Radio - Sunday, December 13th, 2020

 

 

Tonight's show features a tribute to Hammer City / Schizophrenic Records, Mortarhate compilations, sets of old and new punk and guest DJ Cat. Cat used to do a radio show in Rome called Search and Destroy and has translated some books into Italian which include one on the Cramps and one on the early rock scene in NYC. When the city is not in lockdown Cat DJs clubs under Nora Noise. Download the show here.

THE PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND - Awaydays (Self-Released) 

Hammer City Records (R.I.P.)
A few weeks back Hammer City Records was evicted from their space by a landlord looking for excuses to evict tenants. Stuff you normally see in Toronto. As gentrification becomes a thing in the Hammer the same shit is happening there. The record store connected to Schizophrenic Records is looking for a new retail space, but in the meantime I thought we could spin some releases by the label. Starting out with a band they championed early on.

LEGION666 - Abhorrence Contained (Schizophrenic) 

HAZARDOUS WASTE - Skate Block (Schizophrenic) 

HASSLER - Enlightened (Schizophrenic) 

BORN WRONG - Torch the Place (Schizophrenic) 

TV FREAKS - Salutation (Schizophrenic) 

Cat has guest DJed on the show before. Her scene cred extends to Rome where she did a radio show called "Search and Destroy". Cat also translated a book on the Cramps into Italian "Viaggio al centro dei Cramps". Then she translated "New York Rock: From the Rise of the Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB's". And when the pandemic isn't locking down the city Cat is DJing under the name "Nora Noise". 

CRO-MAGS - From the Grave (Mission Two Entertainment)
FEAR - Let’s Have a War (Slash)

GORILLA BISCUITS - High Hopes (Revelation)
CIRCLE JERKS - What’s Your Problem (Frontier)

Some more oldies
SHAM 69 - They Don’t Understand (Polydor / Captain Oi!) 

CHELSEA - Twelve Men (Step Forward / Captain Oi!)

ANDERS ANGEST - Just När Allt Är Så Roligt (Albons Skiver)

M-80's - Gone Away (Backstreet One)

PERKS - Escape (Awes)

FLESH EATERS - Disintegration Nation (Upsetter) 
TEENAGE HEAD - Disgusteen (Unreleased Take)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Suspect Device (Rigid Digits / Rough Trade)
THE SNIVELLING SHITS - Bring Me the Head of Yukio Mishima (Damaged Goods)

New releases

MOMENT OF FEAR - Truth Expires (Beach Impediment) 
GUT WOUND - Deprived (Stand Together / Youth Authority)
PUBLIC ACID - No Revival (Beach Impediment)  
GEFYR - Pröjsa Din Lyx (Angry Hudik / Flyktsoda)
PROTEIN - Second Thoughts (Refuse) 

Covers
ANGRY SAMOANS - Time Has Come Today (Bad Trip)
THE GUN CLUB - Run Through the Jungle (Animal)
GIRLSCHOOL - Race with the Devil (Bronze)
HUSKER DU - Sunshine Superman (Reflex)

Mortarhate compilations
In the mid-80’s after CRASS had broken up and Conflict was just getting going, Conflict started a label in the same vein as CRASS records to release the new wave of anarchist bands coming out. The first one I saw was the “Who?, What?, When?, Where?, Why?” compilation in 1984, which I picked up. It was the fourth release by the label, but the first comp.

DEATH ZONE - The Youth are to Blame (Mortarhate)
DEZERTER - Greetings From Poland (Mortarhate)
TOXIC REASONS - Powercrazed (Mortarhate)
VORKRIEGSJUGEND - 0815 (Mortarhate / Fight Back)
CONFLICT - This is the A.L.F. (Mortarhate)

THE URINALS - I’m White and Middle Class (Happy Squid)
COCAINE PISS - Body Euphoria (Hypertension)
AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS - Pleasure Forever (Damaged Goods / Homeless)
PSYCHOTIC TURNBUCKLES - Lunar Chik (Rattlesnake)
TY SEGALL - The Drag (Castle Face)

More new releases

CONQUEST FOR DEATH - Idiotcalypse Now (Refuse)
APSURD - Dan Kao I Svaki Drugi (Doomtown)
STOLEN WHEELCHAIRS - The America (State Line)
DOGHOUSE ROSE - Run 666 (Stomp)
RED AUNTS - Peppermint Patty (Epitaph)

ADOLESCENTS - Fuck You (Cleopatra)
VICE SQUAD - Poverty Face (Last Rockers)
THE DAMNED - Manipulator (Spinefarm)

Demo Feature 
Self described as raw angry and passionate you can find this demo on bandcamp.

CONDITIONS APPLY - Who’s the Victim (Self-Released)
CONDITIONS APPLY - Small Print (Self-Released)
CONDITIONS APPLY - Two Words One Finger (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, February 23rd, 2020

Tonight's show starts out with a tribute to the Wet'suwet'en protesters involved in the stand offs across the country. This is followed up by a feature on the Not Your Babe fest in Montreal. And we finish with a feature on Cali skate punk. Download the show here. 

Wet'suwet'en supporter set list
SUBHUMANS - For the Common Good (SST)
WEIRDOS - Hey Big Oil (Frontier)
DOA - Royal Police (Quintessence / Sudden Death)
DEATH SENTENCE - R.C.M.P. (Undergrowth / Fringe)
BLACK FLAG - Police Story (SST)
RESISTANT CULTURE - Civilized Aggression (Seventh Generation / Spiral / Profane Existence)
SAGO - White Lies (Self-Released)
AK47 - Dare To Struggle, Dare To Win (Self-Released)
LOS CRUDOS - Naciste con voz (Lengua Armada)
HASSLER – Trainwreck (Beach Impediment)
MDC - Destroying the Planet (Yellow Dog / Peculio Discos / Sudden Death)
NO PROBLEM - No Justice No Peace (Deranged / Taken by Surprise)
DISCHARGE - State Violence State Control (Clay / Telefunken / Havoc)
KNUCKLEHEAD – Loggerheads (Longshot / Whiskey Voice)
PROPAGANDHI - Oka Everywhere (Recess / G-7 Welcoming Committee)
ONE BLOOD – Indian Summer (Gern Blandsten)

Wet’suwet’en Standoff Timeline:
Dec 31, 2019 – BC Supreme Court grants Coastal GasLink an injunction for removal of obstacles
Jan. 1, 2020 – Wet’suwet’en First Nation serves Coastal GasLink with an eviction notice telling workers that they are trespassing on unceded territory
Jan 27th – BC Government appoints Nathan Cullen as provincial liaison
Jan 30th – The hereditary chiefs agree to seven days of meetings with the province
Feb 5th – Talks fail
Feb 6th – Protesters outside of Belleville start holding up railway traffic
Feb 7th VIA rail halts service in this transit corridor. CN obtains a court injunction to end the demonstration
Feb 8 – Protesters disrupt CP Rail in Toronto
Feb 9th Kahnawake Mohawk community members set up a blockade
Feb 10th – Demonstrators in Montreal disrupt commuter service
Feb 11th – CN stops trabnsport between Prince George and prince Rupert because of blockade near Hazelton, BC

Feb 12th - CN obtain court order for Manitoba protest. The RCMp say they have ended enforcement in BC, but they still have their trailers there.
Feb 14th – Blockade in BC is lifted as First nations agree to meet with Federal Government
Feb 15th – Indigeneous Services Minister Marc Miller meets with Mohawk First NationFeb 16th – A brief blockade shut down an Ontario border crossing
Feb 17th – Trudeau convenes an Incident response group for a national crisis. Moments later a brideg in the Thousand Islands closed as a result of a new blockade
Feb 24th - RCMP move in to close the blockade in Kahnawake. Another blockade opens up outside of Guelph

A Land Back Emergency Benefit show is set for February 29th at Baby G. Bands playing include Bad Waitress, Haxan, Cellphone, Bleeding Out, and Renuncio. 

Not Your Babe Fest is a festival happening in Montreal at the beginning of March. Here is some of those bands you can make the track to the punk capital of Canada. 

FLAT TEETH – Stand
THE AWKWERDS – Incel
PANDEMIX - Synthetix (Boss Tuneage / Dirt Cult)
CALAMIDAD – Pesadilla
CES CADAVERES – Petrificados (Self-Released)
OISEAU DE PROLE – Predateur (Self-Released)
SOGA – Es Tarde (Self-Released)
GAZM – Stupid Motherfucker (Self-Released)
BUG BITES – Creeper (Self-Released)
SPIRIT CRY – Darkness Provides (Self-Released)
OLOR A MUERTE – Fuck Your Macho behaviour (Self-Released)
RINA – Cansada (Self-Released)
LUX - Combat (Self-Released)

Some of these bands are playing in Toronto on Sunday March 8th at See-Scape, which includes Lux (from Barcelona), Soga (from Mexico), Maldita, and Bad Option.

DJ Waves was in Los Angeles last week and saw a lot of skaters which made her think about the origins of Cali skate punk.

BLACK FLAG - Wasted (SST)
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES – Possessed to Skate (Frontier)
ADOLESCENTS - Skate Babylon (S.O.S. / Triple X / Armageddon / Nickel and Dime)
FIDLAR - Wake, Bake, Skate
SUBLIME - We're Only Gonna Die For Our Arrogance (Skunk)

CIRCLE JERKS - Wild in the Streets (Frontier)
CRYSTAL FAIRY - Crystal Fairy (Ipecoc)
DEFTONES - My Own Summer (Maverick)
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Right on Time (Warner Brothers)
GERMS - Lexicon Devil (Slash)

FRAGMENT - Death Machine (Rawmantic Disaster / Desolate / Hardcore Hell)

Radio - Sunday, June 3rd, 2018

The first 3/4's of tonight's show is programmed and researched by Jose El Podrido as he continues a look at the evolution of punk in Mexico. The bands featured in tonights show released material between 2000 and 2010. Download the show here.

CONFLICTO SOCIAL – Gente de Mierda (Self-Released)

CRIMEN – La Mierda Siempre cae a Cubetadas (Record Shop Base / Dogma Destroyer / Discos Enfermos)
LOS CARRONEROS – Ni Una Victima Mas
C.H.T.M. - Inmadurez
CONFLICTO SOCIAL – Ataque Terrorista (Self-Released)

CRIMENES DE GUERRA – Kontrol (La Femi / Chaman)
DEMENCIALES - Sacramento (Self-Released)
DESERTOR HC - TV
HEADSHOT – Invasion (Self-Released)

MUERTOS x EL SISTEMA - Tanques de Guerra (Self-Released)
SACRIFICIOS HUMANOS – Represion
GULA – Sitting Bull (Self-Released)
SOCIEDAD PROHIBIDA - Enemigo Social (Ludell / Javier Tena)

VOMITO NUCLEAR - Sucios Policias (Fonodifusion)
NACIDOS DEL ODIO – Comando Anti Nazi (Rusty Knife)
LOS MONJO - Cerdos
LOS DESORDENADOS – Mi Protesta

COACCION – En Vano (Self-Released)
DESMADRE EN KRISIS – Hay Guerras
INSOLENTES - Encierra el Encierro (Self-Released)
FANATICOS BASTARDOS - Mass Media Mass Mierda (Criptas)

JIMMY VAPID - Snake Charmer (Self-Released)
HASSLER – Trainwreck (Beach Impediment)
DOA - I'm Desperate (Sudden Death)
ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION - Sell U Shit! (Seminal)
WARSICK - Fight to Break Control (Rotting Head)
S.H.I.T. – Fixed (La Vida Es Un Mus)
PHANE – Subterfuge (Self-Released)
THE PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND - He Ain't no Saint
REHASHED - White Lies

LIMP WRIST - Thick Skin (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, April 29th, 2018

So this week Toronto had an incident with someone who used a van to run people over on the sidewalks of North York. And there have been a number of vigils being hosted including an official one today. And there is a hashtag being used to try and turn these bad feelings around called Toronto Strong. You know like the Boston Strong thing. Well I pulled together a number of Toronto bands to showcase this city and just how miserable it can be. We also feature a lot of new material including a top 10 for April and a demo feature by a band from Belarus that we played last week called Tired Out. Download the show here.

VCR - Bad News (Murder City Video / Barfbag)

POWERBOMB - Have a Nice Day (Self-Released)
HASSLER – Trainwreck (Beach Impediment)
PURE PRESSURE - Good Mental Health, Seattle (Self-Released)
INTENSIVE CARE – Silence (Iron Lung)
TOURIST – Dead in the Canyon (Self-Released)
URBAN BLIGHT - Fake Attitudes (Slasher)

LIGHTMARES – Roll Credits (Self-Released)
GERM HOUSE – Showing Symptoms (Trouble in Mind / Girlsville)
WILD EVEL AND THE TRASHBONES – Telling Lies (Dirty Water)
HAXXAN – Jeff Casanova (Slovenly)
ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION – Back Home (Seminal)

QUE LASTIMA - Tierra Violada (Self-Released)
GAUCHO - Cerebro Podrido (Iron Lung)
MALDITA - Policia No Me Pegue (Self-Released)
MOLLOT – Power (Self-Released)
YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Violence and Hate (Self-Released)

THE CAVEMEN – Nuke Earth (Slovenly)
THE WASPS – Teenage Treats (Cherry Red)
ANIMAL KINGDOM – Tension (Punk History Canada)
HEX – Always Me (Self-Released)
LIFE IN VACUUM – Uniform (New Damage)

PLASTIC HEADS - Danger Zone (Self-Released)
DILETTANTES - Late to the Party (Self-Released)
PROM NITE - Eternity of Man (Self-Released)
DISCARDED - Janitor Joe (Self-Released)
DAMAGERS - Gimme Damage (Self-Released)
FLQ - Pale Bars (Bad Vibrations)

Top 10 – April 2018
LANGUID “Oblivion” - Final Dark Age (Self-Released)
FUCK IT... I QUIT “In the Shadow of Extinction” - The Voiceless Still Have A Voice (Refuse)
WE SLEEP “Uniform Fuckface” – Unkraut (Sengaja / Flowerviolence)
MISILISKI “Kioku No Kage” – Zaiaku (D-Takt and  Rapunk)
DEAD HERO “La Vida Continua” LP - Nunca te daras por vencido (Self-Released)
MYTERI “Ruiner” - Hatets Fanbärare (Phobia / Halvfabrikat/ Alerta Antifascist)
S-21 “Operation Menu” - We're Done (Slugsalt / World Gone Mad)
KOENIGSTEIN YOUTH - Je Vomis Ton Nom (Kick Rock)
SIX BREW BANTHA - Blight (To Live a Lie)
PRIMITIVE LIFE  - Ready 2 Kill (Inge's Revenge / Refuse / Backbite)
ANTIMOB - Κάλεσμα στο ποίμνιο (Εξωτικός Παροξυσμός)

Tonight’s demo features a new band from Belarus called Tired Out. We played a song last week and thought we would feature them on the show because we never hear about bands from this part of the world. Their demo is on bandcamp.

TIRED OUT – Intro (Self-Released)
TIRED OUT – последняя песня (Self-Released)
TIRED OUT – Fool Me Twice (Self-Released)
TIRED OUT – Disappointment (Self-Released)
TIRED OUT – Tired Out (Self-Released)
TIRED OUT – About Cops (Self-Released)
TIRED OUT – петля (Self-Released)

DRAGGED IN - Stand Strong (Self-Released)

FLQ studio 3 session

The FLQs started out as a Viletones cover band. FLQ comes from a reference in the song "Rebel". The band featured a different line up that included Ivan from School Jerks and Todd from Bad Skin.  As the line up changed so did the song writing and the FLQs became FLQ and started writing their own songs. The band currently features Luke on vocals, Erik (from Hassler) on guitar, Jeff on bass, and Brice on drums. FLQ has recorded a few times and you can find these recordings up at their bandcamp page including a couple of songs from this session. Ian Wilkinson recorded the following songs:

1. Perverse
2. Untitled
3. Bleed Out
4. Rat
5. Conditions
6. Turn It

The band also did some IDs for us:

CIUT ID
EXD ID

and we spoke after the session where Luke explained the songs and the band talked about shows and a tour they did last year. 

Flyer - Saturday, July 18th, 2015

Top 10 - March 2015

1. HASSLER “Fed, Worked and Watered” LP (Deranged)
2. MERCY KILLINGS “Snuffed Out” ep (Beach Impediment)
3. SYSTEMATIC DEATH “The Moon Watches” LP (Fade In)
4. WAR EMBLEM “Constant Defeat” LP (Narshardaa)
5. PURE DISGUST “Denied” ep (Flophouse)
6. CHEM-TRAILS “First World Problem, Third World Solution” 12” (Vex)
7. CRIME DESIRE “Your Power” LP (Standards)
8. SICKS, THE “Pretty Plastic/Dose”(Fair Warning)
9. URBAN SAVAGE “Let Thunder Roar” LP (Savage)
10. SUFFER “Lies we live” (Per Koro / Vendetta)

Labels
* DERANGED - www.derangedrecords.com
* BEACH IMPEDIMENT - beachimpedimentrecords.blogspot.ca
* FADE IN - fade-in.jp
* NARSHARDAA - narshardaa.bigcartel.com
* FLOPHOUSE - flophouserecordsandtapes.bandcamp.com
* VEX - www.facebook.com/vex.recordings
* STANDARDS - standardsrecordlabel.bigcartel.com
* FAIR WARNING - fairwarning.storenvy.com
* SAVAGE - urbansavage.bandcamp.com
* PER KORO - www.perkoro.com / VENDETTA - vendettarecords.wordpress.com

Radio - Sunday, March 29th, 2015

A great way to start out a palm Sunday broadcast would be with something off of "Holy things are for the holy". You can download an MP of the show here.

COLUMN OF HEAVEN - How Glorious This Hour (Iron Lung)

The last Sunday of the month has Rob DJing and D'Arcy performing at a punk rock night at the Painted Lady. In honour of the show I try and put together an early scene shot from somewhere that we haven't really covered. I was interested by the Sydney scene in Australia when I read an interview with a filmaker who made a scene about this early scene called "Distorted". A free link for the documentary and trailer can be found at "Distorted: Reflections on early Sydney punk".



VICTIMS - Open your eyes (1977)
PRESS - Alcoholic (Laser)
THE CELIBATE RIFLES - Let's Get Married (EMI)
REJEX - Who Wants To March (Doublethink)
FUN THINGS - When The Birdman Fly (EMI)
BRITISH JETS - No News (EMI)

This set was inspired by bands that sing in Spanish with women singing. 

ILEGAL - Odio Kontra Odio (Lengua Armada)
DETESTADOS - Consumir- Vomitir (Todo Destruido)
GENERACION SUICIDA - Mierda Ciudad (Going Underground)
BANDA MUERTE - Vibraciones (Self-Released)
MALOKIO - Futuro Feo (Self-Released)

A powerviolence set by strictly new bands. 

BURIAL PERMIT - Willful (CIUT)
BURN VICTIM - Pinto (CIUT)
RABID PIGS - Brewtality
GRIN AND BEAR IT - Plasma
BEGGING FOR OXYS - Holt Renfrew (Self-Released)

I love the new sound of Toronto that is weird and experimental and even more edgier sounding then before. Then I heard Blotter and realized that bands in Austin are trying to sound like bands from here.

DEFORMITY - Fracture (Katorga Works/Toxic State)
BLOTTER - Life Among Sausages (False Form/Katorga Works)
INSTITUTE - Success (Katorga Works)
S.H.I.T. - Fuck All (Lengua Armada)
FARANG - If you're not now you never were (CIUT)
VCR - B.D.S.M. (Self-Released)
BELT FIGHT - b e l t f i g h t d o e s i t a g a i n (Self-Released)
INJURED LIST - Hey it's me (Self-Released)

FLESH RAG - Is This Real (Self-Released)
VANITY - The King Drinks (Katorga Works)
KELLERASSELN - Mittelmeerromantik (Self-Released)
HALBSTARK - Punx und skins (Gossenstolz)
OI POLLOI - Oigridh Air Na Sraidean (Rotten to the Core)

PLEASURE CROSS - Only In A Dream (Iron Lung)
DRUGS OF FAITH - Placing Bets (Malokul)
IDNS - Global Abuse (Self-Released)
POSEIDO - Mental Healing (Self-Released)
GAS CHAMBER - Stacked Logs (Iron Lung)

Here is a look at my top 10 new releases for March in reverse order like it was a countdown or something. 

10. SUFFER - Staub (Per Koro / Vendetta)
9. URBAN SAVAGE - Those who go and those who stay (Savage)
8. THE SICKS - Pretty Plastic (Fair Warning)
7. CRIME DESIRE - Fire (Standards)
6. CHEM-TRAILS - Stop And Frisk (Vex)
5. PURE DISGUST - Vacant (Flophouse)
4. WAR EMBLEM - (Ready To) Bleed
3. SYSTEMATIC DEATH - 3 (Fade In)
2. MERCY KILLINGS - Destroy It Again (Beach Impediment)
1. HASSLER - Victim (Deranged)

KING KHAN AND BBQ - Invisible Girl (In the red)
63 MONROE - Weekened Punks (Rave Up)
VALLEY BOYS - Auto Pilot (Cut the Cord)

Tonight’s demo feature is a new band from Victoria called Azotobacter which features former members of Iskra, Shibboleth, No Eulogy, Sewer Rat, Stimpy, and Blood Nasty. This recording can be listened to at http://azotobacter.bandcamp.com.

AZOTOBACTER - Restrained Detained (Self-Released)
AZOTOBACTER - Crude Death (Self-Released)
AZOTOBACTER - Rapacity (Self-Released)
AZOTOBACTER - Middle Class Expectation (Self-Released)
AZOTOBACTER - Alternate Option (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Listen to the show on the player above or download an MP3 file of the show.

ALCOHOL FUELED - Poison (Self-Released)

BLANK PAGES - Golden Chains (Hardware)
TV FREAKS - Battle (Schizophrenic)
IMAGINARY DICTIONARY - James Brown (Hardware)
CATHOLIC GUILT - Man Of Straw (Doom town / Cut the Cord)
DEAD MOUTH - Through Being Cool (CIUT)

FIRST BASE - You've got a hold on me (Hosehead)
FASHIONISM - Smash the state with your face (Hosehead)
SUBWAY SECT - Ambition (Rough Trade)
SPASTICS - Cherry Pop (Rip Off)
BUM - Don't come close to me (Lancerock)

CRIMEN - Bien Chafa (Discos Enfermos)
S.H.I.T. - Private Lies (Static Shock)
RAYOS X - El Ejercito (Silenzio Statico)
CHEAP DRUGS - Still Nothing (Hardware)
HASSLER - Cannon fodder (Deranged)
SYSTEMATIC DEATH - Fight War, Not Wars (Fade In)

LOW CULTURE - Nervous Wreck (Dirt Cult / Rad Girlfriend)
TRANZMITORS - Teenage Tragedy (Deranged)
POINTED STICKS - All I Could Take (Unreleased)
BUZZCOCKS - I don't know what to do with my life (United Artists)
THE CLASH - What's My Name ? (CBS)
THE SCREWED - In the City (Screwed)
AJUTINE VALITSUS - Kasuta Asju Oigesti (Self-Released)
TOTAL LOVE - I Don't Wanna Work (Self-Released)

A Nuggets / Pebbles set inspired by an upcoming show with the Sonics which also sees a new release by the band. "Bad Betty" below is one of the new songs. 

LOVE - My little red book (Elektra)
THE CHOB - We're Pretty Quick (Lavette)
THE DEL-VETTS - Last time around (Sundazed)
THE STOOGES - I wanna be your dog (Elektra)
THE SONICS - Cinderella (Etiquette)
THE SONICS - Bad Betty (Re Vox)
SHOCK TREATMENT - Belfast Telegraph (Good Vibrations)
PERSONAL AND THE PIZZAS - Never find me (1-2-3-4 Go)
LEATHERFACE - Springtime

SCHOOL JERKS - Ugly Minds, Ugly Faces (Bad Vibrations)
KREMLIN - Anti Septic (Hardware)
ANTIDOTE - Zero Mentality (Antidote)
THE MOB - Doctor Butcher (Mob Style)
RAD - Banned in Citurs Heights (Sacramento)
DOUBLE-O - Putting DC on the Map (R&B)
NO LABELS - Not for me (Fartblossom)

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - Subliminal (Frontier)

MRR Review - Hassler "Fed, Worked and Watered" LP

The Hassler full length was just reviewed in the March 2015 issue of MRR (#382)

Radio - Sunday, February 15th, 2015

Today is the 50th anniversary for the unveiling of the Maple Leaf as Canada's flag. So to honour the day we thought we would play bands from Canada with songs about national identity, Canadian icons, and insight into their hometowns, which give the microcosm look at Canada. We pulled songs by region so starting with our hometown here is a punk look at Canada.

RANDOM KILLING - Take our flag (Aardvark)

Toronto
MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS - Suburban dream (Virgin)
THE VILETONES - C.O.N.T.R.O.L. (Other Peoples Music)
THE POLES - CN Tower(Nimbus)
YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Why pay more (NRK)
APB - Living in the USA - Better Red than Dead (Unreleased)
HYPE - O'Canada (Reuben Kincade)
CAREER SUICIDE - Quarantined (Deranged)
SCHOOL JERKS - Slums of the future (Bad Vibrations)
URBAN BLIGHT - Toxic City (Slasher)
ABSOLUT - Neo Fuckers (Electric Assault)
HASSLER - Pig Pen II (Deranged)

Montreal
GENETIC CONTROL - Brave New World (Generic)
NILS - Scratches and Needles (BYO)
S.C.U.M. - Exit Death (Psyche)
SISSY HAVOC - Spectator Sports (Mentaka)
SLOBS - Write Offs (Self-Released)

222's - Lowlife (Sonik's Chicken Shrimp)
THE DISCORDS - R.C.M.P (N.D.G.)
ASEXUALS - New World (Og)
BORN DEAD ICONS - Ceremony (Dead Alive)

Hamilton
FORGOTTEN REBELS - National unity (Unreleased)
CHOKEHOLD - Culture Cease (G.A.S. Religion)
LEFT FOR DEAD - A nice place to Raise Children (No Idea)
BORN WRONG - True Patriot Love (Schizophrenic)

Fredericton / Ottawa
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH - Face the nation (Self-Released)
GUILT PARADE - Fuck off America (Self-Released)
BUREAUCRATS - She's an American (Self-Released)
RED SQUARES - Ottawa Today (Double Helix)

Winnipeg
POPULAR MECHANIX - Ice Box City (Dollartone)
UNWANTED - Gotta get out (BYO)
STRETCH MARKS - Who's in charge (Head Butt)
ROYAL RED BRIGADE - Search The City (Harvest King)

Edmonton / Calgary
SNFU - Thee Maul that eats Peeple (Cargo)
CURIOUS GEORGE - Canadian National Front (Nemesis)
NO PROBLEM - Living in the void (Debt Offensive)
KNUCKLEHEAD - North of the 54 (Stumble)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Bomb the Stampede (Handsome Dan)

Vancouver / Victoria
SUBHUMANS - Oh Canaduh (Self-Released)
DOA - Royal Police (Sudden Death)
DEATH SENTENCE - R.C.M.P. (Self-Released)
THE EVAPORATORS - Gassy Jack (Mint)
FROSTBACKS - Kill the Prime Minister of America (Self-Released)
INFAMOUS SCIENTISTS - Canada's Pissed (Alandhiscar)

Radio - Sunday, February 8th, 2015

Here is the show for Sunday, February 8th, 2015. We start out with an ode to the weather by Boston's Baja Blitz which sums how we feel about the non-stop snowstorms as of late. We start out with ripping new hardcore. Download the show here.

BAJA BLITZ - (Intro) Hibernation (Self-Released)

GAS RAG - On The Beach (Even Worse)
AJAX - Escape (Katorga Works)
HASSLER - Identity theft (Deranged)
BOSTON STRANGLER - Fire (Self-Released)
SLUMS OF THE FUTURE - Space prison (Compressed Thought)

Tonight's show also sees Rob returning to the co-host deck with material that reflects his recent trip to L.A.

X - Riding with Mary (Elektra)
WEIRDOS - Solitary Confinement (Frontier)
TEENGENERATE - Six and Change (Crypt)
THEE MILKSHAKES - Don't Destroy Me (Pink Dust)
THE NERVES - Walking Out on Love (Alive / Bomp)

AMERICAN HATE - Social Exposure (Not Normal Tapes)
CULTURE SHOCK - Lone Wolves (Self-Released)
DIRTY WORK - Stepped In It (Self-Released)
FARANG - Ear of the Bull (Self-Released)
FAMILY OUTING - Psychic Leech (Self-Released)
BIG CRUX - Warship (Self-Released)

CIRCLE JERKS - Behind the Door (Frontier)
CHEIFS - Eddie's Revenge (Hate)
THE CRAMPS - I can't find my mind (IRS)
THE PULSATING HEARTBEATS - Talkin' about you (Crypt)

WOUNDED KNEE - DIY (Spook)
GROSS - My Cool Friends (Self-Released)
GOMS - Frost Bite (Self-Released)
CAVE STATE - Self Extinct (To Live a Lie)
IRON LUNG - Strap (Iron Lung)
GETS WORSE - Boring Legend (Dead Heroes)
COLUMN OF HEAVEN - A Modern Day Sodom (SPHC)

IMPALERS - Acousmetre (Can O' Bees)
ABSOLUT - Noose (D'takt & Rapunk)
ASESINATO DEL PODER - Tortura y Crimenes de Guerra (Infeccion Sonnica)
USELESS CUNTS - Uhrit (Rapina / Hakaniemi / Bad Hair for Life)
BATTESCARD - Zeke (Self-Released)
JACKALS - No Solution (Hardware)
SUBSISTENCH - Blvd. Rene Levesque (Swollen City)

BÖRN - Þú skuldar mér að vera sexý (Self-Released)
COSMIC TOILET - Star Stuff (Low Earth Orbit)
FACE THE RAIL - Live & Try (Katorga Works)
PURA MANIA - Tus ojos (CV)
PORKERIA - Sudor (540)

FRAU - High Heels (Self-Released)
GLAMOUR GIRLS - Unhealthy (More Power Tapes)
GENERACION SUICIDA - Rechazados Por (Going Underground)
DESPERFECTO - Fracaso (Polze de la Mort)
FASTIC - Facebook Addict (Polze de la Mort)

SPINE - Hall of Death (Self-Released)
PRESKOOL DROPOUTS - Dropout (Twerp)
2X4 - The Law is Theirs (Self-Released)
INMATES - Sushi 39.6 (Painkiller)
BLACKHOLE - Wolves in Pig's Clothing (Or Block)

Tonight's demo feature is a new band from Toronto that will be recording in Studio 3 on Tuesday. here is their first demo which you can download at http://brauer.bandcamp.com/album/five-songs.

BRAUER - Lesley Gore (Self-Released)
BRAUER - New Disguise (Self-Released)
BRAUER - Prison Sushi (Self-Released)
BRAUER - Castlerock (Self-Released)
BRAUER - Hot Seat (Empire) (Self-Released)
BRAUER - Iron-On (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, December 28, 2014

This is the last Sunday of the year so we put together a year in review show. We started off with something that just fell outside of the top 10 Canadian releases. But you can listen to the show above or download an MP3 here.

SNOB - Exploit Me (Hardware)

Stephe's Top Canadian releases in 2014
10. KOSZMAR - Zycie W Grobie (Charged Distorted / Rust and Machine)
9. VALLEY BOYS - Copscker (Ugly Pop)
8. ABSOLUT - Tiring Planet (Trabuc)
7. BORN WRONG - Catholic Stare (Schizophrenic)
6. HASSLER - Snowbound (Deranged)
5.5. PICK YOUR SIDE - Your Elected leaders (Deep Six)
5. HAYMAKER - Shit Magnet (a389)
4. ACOUSMA - Civilized Cycle (High Fashion Industries)
3. THE REBEL SPELL - All This Costs (Rebel Time)
2. NO PROBLEM - After the Crash (Deranged)
1. S.H.I.T. - Masochism (Iron Lung)

Rob's Top 10 for 2014
10. Crime Wave - Liberace's Pearls (Agrowax)
9. Gas Rag - Annihilation (Way Back When / Even Worse)
8. Stiff Little Fingers - My Dark Places (Rigid Digits)
7. X - Batman (Ugly Pop)
6. Neo Punkz - Green Devil (Lveum Discos)
5. Real Kids - Shake Outta Control (Ugly Pop)
4. Johnny Thunders - Can't Keep My Eyes On You
3. Jawbreaker - Jinx Removing (Blackball)
2. Legendary Wings - Fatuous (Dirtnap)
1. The Number Ones - Sharon Shouldn't (Static Shock)

Stephe's Top New Bands of 2014
10. SUICIDAS - Contra el suelo de hormigon (No Nostalgia)
9. MERCY KILLINGS - False Control (Beach Impediment)
8. KOMPLOTT - Logiche Del Potere (Complotto Autoproduzioni)
7. ACCIDENTE - Juntos ellos y ellas (Halo of Flies)
6. WARTHOG - Rites (Katorga Works)
5. OBLITERATION - Cover Up (Beach Impediment Records)
4. DEMANDS - No Lifeboats (Self-Released)
3. DAMAGED HEAD - Tunnel Vision (Man in Decline / Adult Crash)
2. RUZ "Drug Cult" flexi ep - Think (Lampy)
1. GAS RAG - Chernobyl (Even Worse)

Rob's Top 10 Canadian releases for 2014
10. S.H.I.T. - Nobody Knows Anything (Iron Lung)
9. Strange Attractor - I Need To Kill My Neighbours (Mammoth Cave)
8. Teenanger - Sky Saxon (Telephone Explosion)
7. Feral Trash - P.A.R.A.N.O.I.D. (Dirt Cult/Mammoth Cave)
6. Steve Adamyk Band - Crash Course in Therapy (Dirtnap)
5. Hassler - Never Gonna Stop (Deranged)
4. Needles // Pins - What's His Face (Dirt Cult/Erste Theke Tonträger)
3. Average Times - Summer Nights (Hosehead)
2. Proxy - Slow Suicide (Ugly Pop)
1. TV Freaks - Leeches (Hosehead)

Stephe's Top 10 demos for 2014
10. STERILE MIND - N.B.T. (Self-Released)
9. PISS PISS PISS - Pissless // No Piss (Sacred Plague)
8. FAILED STATES - Domestic Terror (Self-Released)
7. NUCLEAR AGE - Look Around (Self-Released)
6. GILLOOLY - Lingering Debris (No More Tapes)
5. RASH - Rain Dogs (Self-Released)
4. NERVVRAK - Pa-ra-ra-ra-noid (Self-Released)
3. FEEL NOTHING - No Faith (Self-Released)
2. CHAIN RANK - Point and Accuse (Self-Released)
1. DEATH INJECTION Demo - Carry The Torch (Self-Released)

Tonight's demo feature is a band from New York that has a Phillipino background. They are called Namatay sa Ingan and were reviewed in the December issue of MRR. I was able to find their demo up on bandcamp at http://namataysaingay.bandcamp.com/.

NAMATAY SA INGAN - The Few (Self-Released)
NAMATAY SA INGAN - Kaibigan (Self-Released)
NAMATAY SA INGAN - From rags to riches to rags (Self-Released)
NAMATAY SA INGAN - Sound of the Slums (Self-Released)
NAMATAY SA INGAN - Dismemory (Self-Released)
NAMATAY SA INGAN - Madaring sabihin, mhirap gawin (Self-Released)

Flyer - Saturday, November 22nd, 2014

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22nd @ Hard Luck, 7:00PM
FORWARD (from Japan)
HOAX
CAREER SUICIDE
DIE
LONG KNIFE
CHAIN RANK
CONSTANT FEAR
HASSLER