Radio : EXD 1330 - Sunday April 6, 2025

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This is episode 1330 of EXD. On this edition :

• Noise Adjacent material with the Endless Blockade, Fear of God and Annie Anxiety 
• New Releases and Teasers by Sex Scenes, The Slow Death, Taifun, Visions of War, Phane, Lumpen, and Pig Sweat 
• Post Punk set with a giveaway for the Norda collection 
• Northern Scum with Canadian stenchcore featuring Portal Tomb, Zygome, and Warkrusher 
• Tonight’s demo feature is a band out of Montreal named Sistema de Muerte 

EXCREMENT - Respectable Living (General Speech)  

Chris - New Releases and Teasers 
S.S.I.K. - Voices (Slow Death / Neon Taste)  
TAIFUN - On The Loose (Phobia / No Norms)  
LOUD NIGHT - And Then What? (Phobia / No Norms)  
VISIONS OF WAR - Disfunction (Phobia)  
PHANE - Usurper (Phobia) 

noise-adjacent (Bee)
THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE - Hangman (Relapse) 
FEAR OF GOD - Proud on your Pride (Temple of Love)
MUECO - Dismissive Mobs (Runstate Tapes)
AUTO SEAR - Virulence (Sex Fiend Abomination)
ANNIE ANXIETY - To Know Evil (Corpus Christi)
CRASS - Asylum (Crass)

Post Punk (Stephen) 
Giveaway for a NORDA CD. Contact us at our e-mail. 
NORDA - West Over Seas (Smash)
IDLES - The Wheel (Partisan)
ZIKIN - Diktadura Mentala (Mendeku Diskak) 
PRIVATE LIVES - Dealers (Feel It) 
OKARA - Enough, Already (Squeaky) 

Mixed bag (Rob)
SEX SCENES - Nothing (Big Neck)
THE PACK A.D. - Rid of Me (Mint)
LIE - LSD (Mint) 
THE SLOW DEATH - I'll be Fine (Don’t Sing)
THE NOTSENSIBLES - Death To Disco (Cherry Red)

New Releases and Teasers (Chris)
VÄHÄKYRÖ DRIVE-BY - Lupauksesi (Self-released)  
LUMPEN - Apatia De La Raza Humana (Discos Enfermos)  
HELLBARRUN - On Fire (Cebollas / Zaragoza / Chivani / Rekord-Ando / Plastic Wound) 
ASTIO - Polvere dei Crolli (Agipunk)  
PIG SWEAT - Drain (Agipunk) 

Northern Scum (Chris)
BARREN SOIL - Commodified Neurons (Self-released) 
PORTAL TOMB - Repudiation (Sore Mind) 
ZYGOME - The Power Shifts (Black Against Night) 
DECADE - The Return (Black Konflik / Monolith / Insane Society / Black Against Night / Audacious Madness / Distro-y / Headnoise)
WARKRUSHER - A Now Barren Existence (Agipunk / Desolate) 

Demo Feature
SISTEMA DE MUERTE are from Montreal. They have been playing some great shows in the past and are also on some exciting bills in the near future. They just released a cassette on March 15th. The recording was mixed at Fuerza Ingobernable in Bogota and released by A World Divided. 

SISTEMA DE MUERTE - Chupasangres (A World Divided)
SISTEMA DE MUERTE - Desinterés (A World Divided)
SISTEMA DE MUERTE - Vendepatrias (A World Divided)
SISTEMA DE MUERTE - Incontrables (A World Divided)
SISTEMA DE MUERTE - Post-Muerte (A World Divided)

BUSTER SHUFFLE - Take A Pill (Do Nothing)

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

Radio : EXD 1245 - Sunday March 26, 2023

 

On this episode, a few new releases sets, a show focused sets, a UK82 set of classics, a grunge set, and a feature on Batcave.

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EMERGENCY - Cracking Up (Longshot) 

New Releases Pt 1 (Chris) 
VISIONS OF WAR - Bulldozer (Phobia / Loner Cult / Not Enough / Scream / Deviance / Breeding For Extinction / Up the Punx / Missing the Point / Profane Existence) 
SIMBIOSE - Blind Lead the Blind (Phobia / Loner Cult / Not Enough / Scream / Deviance / Breeding For Extinction / Up the Punx / Missing the Point / Profane Existence) 
DISPYT - Deras mörker (Elitbolaget / Hidden Beauty / Helldog / Throne of Lies / Deviance) 
SONDRA - Vår tid är förbi (Self-Released)  
CONCEALED BLADE - Destined to Suffer (Self-Released) 

SHOW ME THE BODY show review @ Opera House, NOSEBLEED break up, and new stuff (André) 
ZULU - From The Gods To The Earth (Flatspot) 
JESUS PIECE - Gates of Horn (Century Media)
NOSEBLEED - No Bite (Triple B)
KONTAMINATE - Crack Of Dawn (11PM)
BLACK DOG - Life Is A Lock (RoachLeg)
BAD BLOOD - Apology Denied (Flatspot)
3D & THE HOLOGRAMS - C4 (RoachLeg)
11PM ETERNAL FEST
- Tickets Day 1
- Tickets Day 2 
-  Day show at See Scape is at the door. 

Grunge inspired by the new Mudhoney release (Rob)
MUDHONEY - Move Under (Sub Pop)
TAD - Daisy (Sub Pop)
BOSS HAG - Sam (Geffen)
THE MONO MEN - Jack the Ripper (Estrus / KOTJ / Ghost Highway)
ERIC'S TRIP - Sunlight (Self-Released)

New Releases Pt 2 (Chris)
ULTRA RAZZIA - Six Pieds Sous Terre (Primator Crew / Warthog Speak)  
UNWANTED NOISE - Roll the Dice (Unreleased) 
RANDOM KILLING - What is the Point (Cursed Blessings)
CROSSHAIRS - Panopticon (Mendeku Diskak) 
MURDERSQUAD T.O. - Barstool Patriot (Self-released)  

Batcave scene (Rob / Stephe) 
What is Batcave when it comes to goth? Well it was a club night in London that started up in 1982 and is often considered the birthplace of Southern English goth. The name became associated with a goth sound and the term Batcaver was used to describe fans who would adorn themselves in batwing coffin necklaces to distinguish themselves from other punk clubs. And what was the sound exactly? So it wasn’t exactly anything other than goth but there were elements of electronic music, glam rock, gothic rock, dark cabaret, and death rock. Some bands that I think had an early influence include bands like Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Killing Joke
BAUHAUS - Bela Logosis’ Dead (Small Wonder)
KILLING JOKE - Requiem (Malicious Damage) 
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES - Christine (Polydor)

The Batcave night was run by two members of the Specimen who were considered the house band. Lead singer, Olli Wisdom ran the night and guitarist Jon Klein was the art director. Initially it started out as a new wave and glam rock night, but it grew to focus on the goth scene. So this next set will be bands that were part of that specific scene, starting out with Specimen and what I think is their most popular song.

SPECIMEN - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Sire)
ALIEN SEX FIEND - Outta Control (Crypt Music)
SEX GANG CHILDREN - Oh Funny Man (Kamera)
TEST DEPT. - Shockwork (London)

We’re gonna go out with some local expressions of punk in this realm. Nash's first solo performance and live presentation of music to film occurred when he played his soundtrack to Luis Buñuel's silent film Un chien andalou (1929) at The Original 99 Cent Roxy Theatre in Toronto on March 17, 1975. I thought I heard someone talking about Nash performing the soundtrack that he composed to Nosferatu live at the Bloor Cinema. He composed and recorded the soundtrack in 2001 ad Rue Morgue wrote about this release “Nash's soundtrack to the 1922 silent film. Nash shadows Murnau's plot from the sunny opening, through the Borgo Pass to the scuttling darkness of Shreck's vampire. Added to his original score are interpretations of Fauré's Requiem and Saint-Saens's Danse Macabre, a nod to the tradition of scoring Nosferatu with dark classical music. A formidable stage presence, this one-man symphony of terror has brought new light -- and shadows -- to one of the genre's earliest cinematic triumphs.” Rue Morgue But what I want to say is that I feel like Nash the Slash is a proto version of this style of music where mood and feeling played a more dominant role in the sound.

NASH THE SLASH - Dracula Unpacks (Cut Throat)
NORDA - West Over Seas (Smash)

UK82 (Chris)
BLITZ - Propaganda (No Future)
MAU MAUS - Clampdown (Pax)
G.B.H. - Passenger On The Menu (Clay)
RABID - Axeman’s Knell (Fallout)
BLITZKRIEG - Destruction (No Future)

Norda "West Over Seas" 12"

This was a punk band from Toronto that had Brat X in the band who was hit by a car and killed. The band had a Bat Cave influence and used a lot of percussion. This record was released on a label from the UK called Unfaegne Music. The songs on here are:

1. West Over Seas

2. V

3. Snakes and Ladders