Radio - Sunday, September 20th, 2020

Tonight’s show includes covers of Zeppelin, Iggy Pop, the Beatles, and the Equators. We have a lot of bands from around the world including punk bands from China, Argentina, Malaysia, and Slovenia. We have lots of Canadian bands tonight which includes tonight’s demo from Halifax, a band called BPS which stands for Brain Pollution Syndrome. You can download the show here.

DOA - Communication Breakdown (Sudden Death)

But we are going to start things off with a tribute to Frederick Nathanial Hibbert, better known as Toots Hibbert, singer for Toots and the Maytals. “Toots” passed away last Saturday which is a week ago from air time but only a few days when we started producing this show. And tributes galore have been aired on radio shows for this soulful ball of energy of a singer that started out in the ska era and coined the next incarnation with his song “Do the Reggae”. Why are we eulogizing a reggae artist on a Punk show? Because Toots had an impact on the early punk artists like the Clash. I got to see Toots at the Concert Hall and it was insane as the 60 year old he jumped from start to finish in rude boy style. And he was still performing at the time of his sudden illness. I am going to start out with a song that everyone has been playing. This is Pressure Drop as covered by the Clash on “Black Market Clash”. 

THE CLASH - Pressure Drop (CBS)

ARRESTED DENIAL - Pressure Drop (Self-Released)

TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS - Louie Louie (Trojan)

THE SPECIALS - Monkey Man (2Tone)

RUDE PRIDE - Just Tell Me (Insurgence)

SNUFF - Rivers of Babylon (Fat Wreck)

HAIRCUT - Cake (11PM) 

REACHING OUT - Prototype (Self-Released) 

SOCIAL CRISIS - Granite (Bisonours / Missing the Point / Death Trap / Day One / Abnegat / ABACK / Ganamala / Stradoom / Up the Punx / D.I.Y. Koło / Underground Department / F.E.R.A.L / Going Postal)

ORTIKA - Ira (Bisonours / Missing the Point / Death Trap / Day One / Abnegat / ABACK / Ganamala / Stradoom / Up the Punx / D.I.Y. Koło / Underground Department / F.E.R.A.L / Going Postal)

SOBERANIA PERSONAL - Los Politicos - Benditos Sean Muñecos Que Pegan. (Educación Cínica)

PANSY DIVISION - Loose (Royalty)

VISIONS OF CHANGE - Day Tripper (Boss Tuneage)

ITCHYSELF - B What You B (Self-Released)

THE SLUGS - I Feel Sick (Related)

B-SIDES - Underground Radio Stars (Friends)

SKROT - Slaughter (Not Enough)  

DEAD LUCK - Incendia Tu Visu (Doomsday)

BLIND IDOL - Town And City (New Morality Zine)

HUMANOID - We All Are Immigrants (Self-Released) 

Documentary for The Silent Riot by Nadira Ilana

 

POROK - Mozda (BS)

UNITED X BOMBS - Westworld Crisis (Demons Runamok)

THE USURPERS - Defector (Self-Released)

OXYMORONS - Armageddon Now (Knock Out)

THE BOXHEADS - Personality Changes

SURGERY WITHOUT RESEARCH - Poverty Trap (Self-Released)

BORN SHIT STIRRERS - Bored of Education (Serial Bowl)

THE FITS - Bored of Education (Stage Fright / 1977 / Ugly Pop)

BORED OF EDUCATION - Name of Love (Self-Released)

CAREER SUICIDE - Doom Ryder (Self-Released)

SCARE TACTIC - Broken (CIUT)

MURDER THE DISTURBED - D.N.A. (Small Wonder)

THE GIRLS - Decoy (Dirtnap)

STEALERS - Piece of the Action (Rebellion / Stolen Stereo)

DAIEI SPRAY - Distorted from Tokyo (Serial Bowl) 

SCREAM - Cry Wolf (Dischord) 

HELL CITY - Chaos PRC (Dying Legion)

THE PERSECUTED - Brussels Bombs (Rabbit Rabbit)

LOS FASTIDIOS - S.H.A.R.P. (KOB / Mad Butcher / Rock 'n' Roller)

GUZVA U BAJT - Sedemnajst (Self-Released)

DONKEY JAW - Break Back Make Humble (Self-Released)

BETRAYED - Caught in the Crossfire (Twisted Red Cross / UARM)

THE RIOT PEDDLERS - Bollywood Songs (Self-Released)

REJECTED SCUMS - Punx Attack (Self-Released)

STEPMOTHERS - Push Comes to Shove (Posh Boy / Re-Force)

Demo Feature 

Tonight's demo feature is a band from Halifax called B.P.S. which stands for Brain Pollution Standard. We are featuring their most recent demo titled "Mentally Chained".   This came out on Pig Master Tapes. You can find this on bandcamp.

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - Government Art (Pig Master Tapes)

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - Unfortunate (Pig Master Tapes)

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - Distorted Views (Pig Master Tapes)

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - False Solutions (Pig Master Tapes)

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - No Conscience (Pig Master Tapes)

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - Mentally Chained (Pig Master Tapes)

Radio - Sunday November 19, 2017

This is our fall fundraising show and as usual we started out with name that tune with Mr. Brown from the Prophesy from which for the first time since we have been doing this he guessed correctly. I played some more Specials related things because James was a ska DJ before getting into jungle. You can download the show here. You can pledge on line at www.ciut.fm.

ANTI- NOWHERE LEAGUE – Long shot Kick de Bucket by the Pioneers (Cleopatra)
SPECIALS – Long Shot Kick de Bucket (Live)
THE CONVENTRY AUTOMATICS - Wake Up (Receiver)

Many times on the shows we are doing tributes to punks who have passed away, but tonight we are going to play some hasher rock for Malcolm Young who passed away yesterday from dementia. There is no disputing that AC DC were a rock band, but they rocked like punks, so this is “Whole Lotta Rosie” because the only punk band that I ever saw do an AC DC cover was No SYSTEM from Boston and this is the song they covered.

AC DC - Whole Lotta Rosie (Albert)
NO SYSTEM - Coming Back (No Way)
CREATIVE ZERO - Rest in Peace (Unreleased)

Here are some songs about the love for radio

THE CLASH – This is Radio Clash (CBS)
B-SIDES – Underground Radio Stars (Radioactive)
BULLET PROOF LOVERS – I am my Radio (Rum Bar/Ghost Highway)

The live recordings remain a staple on Equalizing-X-Distort. Tuesday nights we load in at the broadcast studio. Record as much as we can in about an hour and a half. Load out and then come back and do an interview, which all gets mixed and then mixed live on Sunday night as a feature of a local band usually. A lot of work goes into those sessions from all involved from the bands, to the volunteers to the broadcast. Rob, from Pure Pressure / the Protruders, who was in over the last six months talks about what it was like to come in and what it means for bands. We also recorded sessions with OUTCRY from Halifax, ALIEN BOYS from Vancouver, SICK OF SHIT from Hamilton, BLANK STARES, and DRAGGED IN from here

PURE PRESSURE - Same Old Act (CIUT)
PURE PRESSURE - CIUT ID (CIUT)
PROTRUDERS - Principal John (CIUT)
PROTRUDERS ID – CIUT ID (CIUT)

Alex from SAGO / Sofistifucks and Chad also from Sago came in to answer phones. Alex has had a big influence on the show in terms of turning us on to programming ideas from live bands to interviews to checking out CIUT programs. Chad talks about recording here and about doing a show a Brock. They let us play a new song by SAGO

SAGO – Los Ojos (Unreleased)
PATTI SMITH GROUP – So You Wanna Be (A Rock n Roll Star)
THE MONSIEURS – Suburban Girls (Slovenly)

GUTARA KYO – Romantic (Slovenly)
JEAN DADDY – Let’s Ride Boys (Self-Released)
THE RIPTIDES – Goodbye Hawaii (Self-Released)

Every month we pick a Top 10 of latest releases and here are some of my favourite releases in the last six months.

LONG KNIFE- - Bastards of Bedlam (Beach Impediment)
PISSING MATCH – November Brain (Feral Kid)
RAT CAGE – No Consolation (La Vida Es Un Mus)
ESCORT – Fuck Me Hard (Self-Released)
FIRING SQUAD – Waiting For Death (Agitate)

Equalizing-X-Distort features a demo every week, which is an early recording and usually a band’s most exciting recording. In the last six months we featured demos by RASHOMON (DC), PLASTIC HEADS (Toronto), PROM NITE (Toronto),
NINOS RATA (Montreal), BOOTLICKER (Kamloops), QUE LASTIMA (Toronto), CHARGED SS (Mexico), IRON EYE (PEI), and LION’s SHARE (St. John’s). 

Tonight we are featuring a new band called KORYDOR featuring members of SIYAHKAL, FAKE PALMS, Alex Kress, the photographer behind “Feeding Time: Split Seconds in Toronto Punk. You can download the demo from their bandcamp page.

KORYDOR - Intro (Descent)
KORYDOR - Lie to Her (Self-Released)
KORYDOR - Impulse (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, August 6, 2017

Tonight's show was pre-empted for the first hour and featured a special guest. James V James from the Toronto band Lobot joined Rob to play a set of noisy material. Download an MP3 of the show here.

We started out with a classic:

NEW YORK DOLLS - Looking for a Kiss (Mercury)

SUICIDE GENERATION - Nora (Dirty Water)
BRAD POT - Air Strike (Slovenly)
THE ACTION - TV's On The Blink (Montreco)
RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS - Blue Ghosts (Xtra Mile)
HUMPERS - Dummy Got A Hunch (Epitaph)

And then James made some noise:

AVSKUM - Freedom Of Speech (Distortion)
BRAIN BOMBS - Who Can You Trust (Blackjack)
RASPBERRY BULBS - Cracked Flesh (Blackest Ever Black)
PRIVATE ROOM - Shining Moment (Iron Lung)
PRIVATE ROOM - Good Behavior (Iron Lung)
BLANK VEINS - Till It Subsides (UNC)
CULT RITUAL - Last Time (Youth Attack)

GROOVIE GHOULIES - A New England (Lookout)
B-SIDES - Spy vs. Spy (Friends)

THE CHEAP CASSETTES - My Little Twin (Rum Bar)