MRR Review - Zoom "Sweet Desperation" LP

A posthumous release named after the little known ep that is Toronto's first uni release. Reviewed in the July issue of MRR (#398).

Top 10 - July 2014

1. GAS RAG "Beats Off" LP (Beach Impediment / Even Worse)
2. BLOOD PRESSURE Demo (Self-Released)
3. WARTHOG "Prison" ep (Iron Lung)
4. PROXY "Slow Suicide / Lawless" ep (Ugly Pop)
5. BITCHMOUTH Demo (Self-Released)
6. VALLEY BOYS "Drone Attack" ep (Ugly Pop)
7. NAUGHTY GIRLS Demo (Self-Released)
8. FUBAR Lead us to War LP (Give Praise /Power it up)
9. DETROIT / ROBOCOP Dead Language, Foreign Bodies split LP (Give Praise)
10. DISCIPLES OF CHRIST Decomposition Fantasy (Rorschach)

Labels: 
* BEACH IMPEDIMENT – P.O. Box 8335 / Virginia Beach, VA / 23450 / USA / www.beachimpedimentrecords.blogspot.com 
* EVEN WORSE RECORDS – Noel de Boer / Van Ostadestr 93-f / 1072 SR Amsterdam / Holland / http://evenworserecords.com/ 
* BLOOD PRESSURE - http://bloodpressurepgh.bandcamp.com/releases
* IRON LUNG - http://ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com/
* UGLY POP - http://uglypop.bigcartel.com/
* BITCHMOUTH - http://bitchmouth.bandcamp.com/
* NAUGHTY GIRLS - http://naughtygirls.bandcamp.com/album/lp
* GIVE PRAISE - PO Box 494 / Barnstable, MA / 02630-0494 / USA / http://www.givepraiserecords.com/ 
* POWER IT UP - Zum Holzfelde 12 / 31226 Peine / Germany / http://www.power-it-up.de/
* RORSCHACH - http://www.rorschachrecords.com/

Flyer - Saturday, April 26th, 2014

Rob Ford throws a black party every year where he bribes his constituents with Bar-B-Que food. It is called "Ford Fest". The name of this show is a pot shot at that. This show is also a record release show for the new Shit From Hell single "Mayor on Crack".  I heard Strange Attractor also have a release coming out tonight. And the Cola Heads are opening the whole thing up. The stunned look matches the Mayor who suffered another loss this week when the person he hired to head up the Toronto Housing Authority was fired for essentially creating a workplace environment that was unworkable. The Mayor threatened that there would be "chaos" and that he would re-hire him when he was voted back in. Wishful thinking and a part of a long list of Ford gravy train as his cronies continue to get payouts for jobs they are unqualified to do.

MRR Review - Cockney Rejects "Flares 'n Slippers" ep

The latest Ugly Pop Vinyl release gets reviewed in the January issue of MRR (#368).

MRR Review - The Business "Harry May"ep

Here is a review from the January issue of MRR (368) of the Business "Harry May" single. I first heard this song in the film UK DK. It was the best song on that soundtrack, but it seemed to be a different version from the one on the film. Glad someone close to home put this out. It was worth the thirty year wait to hear the version that I have wanted to hear for three decades.

MRR Review - Stiv Bators and David Quinton "Make Up Your Mind" ep

Two recordings of the same song released by Ugly Pop. This review is from the December issue of MRR (#367).

MRR Review - Stiv Bators' Dead Boys "Last Stand 1980" ep

I know the Dead Boys were not a Canadian punk band but they did have a Canadian drummer, David Quinton, from the Mods/Arson fame. This is a recording released on Ugly Pop and reviewed in the December issue of MRR (#367).

MRR Review - Pointed Sticks "What do you want me to do / Somebody`s Mom" ep

Ugly Pop re-releases this Pointed Sticks single. MRR reviewed it in the May 2013 issue (#360).

MRR Review - The Bureaucrats "Feel the Pain / Grow Up Age" ep

Here is a review of the latest batch of re-releases on Ugly Pop. Sam Sutherland told me on our show that the Bureaucrats are his favourite band of the first wave groups out of Canada. This band was from Ottawa. You can read this interview in the May 2013 issue of MRR (#360).

MRR Review - Masters Apprentices "Undecided / Wars or Hands of Time" 45

This Masters Apprentices 45 was reviewed in the January 2013 issue of MRR (#356). This is part of a series of garage rock 45's from Australia being re-issued by Ugly Pop.

MRR Review - The In-Sect "I can see my love / Over under sideways down" 45

This was reviewed in the January 2013 issue of MRR (#356). This is part of an ongoing re-issue series that Ugly Pop has been involved in. The In-Sect is part of the recent focus on garage rock bands from Australia.

Radio - Sunday December 9th, 2012

Ivan Roberts-Davies guest hosted the show. He brought in quite a lot of great new material that I have been looking forward to hearing like Flipshit and Deformity and mixed them up with some classics like Big Boys and Red Kross. There was some new mexican releases like Morbo and Rayos X.

THE STATICS - the Story (Ugly Pop / Squelchtone)

THE CHIEFS - Knocked Out (Dr. Strange)
MORBO - Que Soddo no Serie Original (Cintas pepe)
VAURIO - Jaahyvaiset Mailmalle (Propoganda)
SICK THINGS - Sleeping with the dead (Chaos)
BIG BOYS - Assault (Gern Blandsten)
RED KROSS - Everyday there's someone new (Bootleg)

THE NARCS - R.O.T. Blood (Cowabunga)
FLIPSHIT - Watch your mom (Reel Time)
DEFORMITY - Drench (Always Restrictions)
HARHAA - Exploit to the Fullest (Self-Released)
INSERVICIBLES - El Miedo te Dessparra (SPHC)
RATAS DEL VATICANO - Botrachalias Vagabundo (Cintas pepe)
FRUMPIES - Tommy Slitch
RAYOS X - Auxilio (Mata-la-Musica)
PAINTED SHIP - Frustration (BFD)

The Statics were a punk band that started up in the summer of 1979. They were from Port Credit and played a place called the New Port Hotel. In 2001 Squelchtone and Ugly Pop teamed up to release a single of long forgotten recordings. Over the past few months, the drummer Ross Johnson has been in touch with us and Dean Stilles of the band and the agreed to do an interview. This was recorded a couple of weeks back for tonight's program. Most of the songs have been recovered from original recordings spanning 1979 through to 1981.

THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)

THE STATICS - Bomb the Boats (Live)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)
THE STATICS - Holiday in the Sun (Live)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)
THE STATICS - Little Boxes (Live at the New Port Hotel)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)
THE RENTS - Rebel Like Me (Unreleased)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)
THE STATICS - Bonerack (Live)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)

THE STATICS - Rebel Like Me (Ugly Pop / Squelchtone)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)
THE STATICS - Mr. Bill (Ugly Pop / Squelchtone)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)
THE STATICS - Governmental Boredom (Live)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)
THE STATICS - Nazi Storm Trooper (Live)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)
THE STATICS - Suzie Can`t Dance (Live)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)
THE STATICS - Mephastofolous (Live)
THE STATICS - Interview (CIUT)

THE STATICS - Something Else (Live)

The demo feature is Concrete Asylum from Halifax and their demo "City Sick" which you can get from bandcamp. The band features a member from Word on the Street, but Concrete Asylum take influences from the noisey speed merchants of the Mid-80's UK scene in bands like Ripcord or the Electro Hippies. This is great stuff.

CONCRETE ASYLUM - Parasites (Self-Released)
CONCRETE ASYLUM - Lost in the Crisis (Self-Released)
CONCRETE ASYLUM - Thought War (Self-Released)
CONCRETE ASYLUM - Ripped Off (Self-Released)
CONCRETE ASYLUM - Concrete Asylum (Self-Released)
CONCRETE ASYLUM - Always gotta hassle me (Self-Released)
CONCRETE ASYLUM - You're spit to me (Self-Released)

MRR Review - Bent Wind "Sacred Cows / Castles made of Man" ep

This garage era band gets reviewed in the December 2012 issue (#355) of MRR. This was re-released by Ugly Pop vinyl.

MRR Review - The Northwest Company "Hard to Cy / Get Away from it all" 45

This garage era band gets reviewed in the November 2012 issue (#354) of MRR. This was re-released by Ugly Pop vinyl.

Review - Spys "Underground / Machine Shop" ep

This is a review of a re-issue of the Spys ep who were from Windsor. Ugly Pop re-released the ep and MRR wrote the review for this in the July issue (#350) of MRR.

Review - The Rock and Roll Bitches "Wild West" ep

This is a review of a re-issue of the Rock and Roll Bitches ep that originally came out in 1980. Ugly Pop re-released the ep and MRR wrote the review for this in the July issue (#350) of MRR.

Review - Hot Nasties "Invasion of the Tribbles" ep

This is a review of a re-issue of the Hot Nasties ep that originally came out in 1980. Ugly Pop re-released the ep and MRR wrote the review for this in the July issue (#350) of MRR.

Top 10 – May 2012

1. NAO CONFORMISMO “Basta” CD (Self-Released)

2. DREAM DATES “Surfer Joe / Tallahassie Lassie” 45 (Ugly Pop)

3. CAPTIVE BOLT “Rape, Slaughter, Slavery and Vivisection” ep (New Ethics Records)

4. KRUDS / RAMPANT DECAY split ep (Buried in Hell / Patac / Riotous Outbursts)

5. ARSON “Coho? Coho! / Living with the white folks” 45 (Ugly Pop)

6. DOOM TOWN “Walking through walls” ep (New Dark Ages)

7. V/A “New Breed tape compilation” Dbl LP / CD (Lush Life / Wardance)

8. CRASH KILLS FIVE “What do you do at night?” 45 (Ugly Pop)

9. HOST “There’s nothing up there but heavy clouds” ep (Cricket Cemetary)

10. GENERATION HEXED “You say you won’t like it…but you will” CD (Taint Pretty)

Labels:

* Nao Conformismo – naoconformismo@bol.com.br

* Ugly Pop – http://uglypop.bigcartel.com/

* New Ethics Records – captiveboltvegan.bandcamp.com

* Buried in Hell – www.buriedinhell.com // Patac – P.O. Box 2082 / Hyannis, MA / 02601 / USA / http://www.patacrecords.com // Riotous Outburst – myspace.com/riotousoutburstrecs

* New Dark Ages – newdarkagerecords.blogspot.ca)

* Lush Life – www.lushlifenewyorkcity.com // Wardance – www.wardancerecords.com

* Cricket Cemetary – www.cricketcemetary.com

* Generation Hexed – 69 Oakley Park Square / Barrie, ON / L4M 2K4 / Canada / generationhexedband@gmail.com / www.generationhexedband.blogspot.com

Review - The Dream Dates "Surfer Joe / Tallahassie Lassie" 45

Here is the review of the Dream Dates release on Ugly Pop in the May issue of MRR (#347).

Review - Crash Kills 5 "What do you do at night?" 45

Here is the review of Crash Kills 5 re-issue on Ugly Pop in the May issue of MRR (#347).