Tonight is our fundraising show and we always play name that tune with our hosts on the Prophesy. This year James St. Bass (Creative Zero / Sudden Impact fame) was on deck and he guessed that the opening song was an Elvis Costello tune a song about radio. SMALLTOWN - Radio Radio (Pirates Press) Interviews and band profiles Last week we aired an interview with ALIENATION who are a hardcore band from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. We interviewed them when they were here for Not Dead Yet. Interviews and band profiles are something we do quite often on the show. In the last few months we aired interviews with the legendary Oi Polloi from Scotland, Zoom and the Scenics who are considered by some to be the first punk bands from Toronto, DS-13 from Umea Sweden, Fuck You Pay Me from Cleveland, and Geoff Pevere who wrote Gods of the Hammer. And when INACTIVIST came in Evan talked about doing an interview on Equalizing-X-Distort was like one of these bucket list items. Matt Black from Die Brucke said the same thing. I have heard this a couple of times from bands so we know this is valued by bands. In fact I don’t hear other punk radio shows do this. Band interviews are something unique to EXD abd CIUT and as a result we profile a lot of local and Canadian bands to get their story out. In these interviews we often get into other things that members of bands are up to. These people are champions of the scene because they put in their time trying to build up the scene in various ways and it is not uncommon. Last week when we were talking to Dave Brown, Alienation’s newest member, he was telling us about Sewercide Records and his latest offshoot label Unknown Coast, which is responsible for the release of the Slow Death demo. Slow Death were a hardcore band from Summerside, PEI – who represented a lot of firsts. Dave used to be a host on the show and he knows how important the drive is to keeping our doors open, so he offered us a Sewercide package which includes a Word on the Street ep, Abject Pax ep, Dyscontrol ep, and the Slow Death ep. ALIENATION – Dad Body (Self-Released) GAUCHO – New song about cannibalism (CIUT) Studio 3 session GAUCHO and SABOTAGE were both in to record Studio 3 sessions recently. But over the last six months we aired sessions with : - SAGO on April 24th and then you recommended we do a session with - KATATONIX which aired on May 29th - MOTHERFUCKERS from Calgary which we aired on June 26th - INACTIVIST on July 17th, which was recorded just before the Irish members left the city. Leo what is happening with Inactivist? - PROM NITE on August 28th - FLQ on September 4th, and - GAUCHO on October 16th
We have the members of some of these bands in tonight. So first off I want to re-introduce Leo who was in twice, first with Inactivist and when you were hear I was telling you how much trouble I was having getting Gaucho in and you made that happen because you sing and play bass in that band as well. And Andrew and Alex, who are brothers playing in Sabotage. They talked about their experiences recording at the station and what that means for their bands. INACTIVIST – YYZ (CIUT) SABOTAGE - It Doesn't Have to be this Way (CIUT) Studio 3 sessions continued Alex from SAGO joins in on the conversation and we talk about the development of those personalized station IDs. We also talk about the band photos. And then we talk about community access to the station using Alex as an example of being someone who has suggested these programming pieces that we acted on which include: - At the SOFISTIFUCKS session he told us about SAGO so we had you come in. - He helped set up the UNCLE RAY recording who are a band from Windsor - At the SAGO session he told us about KATATONIX and we arranged to have them in. - At the KATATONIX session he told us about DS-13 and even arranged for us to get in so we can get an interview. - I also want to thank you for turning me onto Democracy Now. You mentioned it on the last drive that you were in and I started listening where I heard about the altercation at Standing Rock Anyway I wonder how common this is to be able to suggest programming and watch it come together. We talk about CIUT being a community station but all these points above demonstrate to me the two way involvement that the station has with our listeners. SAGO – Fukk the Cops (CIUT) KATATONIX - Rip Off (CIUT) Co-Sponsorships CIUT has done quite a few co-sponsorships in the last little while. What is a co-sponsorship? It is an event that gets promoted by the station and in return the event promotes the station. It is another expression of community influence and impact. In the last little bit we have helped promote: The Secrets show The Son of Dave show Not Dead Yet fest The Zoom show Johnny and the G-Rays show And the upcoming James Chance show Here is the title track from the brand new James Chance album titled “The Flesh is Weak”. JAMES CHANCE - The Flesh is Weak (True Groove) ZOOM - Porno Town (CIUT) VCR - How Low Can A Punk Get (Murder City Video / Barfbag) In appreciation for radio here are some songs about radio. RAMONES – We Want the Airwaves (Sire) THE MANTS – 250 Volt (Dead Beat) THE SPIES – My Radio (Giant Radio) Special Features EXD is known for doing Top 10 features at the end of the month. We do a punk Christmas show with host Dave Stevenson and this year’s show happens on Christmas day. SHEXD is alive and well and planning their next broadcast on December 4th so tune in for that. Dini Lazlow was in to do a contemporary look at the Hungarian punk scene. We feature a demo every week on the show. We have talked about co-sponsorships that we participate in with local promoters. We talked about the interviews we do with bands that come through. We talked about studio 3 sessions we organize with local bands. All this happens on a voluntary basis but without money to keep the day to day operations going we cannot continue to broadcast.
Craig Wattie, a co-host on Aggressive Rock tells us about CKLN and how that fragile a campus community station is. CHRY also had their station taken from them with outside owners adopting a commercial format for their newly rebranded VIBE. We play some more songs about radio…. GASOLINE - Radio Flic (Egg) SKULLIANS - Over The Edge (STP) RAMONES – Do You Remember Rock’nRoll Radio (Sire) TEENGENERATE – Radio 55 (Crypt) CUB – Who the Hell do you think you are (BMG) You can donate to CIUT until December 31st on-line at www.ciut.fm. There is a trip for two to Iceland and the draw will be held on January 15th. Thanks to those who have donated so far.
Here is the broadcast for tonight's show. I started out with my number 1 pick for last month which I didn't get to play last week. Demands from DC. DEMANDS - No Lifeboats (Self-Released) First up is an elections set to mark upcoming municipal election on Monday, October 27th but the advance polling starts this Tuesday so to motivate people to vote out the current administration here is a set about voting and Toronto. THE ADOLESCENTS - Democracy (Frontier) EFFIGIES - Guns or Ballots (Live Broadcast on Sunday Morning Nightmare, WZRD 1981) YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Civil Disobedience (Self-Released) URBAN BLIGHT - Cutback (CIUT) WASTOIDS - My Toronto (Deranged) THE SOFISTIFUCKS - Memento Mori (Rust and Machine) HASSLER - Pig Pen II - Fed, Worked and Watered (Deranged) I found a bunch of great demo recordings by Canadian artists on Melonville Hardcore that I wanted to share. There is loads more great stuff to be found some of which is in the second set below like Cat's Game and the Dole.. DEATH SENTENCE - R.C.M.P. (Self-Released) UNWANTED - Dead End (BY0) PERSONALITY CRISIS - People In Glass (1983 Demo) WHITE NOISE - Whats a Matter (Dead and alive demo) FRATRICIDE - Beaten Senseless (CFRO Co-op Radio, Jan 2nd 1987) THE REBEL SPELL - All this costs (Rebel Time) THE SKULLIANS - Jail Bird (Self-Released) CAT'S GAME - Home Sweet Home (Self-Released) THE D0LE - Working Poor (Self-Released) FUCK ME DEAD - Closer To The End (Self-Released) BILL OF RIGHTS - Pipeline (Surf, Skate, Ski & Skank demo)
A continuation of the Mexico City scene report printed in this month's issue of MRR. The reporter refers to the scene as Chilango Punk. D'Arcy played some of the material two weeks ago. Here is part two of some of the bands written about in the report. MUERTE - Nadie (Self-Released) ZOTZ - Sangre (Self-Released) DIA FINAL - El porvenir es largo (Self-Released) VITTORIA DELLA SCONFITTA - Mierdas (Self-Released) Here is a set of bands that sing in Spanish from other parts of the world like San Francisco, L.A., Oakland, Bogoto and Toronto. RULETA RUSA - Curriqui De Barrio - Gritos Para Desahogar (Aqui No Es) GENERACION SUICIDA - Soldados (MM Discos) SUICIDAS - Vertigo (Self-Released) SECTA SUICIDA - Ya Nada Importa (Self-Released) SKUNX - Dose Brutal (CIUT) This is a set of bands that will be playing in town in the next little while. See the show listings section. THE REZENTMENTS - Try (CIUT) VACANT STATE - No (Deranged) NEGATIVE APPROACH - Hypocrite (Touch 'n Go) GLUE - Close But No Cigar (Self-Released) WILD SIDE - All Bark, No Bite / The Strength (Self-Released) BELGRAD0 - Koszmar - Barcelona K0SZMAR - I Na Co (Poslka Dupa Demo 2012) UPTOWN LEISURE BOYS - Scraping Bottom (MM Discos) SOCIALITE - Socialite (Self-Released) STOIC VIOLENCE - Abused (Deranged / Video Disease) SOCIAL DAMAGE - Tied (Straight and Alert) ANCIENT HEADS - For My Brothers (Self-Released) Tonight's demo feature is a brand new power violence band from Buffalo. The band features Corey from Inerds on vocals, Eric from Not Time Left / They Live on guitar, Chelsea from Human Touch / The Mallwalkers on bass, and Steve from Done Deal on drums. This recording was done on October 1st so this might be the first time you are hearing it. Healer will be making this available on a cassette and CD format and Nerve Alter will release a 7" from this material. Healer is also working on new material for a split with Cloud Rat. HEALER - Fundamentalists (Self-Released) HEALER - H.O.T.E.O.F. Part II (Self-Released) HEALER - Paid Vacation (Self-Released) HEALER - Take a Number (Self-Released) HEALER - Just us Peanuts in Here (Self-Released) HEALER - Parasites (Self-Released) HEALER - Dead Grandma Watching You (Self-Released) HEALER - Day Pass to Assholeville (Self-Released) HEALER - And You Will Probably Die Alone (Self-Released) HEALER - Mom is Drunk and Talking Shit (Self-Released) HEALER - You Can't Win (Self-Released) HEALER - Shit Existance (Self-Released)
Tonight was our fundraising show for CIUT. We decided to take the theme, Sound of your city, literally and program an entire show of Toronto punk and hardcore bands that span the generations of the scene. You can hear the show on the player above or download an MP3 file of the show here. Thanks to all of those who donated to help the station make a dent in the unforeseen expenses that have plagued the station over the past six months. This will help us bring a better sounding broadcast in the future. S.H.I.T. - Feeding Time (Self-Released) KREMLIN - Old Man (Hardware) SNAKEPIT - Hogtown Blues (Self-Released) DEAD MOUTH - Hipster Holocaust Been Years and Years (Self-Released) REPROBATES - Abandoned City (No Way) SCHOOL JERKS - Slums of the Future (Bad Vibrations / Grave Mistake) TOTAL TRASH - No York (Self-Released) URBAN BLIGHT - Cut Back (Slasher) VIOLENT FUTURE - Government Takeover (Painkiller) WASTOIDS - My Toronto (Self-Released) DIRECT APPROACH - Unaffordable (Self-Released) HASSLER - Pig Pen (Schizophrenic) ABSOLUT - Neofuckers (CIUT) YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Louie Louie / Part Time Punks (Fringe) THE YOUNG LIONS - Shithole (NRK) CHRONIC SUBMISSION - Four Points (NRK) HOCKEY TEETH - Not so long ago MARILYN'S VITAMINS - Ernst Zundell, Voltaire and Me (Underground Operations) THE CURSE - Shoeshine Boy (Other People's Music) TYRANNA - Toronna Boys (Rave Up) THE POLES - CN Tower (Self-Released) SLUTS ON 45 - Waltz Me Dirty (Self-Released) SKULLIANS - 416 / Doomsville (Self-Released) CAREER SUICIDE - Quarantined (Deranged) THE FALLOUT - Robin Hood (Red Menace) THE DELINQUINTS - Wicked City (Self-Released) CRASH KILLS 5 - What do you do at night? (Ugly Pop) BURNING LOVE - Pig City (Southern Lord) KREMLIN - No Choice (Self-Released) JOEY'S ARMAGEDDON - Queen and Peter (Self-Released) CEREBRAL SCRUB - Fucks Shit Up (Self-Released) BIRD DEATH - Chest Pain Blues (Self-Released) SPEARHEAD - Nazi Space (Self-Released) LIGHTNING FOR LEGS - Me (Self-Released) VCR - Dirty Girl / City Boy (Self-Released) RIOT99 - Destroy the City
We played re-issues by Crude SS and Svart Framtid and classics by Abrasive Wheels, Infa Riot, Blitz, and Black Flag. We also played a bunch of covers which included HDQ's version of DOA's "Race Riot". Our demo feature was Contagium from Halifax. Lots to listen for including new bands like Sucked Dry, Neo Cons, Much Worse, Brain Tumour, and Bloody Gears.
SKULLIANS - 416 / Doomsville (Self-Released)
HDQ - Race Riot (Boss Tuneage) THURNEMAN - Kult Band (Puke 'n Vomit) CRIPPLE BASTARDS - Mass Media (Deep Six) UK SUBS - She's Not There (Captain Oi!) NEO CONS - Kill the Police (Abscess)
VIIMEINEN KOLONNA - Ihmisia on liikaa (Roku / Gasmask / Psychedlica) TRIAC - Grab Everything that kills (A389) LOW THREAT PROFILE - My one and only (Deep Six / Draw Blank) LAUTSTURMER - Maskin Nr. 2 (Not Enough) KICKER - Walking Headache (Inimical) SUCKED DRY - Stockholm Syndrome (Pass Judgement)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Alternative Ulster (Island) THE CLASS ASSASSINS - Start Again (Rebel Time) UNRULED - Time is Running Out (Schizophrenic) INFA RIOT - Power (Captain Oi!) RIOT99 - Start a Riot (Longshot)
CRUDE SS - Who'll Survive (Voltage) EVACUATE - Final Solution (Voltage) ABRASIVE WHEELS - Voice of Youth (Captain Oi!) BLITZ - T.O.? (No Future) TOTAL TRASH - No York (Self-Released)
SVART FRAMTID - Religios Terror (Voltage) MUCH WORSE - Distract (Pass Judgement) SOCIAL CIRCKLE - No I Won't (Side Two) DOUBLE NEGATIVE - Super Recourse (Sorry State) RAW NERVES - Burnt Skin (Inimical)
GETTING EVEN - The Weight (Pass Judgement) BLACK FLAG - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (SST) BRAIN TUMOUR - Rules if Abuse (Pass Judgement) DOUBLE VISION - Cold Comfort (Refuse) DCOI - Toilet Bowl Kickoff (Voltage)
Top 10 for December 2011 63 MONROE - Bad Bad Rock ‘n Roll (Self-Released) DEFECT DEFECT – Napalmed Babies and New Palm Trees (Dirtcult) VOID – Summer Sucks (Dischord) WAKE – Predatory Greed (Hearing Aids) NEIGHBOURHOOD BRATS - We own the night (Abscess) VACANT STATE – Rhetoric (Deranged) PETTURIN PALKKA – Narsisti (Tuska ja Ahdistus) WEAK LINK – Broken Gears (Self-Released) SYSTEMATIC DEATH – Man Made (Way Back When / Even Worse) NEGATIVE LIFESTYLE – Panic (Deranged)
BLOODY GEARS - Take a Ride (Deranged) KNIFE FIGHT - God Damn (Kato) WARCHILDREN - Trouser Gallery (No Patience) KNIFE IN THE LEG - New City Looks (Inimical)
Broadcasting on CIUT 89.5FM since May 1999, ExD is dedicated to playing underground punk, hardcore, and garage from around the world. Tune in Sunday nights from 10pm to Midnight EST - live streaming audio available at www.ciut.fm Bands/labels: send us your stuff! We're looking for records and CDs to play on our show. Contact Equalizing-X-Distort by e-mail at equalizingxdistort@gmail.com.