Radio - Sunday, January 12th, 2020

Part two of the Year in Review show features a Top 9 from Waves, a Top 10 Canadian releases from Rob and top 10 eps and cassettes from Stephe. But we start out with a reference to a false warning on the nuclear power plant that folks in Toronto woke up to this morning. You can download a copy of this show here.

CAREER SUICIDE - Jonzo's Leaking Radiation (Kangaroo / Deranged)

Top 10 eps of 2019
10. HAIRCUT “Sensation” ep – Seeking (Beach Impediment) 
9. ALIEN NOSEJOB “HC45” – Chemical Solution (Iron Lung) 
8. BATO “Ravages of Time” ep – Delusional (Not for the Weak)
7. SCREAMING FIST “Templanza” ep – Latigazo (Iron Lung)
6. GOVERNMENT FLU “House Arrest” ep - Life Illusion (Refuse)
5. STATE FUNERAL “Built for Destruction” ep – Squeeze (Static Shock)
4. NO HEADS “Pressure Cracks’ ep - No Future (Refuse)
3. CURLEYS “Johnny” ep – Bragging (Total Punk)
2. ELECTRIC CHAIR “Performative Justice” ep – Law means Nothing (Iron Lung)
1. LOOSE NUKES “Behind the Screen” ep - Nukes Theme (Beach Impediment)

Waves' Top 9 Tunes
1. NOBRO - LaLa (Self-Released)
2. PRETTY VICIOUS - Move (Big Machine)
3. DRUNK MUMS - Headshrinker (Self-Released)
4. SURFBORT - Saturday Night (Modern Sky USA)
5. KNOCKED LOOSE - By the Grave (Pure Noise)
6. CROSS DOG - Sheep (Uncle D)
7. WIRES ON FIRE - God's Guest List 
8. DEARLY BELOVED - Race to the Bottom (Self-Released)
9. TEETH - Destroyer (Self-Released)

Top 10 Canadian release for Rob
10. BARNACLE - Sunblock (Self-Released)
9. STEVE ADAMYK BAND - Paradise (Dirtnap)
8. SORE POINTS - On the Wire (Slovenly)
7. CORNER BOYS - Waiting for 2020 (Drunken Sailor)
6. SO TIRED - Forgiven (Self-Released)
5. WORDPLAY - Between You and Me (Self-Released)
4. GYM AND TONIC  - Purple People Eaters (Self-Released)
3. PALE LIPS - You're a Doll (Gods Candy)
2. PHONE JERKS - Frig Off (Alien Snatch)
1. DOORS AND FOURS - Feeling Dead (Self-Released)

Top 10 cassettes by Stephe
10. KAZAN – Demo – Kazan (Self-Released)
9. PEEDOH – Demo – Zaborra (Overdose)
8. UNSANITARY NAPKIN - split with CONTENDERS – Inert (Self-Released)
7. THE WOUND “Strange Feeling” cassette – In the Dark (Maple Death)
6. TOTAL DEFEAT - Demo – Circles (Self-Released)
5. SCHIZOID “You’re to Blame” – Deadbeat (Straight and Alert)
4. THE SKITCHERS “Gleam Another Cube” - Feelings (Poop Stick)
3. LEATHAL MEANS – Tape II - Total Silence (Not for the Weak)
2. TOTAL LOSERS “(Do You Remember) Youth Energy” cassette - With Punkrock I'm Not Alone (Best Seller)
1. CHOW LINE – Demo – Weak Bones (Self-Released)

CHIXDIGGIT - 2012 (Fat Wreck)

Radio - Sunday, May 6th, 2018

Here is last night's show. You can download it here.

HUGH BEAUMONT EXPERIENCE – Moo (Ward 9)

LOOSE NUKES - Dear Sirs (Self-Released)
POBREZA MENTAL – Are You Ineffective (Self-Released)
WALL BREAKER - Wall Breaker (Refuse)
ZODD - Mutant Stalker (Pissed Off)
S.H.I.T. – Information (La Vida Es Un Mus)

The earthquakes on Big Island have been in the media as the latest environmental disaster story. Leading to 15 fissures and the release of lava destroying hectares  of land had me program a set of songs about places like Hawaii and bands from Hawaii, although not from this island in particular. 

SEX PRISONER - Tropical Island (Straight and Alert / Deep Six / To Live a Lie / Regurgitated Semen)
CRINGER - A Song About Hawaii (Vinyl Communications)
TV MICROWAVE - Simple Adjustment (Self-Released)
BEAMAN - Learn The Hardaway (Who Got That Good D-!) (Self-Released)
RATS – Rats (Self-Released)

EXOTICA - Mundo Nuevo (La Vida Es Un Mus)
SYSTEMIK VIOLENCE - Rotina Assassina (Raw ‘N Roll Rex)
DISGRACEFUL - Mental Cases (Favela)
LANGUID – Mob Neurosis (Self-Released)
SCUMRAID – 통제사회 (Iron Lung)

The Saint John River has been high and flooding communities along its banks, so we pulled together a set of bands from the effected area, New Brunswick

NERVE BUTTON – Baltic Bop (NIM / Bald Punk Music)
WARSICK – Human Filth (Self-Released)
HARD CHARGER – Shipwrecked (No List)
GUILT PARADE - Opperheimer's Legacy (Self-Released)
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH - Time to Care (Self-Released)
NEXT OF KIN – Trendoids (Self-Released)

This next set features bands that have ska in their sound.

SKALAPPER - Step to You
THE SPARTANICS - Save your Streets (Self-Released)
ARTIGO XIII - Guerra Urbana (Collector’s Series / Efeito Colateral)
RESTARTS – Painterman (Self-Released)
KLASSE KRIMINALE – 1983 (Randale)

Mad Vlad is about to be inaugurated for a fourth term as Russia's President and there seems to be a lot of indifference around his latest term. Here are some bands from Russia. 

RIPPED MOUTH - В Поле Зрения (Street Rock Music)
BIG BOSS - Here to Stay (Self-Released)
YOUR MIND'S COLLAPSE - Забудь - Forget (Self-Released)
VESNA NARODOV - Столица - The Capital (Self-Released)
SOCKS FOR COCKS - Whew! Curfew! (Self-Released)

THE CRUCIFUCKS - Hinckley Had a Vision (Alternative Tentacles)
BUNDOLO – Maailmanpilaaja (Self-Released)
OWNER – Depraved (Nervous Energy)
CEMENT SHOES - Zang! (Self-Released)
KATATONIX - Love and Violence (Self-Released)
CONMAN – Tracking (Self-Released)

LOUD NIGHT - Take Sides (War Fever)
INEPSY - Death or Slavery (Feral Ward)
MAKE NO GAINS - Death Knell (Self-Released)
ABSOLUT - Mental Problem (Phobia  / PND)
PEDESTRIAN – Pedestrian (Self-Released)

TASHME - Charade (Self-Released)
SIYAHKAL - Beshin Paasho (Self-Released)
TRIAGE - Hide in Shame (Larry Toni Produzioni)
VALLEY BOYS - Down the Hole (Ugly Pop)
CAREER SUICIDE - Row on Row (Deranged)

Tonight's demo feature is by a band from Vancouver with two new recordings out since this demo in March of last year. You can download the demo from bandcamp.

CORNER BOYS – Someone’s Chasing Me (Self-Released)
CORNER BOYS – Remote Control Freak (Self-Released)
CORNER BOYS – Joke of the Neighbourhood (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, December 31st, 2017

Last show of the year seems like a good time to look back at the year and see what punk releases came out. Next week we will look at re-issues bu I started out this week's show with a new release of an old Vancouver punk band worth hearing. You can download the show here.

ZELLOTS – Let’s Play House (Supreme Echo)

Stephe's favourite EPs from 2017
1. FIRING SQUAD - Nothing Lost (Agitate)
2. ANCIENT FILTH - Crisis Cycle (Self-Released)
3. GOOLAGOON - Life of Crime (To Live A Lie)
4. CORRECTIVE MEASURE - No Acceptance (Refuse / Atomic Action)
5. RAT CAGE - Death Bed Blues (La Vida Es Un Mus)
6. PISSING MATCH – Drop the Act (Feral Kid)
7. TERROSTAT - Narkofob (Byllepest Distro)
8. AXE RASH – Dead Fish (Imminent Destruction / De Nihil)
9. YOUTH AVOIDERS – Crushing Machine (Destructure)
10. ULTRA - Libertad De Expresión (La Vida Es Un Mus)

Rob’s lists

It may have been a shit year in the world, but 2017 was a solid one for music. Picking a year-end retrospective is always tough as one tries to distill 365 days of tunes into a concise list. So here’s my choices for things that I heard that stood out for me, both from Canada and beyond. I tried to find at least a few that you may not have heard of and some you likely have. Here are Rob's bargain long johns which we talked about on the show.

PROTO IDIOT – Do It the Same (Slovenly)
FLAT WORMS – White Roses (Castle Face)
LA WOMEN – Count it on Down (La Vida Es Un Mus)
DIRTY FENCES – I can’t sleep at Night (Greenway)
BARONEN & SATAN – Buttermilk Sky (Dirty Water USA)
THE MONSIEURS – Get Right Get Ready (Black Gladiator)
TARANTULA – Fatal Age (Deranged)
SUICIDE GENERATION – London Blues (Dirty Water)
SWEET REAPER – No Kontrol (Self-Released)
CONTROL FREAKS – Psycho Magnet (Slovenly)

ROBOT –Silent Scream (Self-Released)
COMEBACK KID – Hell of a Scene (New Damage)
SORE POINTS – Be Alone (Hosehead)
PRIORS – Story Blind (Twintoe)
JEAN DADDY – Salmon Candy (Self-Released)
CORNER BOYS – Just Don’t Care (Drunken Sailor)
RADIUM DOXY – Rising Tide (Self-Released)
PROPAGHANDHI – Resiust / Comply (Deluxe Edition)
THE RIPTIDES – Happy Ever After (Something To Do)
NEEDLES//PINS – Back to the Bright (Dirt Cult)

Stephe's favourite demoes from 2017
1. DEAD HERO - Pelear para vivir (Self-Released)
2. HEAT – The Myth (Self-Released) 
3. OBSTRUCTION - Salvation (Self-Released)
4. DEPROGRAM - Depersonalize (Self-Released)
5. Y2K - The Penitent Thief (Self-Released)
6. DROOL – Smile Back (Self-Released)
7. ESCORT - Whore for Whore (Self-Released)
8. DIASPORA - 7 Years (Self-Released)
9. SOCIAL DIVORCE - No Pence Law (Self-Released)
10. STATE FUNERAL - Tory Party Prison (Self-Released)

11. DREAM PROBE – Hija De Su Madre (Self-Released)
12. RASHOMON - Develop and Genocide (Self-Released)
13. BATO - Litter (Self-Released)
14. TOTALOVE - Mas Vacio (Self-Released)
15. THE UNKNOWN THREAT - The End (Self-Released)
16. LETHAL DOSE – Thin Blue Noose (Self-Released)
17. IRON EYE – Wasted Time (Self-Released)
18. NADSAT - La última marcha (Self-Released)
19. GURM – Rip Exotica (Self-Released)

How can you not play this at midnight? Resisted playing the NOYS 

DIE TOTEN HOSEN – Auld Lang Syne (JKP)

Radio - Sunday, November 5th, 2017

In a week when we have been thinking of the B-Girls, a flexi showed up in my mailbox for this all girl punk band from Vancouver from 1978. You can download the show here.

ZELLOTS – Vampire (Supreme Echo)

DEMENZIA KOLEKTIVA - Amargos sueños (Santa Diabla)
ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES - The Times They Are a-Changin' (Fat)
INNER CONFLICT - No Anthem (Antikorper Produkt / Break the Silence)
JOHNNY TERRIEN AND THE BAD LIEUTENANTS - Teacher's Pet (Self-Released)

THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS – Sick On You (Cherry Red)
JEAN DADDY – Bloody Mary (Self-Released)
NIGHT PEOPLE – Two Heavens (Deranged)
SORE POINTS – Algomania (Hosehead)
CORNER BOYS – Just Don’t Care (Drunken Sailor)

SWEET REAPER – Roller Snake (Self-Released)
RADIO STAR – Nervous Wreck (Chiswick)
NEEDLES//PINS – Miracle (Dirt Cult)
THE A’ s – Parasites (Arista)
CONTROL FREAKS – Sweet Dreams (Slovenly)

UNA BESTIA INCONTROLABLE – Metamorfosi (La Vida Es Un Mus)
KORYDOR – Severing (Self-Released)
ISS - I Hate People My Age (State Laughter)
MORBID OPERA - Female Trouble (Vinyl Rites)
MOTORSAV - Hjerneflimmer (Elektriske Plader / Rusted Teeth)
FRIED E.M. - Pleasure OD (Lumpy)
DUDS - Pro Tem (Castle Face)
BOOJI BOYS - Sweet Boy (Cruel Noise)

WAR/PLAGUE- Tyrants and Demons (MCR Company)
SISTEMAS DE ANIQULACION - Condenados a la Miseria (Logica Clega / Imminent Destruction)
LUNGLUST - Slave to Faith
ABORTTI 13 – Myrkyttäjä (Self-Released)
BULLSHIT HARDCORE BAND - Beasts of Burden (Self-Released)
SUBVERSIVE RITE - Idols for Sale (Bloody Master)

CEREBRO – Baile (Self-Released)
MENTIRA - Condenados y Atrapados (Self-Released)
COMBAT KNIFE - Militant Song (Warthog Speak)
DREAM PROBE – Colonización (Self-Released)
CLOACA - Das Krapital (I.R.R.H.)
HOTHEADS – Hothead (Self-Released)
NEKRA - Sisters of the Yam (La Vida Es Un Mus)
PINEN - Vida
PESADILLA – Pesadilla (Self-Released)

SURF RABBITS - Alien Sex Monster Lunatic
PERMISSION - Holding Pattern
JOINT D≠ - Accelerant
STRUGGLE SESSION – Unwound

Tonight's demo feature is of a new band featuring members of Hassler, School Damage, Vapids, and Flesh Rags. You can download the demo on their bandcamp page.

PLASTIC HEADS - The End is Near (Self-Released)
PLASTIC HEADS - Danger Zone (Self-Released)

PLASTIC HEADS - Trouble (Self-Released)

PLASTIC HEADS - Human Pig (Self-Released)

PLASTIC HEADS - Manikins (Self-Released)