Radio : EXD 1257 - Sunday June 25, 2023

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On this episode we started with the Go-Go’s because Berlinda Carlisle has a new album out and she did a great interview on Q this week. Check it out. Pride really kicks off this weekend so we have another set of pride punk. We have a feature interview with Blue Oil who were an all woman punk band from Montreal in the early 80’s. Andre will be looking at Tied Down fest in Detroit and this will be a two part series, so he is focusing on Day 1 of the fest. Day 2 next week. We have a couple of new releases sets by Rob and Chris. And Andre has sourced tonight’s demo feature which is a local band named Fertilizer. 

GO-GOs - The Whole World Lost Its Head (IRS)

LGBTQIA2S+ punk 

CLUTTERED - Give Me (Self-released)  

PANSY DIVISION & TRÉ COOL - Can't Make Love (Ark 21 Records)  

TRIBE 8 - People Hate Me (Alternative Tentacles) 

PROM NITE - Eternity of Man (Self-Released) 

MIDDLE-AGED QUEERS - Gary's Making Biscuits (Self-Released) 

NFA QUEER PUNX - Try It, Riot! (Self-Released)

New Releases (Rob)
SWEEPING PROMISES - Eraser (Feel It)

SILICONE PRAIRIE - Serpant in the Grass (Feel It)

RANDOM KILLING - Genocide (A Future Denied) (Cursed Blessings)

DIABLOGATO - Damnation (Rum Bar)

POW WOWS - Going Dark (Get Hip)

New Releases (Chris) 

DESICCATE - Warden (Unreleased)  

HARÉN - Frakaso (Uterzine / El Lokal)  

DOGMA - Disarm Or Die (Grow Your Own) 

DICED - What Will You Do? (Self-released)  

SWORDWIELDER - Beneath A Blood Red Sky (Wielding Metal Massacre / Profane Existence)  

Blue Oil interview 

Blue Oil was an all women punk band from Montreal in the post punk vein. They released their own single called “Money” in 1982. They played a lot around the province of Quebec. And they have a full length collection that has just come our collecting a number of recordings. We are going to start off with one of those previously unreleased tracks which addresses urban congestion. This is a track called Sardine City. 

BLUE OIL - Sardine City (Supreme Echo) 

BLUE OIL - Interview (CIUT) 

BLUE OIL - Money (Supreme Echo) 

BLUE OIL - Interview (CIUT) 

BLUE OIL - Producer (Supreme Echo) 

Best of Tied Down Fest (Andre)

NEGATIVE APPROACH - Tied Down (Touch and Go)

D BLOC - The Fixer (Self-Released) 

GAG - London Fog (Iron Lung) 

PAIN OF TRUTH - Actin’ Up (Daze) 

GOD’S HATE - Violence Unlimited (Closed Casket Activities) 

GORILLA BISCUITS - Hold Your Ground (Revelation) 

Demo Feature (André) 

FERTILIZER are from Toronto, have a couple of shows coming up. 

FERTILIZER - Rot on the Vine (Self-Released) 

FERTILIZER - Shadows Behind the Curtain (Self-Released) 

FERTILIZER - Nature’s Favourite Creature (Self-Released) 

FERTILIZER - I (Self-Released) 

FERTILIZER - Folded In Half-Man(Self-Released) 

J.F.A. - Blood on my Board (DJ Jams)

Radio - Sunday, February 12th, 2017

Here is tonight's show starting out with a pop cultural reference in honour of the Grammies that loads of Canucks are boycotting. Download this show here. Fuck the Grammies.

THE CHORE BOYS - Miley Cyrus (Self-Released)

DEATH VACATION - Hollow Victory (Serenity Now)
CRYSTAL METHODIST – Fairweather (Wide Eyed Noise)
NATIONS ON FIRE – 4 More Reasons (Refuse)
BOMBARDEMENT - Nuclear Sentence (Self-Released)
CAST TO WOLVES - Pitäkää kiinni (Self-Released)
BRAINSHIT - N.M.S. (Kydiomos)

BLONDIE - Rip Her to Shreds (Chrysalis)
ELECTRIC CALLUS – Kill Me Two Times (Soul Jazz)
THE IDOLS – Girl That I Love (Numero Group)
ANTI-VIBES – Drink Some Bleach (Self-Released)
THE MODERNETTES – Suicide Club (Quintessence)
LARRY WALLIS – Police Car (Stiff)

THE ROUTES – Thousand Forgotten Dreams (Dirty Water)
THE OBLIVIANS – Call the Police (In the Red)
THE TIGHTS – Howard Hughes (Cherry Red)
THE PANDORAS – High on a Cloud (Voxx)
POW WOWS – Her Doctor (Hidden Volume)
DICKS – No Fuckin’ War (Alternative Tentacles)

BALANCE - Innocence is Bliss (Never Better)
BITTER TASTE - Political Season (Self-Released)
SEVERE – Distorted Views (Toxic Mosh)
KRIMINAL - Judgmental Pricks (Self-Released) - Berlin
WOUND MAN - CB100 (Iron Lung)
DESGRACIADOS – Desgraciados (Mind Control / Life Sucker)
BUTRON - Asesinos (Allau) (Los Crudos Cover)

BRUTAL YOUTH - II. Anger (Stomp)
VEENA NAROBOV - Болезнь – Disease (Self-Released)
VOWELS - Dxwn Xnd Xxt (Refuse)
OMEGAS – The Glimpse (Beach Impediment)
VENOMSPITTER - Woodrow Wilson was Human Scum that Resurrected the KKK (Coin Toss)
CAR 87 – Smash – Vancouver (Self-Released)
KNIFE HITS – Descent (Give Praise / Dead Tank)

THE BITY - Sid Vicious (Self-Released)
THE SENSITIVES - Violation (State Of Fear)
BLANK WHEN ZERO - Herz and Gefühl (Keep It a Secret)
SNFU – Crude Crude City (Cruzar)
CROOKED JACKS – 5 or 6 (Self-Released)
THE DAMAGED - King of the Working Class (Self-Released)
CHARTBUSTERS - Portland Belongs To Us (Self-Released)
INFESTED - Drop Bush Not Bombs (Self-Released)

ANIMAL ETHICS are form Montreal and released a cassette titled “Human Riots” in 2014. You can find the recording on bandcamp. This is only a sampling. Check out the whole thing on bandcamp.

ANIMAL ETHICS – Give In (Ajax Cassette Company)
ANIMAL ETHICS – Ritual Sacrifice (Ajax Cassette Company)
ANIMAL ETHICS – Riots (Ajax Cassette Company)

Radio - Sunday, February 7th, 2016

The show cuts off the Bourbon DK cover of the Beastie Boys song "Girls" which they changed into "Beers." This week, we look at music inspired by Black music. So let's punk up with a set of punk that borrows from funk, ska, and reggae... Here is an MP3 of the show.

INNOCENT VICARS - Funky Town (No Brain)
THE SLITS - In The Beginning (Bitter Fruit)
PANKTRI - Zelenye Berega Peysažov-Ljubica (Jugoton)
BIG BROTHER - The Labyrinth (Unknown)
THE POLICE - The Bed’s Too Big Without You (IRS)
THE XPOZEZ - 1000 Marching Feet (Red Rhino)

POW WOWS – Traces (Get Hip)
LIGHTMARES – These trying Times (Self-Released)
THE NAMEDROPPERS – Invisible Hands (Self-Released)
RED MASS – KDDVR (Slovenly)
MIDNITE SNAXX – You Kill Me (Goner)

This is a set of material that came out in January but could be considered runners up in the top 10 list. 

SONIC ORDER - Common Thread (Self-Released)
THE BRISTLES - Men's Global War on Women (Gendercide) (Heptown / Civilization / Pike)
DANGER– No More and Never Again (Self-Released)
FLQ - Culture of Infants (Bad Vibrations)
KOMMUNION– SA (Self-Released)
VIAL - You’re Not Safe (Cut Rate)
E.A.T.E.R. – Statement (Ernst)
THE VERMINS– Nina is a Nazi (Self-Released)
DIAT – Schadenfreude (Iron Lung)
NITE SCHOOL – Night (Saucepan)
VANILLA POPPERS – Rock Bottom (Self-Released)
CHEAPWIG – Not Gonna (Self-Released)
FRAU – Mira (Self-Released)

BISHOPS GREEN – Can’t Walk Away (Rebellion)
INFA RIOT – Kids in the 80’s (Secret)
THE PARTISANS – Blind Ambition (Cloak & Dagger)
SLAPSHOT – Chip on my Shoulder (Taang!)

Here is my top 10 for January 2016
10. OUTREAU – No Justice (Une Vie pour Rien)
9. PATSY - Tuley Tude High (Self-Released)
8. NAPALM RAID – Nothing Solved (Rust and Machine)
7. BALLOT BURNER - Dirt Merchants (Harvest King)
6. DRIP – Detonate (Self-Released)
5. MUCOPUS – Asturias (Self-Released)
4. DOA - Not Gonna Take Your Crap No More (Sudden Death)
3. GERIATRIC UNIT – Pimple (Viral Age / Crew for Life)
2. DRONEZ - Killed By Police (Ryvvolte)
1. CINDERBLOCK – Blood on my Boots (Self-Released)

VIDA - Quality Control (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday January 3rd, 2016

The First show of the New Year. We started  with a request from my brother.... You can download an MP3 of the show here.

NOMEANSNO - Slowly Melting (Alternative Tentacles)

Rob's Top 10 Canadian releases from 2015
10. KING KHAN AND BBQ SHOW - When Will I Be Tamed (In the Red)
9. POW WOWS – Rebel Stomp (Get Hip)
8. BISHOPS GREEN – Another Door (Rebellion)
7. TV FREAKS – Act of Contrition (Deranged)
6. LIGHTMARES – Everything Ave. (CIUT)
5. D.O.A. - Johnny Too Bad (Sudden Death)
4. SAGO – The Throwaway (Self-Released)
3. FASHIONISM – Where Have all the Rock'n'Roll Girls Gone (Hosehead)
2. ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION – Charms (Seminal)
1. THE MANDATES – Katie, Katie, Katie (Hosehead / Taken by Surprise / Teenage Rampage)

Ian Wilkinson, the sound engineer behind our famed Studio 3 sessions put together a retrospective of sessions recorded at the old studio and the new studio. We look back at some of the amazing and unique recordings done at CIUT. First, some sessions at the old studio:

THE RESTARTS – Intelligent Design (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS – I Wanna Be A Cop So I Can Fuck You Up (CIUT)
MAD COWBOYS – Footsteps (CIUT)
HAPPY ACCIDENTS – Red Letter D (CIUT)
END PROGRAM – T he New Americas / Vice vs. / Criminal (CIUT)

These sessions were recorded at the current location:

VICTIM PARTY – 100 Assholes (CIUT)
UNBELIEVERS – I Don't Like You (CIUT)
THE STRIKE – What You Gonna Do? (CIUT)
REZENTMENTS – Anxiety (CIUT)
THE REBEL SPELL – Can't Fool Me (CIUT)

We ended with a demo by a band from Windsor that just recorded here called Uncle Ray. You can download the demo at their bandcamp.

UNCLE RAY – Lung Power (Self-Released)
UNCLE RAY – Malfunction (Self-Released)
UNCLE RAY – Tough Guy (Self-Released)

Flyer - Saturday, November 14th, 2015