Radio - Sunday June 5th, 2022

On tonight’s Equalizing-X-Distort, we have a third scene report installment by Graeme McKinnon on Edmonton. We have a set on punk from Alaska done on a dare for Chris by Andre. We have a surf inspired punk set with some KRAFTWERK tribute thrown in. And a lot of new releases (Bosque Rojo, Orrendo Subotnik, Dehumanisaatio, and Castigo). And another demo feature out of Montreal with Jose as the singer. The band is called A.T.E.R. Download the show here.

SWAB - Fun No More (Hardcore Victim)  

OUTDATE - Worth Nothing (Angry Voice / Riot Bike) 

SYNDROME 81 - Que Dalle (Derrik Hunter / Backwash / Emergence)

MISGUIDED - State of War (Reality / Mad at the World) 

TEAR THEM DOWN - Bomb City (Plunk) 

New Releases

BOSQUE ROJO - Solastalgia (Discos Enfermos) 

SUKOB - Zastave I Konfeti (Doomtown) 

ORRENDO SUBOTNIK - Viscide (Self-Released)  

A.B. KRÄK - Droppsmitta i ditt ansikte (Grisablod)  

WARKRUSHER - Darkness on the Streets (Coitus)

Surf punk

THE ROUTES - The Robots (Topsy Turvy) 

45 GRAVE - Surf Bat (Enigma)

THE CRAMPS - Surfin’ Dead (Illegal)

D.I. - Hang Ten in East Berlin (Reject)

FORGOTTEN REBELS - Surfing on Heroin (Star)

Anchorage, Alaska Set 

CLIFF AND IVY - Bloody Ghost (House of Extreme Darkness) 

FACEHUGGER - Cast Iron Idiot (Self-Released) 

SKATE DEATH - Spare Change (Bullhead) 

CARNAGE S.S - Horrific Tragedy (Self-Released) 

OLD HOUNDS - Bloom (Self-Released) 

NOISE ANNOYS - Born to Shop (KO) 

CHIXDIGGIT - Mila, Caroline and Me (Delmonica) 

TOTAL LOVE - Sort You Out (Self-Released)

THE SHITGIVEITS - Inflation Bomb (Self-Released)

Scene Report - Edmonton - round 3 

With the battle of Alberta settled and Champion City moves on in the playoffs it’s time to revisit Graeme MacKinnon’s feature on Edmonton’s punk scene with some more killer bands. 

BLINDSIDE - We Stand As One (Self-Released)

WHIZ KIDS - Gorilla Whiz Kid 

THE FRANKLINS - Hi-Skool Hi-Jinx (Reluctant)

HIGH JINKS - Not Perfect 

More new releases 

CRUNK - Participate (Break the Records)  

DEHUMANISAATIO - Uusi uljas maailma (Self-Released) 

CASTIGO - Tatarigami (Self-Released)  

S.H.I.T. - Eraser III (La Vida Es Un Mus / Iron Lung) 
ABSOLUT - Burn in Hell (Self-Released) 

Demo Feature

Our co-host, Jose Podrido, started a band in Montreal called A.T.E.R. They are a punk metal crust band with hints of Tragedy in their sound. You can find their demo on bandcamp. 

A.T.E.R. - Pesadilla Podrida (Self-Released)
A.T.E.R. - Genocidio (Self-Released)
A.T.E.R. - Vidas Perdidas (Self-Released)
A.T.E.R. - Mentes Violentas (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday December 9th, 2018

Tonight's show features a lot of new material which includes new re-issues, new punk from China, new demented power pop, new post punk, new peace punk and a demo feature by Vancouver's Material. Listen on the player above or download the show here.

DEMOKRAZIA ZERO – Extorsion (Self-Released)

Here are some new re-issues starting with The Reaction from Newfoundland.

THE REACTION – The Kid’s Arrived (Supreme Echo)
L’AMOUR – Sunglass Party (Beach Impediment)
INSINUATIONS – (My Head is Made of) U.S. Muscle (Feel It)
U.B.R. – Harmonija (NE!)
DEECRACKS – This Ain’t Hawaii (Dumb)
SCREECHING WEASEL – Blitzkreig Bop (Selfless)
LIQUIDS – Bat Outta Hell (Self-Released)

New power pop
DESCENDENTS – Who We Are (Epitaph)
REAL SICKIES – Cool Club (Dirtyflair)
FASHIONISM – One Shot (Neon Taste)
DRY LAW – Against the World (Self-Released)
TOTAL LOVE – Sort You Out (Self-Released)
NO BLUES – Balcony Kisses (SPHC)

New Chinese punk
DISANXIAN - Demolition (TIC / Stoner Poem)
STRUGGLE SESSION – Kinkreet (Genjing)
FANZHUI XIANGFA – Beijing Power (Revulsion)
THE DIDERS – La Yi Kuzi (Genjing)
DEMERIT – Childhood Nightmares (Maybe Mars)
SMZB – Redemption Song (Real Deal)

EMPIRE JUSTICE – Colonial Myths (Self-Released)
SLOW FACTION – Antifascist (Self-Released)
DOA – Not Gonna Take Your Crap No More (Genjing)
ABOLITIONIST – The Instant (1859)
WARTHOG – Corroded (Toxic State / Static Shock)
S.H.I.T. – Spectacle (Iron Lung)

New post punk 
COLD MEAT – Maternity stomp (Static Shock / Helta Skelta)
BETA BOYS - Illegal (Feel It)
DESEOS PRIMITIVOS – Exister (Self-Released)
RHYTHM OF CRUELTY – Into the Void (Pseudo Laboratories)
GECKO – FTTP (Self-Released)
DAUDYFLIN – Sktabloo (Iron Lung)

New d-beat
SEKAANNUS – Nekroteknoraatti (Self-Released)
NO STATIK – End of Time (Iron Lung)
MOBATTACK – Join the Resistance (Civil)
DRUX – Disguise Yourself (Static Age)
CIVIL EVACUATION – Us or Them (Unite or Die) (Civil)
KLUSTER FUCK – Inconceivably Simple (Self-Released)

Tonight's demo feature is a band from Vancouver called Material. You cab download this demo from bandcamp.

MATERIAL – Escape
MATERIAL – Jordie
MATERIAL – Material
MATERIAL – Substance Abuse
MATERIAL – Transition
MATERIAL – Blood in His Eye
MATERIAL – Production

Radio - Sunday, August 16th, 2015

Here is tonight's show or you can download an MP3 file and listen to it at your own convenience.

CRUTCHES – Condemned (Not Enough)

BIKINI KILL - Double Dare Ya (Kill Rock Stars)
X RAY SPEX – Art-i-ficial (EMI)
THE BAGS - Babylonian Gorgon (Dangerhouse)
THE BAYONETTES - We’re Doomed (Deranged)
STEEL CHAINS - Steel Chains (Crapoulet)

ZAKARY SLAX – Remains (Weird Canada)
AVERAGE TIMES – Summer Nights (Hosehead)
FIRST BASE – Just My Type (Hosehead)
EVIL ELVIS – Too Fast For You (Interpunk)
CRAMPS – Dames, Booze, Chains, and Boots (Intercord)

FATIGUE - Shivvers (Warthog Speaks)
BURNING LOVE - Don’t Ever Change (Deranged)
ABSOLUT – Savages (Runstate)
GAZM – Pit (Self-Released)
RED DEATH - Palace Of Unending Pain (Grave Mistake)
CONQUEST FOR DEATH - Many Nations, One Underground (Tankcrimes)

NEEDLES//PINS – Hale Bop (Hosehead / Mammoth Cave)
IGGY AND THE STOOGES – Gimme Some Skin (Bomp)
REPLACEMENTS – Gary's Got a Boner (Twin Tone)
RIPTIDES – You're Fuckin' Ugly
ANTI-CIMEX – Rose (No Bread)

SWEATSHOP BOYS - No Pity In The City (Crapoulet)
GOVERNMENT WARNING - Revolving Door (La Vida Es Un Mus)
PISSING MATCH - Cryptic Tongues (Self-Released)
DOGMATIST – Orifice (Adult Crash)
WASTOIDS – Waste (Self-Released)
NO – Reverse (La Vida Es Un Mus)

HANK WOOD AND THE HAMMERHEADS - Shook and Hungry (Toxic State)
THE JIM TABLOWSKI EXPERIENCE - Piss da Pants (Spastic Fantastic)
PREGNANCY SCARE - Master Race (Deranged)
PURE DISGUST - Caged Profit (Katorga Works)
SAVAGEHEADS - Wrong side of the law (X-Ploit / Twerp)
URBAN SAVAGE - Cop Riot (Savage)

SCUMRAID - Sibal Ggondae Saekki (Iron Lung)
SILENT ORDER - Chain (Self-Released)
ASID BATERI - Silent Spring (Self-Released)
BRUDTE LOFTER - Ærens Vej. (Halshugga)
IS DODELIJK – Richtig (Kink)
ALI BARBARE AND THE GRINDS - Get Filade (Crapoulet)
TOTAL DICKS - Care to Bleed (Self-Released)
MYSTIC INANE - Pervert in Society (Negative Jazz)

Our demo feature is a band we have played for the past two weeks. They are from Calgary and they are called the Pagans of Northumberland. The band features members of Knucklehead, the Disrupters, Mad Cowboys, and Motherfuckers. You can hear some of this on a bandcamp page at https://thepagansofnorthumberland.bandcamp.com/.

THE PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND – 20 Years (Self-Released)
THE PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND – Tear It Apart (Self-Released)
THE PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND – The Moonies Don't Know (Self-Released)
THE PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND – St. Pauli (Self-Released)

TOTAL LOVE - Sweet Tooth Blues (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, May 10th, 2015

Tonight's show starts out with an ode to the weather and how it went from winter to summer skipping spring all together.

TOTAL LOVE - Gimme Summertime (Self-Released)

We started out tonight with a Top 10 for April 2015.

KELLERASSELN - Selbstverwirklichung
IDNS - Global Abuse (Self-Released)
MALOKIO - Selvaggio (Self-Released)
DRUGS OF FAITH - Placing Bets (Malokai)
WASTOIDS - Nailbiter (High Anxiety)
DEFORMITY - Mannequin (Katorga Works / Toxic State)
CONCRETE ASYLUM - Works For Me (Self-Released)
BAD JESUS EXPERIENCE - Ilta elämän keskipisteessä (nuncahkupunk / Popo’s Bistro)
AJAX - Escape (Katorga Works)
GAS RAG - On The Beach (Lengua Armada)

FASHIONISM - Where have all the rock n roll girls gone? (Hosehead)
NERVOUS TALK - Hit the Town (Mammoth Cave)
STRANGE ATTRACTOR - Just Looking (FDH)
TEENGENERATE - She's Alright (Crypt)
DOGS - No Quarter Asked (Rubber Factory)

NEW GODS - American Pleather (Painter Man)
RESTARTS - Painter Man (Self-Released)
THE NEW ENEMY - Benevolent One (Self-Released)
BARRICADED SUSPECTS - Inside Job (Self-Released)
ANIMAL CRIMES - You're Your Own (Self-Released)

CHROME CRANKS - Backdoor Maniac (Hozac)
LAUGHING HYENAS - Desolate Son (Touch 'n Go)
HAMMERHEAD - Anvil (Amphetamie Reptile)
STIKKY - Tim Yohannon's Christmas (Pintonium AG)
RORSCHACH - My War (Chainsaw Safety)

THURNEMAN - De ra_knar mina dagar (Gaphals)
LIE - Seams (That's Cool)
SYNDICATE - Commune (Self-Released)
T.V.C. - Wash Your Brain (Vertigo / Polygram)
SIERPIEN - Radioactive Ash (Same Day)

VICE SQUAD - Last Rockers (Anagram)
BLITZ - New Age (Cleopatra)
RUTS - Babylon's Burning (Strange Fruit)
TUFF DARTS - Here Comes Trouble (Sire)
EFFIGIES - Haunted Town (Autumn)

WIRED SHUT - Distorted Head (Self-Released)
KILL ORDER - Constant War (Self-Released)
HOWITZER - Concelaed Violence (Self-Released) Niagara Falls
DESGRACIADOS - Systema de opresión (Self-Released)
CHLORINE - Retribution (Self-Released)

Blockhead demo feature
BLOCKHEAD - Intro / Blockhead (Self-Released)
BLOCKHEAD - Bored (Self-Released)
BLOCKHEAD - Under the Boot (Self-Released)
BLOCKHEAD - Quarantine Me (Self-Released)
BLOCKHEAD - Death Shake (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, March 22nd, 2015

Listen to the show on the player above or download an MP3 file of the show.

ALCOHOL FUELED - Poison (Self-Released)

BLANK PAGES - Golden Chains (Hardware)
TV FREAKS - Battle (Schizophrenic)
IMAGINARY DICTIONARY - James Brown (Hardware)
CATHOLIC GUILT - Man Of Straw (Doom town / Cut the Cord)
DEAD MOUTH - Through Being Cool (CIUT)

FIRST BASE - You've got a hold on me (Hosehead)
FASHIONISM - Smash the state with your face (Hosehead)
SUBWAY SECT - Ambition (Rough Trade)
SPASTICS - Cherry Pop (Rip Off)
BUM - Don't come close to me (Lancerock)

CRIMEN - Bien Chafa (Discos Enfermos)
S.H.I.T. - Private Lies (Static Shock)
RAYOS X - El Ejercito (Silenzio Statico)
CHEAP DRUGS - Still Nothing (Hardware)
HASSLER - Cannon fodder (Deranged)
SYSTEMATIC DEATH - Fight War, Not Wars (Fade In)

LOW CULTURE - Nervous Wreck (Dirt Cult / Rad Girlfriend)
TRANZMITORS - Teenage Tragedy (Deranged)
POINTED STICKS - All I Could Take (Unreleased)
BUZZCOCKS - I don't know what to do with my life (United Artists)
THE CLASH - What's My Name ? (CBS)
THE SCREWED - In the City (Screwed)
AJUTINE VALITSUS - Kasuta Asju Oigesti (Self-Released)
TOTAL LOVE - I Don't Wanna Work (Self-Released)

A Nuggets / Pebbles set inspired by an upcoming show with the Sonics which also sees a new release by the band. "Bad Betty" below is one of the new songs. 

LOVE - My little red book (Elektra)
THE CHOB - We're Pretty Quick (Lavette)
THE DEL-VETTS - Last time around (Sundazed)
THE STOOGES - I wanna be your dog (Elektra)
THE SONICS - Cinderella (Etiquette)
THE SONICS - Bad Betty (Re Vox)
SHOCK TREATMENT - Belfast Telegraph (Good Vibrations)
PERSONAL AND THE PIZZAS - Never find me (1-2-3-4 Go)
LEATHERFACE - Springtime

SCHOOL JERKS - Ugly Minds, Ugly Faces (Bad Vibrations)
KREMLIN - Anti Septic (Hardware)
ANTIDOTE - Zero Mentality (Antidote)
THE MOB - Doctor Butcher (Mob Style)
RAD - Banned in Citurs Heights (Sacramento)
DOUBLE-O - Putting DC on the Map (R&B)
NO LABELS - Not for me (Fartblossom)

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - Subliminal (Frontier)