Radio : EXD 1289 - Sunday February 4, 2024

 

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On this edition of EXD, we have a feature on hardcore in Turkey with guest host Emre Sahin. We have a few sets of new releases from Vigilante and Chain Block in Andre’s set to Enemic Interior and Cash Bribe in Rob’s set to Pack Rat and Desperta in Stephen's set to Yakuza and Traumatizer in Christian’s set. So four sets of new releases. For our first show in Black History Month we have two features. Nicky has put together a set of BIPOC screamo featuring Age Sixteen and Yaphet Kotto. And a featire called the Great Rock n Roll Swindle which looks at punk artists who stole influence from Black artists. We look at the Ramones. And tonight’s demo feature is a band from Saskatchewan named Clench Jaw. 

HAREN - Policia No! (Mendeku Diskak)

The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle Pt. 2 (Chris)

RAMONES - California Sun (Sire) - Leave Home 1977 

RAMONES - Baby, I Love You (Sire) - End Of The Century 1979 

RAMONES - Do You Wanna Dance? (Sire) - Rocket to Russia 1977 

RAMONES - Time Has Come Today (Sire) - Subterranean Jungle 1983 

RAMONES - Surfin’ Bird (Sire) - Rocket to Russia 1977

New Releases (Andre) 

VIGILANTE - Follow Me Home (Self-Released) 

TRUE NAME - Just Got To Be Free (Self-Released) 

CHAIN BLOCK - Rest (Self-Released) 

BRUT - Fire & Violence (Self-Released) 

PAVEL STROKE - Dog (Self-Released) 

EPAULET - Lucifer’s Garden (Broken Skull) 

STAY INSIDE - Sweet Stripe (Self-Released)       

New Releases (Rob)

ENEMIC INTERIOR - Cos a Cos (Self-released) 

ATAQUE ZERO - Pesadilla (Static Shock) 

SPIRITUAL CRAMP - Talkin’ On The Internet (Self-released) 

MONONEGATIVES - Television Funeral (Self-released)  

CASH BRIBE - Creature of Consumption (Self-released)     

Punk in Turkey (Guest Host - Emre Sahin) 

RADICAL NOISE - Just a little bit more to survive (Zihni Music)  

TURMOIL - Apathetic System (Grinding Madness) 

CRUNCH - Find my dead body (KOD music) 

NECROSIS - CIA (Self-Released) 

ASK IT WHY- Pasta (kod music) 

There is a book written on the scene in Turkey called An Uninterrupted History of Punk and Underground resources in Turkey - 1978-1999

BIPOC Screamo (Nicky)

AGE SIXTEEN - Peter Pan Complex (Artificial Distro) * 

MERCHANT SHIPS - We Don’t Need Luck to Make It (Count Your Lucky Stars)  

HERLOVEBEHEADSDAISIES - Pave tomorrow, burn today (Self-released) 

I HATE SEX - Old New Girlfriend (Self-released)   

YAPHET KOTTO - Reserved for Speaker (ebullition) 

New Releases (Chris) 

IKHRAS - Sneen w 3umor (Quality Control HQ)  

DOOMED AGAIN - Hypershitty (Self-released)   

CHUEKO - Chueko (Sabotage)   

YAKUZA極道 - ΝΟΜΙΖΕΣ ΠΩΣ ΘΑ ΓΛΥΤΩΣΕΙΣ (Extreme Earslaughter)  

TRAUMATIZER - Bulldozer (Neon Taste / Discos Enfermos)   

 

New Releases (Stephen) 

THE COMPLICATORS - Keep Your Hands Up (Pirates Press) 

PACK RAT - Bite My Tongue (Turbo Discos / Under the Gun) 

TERMINAL - DOA (Terminal)   

KEVLAR UPPER - Shackle (Iron Lung) 

DESPERTA - Autoestima (Polze de la mort)

Demo Feature - 

CLENCH JAW  is a new project from a bunch of Saskatoon's repeat offenders. The plan was to make something that sounds like the bastard child of Agnostic Front, The F.U,'s and the Mentally Ill (or something along those lines).

CLENCH JAW - Staple You Shut (Self-released) 

CLENCH JAW - Broken Glass (Self-released) 

CLENCH JAW - Bloody Mess (Self-released) 

CLENCH JAW - I’m Gonna Go To The Hospital (Self-released) 

CLENCH JAW - Vicious Circle (Zero Boys) (Self-released) 

Radio : EXD 1254 - Sunday June 4, 2023

 

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What can you expect from this episode of EXD? Myself, Chris and Rob have programed sets of new releases so that’s how we are going to start the show. With an onslaught of new releases. And then we have some feature programming - Andre pulled together a set of vegan straight edge, which I don’t think we have ever featured on the show before. Chris has programmed some songs to celebrate summer. And in our demo feature we are playing a band from St. John New Brunswick called Willful Disobedience who we played last week on the show. We will be playing the rest of their release called “Dedication” to showcase this band.

HONG KONG BLONDE - Day of the Clown (Self-Released)

New Releases (Stephen)

PSYCHOTERROR - Punk Pole Moes (Tallinn Old Town)

SCRAPS - Le Pen, Fuck You (Refuse) 

ON MY SIDE - Flares (Self-Released)

OVEREXPOSURE - Dead To Me (War Against) 

KINGS NEVER DIE - Make Them Anymore (Metalville)

New Releases (Chris) 

C57BL/6 - Red Dawn (Richter Scale) 

STREET GLOVES - Soft Target (Self-released / Sore Mind) 

EXWHITE - FOMO (Turbo Discos / Spared Flesh / Mangel) 

LIQUIDS - Asswipe (Self-released) 

MALDITA - Policia No Me Pegue (MFI Distro)

VOLTAGE - Sanctuary (Blown Out Media)

STEP TO FREEDOM - Control Therapy (Blown Out Media) 

New Releases (Rob)

OSEES - Intercepted Message (Self-Released)

MAPACHE - The Answer (Self-Released)

PRIORS - Taste For Blood (Self-Released)

LES LULLIES - Mauvaise Foi (Self-Released)

THE SORELS - Angel's Song

Vegan Straight Edge Set (André)

EARTH CRISIS - The Discipline (Victory)

ECOSTRIKE - Standing Hard (Triple B)

VANGUARD - Defeatist (New Age)

CLEAR CUT - Choices (Catalyst)

WITH WAR - Liberation (Self-Released)

GENUINE - Not A Wolf Pack (Self-Released) 

LIFE FORCE - Elevate (New Age)

SERVITUDE - Wicked City (Self-Released)

CLIMATE - Choices (Dog Years)

It’s June!! Let’s punk!!! (Chris) 

THE SPITS - Spit Me Out (Slovenly) 

FLQ - Calling All Cars (Bad Vibrations) 

NANCY - Luvletter (Neck Chop / Ketchup And Mustard Industries / ETT) 

MONONEGATIVES - Television Funeral (Dowd)

TIIKERI - Maiharit tai tennarit (Vox Populi / Open Up And Bleed)

THE ALMIGHTY TRIGGER HAPPY - Dirty Rotten (Bad Taste) 

KLOVER - Common Factor (Mercury) 

FAULTY COGNITIONS - On a Rock (Self-Released)

UNBELIEVER - War Sirens (Self-Released) 

THE DREADKNOUGHTS - The Amiens Polka (Self-Released)

Demo Feature

WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE are a band from Saint John, New Brunswick. They just released a recording called “Dedication”. Last week we played the song “Hard as Fuck”  so we’ll play everything else from this new release, which starts off Sabbath-ish but will lead to endless raging. 

WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE - Strike 

WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE - Lost Bass

WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE - Get Rich

WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE - Butthole to Butthole

WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE - Heat the Town

WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE - Working at War

WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE - Cliffside Beneficiary

ZORN - Oathbreaker (Zorn Is Your Master) (Estranged Communications) 

FAIRYTALE - Possible to Grow (Quality Control) 

Radio : EXD 1249 - Sunday April 30th, 2023

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On this episode of Equalizing-X-Distort – we’ve got a new release feature from Chris with some Mononegatives and new Electric Chair. There is a mixed bag of classics with the Dickies, Negative Gain and Random Killing. Andre takes us through the an audio best of by Bloodlet. In the second hour we have two more new sets of material showcasing some bands like Drill Sargeant and Home Front. And we speak with Nick Smash about a post punk super group from the mid-80’s named Norda. 

TIIKERI - Punk on rakkaus (Open Up and Bleed / Vox Populi) 

New Releases (Chris)
FAUCHEUSE - Possession (Oscuridad En Mi Vida) 
MONONEGATIVES - Outcome Unknown (Dowd) 
FUCKED FOR LIFE - Flash Burn (Self-released) 
ΝΕΚΡΗ ΠΤΕΡΥΓΑ - Ψέκες (Tin foil hats) (Self-released) 
ELECTRIC CHAIR - Palm of my Hand (Iron Lung) 

THE DICKIES - Banana Split song (A and M)
THE BUSINESS - Dayo (Captain Oi!)
MOCK EXECUTION - Space Invaders (Runstate)
CAREER SUICIDE - Distractions (Deranged / Static Shock)
NEGATIVE GAIN - Situations All Fucked Up (Pusmort)
RANDOM KILLING - Praise Education (Aardvark)

Bloodlet Feature (Andre)
Bloodlet is a band based out of Orlando, Florida. They began in 1992 and had a gold standard run in the underground from 1992-1998. They’ve come back several times since ‘98 and are continuing to play shows to this day. This feature is a “best of,” the work of their first two full-lengths and their compilation, all on Victory Records.
BLOODLET - Shell (Victory)
BLOODLET - Eucharist (Victory)
BLOODLET - Substenance (Victory)
BLOODLET - Brainchild (Victory)
BLOODLET - Something Wicked (Victory)
BLOODLET - Dogman With Horns (Victory)

New-ish stuff (Rob)
DRAKULAS - Shame (Drunk Dial)
PRIORS - Daffodil (Mothland) 
MISS CONDUCT - It’s My Life (Put Out Your Own)
STRUCTURES - Nothing Ever Lasts (Kids Are Lo-Fi)
FIRE CULT - Do Or Not Do (We Die Alive)

New Releases (Stephe)
RAT-NIP - Too Late (Self-released) - 
DRILL SERGEANT - Cries For Justice (Refuse)
CUIR - Prenons de la Drogue (Self-released)
HOME FRONT - New Face of Death (La Vida Es Un Mus)
TELEGENIC PLEASURE - Greed For Guilt (Feral Kid)

Loud Spring Nights (Chris)
ROCKY & THE SWEDEN - Voice (Relapse)  
INEPSY - It’s A Time Bomb (Ineptik / Feral Ward)
DECONTROL - Nuclear Winter (Distortion)
DECADE - The Return (Monolith / Insane Society / Black Against Night / Audacious Madness / Distro-Y / Headnoise / Black Konflik) 
KLONNS - Effigy (Discipline Production / Black Konflik) 

Norda Feature
We speak with Nick Smash about Norda, a post punk super group from Toronto in the mid 80's. 
NORDA - West Over Seas (Smash)
NORDA - Interview (CIUT)
NORDA - Fetish (Smash)

You can get the Norda CD at:

• Bandcamp
• Hyperopia

Flyer - Saturday April 29th, 2023

 

Radio : EXD 1241 - Sunday February 26th, 2023

On tonight’s show we have lots of new sets, including a feature on a comp called Guitars4Grrls. We have a Black History Month segment on Jon McClain - drummer of Ugly Americans among others. And the third installment of Chris Murdoch's scene report which take a look at the Maritimes. Download the show here. 

THE SPORES - Subversive (Sudden Death) 

Scene report (Chris Murdoch, segment 3) 

Bands from the Maritimes 

CELL DETH - Eat Pray Fuck You (Sewercide) 

THE CHITZ - Reactionary (Subprofit) 

THE HOLD - Disease (Divorce) 

SCHIZOID - Death Deliverer (D.U.P.P.) 

CHILLER - Agony (Dirt Cult) 

New Releases (Chris) 

PUTRID FUTURE - Two Tier Economy (Razored Raw / Feral Dog) 

SZKŁO - Dogs Aren’t Pigs (Razored Raw / Feral Dog) 

MONONEGATIVES - North Carolina Atomic Bomb (Self Released / No Front Teeth / Dowd)

SALVAJE PUNK - Salvaje (Toxic State / Burning Paradise Productions)  

DEADACHE - Why (Self released) 

SKROT - Edsbrytare (Self released) 

ORRENDO SUBOTNIK - Gaetano (Self-released)  

KLINT - Mad at Myself (GI) (Self-released) 

Highlight of compilation called Guitars4grrrls (Rob) 

BYOCTOPI - Fingernails (Put Out Your Own Records) 

MISS CONDUCT - Hangman (Put Out Your Own Records) 

MVLL CRIMES - Foods I Don’t Eat (Put Out Your Own Records) 

HEAVY PETTER - Professionally Pathetic (Tarantula Tapes) 

THE HOLDOUTS - Supernova (Cursed Blessings) 

Pigs(z)/No Funeral (Andre)

WHITE PIGS - Early Grave (Swinch Kwilsen) 

WHITE PIGS - FukFukFuk (Swinch Kwilsen) 

VIOLENT PIGZ - Why Don’t You Ready To Die (No Solution Ltd.)

VIOLENT PIGZ - Neighborhood Kills (No Solution Ltd.) 

PEOPLE’S TEMPLE - Think For Me (RoachLeg) 

BOTFLY - Reflect // Reject (No Funeral)

WEDGE - Barbarism (No Funeral) 

VOTIVE - Marked By All Those Passing (No Funeral) 

YEARNING - VI (No Funeral) 

BHM (Stephe)
Jon McClain is the drummer for UGLY AMERICANS. Jon also played in many bands. 1982 - No Rock Stars would have been one of the first bands who contribute to the “No Core” cassette compilation -  

1983 - Stillborn Christians contribute to a compilation called “Why Are We Here”. https://www.discogs.com/master/1352507-Various-Why-Are-We-Here- 

1983 - Ugly Americans start up and Jon McClain joins to record on the “Who’s been Sleeping in my bed” LP that gets released in 1985 

1994 - Picasso Trigger records on Fire in the Hole 

1995 - Leadfoot - stoner rock band started by someone in COC 

BAD CHECKS - I'm Paranoid (Loretta) 

NO ROCK STARS - Thrash (No Core) 

UGLY AMERICANS - Contest (Death / Armageddon)

RADICAL DANCE FACTION - Working Class Hero (Earth Zone) 

THE JAM - Move On Up (Polydor) 

 

Oldies (Stephe)

IVY GREEN - Another Sub-Culture Going Bad (Pogo) 

JIMMY AND THE BOYS - Vampire Love (Avenue) 

RED ROCKERS - Teenage Underground (Vinyl Solution) 

RESISTANCE 77 - Nottingham Problem (Riot City)

NO FUN - Now I Ain't Got No Face (Werewolf T-Shirts)

TEENAGE HEAD - Picture my face (Epic / Bellaphon)

Radio - Sunday January 23rd, 2022

Tonight one last look at 2021 with my top 10 eps (LEPER, GHOULIES, MALADIA, and STRONG BOYS), then Chris and I have sets of material released in 2022 (LA MILAGROSA, THATCHER’S SNATCH, THE DICKSONS, and THE DROWNS) and an oldies set (SID VICIOUS, THE ROTTERS, and PRETTY BOY FLOYD AND THE GEMS. And in tonight’s demo feature is a new band from Toronto called DIOXIDE with an interview with Bri. Download the show here. 

2MINUTE MINOR - Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (Coffee and Hardcore) 

 

Stephe’s Top 10 eps for 2021 

10. REAKSI - Tidak Menyerah (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

9. 45 ADAPTERS - Shabby (Pirates Press)

8. UNSANITARY NAPKIN - Speak Up For Women, You Don't Speak For Me (Self-Released)

7. RUIN BY DESIGN - Mend (Self-Released)

6. THE CHISEL - Come See Me (Beach Impediment / La Vida Es Un Mus)

5. KOHTI TUHOA - Juokse kovempaa (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

4. STRONG BOYS - UB2FU (Static Shock)

3. MALADIA - Sacred Fires (La Vida Es Un Mus)

2. GHOULIES - The Wig (Goodbye Boozy / Under the Gun)

1. LEPER - V.D. (Kink)

Chris Early 2022 

LA MILAGROSA - Pánico (Iron Lung) 

BÖRN - Norn (Iron Lung) 

COMUNIONE - Salvati (Iron Lung) 

THATCHER’S SNATCH - Wapping Dispute (Hardcore Victim) 

DISGARCHE - Un Engranaje Más (Self-Released) 

ANTIBODIES - Surplus (Sewercide) 

WADGE - Politically Defect (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - Punker Than Thou (Self-Released) 

THE ENFORCERS - Cold Steel (Self-Released) 

REMARK - Missing Link (Self-Released) 

Chris: Synth punk/weird punk/egg punk 

OI BOYS - Mon Dernier Dieu (Les Disques De La Face Cachée / Hidden Bay / Dans Le Vide / MALOKA / Kanal Hysterik / Amour Entre Chien Et Loup / Neutral / Dans Le Vide / Dirty Slap) 

PRISON AFFAIR - Black Caiman (Erste Theke Tonträger) 

HOMEFRONT - Seaguls (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

MONONEGATIVES - One Way (No Front Teeth / Big Neck) 

DRAMACHINE - Nighttime Misery (Erste Theke Tonträger) 

More new for ‘22 

THE DICKSONS - Police Riot (Bollocks / Broken Noise)

DOGFLESH - Mad Punx & Psycho Skins 

MAD MULLIGANS - Gentrified (Rotten Bastard) 

THE DROWNS - Guidelines of Control (Pirates Press) 

GUTTERBLOOD - Paper Kites (Self-Released) 

 

BROKEN BONES - Money Pleasure and Pain (RFB Recordings / Heavy Metal)
DISCHARGE - Hype Overload (Sanctuary) 

ENGLISH DOGS - A Tomb of Travellers Past (Combat Core) 

CELTIC FROST - The Usurper (Bonzai / Noise) 

SACRILEGE - Shadow From Mordor (Children of the Revolution) 

Oldies 

CRASS - Who's Side Are You On (Self-Released)

FORGOTTEN REBELS - In Love With The System (Star)

SID VICIOUS - Chatterbox (Jungle)

THE ROTTERS - Sit On My Face Stevie Nicks (Rotten)

PRETTY BOY FLOYD AND THE GEMS - Rough, Tough, Pretty Too (Montreco)

ALBERTO Y LOST TRIOS PARANOIAS - Fuck You (Logo)

THE PORK DUKES - Telephone Masturbator (Wood)

THE DREAM DATES - Moans on the Phone (Ugly Pop / Squelchtone)

Demo Feature 

Dioxide are a new band from Toronto. They play raw punk influenced by Discharge, early Finnish hardcore and dark UK82. Distorted guitar and bass compliment the aggressive vocal. The drums keep a consistent dbeat reminding the listener of early Discharge. Formed in 2020 this is their first release; recorded live off the floor in their rehearsal space. Currently available for stream or download via the band’s bandcamp. Dioxide are Bri - Vocals, Tyler - Bass, Stevie - Guitar and Corey - Drums. Chris interviews Bri from Dioxide. You can find this recording on bandcamp.

DIOXIDE - Intro (Self-Released)

DIOXIDE - Agony (Self-Released)

DIOXIDE - Born in Disease (Self-Released)

DIOXIDE - Dark Never Ending (Self-Released)

DIOXIDE - Century (Self-Released)

DIOXIDE - Sole Guarantee (Self-Released)

DIOXIDE - Skin (Self-Released)

DIOXIDE - Cold Wind (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, December 26th, 2021

 

 X-mas is over, your living on the fumes of your boxing day scores. Tonight we revisit 2021 which may have felt like a dud year on the surface, but actually had a ton of creativity and great releases. We look at some of our favourite releases by formats with EPs, LPs, re-issues, OGs with new releases and top Canadian releases. And we squeeze in a quick tribute for Mensi. Download the show here. 

REEK MINDS - Rabid (11 PM)

Chris’ Top 10 EPs for 2021 

ALAMBRADA - Proselitismo (Educacion Cinica / Unlawful Assembly / Additional Lie)
ALIEN NOSEJOB - The Scene Expands (Iron Lung) 

CRUNK - No Uterus (Break the Records) 

ELECTRIC CHAIR - Social Capital (Iron Lung) 

KLONNS - Gehenna (Black Hole) 

MESS - True Love (Mendeku Diskak) 

OGRO - 731 (Mendeku Diskak) 

STINGRAY - Burn in Hell (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

TERMINAL ADDICTION - Crisis (Headnoise / Enrage / Makima) 

VIOLENT SPIRIT - Fire (Self-Released / Rebirth / Vinyl Conflict / United Forces) 

Stephe’s Top 10 LPs for 2021 

10. AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS - Don't Need A Cunt (Like You To Love Me) (ATO / B2B / Rough Trade)

9. EXIL - Internalized Extinction (Armageddon) 

8. QUARANTINE - DNA Control (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

7. NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS - Harvey Weinstein (is a symptom) (Dirt Cult / Taken by Surprise)  

6. WHITE STAINS - Dead Alive (La Vida Es Un Mus)

5. SENDO FOGO - Brazil Debacle (Self-Released)

4. SLANT - Casualty (Iron Lung)  

3. GAUZE - 言いたかねえけど目糞鼻糞 (XXX) 

2. NERVOUS SS - Deprivation of Knowledge  (La Vida Es Un Mus)  

RAT CAGE - Hypocrite City (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

1. UNIDAD IDEOLOGICA - Guerra Y Negocio (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

Chris’ New Canadian releases for 2021 

BOOTLICKER - Herd the Sheep (Neon Taste / Static Shock) 

BRAIN ITCH - Warning Shot (Self-Released) 

CHAIN WHIP - Fresh Paint and Philanthropy (Self-Released / Neon Taste / Drunken Sailor) 

FRAGMENT - Gears (Desolate) 

LANGUID - Centuries of Bloodshed (D-Takt & Råpunk) 

MONONEGATIVES - Reality Is (No Front Teeth / Big Neck) 

MUECO - Leaders of the End (Fuzzed Atrocities) 

PHANE - No Mercy (Phobia) 

RITUAL WARFARE - Repulsive Addiction (Sewercide / Reforestation) 

TOTAL NADA - La Rabia (Discos Enfermos) 

Stephe's Top 10 Old bands with new releases 

10. RIOT-CLONE - If The Oceans Die... (Self-Released)

9. THE STRANGLERS - No Man's Land (Coursegood / Absolute)

8. THE QUEERS - See You Later Fuckface (Tapehead City / Sexy Baby / Cleopatra)

7. ANTHRAX - Island Mentality (Grow Your Own)

6. RED ALERT - Wounds That Never Heal (Cursed Blessings) 

5. THE AUTHORITIES - Talk To Me (Die Laughing)

4. CULTURE SHOCK - Concentration (Bluurg / No Time)

3. FALSE CONFESSION - Resurrectionists (Puke 'n Vomit / Nothing but a Nightmare)

2. DESCENDENTS - You Make Me Sick (Epitaph)

1. ASOCIAL - Asocial Attack (Burning Anger / Rawmantic Disasters / Not Enough)

Stephe's Top 9 Re-issues 

9. DOROTHY - I Confess (Sealed) 

8. REDSKINS - Keep On Keepin' On! (London Music Stream) 

7. REKRUT  – Spekulant (Warsaw Pact) 

6. RUDIMENTARY PENI - Witness (Sealed) 

5. SIEKIERA - Siersciotluki (Warsaw Pact) 

4. SFA - Bliss (Refuse) 

3. NEOS - Churchgoer's Motive (Supreme Echo) 

2. TOXIC WASTE - Tug of War (Sealed) 

1. ANTI-CIMEX - Wave of Fear (Sonarize) 

 

Tribute to Mensi....

ANGELIC UPSTARTS - We Gotta Get Out of this Place (Captain Oi!)