Radio - Sunday, April 13th, 2014

CIUT's transmitter stopped working last week. We have been operating off a temporary transmitter. The funding drive is all about raising twice as much money so that we can buy a new transmitter and have it installed. The theme for the campaign continues with "Sound of the City" but I reinterpreted it to be "Sound in our city" so that we could focus on some of the upcoming shows coming to town one of whic is the Stage Bottles next Saturday. This anti-fascist oi band has a great song called "Work Together" that rallies people together for a common cause and right now that is with getting CIUT back on air. You can donate by going to http://www.ciut.fm/about/donate-today/.

STAGE BOTTLES - Work Together (Insurgence)

Ewan at Embrace Productions programmed a punk show with us when we were back at CHRY. He knows the important roles that campus community radio plays. He also knows the challenges of fundraising and has offered up five pair of tickets for the Reagan Youth / Dayglos show on May 16th of the Upstarts show on May 31st. We still have some tickets to give away for this so if you make a donation to CIUT and want a pair of tickets to one of these two shows send me an e-mail at equalizingxdistort@gmail.com.

ANGELIC UPSTARTS - Kids On The Street (Dojo)
REAGAN YOUTH - usa (New Red Archives)

DAYGLO ABORTIONS - Kill the Hosers / Religious Bumfucks (Fringe)

Lots of people have helped out with this current drive. Alex, the drummer from the Sofistifucks, and his friend Nick came in last night to helop answer phones and come in on-air with updates on the phone room activity. We played something new from the Sofistifucks.

THE SOFISTIFUCKS - Memento Mori (Self-Released)
THE BUREAUCRATS - Grown Up Age (Ugly Pop)

Aldo from Punks and Rockers films all of the studio 3 sessions. He also edits them together and has started putting together limited edition DVDs of these sessions. For this drive he has put together a 2012 DVD which features footage of Pick Your Side, Hassler, Direct Approach, The Groggies, Careers In Science, TV Freaks, Wrong Generation, Born Wrong, Demolition, Violent Future, Kremlin, Suicide Dates, and Sids Kids which had Chris Hate from the Viletones, Mickey Skin from the Curse, Barrie Farrel from the Existers, Zero from ZRo4, and Fergus Hamilton from the Basics. He also created a 2013 DVD with footage from Abyss, Valley Boys, Anti-Vibes, Wastoids, Snake Charmer, Sluts On 45, Dead Mouth, Smooth Brain, Purity Control, Absolut, and S.H.I.T. if you make a $25 donation to CIUT you can have one of these or both for $50. E-mail me at equalizingxdistort@gmail.com with your name and address once you have made a donation. Then we played some bands on those DVDs. 

BORN WRONG - Destroying The Family (Schizoprhenic)
S.H.I.T. - Mind Fuck (Self-Released)
NERVOUS TALK - Introductions (Mammoth Cave)

Greg Dick, a long time advocate of the show, donated to our show and to Real Cool Time radio and we pointed out that you could ledge to more than one show as a way of demonstrating support for more than one show. This drive is fundamentally different in that we are raising money together to pay for a transmitter. We are all in this dire senario of having a compromised transmission until we can get that fixed. Help us be heard by donating at http://www.ciut.fm/about/donate-today/.

CAREER SUICIDE - Brought to the Brink (Deranged)
STRANGE ATTRACTOR - Litty oh Litty (Red Lounge)

CIUT is one of few independent voices left on air. Many media outlets have found themselves muzzled or compromised with what they can say about the lawyer. We express the frustration of what it is like to a Mayor that can't make it in to work most days creating dysfunction from the top down. Ugly Pop is throwing a This ain't the Ford fest with this song by Shit From Hell being released. Support independent voices on the radio.

SHIT FROM HELL - Mayor on Crack (Ugly Pop)
STIV BATORS DEAD BOYS - Son of Sam (Ugly Pop)

TV FREAKS played a benefit show organzied by the Suicide Dates  a few drives back. They have a new album. The show has the unique ability to record bands live in a Peel Sessions like setting. Please support these cool forms of documentation of the local scene by giving to CIUT so we can broadcast again.

TV FREAKS - Phone / Salvation (Schizophrenic)
VALLEY BOYS - Feel Like Shit (Self-Released)
VCR - One Trick Dog (CIUT)

The federal government has gutted the Ministry of Environment to bury the evidence of climate change. Meanwhile punk tells the story on things like air quality. Recently the feds have cut funding to the CBC as a way of getting rid of more adverse coverage of their resource extration policies. Stay informed by keeping CIUT on the air.

NO PROBLEM - Suffocate City (Deranged)
SNAKEPIT - Hogtown Blues (Self-Released)
URBAN BLIGHT - Toxic City (Slasher)

AVERAGE TIMES - Kraken (Hosehead / P Trash)
THE REZENTMENTS - Yer Whats Wrong (CIUT)

LIME SPIDERS - Slave Girl (Citadel)
KING KHAN AND THE BBQ SHOW - Tastebuds (In the Red)

THE FIRST STEPS - Airplay (English Gose)
THE DIODES - Tired of Waking Up tired (CBS)

Each week we feature a demo on the show. Kremlin's last demo and Snob from Vancouver were two great examples to be featured on the show. Keep this ear to the ground programming on the FM band by donating at http://www.ciut.fm/about/donate-today/. Our show is over but the drive for a transmitter continues.

KREMLIN - Sun Never Sets (Self-Released)
SNOB - Nature (Self-Released)

ADOLESCENTS - Amoeba (Frontier)

Thank you so far to Ed at FTFC clothing, Jamie from the Rezentments / Artificial Dissemination, Chris, Dave, Lisa, Rubber Factory Records, Greg, Nicole, Amon, Yuki, Daragh, Aldo, and Leah for donating so far.

For any band making a donation of $25 or more Noxious Art has offered t do a design for a flyer. We have put up some artwork of his in the past. Find the tag on the right hand side to filter his artwok for an idea of his style.

Radio - Sunday, October 27th, 2013

Tonight was our fundraising show for CIUT. We decided to take the theme, Sound of your city, literally and program an entire show of Toronto punk and hardcore bands that span the generations of the scene. You can hear the show on the player above or download an MP3 file of the show here. Thanks to all of those who donated to help the station make a dent in the unforeseen expenses that have plagued the station over the past six months. This will help us bring a better sounding broadcast in the future.

S.H.I.T. - Feeding Time (Self-Released)

KREMLIN - Old Man (Hardware)
SNAKEPIT - Hogtown Blues (Self-Released)
DEAD MOUTH - Hipster Holocaust Been Years and Years (Self-Released)

REPROBATES - Abandoned City (No Way)
SCHOOL JERKS - Slums of the Future (Bad Vibrations / Grave Mistake)
TOTAL TRASH - No York (Self-Released)

URBAN BLIGHT - Cut Back (Slasher)
VIOLENT FUTURE - Government Takeover (Painkiller)
WASTOIDS - My Toronto (Self-Released)

DIRECT APPROACH - Unaffordable (Self-Released)
HASSLER - Pig Pen (Schizophrenic)
ABSOLUT - Neofuckers (CIUT)

YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Louie Louie / Part Time Punks (Fringe)
THE YOUNG LIONS - Shithole (NRK)
CHRONIC SUBMISSION - Four Points (NRK)

HOCKEY TEETH - Not so long ago
MARILYN'S VITAMINS - Ernst Zundell, Voltaire and Me (Underground Operations)

THE CURSE - Shoeshine Boy (Other People's Music)
TYRANNA - Toronna Boys (Rave Up)
THE POLES - CN Tower (Self-Released)

SLUTS ON 45 - Waltz Me Dirty (Self-Released)
SKULLIANS - 416 / Doomsville (Self-Released)
CAREER SUICIDE - Quarantined (Deranged)

THE FALLOUT - Robin Hood (Red Menace)
THE DELINQUINTS - Wicked City (Self-Released)
CRASH KILLS 5 - What do you do at night? (Ugly Pop)

BURNING LOVE - Pig City (Southern Lord)
KREMLIN - No Choice (Self-Released)
JOEY'S ARMAGEDDON - Queen and Peter (Self-Released)

CEREBRAL SCRUB - Fucks Shit Up (Self-Released)
BIRD DEATH - Chest Pain Blues (Self-Released)
SPEARHEAD - Nazi Space (Self-Released)
LIGHTNING FOR LEGS - Me (Self-Released)
VCR - Dirty Girl / City Boy (Self-Released)

RIOT99 - Destroy the City

Radio - Sunday November 18th, 2012

This is Equalizing-X-Distort, the two hour hardcore punk show from Toronto that broadcasts live on CIUT 89.5FM every Sunday night. This is the program for Sunday November 18th, 2012 in which we played the likes of Gang of Four, the Real Kids, the Spits, Adrenalin O.D., Motorhead, the Crumbsuckers, the Ramones, and so many others. The demo feature is Word on the Street who are from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Click here to download the file. 

HOAX - Skills or Death (Self-Released)

BILL BONDSMEN - Things Fall Apart (Self-Released)
VALSE TRIST - Takuukorjaus (Kamaset Levtt / Roku / Popo's Bistro)
NOMEANSNO - Wake Up (Ant Acid Audio)
GANG OF FOUR - At home he feels like a tourist (Strange Fruit)
CAREERS IN SCIENCE - Rockets! (Self-Released)
TEENANGER - Bank Account (Telephone Explosion)

DEKODER - Like Men (Self-Released)
VAPID - Take a walk, baby (Nominal / Deranged)
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY - Blue Cage (Residue)
PUNK LOREX - Liittoudutaan (Kamaset Levtt)
SUICIDAS - Hoy No (Kamaset Levtt)

WRECKLESS ERIC - Whole Wide World (Rhino)
REAL KIDS - All Kindsa Girls (Norton)
NO BUNNY - Boneyard (1234 Go)
SONIC AVENGERS - Television Youth (Dirtnap)
SPITS - Life of Crime (Thrift Store)

ADRENALIN O.D. - A.O.D. vs. Son of Godzilla (Buy our records)
MOTORHEAD - Ain't my crime (GWR)
CRUMBSUCKERS - Bullshit society (Combat)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Bad Choice (High Anxiety)
VINCAS - Black Mountain (Douche Master)

RAYDIOS - Bad Signal (Self-Released)
SLOBS - Chronic Disease (Self-Released)
KREMLIN - Duped (Self-Released)
CRUTCHES - Shit Storm (Self-Released)
SNAKEPIT - Collapse (Self-Released)

RAMONES - Judy is a Punk (Norton)
MONO MEN - Boss (Estrus)
THEE MIGHTY CAESARS - Action Time Vision (Hangman)
CRAMPS - Cornfed Dames (Big Beat)
UNNATURAL AXE - The Creeper (Redrum)

ZYANOSE - Envy (Nose Noise)
EVIL ARMY - Severe Metal Disorder (Get revenge)
MONDO GEKO - Secret Sector (Hit Time)
INSULT - We don't give a fuck (Balouski)
COPS - Water Polo Massacre (Self-Released)
GEORGE HARRISON - Maho dickhead fuckin' pig
CYBORG - Past Denier (Self-Released)
CONVERGE - Trespasses (Deathwish Inc)
BLACK AGE - Apathy (Self-Released)
HAIL OF RAGE - the feeling is mutual (Anomie)
HATE UNIT - Old school or no school (Thrash 'n Burn)
SOME CHICKEN - Blood on the wall (Damaged goods)
OLD FEARS - Bertolome de la Casas (Self-Released)
NERV - inside out (Self-Released)
HEKTOMBE - Sobras (Indmita)
JUST DIE - Nothing Personal (Self Aware)

Demo Feature
WORD ON THE STREET - Rise to the Challenge  (Crackin Up / Blank Stare)
WORD ON THE STREET - Cut to the Chase  (Crackin Up / Blank Stare)
WORD ON THE STREET - H.R.M. Mayhem  (Crackin Up / Blank Stare)
WORD ON THE STREET - Steppin' out of line  (Crackin Up / Blank Stare)
WORD ON THE STREET - Freedom of choice  (Crackin Up / Blank Stare)
WORD ON THE STREET - Round of Applause  (Crackin Up / Blank Stare)

Radio - Sunday January 1st, 2012

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FROSTBACKS – American Invasion (True North Records)


Stephe's Top 10 Canadian punk releases for 2011
THE REBEL SPELL– Uncontrollable (Rebel Time)
KNUCKLEHEAD – Rock, Rhythm and Boots (Stumble)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS – I Hate Chores (Deranged)
HAZARDOUS WASTE – Jock Rock (Schizophrenic)
RAPID LOSS - Complete Wreck (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE – Fucking Hesitation (Self-Released)
NO PROBLEM – Wish you were here (Deranged)
WEAK LINK demo – Last Rung (Self-Released)
TOTAL WAR demo – Total War (Self Released)
PICK YOUR SIDE ep – Help Me Forget (A389)


Rob's Top 10 Canadian punk releases for 2011
SCHOOL JERKS - Ready to Die (Cowabunga)
SNAKEPIT - Frat Bopy Holocaust (No Contracts Jusrt Friends)
TEENANGER - Wasted (Self-Released)
MATURE SITUATIONS - Yoga Predator (High Anxiety)
SLOBS - Weapos Free (Cowabunga)
B-LINES - Psychedlic High School (Deranged / Nominal)
STRANGE ATTRACTOR - Decapitate me baby (Red Lounge)
TV FREAKS - Casual Encounters (Self-Released)
KREMLIN - No Work (Self-Released)
VACANT STATE - So Sick (Deranged)


D'Arcy's Top 5 Canadian punk releases for 2011
TRUNCHEONS - Killing Fields (Self-Released)
TOTAL WAR - They lead and we follow (Self-Released)
DEKODER - Hate song (Self-Released)
OMEGAS - Blasts of Lunacy (Deranged)
PREGNANCY SCARES - Don't Try (Self-Released)


Stephe's favoruite hardcore releases of 2011
LOW THREAT PROFILE “Product #2” LP – My Only Friends (Deep Six / Draw Blank)
VILE NATION “Tight Leash” ep – No War No Future (Even Worse / Way Back When)
SYSTEMATIC DEATH “Systema-8” ep – Sakitchodakedemo (Way Back When / Even Worse)
NUCLEAR CULT “Better Nightmares” ep – Der Mast (Warm Bath)
LIEUTENANT LP – Wake up Dumb (Peterwalkee / Warm Bath / Art of the Underground)
RUIDOSA INMUNDICIA “Huellas de odio” ep – Contaminados (Heart First)
REPROACH “The Bitter End” LP – Is This It? (Deep Six)
POISON PLANET “Undermine” ep – Bible Stories (Third Party)
SOCIAL CIRCKLE “Expiration Date” ep – Up the Ladder (Side Two)
WHOLE IN THE HEAD “Them and Us” ep – Fight Prejudice (Warm Bath / Dogdown / Zandor / Tadpole / Active Rebellion / Opiate)


Rob's favoruite hardcore releases of 2011
SPITS - Beat You Up (In the Red)
CRAMPS - I was a teenage werewolf (Moonlight)
CHIEFS - Eddie's Revenge (Dr. Strange)
HUNX AND THE PUNX - He's Coming Back (Hardly Art)
PUFFY AREOLAS - Gentlemen's grip (Hozac)
BROWN SUGAR - Brown Eyed Girl / Copper Helicopter (Feral Kid)
HEAVY TIMES - Let it Die (Hozac)
COLA FREAKS - Sniper (Hjernespind)
WAX IDOLS - Hotel Room (Hozac)
CULO - Military Trend (Self-Released)


D'Arcy's favoruite hardcore releases of 2011
DEATHRATS -Please (To Live a Lie)
CLEANSING WAVE - Collect Your Dirt (Katorga Works)
DEATH TOKEN - Al dreams are nightmares (Adult Crash)
NITAD - Ingen Chens (Adult Crash)
HUBRIS - Former (Self-Released)
NO STATIK - We all die in the end (Prank)
RALPH - I Can't Breathe (Self-Released)


NEGATIVE LIFESTYLE “Panic” ep – New Solutions (Deranged)
PSUDOKU “Space Grind” LP – BAaang (625 Thrash / Crucificados)
PETTURIN PALKKA “Kaikellaista Harmia” ep – Utopia (Tuska ja Ahdistus)
RAW NERVES “Burnt Skin” ep – Delusions (Inimical)
AVFART 33 – Panik / INSIDIOUS PROCESS – Internal Wars split LP (Halvfabrikat / Undislessed / Aborted Society)

Radio - Sunday October 23, 2011

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CREATIVE ZERO – Brain Dead (Self-Released)


CHRONIC SUBMISSION – Go 4 It / Cops Ain’t Tops (CIUT)
URBAN BLIGHT – Fake Attitudes (CIUT)
TOTAL TRASH – Opiates (CIUT)


BFG - Alcoholiday turned Alcoholocaust (Back Alley)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Too Many Tattoos (Deranged)
SNAKEPIT - Hipsterectomy (Self-Released)


ZRO4 - Downtown Boy (unreleased)
ZRO4 - Poor Poor Girl (unreleased)
ZRO4 - 1040 (unreleased)


MSI - Choke / Infection (Still Thinking)
SNFU – Real Men Don’t Watch Quincy (Self-Released)


BLADSEST WOODS - (Self-Released)
HUNTING PARTY - Straight Shooter (Self-Released)
NEW BRIGADE - Lost Cause (Self-Released)


GIVE - I am Love (Self-Released)
NO POWER - Changing Grip (Self-Released)


HOODED - Ultimate Asshole theme song (Self-Released)
LAST CHAOS - Sex Priest (Self-Released)
JAZZUS - Ewan is the Bastard (Self-Released)


BRUTAL YOUTH - For Pete (CIUT)
MATURE SITUATIONS - Yoga Predator (High Anxiety)
LARM - Nothing For Us


Demo Features
FOOT KLAN - I wish I was kidding (Self-Released)
FOOT KLAN - Liar (Self-Released)
FOOT KLAN - The Feed (Self-Released)
FOOT KLAN - Regret (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, September 11, 2011

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FEARLESS IRANIANS FROM HELL - Decade (Boner)

DIRECT ACTION - Living Dead (Bitzcore)
DAMNABLE EXCITE ZOMBIES! - Pain (Not Very Nice)
LIP CREAM - No No Mercy (Hold-Up)
GAUZE - Wassyoi (XXX)

SCHOOL JERKS - Decline (Cowabunga)

STEELPOLE BATHTUB - Bee Sting (Lookout)
SUBWAY SECT - Ambition (Rough Trade)

WIRE - Dot Dash (Harvest)

RECENSION - ....and Watch out for Christians (625 Productions)
PSUDOKU - Dimensional Warp (625 Productions)
GET DESTROYED - Sort out (625 Productions)
GAZ-66 INTRUSION - She Suffers (625 Productions)
INTERNAL ROT - Purple Rain (625 Productions)
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS - Adult Humour (625 Productions)

RORSCHACH - Hardware (Vermiform)
NO COMMENT - Modern Moses (Noise Patch)
NEANDERTHAL - Fluids (Vermiform)
BORN AGAINST - Resist Control (Vermiform)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Bikini Diet (Deranged)

CHEAP TRAGEDIES - Ain't Dead Yet (Mad at the World)
NAPALM DREAM - Spit in the Wind (Mandible)
NILS - Truce (Profile / Rock Hotel)
HUSKER DU - Somewhere (SST)
RHYTHM PIGS - Marlboro Man (Mordam)

YOUNG PIONEERS - Regrets of the Doublers (Lookout)
CRIMPSHRINE - Pretty Mess (Lookout)
NEW TOWN ANIMALS - Baby, You're the Reason  (Zircon Virile Acxtion)
THE STATICS - Rebel Like Me (Ugly Pop)

BOSTON STRANGLER - Hit and Run (Self-Released)
RAMONES - Loudmouth (Sire)
BROTSKOD 11 - Infor Doden (Self-Released)

PSYCHED TO DIE - OCD Life (Grave Mistake)
ENUF - Face the Music (Self-Released)
MOLESTED YOUTH - Dead world (Deranged)

SNAKEPIT - Snakes never sleep (No Contracts Just Trust)
CONDOMINIUM - Elevators (Self-Released)

DIRECT APPROACH - My Time (Self-Released)

SICK CHARADE - Sick Charade (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Victims (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Lock Up (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Getting Too Much (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Formaldehyde Face (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Fucking Hesitation (Self-Released)
SICK CHARADE - Modern Genocide (Self-Released)

Zine - EXD, Volume 11, Issue 3

This issue was released in late August 2011. The issue features an interview with D'Arcy's most recent band, Snakepit, who released a few records and toured Japan in their sort existence. Henry Martinuk did a retrospective interview with Mark Gane and Martha Johnson of Martha and the Muffins in 2010 looking back at their early punk days. And there is loads of reviews in this issue. Click on the cover to download a PDF of this issue.

Radio - Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

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SCHOOL DAMAGE - Go Home (Self Released)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - 678 Bathurst (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Hangin' with Mr. Carradine (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Let's Get Irresponsible (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Who's the Asshole Now (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - I Wanna Be Wasted (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Pigs in Space (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - See You Next Tuesday (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Stand Right, Walk Left (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Tear You Apart (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - I Can't Get Off (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - Interview (CIUT)
SCHOOL DAMAGE - 63 Hit (CIUT)
JFA - Kick You (Alternative Tentacles)
GARDEN VARIETY - Fall In (Gern Blandsten)
D.B.S. - Galleon's Cap (Crap)


LIMP WRIST - I Lovae Hardcore Boys, I love Boys Hardcore / The Ode (Lengua Armada)
BIG BOYS - Narrow View (Gern Blandsten)
RE-SISTERS - L:esbisch
THE GERMS - What We Do is Secret (Slash)
RAPE REVENGE - I'm so Gay (Self-Released)
SNAKEPIT - Frat Boy Holocaust (No Contracts Just Trust)
PROPAGANDHI - Stick the Flag Up Your Ass, You godamn Sonofabitch (G-7 Welcoming Committee)
DOA - I Don't Give a Shit (Sudden Impact)
OMEGAS - FSOM (Deranged)

Radio - Sunday, June 19, 2011

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BOGUS CAUSE – Blame Yourself (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
INEPSY – Fast Way to Die (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
BAD CHOICE – Angry Americans (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
URBAN BLIGHT – False Truths (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
CAREER SUICIDE - Delusional (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
OMEGAS – Social Slasher (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
MAD MEN – Odia (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
SLOBS - Outlier (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
SNAKEPIT – Justice (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
VILE INTENT - Jumper (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
DEAD WIFE – Choke (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
SCHOOL JERKS – N/A (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
BRAZEN HELL - Corrosion (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
CASTEVETS – Good Riddance (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
MATURE SITUATIONS – Yoga Predator (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
NAUGHTY GIRLS – Left in the Dark (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
UNRULED – Iraq Attack (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
PURITY CONTROL – Sex Life (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
TOTAL TRASH - Violence (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
BRUTAL KNIGHTS – Bad Choice (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
MOLESTED YOUTH – Genetic Jackhammer (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
FOREIGN BODIES – Downtown Fun (High Anxiety / No idea)
Interview
BURNING LOVE - Mess (High Anxiety / No idea)
DESCENDENTS - I'm Not a Loser (New Alliance)
SSD - Glue (Taang)
TEAR IT UP - Everybody Hates Me
SICKOIDS - My Curse (Self-Released)
BRAIN TUMOURS - Midnight Surgery (Self-Released)
OFF! - I Don't Belong (Vice)
THE PARTISANS - I Don't Give a Fuck (Captain Oi!)
CAREER SUICIDE - Things Take a Turn (Sewercide)
RALPH - Infectious (Self-Released)
HIPSTER PISS PARTY - Lights (Self-Released)
VEINS - Closed Eyes Always (Youth Attack)

Various Artists "City Limits" LP

This is a brand new comp to come out on High Anxiety. Instead of being a city snapshot, High Anxiety has tried to capture two scene snapshots from cities who have had bitter rivalries in real life but where the punk scenes are concerned have a history of mutual respect and co-operation. Given that these bands are from Montreal or Toronto I keep thinking of the legendary "Primitive Air Raid" comp. "City Limits" evens out the representation more evenly then "Primitive Air Raid" with almost equal numbered bands and if it wasn't for the length of the four minute Inepsy and Unruled songs this would have been at even strength. In the striving to include as many bands as possible "City Limits" takes cues from some of the great Fans of Bad Productions comps like "Fuck the Commonwealth" or "Killed by Canada". However "City Limits" is able to focus on some scenes the way Schizophrenic's "Toronto City Omnibus" or "Toronto's Burning" comp has. The focus on cities reminds me of the MCR city comps, which is where Schizophrenic took some inspiration. But who is on this comp. Career Suicide are a staple to a lot of comps that have come out of Toronto and they deliver with a new unreleased song. And Brutal Knights and Urban Blight have loads of releases out themselves. Where comps make their distinction is in the new bands that they bring to the table. Purity Control, Total Trash, Molested Youth, Snakepit, the Slobs, the Omegas.....these are the sounds of the new scene. The Mad Men song is a cover of a rare Italian hardcore band from the mid-80's. See if you can figure it out.  

The track listing is:

Toronto side:
1. CAREER SUICIDE - Delusional
2. BAD CHOICE - Angry Americans
3. PURITY CONTROL - Sex Life
4. SNAKEPIT - Justice
5. MATURE SITUATIONS - Yoga Preedator
6. MAD MEN - Odia
7. SCHOOL JERKS - N/A
8. BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Bad Choice
9. MOLESTED YOUTH - Genetic Jackhammer
10. URBAN BLIGHT - False Truths
11. TOTAL TRASH - Violence
12. BURNING LOVE - Mess

Montreal side:
13. SLOBS - Outlier

14. FOREIGN BODIES - Downtown Fun

15. INEPSY - Fast Way to Die
16. CASTEVETS - Good Riddance
17. VILE INTENT - Jumper
18. NAUGHTY GIRLS - Left in the Dark
19. DEAD WIFE - Choke
20. BRAZEN HELL - Corrosion
21. BOGUS CAUSE - Blame Yourself
22. UNRULED - Iraq Attack
23. OMEGAS - Social Slasher

Radio - Sunday, May 8, 2011

SWINDLED - Hymn #84 (Self-Released)

Top 10 for April 2011
BLOODCLOT FAGGOTS - Moshmallow (No Patience)
BROKEN NECK - Paranoid (Art Fraud)
SHOCK VALUE - Dead Society (No Patience)
H100s - Panic Attack (SYG Records)
TANTRUM - Polizzia Bastardi (Narm Discos)
RIDE AT DAWN - Bloody Threat (Schizophrenic)
RESIST CVONTROL - Nothing to Hide (Warm Bath)
AMSTERDAMNED - Confession (Gummopunx)
SOCIAL UNREST - No One’s Tool (Dr. Strange)
RATZ - Stepping Out of Line (Kink/That Lux Good)


TRANZMITORS - Teenage Filmstar (Cat Call / Ugly Pop)
NEW TOWN ANIMALS - (Zaxxon Virile Action)
THE STATICS - (Ugly Pop)
DREAM DATES - The Mess Your In (Ugly Pop)
TYRANNA - Back Off Baby (Boppa Do Down)

BURNING LOVE - Alien vs. Creditor (Deranged)
RAH - Good Intentions (Labelled)
UPRIGHT CITIZENS - Fuck The Army (H'Art)
OMEGAS - Blasts of Lunacy (Parts Unknown)
THE SAINTS - Demolition Girl (EMI)
DEATH - Freakin' Out

MISSING LINK - Never Good Enough (Self-Released)
PROBLEM CHILDREN - Energy (Problem Children Wrekords)
M.S.I. - Back in Control (BYOB)
NUNFUCKERS - Movin' On (Self-Released)
NOTFUNNYANYMORE - Skyhook Coathanger (Jigsaw Laboratories)

CREEPER - Sucker (No Contracts Just Trust)
CULO - Death Culture (Deranged)
CRAZY SPIRIT - Cool Death
MOLESTED YOUTH - It Only Makes You Worse (Self-Released)
DIRECT APPROACH - Self Regulate (Self- Released)
ENDOW - Cheap Thrills (Self-Released)
NO PROBLEM - Suffocate City (Deranged)
CAREER SUICIDE - Double Life (Sewercide)
SNAKEPIT - Records (Self-Released)
BAD CHOICE - Get Together (Self-Released)

PHIBES - Death of Me (Self-Released)
PHIBES - Hopuse of Cards (Self-Released)
PHIBES - Silencing Tongues (Self-Released)
PHIBES - Cement Floor (Self-Released)
PHIBES - The Clock Rears its Head (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday March 6, 2011

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PENIS FLY TRAP – Crash and Burn (Self-Released)

SICK FUCKIN’-O – All There is (Regurgitated Semen)
SOTATILA – Kylman Sodan Aparat (Heart First)
SEX PRISONER – Off My Chest (To Live a Lie)
XBRAINIAX – Moral Vacancy (To Live a Lie)
HUMMINGBIRD OF DEATH – Not Winning the C. Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence (To Live a Lie)
CULO – Military Trend (Deranged)


COLA FREAKS – Skibet Synker (Hjernespind)
NEGATIVE LIFESTYLE – Same Walls (HRS Records)
I OBJECT  – Taboo (Feral Kid)
BROADCAST ZERO – Alien (Stumble / Rebel Time)
REBEL SPELL – Tragedy (Rebel Time)

ANGRY SAMOANS - Inside My Brain (Triple X)
DAYGLO ABORTIONS - I Killed Mommy (Fringe)
TEEN GENERATE - Let's Get Hurt (Crypt)
NEW BOMB TURKS - Up for a Downslide (Crypt)

PROPAGANDHI - Today's Empires Tomorrow's Ashes (G-7 Welcoming Committee)
!ATTENTION! - Tonight Will be Like Any Other Night (Juicebox)
BLACK DONNELLYS - Challenger (Audio Fellatio)
REAGAN YOUTH - Degenerated (R Radical)
CHANNEL 3 - I Got a Gun (Posh Boy)
FANG - The Money Will Roll in Fight (Boner)

HERATYS - Tama Todellisuus (Hate)
CAREER SUICIDE - From the Start (Deranged)
LOW THREAT PROFILE - Plastic Town (Deep Six)

SNAKEPIT - Who The Fuck Are You? (N.C.J.T.)
BAD CHOICE - Lash Out
BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Bad Choice (Deranged)

VIOLENT ARREST - Retribution (Boss Tunage)
A/POLITICAL - Propaganda By Deed (Crasshole)
WASTE MANAGEMENT - Medicine (Painkiller)
HUSKER DU - The Biggest Lie (SST)

DUDMAN – Fears of Small Numbers (Self-Released)
DUDMAN – Kaihou (Self-Released)
DUDMAN – Death and Night and Blood (Self-Released)
DUDMAN – Can (Self-Released)
DUDMAN – Get Up Rounder (Self-Released)
DUDMAN – Over the Fuckin’ Wall (Self-Released)


RAYMILLAND – Lots / Lost (BDR Records)

Rob Ferraz's Top Ten releases

READING RAINBOW - Prism Eyes - From Prism Eyes (HoZac)Hailing from Philladelphia, this girl/guy two-piece play a stripped down memorable and melancholy bunch of songs that remind me of Stereolab and Belle and Sebastian with more of a raw edge. A bit more indie than punk but still something that's very listenable and catchy and a great deubt LP. SATELLITERS - Leave My House - From Outta Here (Sound Flat)SF garage kings will knock you around and get you on the dancefloor with this excellent LP. They've been at it since the glory days of Bay Area garage in the 90s but have somehow managed to not only keep going but to still have the talent to release great records like "Outta Here." This slab features an awesome batch of 60s influenced tunes and one that reminded me of Jay Reatard. Seek this out and you won't be disappointed. IDLE TIMES - Gin and Death - From (HoZac)Another late arrival from one of my favourite labels, HoZac, comes the debut of Idle Times. This one took a little bit to grow on me but is now in regular rotation on the turntable. It's got a bit of everything from low-fi fuzzed out tunes like Gin and Death , the twang of Prison Mind and the Sonic Youth influenced Hey Little Girl. Give this one a few spins to try it out and chances are it'll find a comfortable home in your list of favourites. LIMINANAS - I'm Dead 7" (HoZac)A great two song 7" from this French outfit got a lotta play with me this year both on the show and while out dj'ing. The title track has a 60s girl group influence that is hard to beat and will stick in your head. The flip, Migas 2000, is like a cross between Serge Gainbourg and early Cramps. This one's a gem. NOBUNNY - Motorhead with Me - From First Blood (Goner)Although the cynics among us would likely have dismissed San Francisco's Nobunny as a novelty act with no substance, their second full-length, First Blood, proves there's something interesting going on under that filthy bunny mask. The bumble gum punk is still evident throughout with a batch of really catchy tunes but there's also a bit of branching out happening on this release. They channel T-Rex on Breathe and borrow the riff from the Velvet Underground's Sister Ray on Blow Dumb among other cool bits that make for an awesome listen. SNAKEPIT - Crossing the Rubicon - From their Demo (Self-released)If you missed seeing Snakepit this year, you have only yourself to blame and you something more to add to your growing list of regrets. Heavy and fast hardcore that somehow manages to have a rocknroll sound wrapped inside, these seven songs are gone before you can say "man, that was the shit." But it doesn't matter because they'll bounce around your head until you give it another listen five minutes later. ExD's co-host D'Arcy Rix-Hayes has the lead shouter role down like a tornado in a trailer park. I know they've recorded more and I can't wait to hear it. And either can you.OVERNIGHT LOWS - Eyesore - From - City of Rotten Eyes (Goner)Coming straight outta Jackson MS, the trio known as the Overnight Lows blast out a little over 20 minutes of punk rock madness on their debut LP. Equal parts garage and old school hardcore that may remind you of the first Adolescents LP, this one rages from top to bottom and will keep you coming back for more.CHRONIC SUBMISSION - Go For It/Cops Ain't Tops - From Toronto Hardcore '83 Compilation (NRK)The perfect re-issue comes to us packed with the most of the best of Toronto's early and underrated Hardcore scene. Direct Action, Chronic Submission, Dead End, YYY, APB and a lot more. This originally came out on cassette and one can't help but wonder how much different things would've been if it had originally been on vinyl. Get this while you still can.WHITE WIRES - Hands - From White Wires II (Dirtnap)Ottawa's power pop/punk kings (and queen) return with a 45 rpm LP that will have your ass shaking and your brain quaking. One of the great things about this band is that even though the songs all have an air of familiarity to them, they still sound fresh. And they don't fall into the pop punk trap of trying to sound like every pop punk band that's come before them. The reason for this is likely because they've dug a little deeper and found influences that are either obscure, forgotten or both. Either way, this is one of the best bands in the country, if not North America, right now and this release is a great example of why that is. CHINO HORDE - Natural - From Everything double LP (Adagio 830)The long overdue has finally be done. Chino Horde was easily one of the most underrated and overlooked of the early 90s emo scene. Now you can get all of their out of print stuff including their self-titled LP, 7" and a bunch more packaged beautifully on two LPs. What makes this awesome is that they didn't rely on the typical emo cliches and were able to inject a bit of rocknroll into their songs, making them catchy and memorable. This comes highly recommended.

Radio - Sunday December 26, 2010

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LOST BOYS - They're Watching (Thrashbastard)

YDINPERHE - Narkarit Naapureina (Bad Hair Life)
GLOM DA! - Pantade Javla Nazi As (Smattra Kang)
COMMITMENT CREW - Don't Get Your Hopes Up (Crucial Response)
THE ERGS! - Throttle Boy / Society Hill (Firestarter)
P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. - P.R.O.B.L.E.M. (Tombstone)
LAPINPOLTHAJAT - Virhe (Kamaset Levyt)
SHORT FUSE - I'll Do It Tomorrow (Hardware)
PAHAA VERTA - Kaikaa Irti Elanmista (Bad Hair Life)
CITIZENS PATROL - Accepted Criminals (Way Back / Even Worse)
HERATYS - Odotukset ja Vaatimukset (Not Enough)

TERRORS - Keepers Of The Faith (Century Media)
DOWN TO NOTHING - Set Sail (Reaper)
PLANET DANGER - Searching For Answers (Self Released)
GIVE - Heaven Is Waiting (React!)
SNAKE PIT - Slow Rot (Self Released)
THE EFFORT - Made In China (Panic Records)
MINDSET - Witness (React!)
ATTENTION - Four or Five Ways To Play These Chords (ifyoumakeit.com)
JUNIOR BATTLES - Roads? Where Were Going We Definitely Need Roads (Square Up)
BOUNCING SOULS - Like The Sun (Chunksaah)

READING RAINBOW - Prism Eyes (HoZac)
SATELLITERS - Leave My House (Sound Flat)
IDLE TIMES - Gin and Death (HoZac)
LIMINANAS - I'm Dead (HoZac)
NOBUNNY - Motorhead with Me (Goner)
SNAKEPIT - Crossing the Rubicon (Self-released)
OVERNIGHT LOWS - Eyesore (Goner)
CHRONIC SUBMISSION - Go For It/Cops Ain't Tops (NRK)
WHITE WIRES - Hands (Dirtnap)
CHINO HORDE - Natural (Adagio 830)

LIBYANS - Can't Face It / Empire (Sorry State)
POLLUTION - RWW (Self-Released)

THE KRUNCHIES – You Put the U in Useless (Southkore)
RENEGADES OF PUNK – Nao Quero Mais ter que Racionalizar (Thrashbastard)
NAKED RAYGUN – Todo (Regressive Films)
THE SPORES - Pervert Me (Sudden Death)

TUTU AND THE PIRATES - I Wanna Be a Janitor (Regressive Films)

YOUNG LIONS – Goodnight Belfast (Schizophrenic)

MALINHEADS – Wargames (Thought Crime)

LOW THREAT PROFILE - Kick My Heart (Deep Six)

REPROACH – Biochemical Warfare (Deep Six)
INSURANCE RISK – Too Much (Crucial Response)

Radio: Sunday, November 7, 2010

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THE VAPIDS – Satellite Debris (Surfin Ki’ Records)
EVERYTHING FALLS APART – Brace Position (One Percent)
WHITE WHALE – Sunburn (Self-Released)
LAPIN POLTHAJAT – Paskaduunissa (Kamaset Levyt)
DAMAGE – Time Flies (Eldsjal)
GLOM DA – MP3 Ar Fan Inte Punk (Smattra Kang)

JOE STRUMMER - The Road to Rock 'n Roll (Hellcat)
HORSES - Gasoline (Out of Touch)
ANN BERETTA - Forever Family (FBR)
BOUNCING SOULS - Gasoline (Chunksaah)

FARTZ - Is This the Way? (Alternative Tentacles)
CRIMINALS - Radio (New Disorder)
FELCHERS - The Untamed Ruler (Fans of Bad Productions)
EXPLOITED - You're a Fucking Bastard (Dream Catcher)
PANIC - Our Choice is Made (Bridge 9)

MAKUA VALLEY BLAST TEST – Genetic Dead End (Self-Released)
GAS CHAMBER – Spelling Backwards / Return to Shape (Warm Bath Label)
THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE – Pathlogized (Schizophrenic)
RECENSION – Consumers…Unite! (Sounds of Revolution)
LOW THREAT PROFILE – Nobody Fears You (Deep Six)
POSER DISPOSER – Dis-Gusting Bird Holocaust (Regurgitated Semen Records)

RIOT SQUAD - Unite and Fight (Rot)
THIS IS MY FIST - Jesus Plus Nothing (625 Productions)
BLITZ - 4Q (No Future)
AT THE DRIVE IN - Proxima Centauri (Fearless)
LATEX NOVELTIES - I Don't Wanna Look Like No Ramone (Punks Before Profits)
SNAKEPIT - Too Late to Die Young (Self-Released)
URBAN WASTE - No Hope (Mob Style)
URBAN BLIGHT - Your Abuse (Static Shock)

GOB - License from A cereal Box (Netwerk)
BANE - Speechless (Equal Vision)
KNUCKLE BRAIN - Road Rage (CIUT)
ENVISION - Road Trip (Self Released)

LIFE SENTENCE - Tour Til Death (WalkthruFyre)
DESCENDENTS - Van (SST)
SWIZ - Road Trip (Jade Tree)
THE CLASH - King of the Road (Bootleg)
THE SATELLITERS - Outta Here (Sound Flat)
SISSY HAVOC - Finger Painting (Fans of Bad Productions)

ENDOW - Rollback (Self-Released)
ENDOW - Pull the Plug (Self-Released)
ENDOW - Crux (Self-Released)
ENDOW - Cheap Thrills (Self-Released)
ENDOW - Kill Your TV (Self-Released)