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 May 22, 2022

On tonight’s Equalizing-X-Distort, we feature some punk music from Sweden that you may not have heard. Torbjörn Rolandsson - from Leper, UX Vileheads - does a scene report feature looking at obscure old Swedish punk, Umea hardcore, and reflecting some Montreal punk back to us. That’s in the second hour of the show. The first hour features a ton of new releases that Chris showcases. Andre does a feature on blacked punk. And I pull together some new oi inspired by a comp from BC titled “British Columbia Bovver”.  And Chris has picked a demo by a band called Smuther who are from Chilliwack. Download the show here. 

CUIR - Prenons De La Drogue (Offside)

BISHOPS GREEN - Empty Streets (Pirates Press) 

TERRORIST GANG - Early Morning Shoplifting (Rebellion / Last Years Youth) 

THE DROWNS - The Working Dead (Pirates Press) 

THE ADICTS - And It Was So (Nuclear Blast / Punk Empire) 

ULTRA SECT - Nation on Fire (Contra / Turn Up the Volume)

New releases

DJINN - Into The Void (Self-Released) 

CROSSHAIRS - Camo (Slow Death) 

BULLS SHITT - The Joke (Quarantined) DISPÖSAL - Coercion (Slow Death) WOODSTOCK 99 - War (Sorry State)

Blackened Punk Set

ISKRA - Traume (Self-Released) 

SORROW - In Solitude (Self-Released) 

LAMENT - Lžice (Pant Y Meddygon) 

HOMESKIN - Fungal Sweets (Self-Released) 

FINAL DOSE - Intro/Can’t Be Saved (Self-Released) 

More new releases
WARKRUSHER - Apostate (PILS) 

GLÖM ALTT - Dödsskuggan (Self Released)  

THE FLEX - Inferno (Static Shock) 

MANIC RIDE - Never Going Back (Quarantined) 

SWAB - Can’t Get Out/Got A Light (Hardcore Victim) 

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Scene Report - Torbjörn Rolandsson 

Torbjorn contacted me around the time that "The Eye" ep had come out. At the time he told me of his plans to coming to McGill to work at the university for a short period of time. We soon hatched a plan to do a radio feature as our scene report guest. We came up with the idea on a set about Sweden, a more focused set on Umea and then a set on Montreal given it was going to be his adopted home. Here is that report.....

SET 1: Sweden - Lesser known Swedish punk

ABKK - Mörker (EFMD)

THE MODERNS - Say Yes (1977 / Hosehead)

ROTTWEILER - I wanna be your friend (Sing Sing)

MINX - Övergivna tårar (Image)
THE LEATHER NUN - Ensam inatt (Industrial)

SET 2: UÅHC - Bands that has six degrees of separation to our host

EXIL - Mercenary (Adult Crash)

LEPER - Suckling Pigs (Kink)

THE VICIOUS - Sanity (Ny Vag / Cage Match Federation / Feral Ward / Missing Link)

WARCHILD - Battlefield Trauma (Black Water / D-Takt ja Råpunk) 

UX VILEHEADS - Waste of Life (Deranged) 

SET 3: Canada/QC 

PORCELAIN FOREHEAD - Human Torch (Corpus Callosum)

THE SEX - Braindead (Demo Fest)

PUFFER - Puppet (Roachleg)

OMEGAS - Disgusting Fun (Hardware / Parts Unknown)

INEPSY - No speed limit for destruction (Feral Ward / Ineptik / Southamerican Holocaust)

Torbjorn mentioned that he is looking for a copy of the "Right Now! - The World Needs A Clear Head" ep by Porcelain Forehead. If you have a copy that you are willing to part with get in touch with us at the show and we will put you in touch with him. For those living in Montreal, some Leper EP's are available at Disque Sonique and Le Nouveau Soundcentral. 

 

Demo Feature 

SMUTHER are from Chilliwack, BC and a release called "Demonstration 37" just came out on Slow Death Records. Here is this recording.

SMUTHER - Die Pig Die (Slow Death)

SMUTHER - Businessman (Slow Death)

SMUTHER - Violent Nature (Slow Death) 

SMUTHER - Institution (Slow Death)

Radio - Sunday April 10th, 2022

 FUKKER - Shrapnel (Televised Suicide)   

On tonight’s show Andre’s programmed a set called Ride the Wave in which he explores no wave, new wave and cold wave all in the same set. Graeme MacKinnon of Wednesday Night Heroes is back with part 2 of a scene report on Edmonton, and he discloses one of E-Town's best kept secrets - SCATTERED BODIES.  Stephe's got a set of new releases with a few sneak peaks that will come out at the end of the month. And tonight’s demo feature is a great new band out of Montreal called PUFFER. But we kick things off with a set of powerpop egg punk. Download the show here.

New Powerpop, Egg and Indie 

1-800-MIKEY - O.Y.O. (ETT) 

SWEET REAPER - Station (Alien Snatch!)  

DR. SURE’S UNUSUAL PRACTICE - Blood Money (ETT) 

WHY BOTHER - Feckless World (Self-Released) 

THE HAZMATS - Empty Rooms (Static Shock)  

New Releases 

Starting out with a new re-issue.

G-ANX - No Religion Can Save Us From Hell (Armageddon) 

LIVING WORLD - Safe (Iron Lung) 

HEAVEN - Indoctrination (Iron Lung) 

ESTRAGO - No Habrá Paz (Polze de la Mort) 

CERTIFIED - 1989 (Bad News) 

Ride The Wave - No Wave, New Wave, Cold Wave Set  

THE CONTORTIONS - I Don’t Want To Be Happy (True Groove)
THEORETICAL GIRLS - Chicita Bonita (Acute) 

MEN WITHOUT HATS - Ideas For Walls (Statik) 

TELSTAR DRUGS - Ceaseless Intent (Egg Paper Factory) 

COLD SHOWERS - Dismiss (Dais) 

Pop punk, powerpop and hc from the North of Turtle Island 

THE VAPIDS - Cruisin Down 20 + Mikey Was a Punk (Crack)

CHIXDIGGIT! - I Should Have Played Football In High School (Self-released)  

TOMMY AND THE COMMIES - Hurtin’ 4 Certain (Slovenly)  

STATUES - Holiday Cops (Deranged / P. Trash)

FLQ - Eight Miles High (The Byrds) (Bad Vibrations)

THE GUNDOWN - Not Sorry (Punkmachine / Subwix) 

GAS ATTACK - Passion on the Streets (Crime for Revenge) 

EASTFIELD - Three Seats (Baszdmeg) 

DEAR LANDLORD - Lake Ontario (No Idea) 

THE X-RAYS - Set 'Em Up (Dig the Fuzz) 

 

E-Town, Part 2 with Graeme McKinnon 

DOWN SYNDROME - Suicidal Eyes (Black Sun)

THE GLORY STOMPERS - Waste (Disturbance) 

SCATTERED BODIES - Distant Thunder (Self-Released) 

LANGUID - Oblivion (D-Takt ja Rapunk) 

THE SYSTEMATICS - Used Youth (Vulture Rock)

Demo Feature 

Tonight's demo is another band from Montreal, but tonight's band is called PUFFER. PUFFER is a new five piece. Their demo - "Live and Die in the City" - was released on Roachleg Records April 3rd. The band is comprised of members of ULTRARAT and MUECO. Rock n Roll fuelled hardcore punk with shades of Oi and Street Rock. Raw and rockin. 

PUFFER - Suffering (Roachleg) 

PUFFER - Live N Die In The City (Roachleg) 

PUFFER - Prisoner Of Your Love (Roachleg) 

PUFFER - Wicked Boys (Roachleg) 

PUFFER - Puppet (Roachleg)

Radio - Sunday, March 13th, 2022

In tonight’s show we are going to feature a set of Ukranian punk. Graeme MacKinnon is going to be doing the first of a many part scene report on Edmonton. Andre Zadorzny will be in doing a set which has a focus on Hamilton. Lots of new material. Some of the DOGMA PILS session in our demo feature. You can download the show here. 

THE BITS - War Pigs (Self-Released) 

New Punk 

暴力装置 - Lethal Ash (Self-released)  

SQUANDER - Warchild (Self-released)  

MALDITA - Activismo (Cured Blessings)  

THE MURDER SQUAD T.O. - Remains in Embers (Self-Released) 

KLONNS - Crow (Iron Lung) 

ZXRX COMMUNITY - Siah tu był (Refuse)  

DISPLEASE - Dead Justice (Trismus)

BORN WRONG - Highway of Heroes (Schizophrenic)

BOOTLICKER - Partisan (Warthog Speak / Televised Suicide) 

BODY CAM - I'm A Cop (Violent Pest) 

 

Andre Zadorozny 

Sad Places in Southern Ontario Set 

LEFT FOR DEAD - Who Do You Know? (A389 Recordings) 

CHOKEHOLD - Content With Dying (A389 Recordings) 

HAYMAKER - City That Always Burns (Deranged) 

NEO NEOS - It’s Just That Easy (Neck Chop) 

NOSFERATU - Under the Sun (La Vidas Es Un Mus) 

 

Ukranian punk 

It is heartbreaking witnessing the devastation that is going on in Ukraine. As Russia lays waste to their neighbour we’re gonna feature some Ukranian punk because there might not be a country by this name next week.  

CIOS - War (aorta / Miravoice / Street Influence / No Justice) 

TEORIYA GVALTU - 12 Shepherds (Self-Released)

THE SYMBIOZ - Присмак старої олії (Self-Released)

DAN STARK - Get the Stick (Gutsfree) 

SUBSCUM - Toxic Stress (Rotovaporojnina)

DEATH PILL - Расцарапаю Ебало (Self-Released) 

SCRUNCHIES - No Home Planet (Dirtnap) 

TINA AND THE TOTAL BABES - Why Do I Like You (Rum Bar) 

THE FLYTRAPS - Kitten With A Whip (Outro)

BLITZKRIEG BOP - Let’s Go (Lightning) 

NASTY FACTS - Get To You (Jimboco) 

 

UPCOMING / TEASERS 

NEUTRALS - Gary Borthwick Says (Static Shock)  

STRAW MAN ARMY - Faces in the Dark (D4MT Labs Inc / La Vida Es Un Mus) 

CRISIS MAN - No Standing Ovation (Erste Theke Tonträger) 

NO FUTURE - Pig Fiend (Iron Lung / Televised Suicide) 

LASSO - Nêmesis (Static Shock / Sorry State) 

Scene Report 

Graeme MacKinnon (Part 1 - on E-Town) 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT HEROES - Open Fire (BYO) 

STRANGLED - Body Bag (Crude City) 

NO PROBLEM - Circling the Drain (Deranged / Taken by Surprise)   

MASTERLESS DOGS - War at Home (Longshot / Contra) 

HOME FRONT - Flaw in the Design (La Vida Es Un Mus)

Demo Feature

DOGMA are an awesome peace punk band from Ottawa. They just partook in a PILS Session recording that we are going to feature some of in tonight's demo feature. Session #08 which you can find on bandcamp. 

DOGMA - The World A Peace 

DOGMA - Indoctrination 

DOGMA - Stolen

Radio - Sunday February 27th, 2022

Tonight on EXD we pay tribute to Dallas Good as a member of Career Suicide. Chris does a feature on Jean Beauvoir (Plasmatics, Ramones) as part of Black History Month celebrations. We start a new feature called Scene Report in which we ask a tastemaker to program some sets that tell stories. We start things off with Freddy Alva of Wardance Records. Freddy takes us to ABC No Rio, Rock Subterraneo (Peru), the oi black book, and some of his favourites from last year. You can download the show here.

THE VILE - God Save the Queen (Punk) 

Tribute to Dallas Good
Dallas Good was a well known musician in Toronto's music scene. He played with a number of big name bands and he secretly loved Career Suicide. Martin Farkas tells us how Dallas came to join Career Suicide. 
CAREER SUICIDE - Taking you with Me (Deranged) 

Jean Beauvoir Feature 

Jean Beauvoir was a long time producer, engineer and a song writer for the Plasmatics and the Ramones. Chris brings us a brief look at Jean's contribution to punk. 

THE PLASMATICS - The Doom Song (Stiff America / PVC)

THE PLASMATICS - Butcher Baby (Vice Squad)

THE PLASMATICS - Living Dead (Stiff America)

THE RAMONES - Bonzo Goes to Bitburg (Beggars Banquet)

JOEY RAMONE - There’s Gotta Be More To Life 

THE RAMONES - Pet Semetary (Chrysalis / Sire)

 

Scene Report - Freddy Alva 

Scene report is a new feature where a guest host programs music and tell us about these songs. In Freddy's early days he put together the "New Breed" comp. Check out the movie on the making of this comp. 

 

NYHC - ABC No Rio Generation 

CITIZENS ARREST - Serve and Protect (Wardance) 

ANIMAL CRACKERS - Farting is a spiritual disease (Wardance / Artcore) 

HUASIPUNGO - Stupid Ambition (Wardance / Artcore) 

 

Rock Subterraneo 

Freddy was from Lima originally and took trips back to Peru every summer. This set was about Freddy's relationship to the Peruvian punk scene. Freddy wrote a great tribute to his Cachorro who was in the first two bands. 

ATAQUE FRONTAL - Sobrevevire (New Wave)

NARCOSIS - Sucio Policia (Narcosis)

FUTURO INCIERTO - Nuevo Vision (Wardance) 

Oi - The Black Book

Freddy has published a number of books and zines about grafitti and this art form's relationship to music and places. This set is inspired by the Oi - The Black book which was one of Freddy's most recent publications.

THE CHISEL - Enough Said (Wardance)

NABAT - Lunga Vita Ai Rebelli Oi! (C.A.S.)

THE TEMPLARS - New York (Dim)

Here's a link to Freddy's article on Italian oi.

 

Contemporary set 

Freddy came up with a top 20 of punk playlist for 2021 on spotify. Here are some highlights.

DOLLHOUSE - This is Heaven (Toxic State)

THE TRADE - All Grown Up (Rebellion)

NAKED RAYGUN - Living In The Good Times (Wax Trax)

 

SCHOOL DAMAGE - Critical Excess (Cat's Claw / Mom’s Basement) 

PACK RAT - Lost Cause (Drunken Sailor) 

OUTTACONTROLLER - Parts Unknown (Self-Released)