Exact Change Radio Now Thursdays 4 - 5 PM EST

We moved - one last time! Exact Change Radio will now be every Thursday from 4 to 5 PM EST on bullsradio.org. Be sure to listen in tomorrow, 8/27/2015, as we are doing a HUGE trivia and giveaway.

Every 15 minutes we'll present a trivia question and an opportunity to win one of five prizes. If no one calls or no one gets the answer correct - the prizes will roll over into the next round! So you have the potential to win FOUR prizes by listening and calling in. The number for the studio is (813) 974 - 9285.

Looking forward to an awesome kick-off broadcast and even better final semester. E C R

Funeral System - Demo 2015 CS

Funeral System is a howling metal punk band from Plant City, FL. The duo came together and debuted with this four track demo early in 2015. The members are credited on the included insert as "Drums: Black Blade" and "Guitar/Vocals: Anointer". This may ring a bell if you are from Florida, as there have been a few limited solo releases under the name Anointer. You can hear one track here.

Besides Anointer, members of Funeral System also play in Shadow Laughter, State Intoxication and a few other local acts with unreleased material. The tracks on this demo average at about a little over a minute in length each. All four have lyrics pertaining to war, death and corruption of power. If you want to give it a listen before you give it a download, the full demo is available on YouTube here.

Funeral System has only played a couple of shows; one of them can be viewed here in full. Funeral System combines the raw drive of Japanese bands like Disclose and Confuse with the evil scowl of Abigail, while still melding well with Florida contemporaries such as Radiation or Allergy.

d/l here:
Funeral System - Demo 2015 CS

Upheaval - Downfall Of The Ascendancy Of Man CD

Upheaval was a vegan straight edge band from Indianapolis on Eulogy Records. This five track release came out in 1997 as Eulogy Records #4. This release blends together the brutal onslaught of death metal with some hardcore tinges, as well as a few pleasant, melodic moments of guitar work. Upheaval only had one other official release, "Testimony To The Atrocities", in 2000.

The third track, "The Descending Path", was featured on the most recent Exact Change Radio show; unfortunately, the show did not podcast correctly. Another track will be featured on the next show, and here you have a chance to check out the whole release.

d/l here:
Upheaval - Downfall Of The Ascendancy Of Man CD

Exact Waves Radio - Two Hour Special

Summer of Exact Change

Summer is officially here, and Exact Change Radio is still continuing every Wednesday 6 - 7 PM EST. There will be shows all summer unless otherwise noted on the air or on this blog. The first two shows have already taken place and can be heard here and here. On the show this week, I'll be focusing on one of my long time favorite punk bands, the Ramones. Be sure to tune in to hear more Ramones tracks than usual.

If you want to check out the Exact Change available releases, discuss having your band play live in the studio, or if you just want to come say hi, ECR will have a table set up at this show next week. See you at the first official HC summer gig!

Divided By Hate - Sediments of Shame 7"

Interesting slice of Connecticut hardcore from 1997. Only wax released by the band and only release besides a demo tape. Released on East Coast Empire Records, who continued to put out Reach the Sky, fortydaysrain and Integrity releases through the nineties until the early 2000's.

This 7" has melodic parts, heavy parts and metallic parts. The recording quality and guitar tone and mix brings to mind Hatebreed's "Under the Knife" 7", a record released only a year earlier from possibly the largest CT hardcore group. What really stood out to me personally about the release is the vocal delivery. Anyone from Florida might recognize the vocals are eerily similar to FL's own Axis, on their Rites of Passage 7" released in 2011. I highly recommend this band to anyone who loves that record. There is also plenty of low drowning talking parts on this record. Not to mention just plain aggressive, tough sounding breakdowns that don't come across as stale or uninteresting.

This download includes all four songs and scans of the artwork, insert and labels.

d/l here:
Divided By Hate - Sediments of Shame

First Radio Show of April

Please be sure to tune in for a very special show tonight - as usual, 6 PM EST on bullsradio.org !