Farang is Matt's project. Or that is how Leah started explaining the band to me. Matt wrote some songs and started working them out with Ivan. Once they had the basic structure he approached Payson about playing guitar. And then they brought in Leah. But how I know three of these folks is through their other bands. I knew Matt through former host Dave Brown who played with him in Capital Death which was a band from Truro that Matt and Payson both played in. More recently Matt (the Endless Blockade) and Payson (Purity Control) sang in bands from here, but Farang sees these guys returning to the instruments that they played in Capital Death.
I know Ivan from his bands Terminal State and School Jerks and more recently Kremlin. Ivan also co-hosted the show for a few months so I feel like he is part of the EXD family. Ivan e-mailed me about getting Farang to play on the show when Matt came back from New York City at the end of the summer. I had to re-schedule this session at least once but eventually we were able to set this up. Ivan described the sound like starting with a Mob 47 riff and working on not repeating any rhythm in a creative inventive post punk way. Ivan continues by explaining that it took a long time for Farang to develop their sound and in part because the member's were getting familiar with each other. They never had any conversations on influences with regards to bands or sounds.
People have compared Farang to Devo and Dead Kennedys, "Ear of the Bull" reminds me of Black Flag's "My War" given the prominent bass structure and the crazy guitar pieces. There is a lot of early Minutemen in there which has more to do with the jazz like structure. I wonder if this is an SST mash up but the band denies anything that directed. Bob Mould even creeps in there with some of the speed at which Payson plays. But despite all of these I have to say I have never heard of anything like Farang having them defy description.Regardless I couldn't help myself trying to keep pace with the songs in a way that just sucked me in. We were able to record songs from the band's past two releases. They were: 1. Constrictor 2. Woggle 3. Ear of the Bull / If you're not now you never were 4. If you're not now you never were 5. Jampacking 6. Gumboots / Maximum Taxiderm / Let's Kill 7. Psychic Bruise Then I bugged the band to do some IDs 8. Psychic Bruise EXD ID 9. Farang on CIUT ID We also spoke with the band afterwards in the hallway. The production studio was broken so Ian set up some mics. This session was recorded and produced by Ian Wilkinson. The video was filmed by Aldo and Candy. Candy did the editing on this clip.
We started off with a tribute to Brian Goble of the Subhumans who passed away last Friday. DISHRAGS - Death In The Family SUBHUMANS - Fuck You (Quintessence) SUBHUMANS - Out of Line (Friends) SUBHUMANS - Behind the Smile (Live) SUBHUMANS - Canada's Favourite Sport (SST) DOA - America the Beautiful (Fringe) SUBHUMANS - Dead at Birth (Alternative Tentacles) SUBHUMANS - Blood Sweat and Beers (G7 Welcoming Committee) THE SKULLS - Victims? (What) THE CONTROLLERS - Neutron Bomb (What) NEOS - Where did you go wrong (Alandhiscar) YOUTH KORPS - Cop Song (Self-Released) THE FREEZE - Pig Hunt (Modern Method) LEGENDARY WINGS - Conversations (Dirtnap) SLOW SCIENCE - Lifetime Guarantee (Bombed Out) SAM COFFEY AND THE IRON LUNGS - Hold Me Close (Southpaw) PURE MANIA - Mentiras (CV) BLACK PANTIES - Soul Music PURE HELL - Hard Action (Welfare) NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS - Lust to Love (Dirtnap) DOUBLE NEGATIVE - Saturation Tank (Sorry State) AJAX - Oppress Me (Self-Described) SPAZZ - Gas X (Reservoir) The November issue of MRR featured a scene report on Australia so we put together an audio version of most of the scene written about in that scene report starting off with Adelaide. VAGINORS - Total Nonsense (No Patience / Video Disease) ANIMAL TRAPS - Return Policy (Self-Described) STARVATION - Mouth (Lethal Dose) THE WEIGHT - Suffer My Perfection (Self-Described) Brisbane HEROIN SS - Short Sharp Shit (Self-Described) LAST CHAOS - Kill Dick Control (Hardcore Victim) MANHUNT - Rot (Life Lair Regret) TEARGAS - Dark Half (No Anarquia Rebelde Musica Discos) Melbourne R.I.P. FUCKER - The dawn (Self-Described) SCAB EATER - Wasteland (Blow Blood / Hardcore Victim) SLAVEDRIVER - Copperheads (Life Lair Regret) PISSBOLT - Razorback Attack (Broke Me) SPLIT TEETH - Hook Lights (Tenzenmen) PUTKAH - Homophobic State (Lethal Dose) Perth FLESH POLICE - Severance (Self-Described) WARTHREAT - Consume (Self-Described) Sydney UNKNOWN TO GOD - You are involved in the war (Hardcore Victim) EYE-GOUGE! - Smoke & Mirrors (K.F.C.) GLORY HOLE - Glory Hole (Self-Described) OILY BOYS - Cosmic Paralysis (Disinfect) TV COLOURS - The Kids Are All Grown Up (Dream Damage) Tonight's demo feature is Generation Hexed from Barrie featuring Rob from Flecks of Drool, Ditch Dog of Sons of Ishmael and Scott from Phallocracy. GENERATION HEXED - Parts Unknown (Self-Described) GENERATION HEXED - Destined for Death (Self-Described) GENERATION HEXED - Tongue in Cheek (Self-Described) You can download an MP3 file of the show here.
Every few months a womens punk collective takes over the show. This time they gave it a clever Girl School theme and started off the show with a song by the same band. Sadly Chloe moved to Costa Rica right after the show. And by right after we mean she was at the airport two hours later. So the show turned into a soft roast of Chloe. Here is the playlist and some photos from the night. GIRL SCHOOL - C'mon Let's Go (Bronze) CHAOTIC DISCHORD - Anarchy in Woolworths (Riot City) MOCOSO - Confusa Realidad (Self-Released) DESTADOS - Destados (Self-Released) GLITTER - Spinning Ballerina (Self-Released)
BELT FIGHT - Belt Fight does it again (Self-Released) POISON IDEA - Just to get away (Taang) ARCHAIC - Inside my mind (La vida es un mus) YOUR FUNERAL - I want to be you (Sacred Bones) HURULA - 22 (Deranged)
NANA BONNARD - Tete de mort EDITH NYLON - Edith Nylon KOMINTERN SECT - Les Seigneurs de la guerre OBERKAMPF - Tout ce fric GUILTY RAZORS - I don't wanna be a rich MALOKIO - Home (Self-Released) MOBS - Dead people having sex G-SCHMIDT - Belladonna (___Syndicate) INSTIGATORS - The Church Says (Bluurg) LIFE BUT HOW TO LIVE IT - Green (Beri Beri)
THE UV RACE - Nuclear Family (In the Red) WIRE - Brazil (Harvest) LILY ROSE AND THE THORNS - Fun THE NIVE - Boring City (Polly Maggo) ALASKA Y LOS PEGAMOIDES - Bailaindo IVY - Arch-Foe (Self-Released) SHEER MAG - What you want (Self-Released) ANTI VIBES - Alien City (Self-Released) DIE - Pressure (Sorry State) PURA MANIA - Sosphechoso (Cu) EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS - Do anything you wanna do (Island)
THE POINTED STICKS - Part of the muse (Self-Released) THE STRANGLERS - Strange Little Girl CLOROFORM - (I can't say) that I would say you're right (Unreleased) You can download the show as an MP3 here.
We recorded and interviewed the Rebel Spell about their latest release on Remembrance Day. We hadn't heard back from the band so we didn't air any of the live recordings except for I am a Rifle at the end of this piece. Everything else was played from their latest release.
THE REBEL SPELL - Last Run (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Interview (CIUT) THE REBEL SPELL - Fight for the Sun (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Interview (CIUT) THE REBEL SPELL - I heard you singing (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Interview (CIUT) THE REBEL SPELL - Hopeless (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Let’s Roll a Storm (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Breathe (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Interview (CIUT) THE REBEL SPELL - Pride and Prejudice (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Interview (CIUT) THE REBEL SPELL - Grass Rat (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Interview (CIUT) THE REBEL SPELL - All this Costs (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Interview (CIUT) THE REBEL SPELL - 10,000 Years (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Interview (CIUT) THE REBEL SPELL - Not a Prayer (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Interview (CIUT) THE REBEL SPELL - The Tsilhqot'n War (Rebel Time / HKR / Not Yer Buddy) THE REBEL SPELL - Interview (CIUT) THE REBEL SPELL - I am a Rifle (CIUT)
We hadn't spent a lot of time with new releases so here are some of my top 10 picks for the month of November.
ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION - Hated (Seminal) CHEAP RIOT - Man of That Kind (Craque Macadam) B-LINES - I Vibrate (Hockey Dad / Nominal) BRING THE DRONES - Wrong Side Of The Body Bag (Headnoise / Phobia) AJAX - Security (Even Worse) CARDIAC ARREST - Mutual Hate (Way Back When / Even Worse) PILLAGE - Alone (Regurgitated Semen) GLUE - Disgrace (Katorga Works / Video Disease) THE ERGS! - August 19th (Dan Giovanni)
Tonight's demo feture is Desperfecto from Chile. We were only able to squeeze in five songs but the other three can be heard at their bandcamp page.
Top 10 - November 2014 1. THE ERGS! “Dorkrockcorkrod” ep 2. GLUE “Enemy” ep 3. PILLAGE “Demo 2013” ep 4. CARDIAC ARREST "In the mouth of madness" LP 5. AJAX "Bleach for Breakfast" ep 6. BRING THE DRONES "Bordello Hospital" ep 7. B-LINES "Opening Band" LP 8. CHEAP RIOT ""Part Time Vacancy / Man of that kind" 9. ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION "The Glare" ep Labels: * Dan Giovanni - P.O. Box 628 / Kingston, NJ / 08528 / USA / dongiovannirecords.com * Katorga Works - katorgaworks.bigcartel.com / Video Disease - vdrecords.bigcartel.com * Regurgitated Semen - www.tumblr.com/search/regurgitated%20semen%20records * Way Back When - Taskinlaan 9 / 2361XM Warmond / The Netherlands / www.waybackwhenrecords.com // Even Worse - Van Ostadestr 93-f / 1072 SR Amsterdam / Holland / www.evenworserecords.com * Headnoise - headnoisedistrorecords.blogspot.ca // Phobia - www.phobiarecords.net * Hockey Dad - #2-823 Victoria Drive / Vancouver, B.C. / V5L 4E8 / Canada / http://www.hockeydadrecords.com // Nominal - http://recordsnominal.com * Craque Macadam - www.croquemacadam.com / croquemacadam.bandcamp.com * Seminal -
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