded lots but released little. They had a huge impact on the scene with the shows that they put on which included a legendary show with the ACCUSED. They have a post humous release that just came out called “Cold” and a reunion show on Wednesday ad we got to speak with Andy and Chris about all of this. But first we start off with a track from this new release. 

DISTORTED INFLUENCE - Recurrence (Supreme Echo
DISTORTED INFLUENCE - Interview (CIUT)
DISTORTED INFLUENCE - Living Hell (Supreme Echo

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Radio : EXD 1261 - Sunday July 23, 2023

 

 

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On this episode, lots of new releases with a minor focus on JJ in the band names. Stephen speaks with Dave Stevenson and Marc Couvalin about an upcoming photo and flyer exhibition at Innis College. Andre does a label feature on one of the most interesting bands in the beatdown scene - Daze Records. Stephen speaks with JONAS - a little know grind band from Victoria about a post humous release that has just come out. And the demo feature is Zeal from Ottawa. 

THE ROUGH KUTZ - Stop This World (Randale

New Releases (Chris) 
MESS - In The City (Mendeku Diskak)  
ZOOMAN - Foul Meat (Self-released)   
CASTILLO - Call Lane (Mendeku Diskak / Battle Scarred)   
DESICCATE - Recoil (Unreleased)   
BASUKO - Bad Etiquette (1753)   


Interview - Marc Cavoulin and Dave Stevenson a
bout the flyer and photo exhibition at Innis College on July 30th 
NIGHT CHILL - Queen of Blood (Self-Released)  

New Releases (Rob) 
TAXI GIRLS - After Effect (Dirt Cult) - from Montreal - n/e/cc   
WISE GUISE - Troubled Young Man (Self-Released) - E/CC 
JJ AND THE As - Head in a Vat (LVEUM)   
SKATING POLLY - Play House (Self-Released)
JJ AND THE REAL JERKS - Rat Beach (Rumbar)   

Label Profile - DAZE Records (Andre)
ENDS OF SANITY - Taking Souls (DAZE) 
MONGREL - Dog Complex (DAZE) 
SECTOR - Incinerate (DAZE) 
BAYWAY - World of Suffering (DAZE) 
ONE SECOND THOUGHT - Last Request (DAZE) 
VOLCANO - Fool 2 Tha Game (DAZE) 
HOLD MY OWN - All The Lies (DAZE) 
WITNESS CHAMBER - Of The World (DAZE) 
BLOOD RUNS COLD - B.R.C (DAZE) 
STAND STILL - Trading Places (DAZE) 

Band interview - Jonas
Up next is an interview with a band named Jonas from Victoria. They played political grindcore with this unique ability to bring together many influences at the time which included crust and metal and emo. I got to speak with Hadji, Darren, Jason, and Shaun about Jonas but first a song. 
JONAS - End of Reign (Supreme Echo
Interview with Jonas (CIUT) 
JONAS - Divine Oppression (Supreme Echo) 

Demo Feature 
This week’s demo feature is a band from Ottawa called Zeal. Runstate Tapes released their demo recorded in 2022, May 16th of this year. Four tracks of absolutely rip your face off raw punk. 
 
ZEAL - Dead Dream (Runstate) 
ZEAL - Illusion of Peace (Runstate) 
ZEAL - Something Must Die (Runstate) 
ZEAL - Deadly Order (Runstate) - E/N/CC

Sunday, July 16, 2023

Radio : EXD 1260 - Sunday July 16, 2023

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On this episode quite a few sets of new releases. We have an interview with Sarde Hardie the curator of the punk screenings at Hot Docs and we talk about the Poly Styrene movie I Am a Cliche. There will be a ticket giveaway for that. We speak with Jose Podrido about the Noise Not Borders fest coming up in Montreal. Our demo feature will be a new band from Montreal called Durex. They are playing the fest.

NO FIX - Neon Dreamz (Tetryon Tapes
   
New Releases #1 (Chris) 
EPAULET - Shadows (Sore Mind)  
DIRTY ASS - Tersesat Dalam Labirin Tanpa Akhir Di Kepalamu Sendiri (Slovenly / Mondo Mongo)   
ILUSIÓN - Intruso (A World Divided)  
FUERZA BRUTA - Cotidiano Villero (Mendeku Diskak / Warthog Speak)   
MAZUT - 55m² (Self Released) 

Mixed Bag (Andre)
FRAUD - Burning Up (Delayed Gratification) 
BERTHOLD CITY - Until I Fade Away (War Records) 
DAUÐIFLIN - Drýsildans (Self-Released) 
REST EASY - Tough Break (Mutant League Records) 
FEED - Exorcist (Self-Released) 
BIG BOY - Break (DAZE) 
RODODENDRONS - Hunger (Unlawful Assembly)      
  
Interview with Sardie Hardie about Poly Styrene - I am a cliche
 (CIUT) 
X-RAY SPEX - I am a cliche 

New Releases #2 (Chris) 
G.U.N. - Sterile Patterns (Sorry State)   
ORRENDO SUBOTNIK - Emma + Ozio (Self-released)  
ZEAL - Illusion of Peace (Runstate)   
EX PARENTS - Mania (Culture Desert)   
GOOD SICK - Degenerate (PILS)  

Noise Not Borders (Jose Podrido) 
We speak to the show promoter Jose el Podrido about the fest line up.
Jose El Podrido - Interview (CIUT) 
MOCK EXECUTION - Apocalypse Now (Third World Kaos / Hardcore Psychedelia)
Jose El Podrido - Interview (CIUT) 
MUJERES PODRIDAS - Muerte En El Paraíso (Beach Impediment) 
Jose El Podrido - Interview (CIUT) 
SALVAJE PUNK - Mundo Kaka (Toxic State)  
Jose El Podrido - Interview (CIUT) 
NARCOESTADO - Donde Estan 
Jose El Podrido - Interview (CIUT) 
PUERTA NEGRA - Control (Synthicide)  
You can get tickets on linktree at Noise Not Borders

New Releases (Stephe) 
URBAN WASTE - Carbon Copy 
OFF! - Not Our Kind (Fat Possum)  
OFFSIDE REIDERS - Die Before you
DISAFFECT - Burned Out (Sanctus Propaganda
AVSKUM - Den Heliga Darens Återkomst (Prank / Skrammel) 

Alberta north 
HOME FRONT - Born Killer (La Vida Es Un Mus)  
REAL SICKIES - Sickies Don't Talk (Stomp
REIFER MADNESS - Thats How The Cookie Crumbles (Feat. Myke Ov Oi!) 
TOTAL WOLF - Anybody But That Guy (Wasted Wax

BLUE OIL - Celebration (Supreme Echo
THE CURSE - Killer Bees (Hi-Fi) 
GIRLSPERM - Out in the Streets (Thrilling Living
CLARK0 - Power Control (Iron Lung

ADOLESCENTS - Brats in Battalions (Frontier)
BUGOUT SOCIETY - Worried about the Beaver (Drunken Shaolin) 
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE A.D. - I Can't Wait (Motherbox)
HUIABELLA FANTASTICA - Skeem (Self-Released) 
STRAWBERRY CAKE FIST - Sydney & Weston (Valenteen

Demo Feature 
DUREX from Montreal. They have a cassette just released in April 
DUREX - Dial Tone (Self-Released) 
DUREX - Chemical (Self-Released) 
DUREX - Lasso (Self-Released) 
DUREX - Mortar (Self-Released) 

Sunday, July 9, 2023

Radio : EXD 1259 - Sunday July 9, 2023

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On this week’s episode, we have a couple of sets of new material. A feature on North West Indiana inspired by LIQUIDS. We have tickets to giveaway for the Punk the Capital movie screening at Innis College on July 27th brought to you by Emissions. We have a band profile on the legendary Rorschach (New Jersey). And tonight’s demo feature is a band from Montreal in the skramz vein called Life Span.

THE DISSIDENTS - Sacrifice (Wild Mutation / Ryvvolte / Urinal Vinyl / 45 cpm / Death Trap / Rejected Abused) 

New Can Con (Chris) 
ZOOMAN - Zooman (Self-released)   
SQUANDER - Price of War (Self-released)   
IMPLODERS - Nowhere to Go (Neon Taste)   
DOGMA - World at Peace (Grow Your Own)   
DESICCATE - Shrinking (Unreleased)   

New material (Rob) 
DIE SPITZ - Hair of Dog Teeth (Self-Released)
NIXER - Second Hand Nixer (Blowtorch)
THE OXYS - Ticking Time Bomb (Self-Released)
ROBBIE BLOODSHED - Tell Tale Horror 
THE TOMB TONES - Dead Meat 

Rorschach band profile with Charles Maggio 
Rorschach - I don’t think they get enough credit. This band that came up in the NYC scene with Born Against and Citizens Arrest around the ABC No Rio time. They were from New Jersey. They had a different take on crossover. I reached out to the singer Charles Maggio to walk us through the band and their releases. 

RORSCHACH - Mandible (Wardance / Gern Blandsten
CIUT - Interview (CIUT) 
RORSCHACH - Pavlov's Dogs (WFMU
CIUT - Interview (CIUT) 
RORSCHACH - No One Dies Alone (Vermiform)
CIUT - Interview (CIUT) 
RORSCHACH - Hardware (Vermiform)
CIUT - Interview (CIUT) 
RORSCHACH - Bone Marrow Biopsy (Wardance)
CIUT - Interview (CIUT) 
RORSCHACH - 21st Century Schizoid Man (Old Glory)
CIUT - Interview (CIUT) 
RORSCHACH - Raw Nerve (Wardance / Gern Blandsten)
CIUT - Interview (CIUT) 
RORSCHACH - My War (Troubleman Unlimited / Chainsaw Safety)
CIUT - Interview (CIUT) 
RORSCHACH - Skin Culture (Wardance / Gern Blandsten)

NWI (Chris) 
LIQUIDS - More Than a Friend (Nailbiter / Violent Pest / Drunken Sailor / Computer Human) 
DJINN - Darkness (Self-released) 
GEIST - Control (Upset Condition)  
FLAMINGOS - Untitled (Upset Condition)  
ABI-OOZE - Right Now Not Later (Rotten Apple)   
 
Demo Feature (Andre) 
Lifespan, now defunct Montréal screamo/posthardcore punk that existed from 2020-2023  

LIFESPAN - I (Ice Island) 
LIFESPAN - II (Ice Island) 
LIFESPAN -III (Ice Island) 
LIFESPAN - IV (Ice Island) 

Sunday, July 2, 2023

Radio : EXD 1258 - Sunday July 2, 2023

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This week on EXD, a CRASS records feature, some punk rock appeals, a Tied Down fest, part 2 feature, some new releases (Squander, Enzyme), and a demo feature by a band named Deadbolt (from Montreal). 

MUTUAL FEAR - You Can't Vote For Freedom (Self-Released)

Canaduh Day set (Stephe)
A day that marks colonization for the new world north. Should it be a celebration? Doesn’t it piss off the nations that host us? And yet I am grateful for a day off from work. Here’s some songs by Canadian artists questioning things about this settler nation. 

STRETCH MARKS - Foreign Policy (BYO / Sounds Escaping
HYPE - White Disease (Fringe)
THE STIFFS - Oh Canaduh (Supreme Echo
DA SLYME - Defecation on the Nation (Celluloid Lunch
ECHTHROS - Dead Summer (Aught/Void

New Releases (Chris) 
SQUANDER - Manufactured Destruction (Self-released)   
ENZYME - Abuse of Power (Hardcore Victim / LVEUM)   
SELF CONTROL - Traxide (PILS)    
FORCE MAJEURE - Triste Sire (Self-released)   
VITRIOLIC RESPONSE - The Game (Wild Mutation / Ryvvolte / Urinal Vinyl / 45 cpm / Death Trap / Rejected Abused) 
THE DISSIDENTS - Patronized (Wild Mutation / Ryvvolte / Urinal Vinyl / 45 cpm / Death Trap / Rejected Abused) 

Rob 
THE ROCKETS - Even Money (Munster
THE RUTS - You’re Just A (Virgin)
MAU MAUS - Society’s Rejects (Pax)
RIOT .303 - In The City (Supreme Echo) 
AGNOSTIC FRONT - Friend or Foe (Bridge 9)

CRASS Records feature (Chris) 
CRASS - Shaved Women (Crass
RUDIMENTARY PENI - Cosmetic Plague (Crass) 
ALTERNATIVE - Moral Bondage (Crass) 
ZOUNDS - Subvert (Crass) 
POISON GIRLS - Pretty Polly (Crass) 

New stuff (Stephe)
OLD CHASE - God Save The King (Self-Released)   
CONCRETE WARS - Toxic Shock
SNUFF - Fish N’ Chips (SBAM)
CIOS - Empire  
THE DROWNS - Subculture Rock 'N Roll (Pirates Press

Oldies (Stephe) 
BEARDSLEY - Dreaming - Ever Fallen in Love (Hallowe’en) 
TRANCEFUSION - Minds Out (Rave Up
JONAS - Divine Oppression (Supreme Echo)  
HATRED SURGE - Wolf in Idiot's Clothing (Iron Lung) 

Punk with electronics (Stephe) 
MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS - Suburban Dream (Dindisc) 
GHOULIES - Fake Rockstar (Slime Street)   
POWERPLANT - Walk Around - Hang My Head (Static Shock
ANTIBANDA - Bar De Natxes
  
Andre 
Part 1 - GoFundMe for Steve Clark and Year of the Knife 
86 MENTALITY - Degenerate (Grave Mistake
YEAR OF THE KNIFE - Ctrl+C (Pure Noise)
 
Part 2 - Tied Down Part 2
BITTER TRUTH - No Clear View (Patient Zero
DOUBT IT! - Tangled (Self-Released) 
BUGGIN’ - The Customer Is Always Wrong (TCIAW): (Flatspot) 
COSMIC JOKE - Howard Beale (Self-Released) 
END IT - Hardhead (Flatspot
GRIDIRON - Faceless Enemy (Streets of Hate)  

Demo Feature
Two steppin', shit talkin', hawdcore band from Montreal that started out in 2022. You can find their demo on bandcamp.

DEADBOLT - Natural Born Hater (Self-Released) 
DEADBOLT - Prowl (Self-Released)
DEADBOLT - Pulling Strings (Self-Released)