Radio - Sunday, March 31st, 2013

Thinking about the ridiculousness of Easter and the story it is supposed to represent had me think of the Freeze song "Sacrifice not suicide" and did Cliff Hanger have something when he questioned what the difference was in the song that appeared on the "This is Boston Not L.A." comp. That's why I thought it was a fitting song to start a show on easter Sunday with. What's the difference between the two and should christian behaviour be treated with the same concern that mental illness is treated? You can download the show here.

THE FREEZE - Sacrifice not suicide (Modern Method)

The weather was off today in Toronto and tehre was an Easter Parade and my downer message at the beginning of the show deserved a song like Half Off's. I followed that by a band that took their name from the Half Off song. It must be a good enough song to name your band after them. Damn Broads are an all new girl group and this is their demo and they summed up my feelings on religion better than the traditional peace punk bands that have written on the subject to date. Weekend nachos was inspired by Payson (Purity Control's) story about how great they were at A389 fest. And the Glory Stompers song is about Ralph Klein. He passed away and al the eulogizing is painting the man as larger than life, but "Tory Crimes" tells of a not so glroious period. the artwork on the ep has a picture of Ralph's head that has a perforated line around his neck and goats Klein to "Cut Here" meaning his neck.
HALF OFF - Rain on the Parade (New Beginning)
RAIN ON THE PARADE - Eating Crow (Contention)
DAMN BROADS - War on Religion (Self-released)
WEEKEND NACHOS - Watch you suffer (A389 Records)
GLORY STOMPERS - Tory Crimes (Self-released)

I love doing Top 10 inspired by MRR so here is the top 10 releases we reecievd in last month that correspond with the review section in MRR.

ISTERISMO – Cattena di aversionne (540)
THE SHAME – Nothing Gained (Profane Existence)
APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT – They’re all the Fucking Same (Profane Existence)
BLACK COFFEE – The push and pull (Self-Released)
IN DEFENCE – Don’t call me a moshist (Profane Existence)
WARTORN  – Under Oath (Profane Existence)
CRITICAL CONVICTIONS – Music as an industry …. / ... so cliche (Self-Released)
SNUFF – Bones for Company (Fat Wreck Chords)
UTANFORSKAPET – Kängor från rännstenen (Fight Back / Rawby)
DEATHRAID – Enough to make to you sick (World Funeral)
DESPERAT – Matte Djavulen ta er split (World Funeral)

A GLOBAL THREAT - Religious Scum
LOSER X - Participation (Snuffy Smile)
HEALTH HAZARD - Trapped (Flat Earth)
DEATHRATS - SXJS (To Live a Lie)
WOLFBRIGADE - Pheonix Rising (Farewell / La Familia)
THE VIPERS - I've got you (Mulligan)

SAMPLES - No such thing
HOLDING ON - Just another day (Havoc)
A MOOD OF DEFIANCE - American Love Song (Nu Alliance)
DEATH TOKEN - Self-Infliction (Spild af Vinyl)
HOMBRINUS DUDES - Ignorance is not Innocence (I Deal)
D.S.H. - Denk Nach (Self-Released)
SEA OF SHIT - Worried Sick (Self-Released)
GBH - Sick Boy (Captain Oi!)
LIBERTY MADNESS - QCKW

PILLSBURY HARDCORE - Ready to Fight (One Step Ahead)
POISON CENTRE - Poseur (Bad Compilation tapes)
MORTAL MICRONOTZ - The Police Song (Fresh Sounds Inc)
LEFT IN RUINS - Sound of Defeat (Torture Garden Picture Company)
BLOODPACT - Violent Straigh Edge Gains (Reflections)
STARSHOOTER - Pin Up Blonde (Pathe)
WRITE OFF - Smoke and Mirrors (Self-Released)
HERESY - Make the Connection (Self-Released)
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE - Sore throat Syndicate (Reflections)

FACIALS - Mom (Chaos Rurale)
PUNK LOREX - Liittoudutaan (Kamaset Levyt)
MIGHTY ATOM - Words (Buzz / A Mountain Far)
PAPER DRAGONS - Annhilate the Need (Firestarter / Wall Ride / Southpaw)
SABERTOOTH - Morning Breathe (Debt Offensive)

BAD NODES - Gamma Toatser (Self-Released)
RAW POWER - I do what I like (Toxic Shock)
ZERO PROGRESS - Hall of fame (Self-Released)
RAH - The Other Side (Climbin' Aboard)
NO COMMENT - Modern Moses (Deep Six)
9 SHOCKS TERROR - Remove the Pope (Sound Pollution)
CURSED - Guilt Parade (Goodfellow)

SLEIGHT are a new three piece from Halifax featuring members of LAST LAUGH. You can find the demo at http://sleight.bandcamp.com.
SLEIGHT - Western Eyes (Self-Released)
SLEIGHT - Fault (Self-Released)
SLEIGHT - the Hunger (Self-Released)
SLEIGHT - Lord (Self-Released)
SLEIGHT - the Sickness (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday November 25th, 2012

We started off tonight's show with a tribute to the great Toronto punk drummer Motor Mike Anderson who passed away last Thursday.

We featured some great material by new bands like the Reacharounds (from Missouri), Permaculture (from the UK), Wiggler and the Tiny Humans, No Mistake (from California), and Kromosom (from Australia). We also featured new Canadian material by the Drunken Knights (from Barrie), the Facials (from Montreal), and Concrete Asylum (from Dartmouth).

Tonight's demo feature is a new band from Toronto called Farang, a band made up with Payson who sings for Purity Control and played guitar in Capital Death, a band in which he played with Matt Carroll who is also in this band. Matt used to sing for the Endless Blockade. Ivan Davies-Roberts of the School Jerks and Kremlin is also moonlighting with Farang. Have a listen.

Tribute to "Motor" Mike Anderson
THE VILETONES - Rebel (Montreco)
ARSON - Coho Coho (Ugly Pop)
THE SECRETS - Teenage Rampage (Bomb)

REACHAROUNDS - Get in line or burn (Reacharound)
THE DRUNKEN KNIGHTS - A politikill standby (Self-Released)
THE BLUE DEMON - Beatnik Bandit (Boppa Do Down)
WIGGLER AND THE TINY HUMANS - The Kids aren't getting any smarter (Self-Released)
THE CAPITALIST KIDS - Socialism ain't a dirty word (Toxic Pop)

DEKODER - Anxiety (Chaos Rurale)
PERMACULTURE - (Inflammable Material)
FACIALS - Sickness (Chaos Rurale)
SLUTS ON 45 - Hung Up Drunk

THE CLASH - Death or glory (Epic)
JAWBREAKER - Fine Day (Shredder)
RED 40 - Frisco (Landmark)
OPERATION IVY - Hedgecore (Self-Released)
REVELATORS - Crawdad (Crypt)

CONFLICT - Big A Little A (Mortarhate)
CHINO HORDE - Paul (File is)
SWARM - Absent from the morning headcount (Fans of bad productions)
LOS OLIVADOS - Goin Down (Alternative tentacles)

HERD OF WASTERS - Glockey (Self-Released)
MEAN STREETS - Memories (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - Unibrower (Self-Released)
CONCRETE ASYLUM - Circle E (Self-Released)
VIOLENT ENDS - Dregs (Self-Released)
NAUGHTY GIRLS - Bad habits (Bad Vibrations)

CHRONIC SUBMISSION - Cops ain't tops (NRK)
YOUNG LIONS - Things are gonna change (Schizophrenic)
MICROEDGE - D.P. was right (Self-Released)
DEAD END - The subversive fool (Self-Released)

KROMOSOM - Bred to Lose (Holy Terror)
FILTHPACT - Resurrected under condemnation (Chaos Rurale)
DESPERAT - 10 000 Offer (Beach Impediment)
KANSALAISTOTTELEMATTOMUUS - Hoist the Jolly Roger (Chaos Rurale)

Demo Feature
FARANG - Kill Asylum (Self-Released)
FARANG - Fountain (Self-Released)
FARANG - Blood Press (Self-Released)