Riot Act

Steve and Remfry have had a busy week, not only do they claim to have won the US election (that’s how it works right?) they also have plenty of new music to listen to. Lots of music. A whole load of music. A lot of people are saying they listen to the most music of everyone... ahem... We review new releases from Sólstafir (1:02:24) Ólafur Arnalds (1:28:22) Vennart (1:39:57) Bitch Falcon (2:04:14) Mountain Caller (2:15:26) and This Be The Verse (2:25:34) Plus, we chat about the latest live streams from The Bronx (17:09) Puscifer (22:46) Mr. Bungle (35:40) and Code Orange (42:01) The Bronx - Side Effects - 10/5/2017 - Paste Studios, New York, NY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aswsg8lDEEA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aswsg8lDEEA) We’re delighted to say Riot Act is supported by Signature Brew. Head to https://www.signaturebrew.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR32mLfe7LbFCstAWt9ihLI_hoN5YSbHDviKkwt4J-rarsbXiAlD0PIWJ04 (https://www.signaturebrew.co.uk) and type in the code ‘riotact’ at the checkout to get 10% off your purch

It's one of the busiest weeks of the year as Remfry and Steve are up to their eyeballs with new releases. Coming under their critical gaze this week are new releases by Puscifer (28:22) Mr. Bungle (57:44) Bring Me the Horizon (1:16:49) Eels (1:50:39) Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou (2:03:36) Nothing (2:15:54) Zeal & Ardor (2:27:00) and PUP (2:46:11) ... phew! Steve also reviews the Fever 333 livestream (8:50) from Los Angeles and Remfry picks a fight with pretty much every musician that has ever existed.  Mr. Bungle Quietus Interview - https://thequietus.com/articles/29126-mr-bungle-interview-trey-spruance-trevor-dunn-the-raging-wrath-of-the-easter-bunny (https://thequietus.com/articles/29126-mr-bungle-interview-trey-spruance-trevor-dunn-the-raging-wrath-of-the-easter-bunny) We’re delighted to say Riot Act is supported by Signature Brew. Head to https://www.signaturebrew.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR32mLfe7LbFCstAWt9ihLI_hoN5YSbHDviKkwt4J-rarsbXiAlD0PIWJ04 (https://www.signaturebrew.co.uk) and type in the code ‘r

Steve and Remfry are perplexed to hear that Miley Cyrus is recording an album of Metallica covers, an album that approximately nobody has asked for. Befuddled, they quickly move to safer ground and review new albums by clipping., Pallbearer, Autechre and Fever 333 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Originally on Patreon 21/01/20 Remfry and Steve discuss the sophomore album from massively influential lo-fi psychedelic indie folk rockers Neutral Milk Hotel. They discuss the themes of the record including loss of innocence, esoteric lyricism and Anne Frank, the influence the album has had on a variety of artists from Arcade Fire to mewithoutYou and it's status amongst the music journalist 'elite' as the Sgt. Pepper of the 90s. There's also a lot of talk about semen ... sorry about that.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Steve and Remfry review new albums by Matt Berninger, Crippled Black Phoenix, Open Mike Eagle and Hellripper.  We're delighted to say Riot Act is supported by Signature Brew. Head to https://www.signaturebrew.co.uk/ (https://www.signaturebrew.co.uk) and type in the code 'riotact' at the checkout to get 10% off your purchase.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

The rock world is in mourning this week as news broke on 6th October that Eddie Van Halen has died at the age of 65 after a long battle with cancer. Steve and Remfry pay their respects to a guitarist who undoubtedly and unmistakably changed the way that people approach the electric guitar. Reviews come courtesy of Greg Puciato, Touché Amoré, Bon Jovi, METZ and Venom Prison See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Remfry took the opportunity to sit down with Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil to talk about their 9th studio album 'A Celebration of Endings', as well as the band's radical Glasgow Barrowlands livestream and Biffy Clyro's ability to infiltrate the mainstream despite being a really odd band.  Remfry also had the chance to ask Simon about a number of other projects he's put his name to during lockdown including Empire State Bastard, Tippy Toes and a new Marmaduke Duke record.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

We have an exclusive ArcTanGent Festival announcement for you on this week's show as we announce the line-up for Wednesday night ... yes, ATG2021 will be four days of searing, riffgasmic Remfrycore and we have 10 bands to announce for you before any other outlet gets their greasy mitts on it.  There are also reviews of the new albums by Jónsi, Enslaved, Corey Taylor, Anaal Nathrakh, Laura Jane Grace and Moor Mother. Plus congratulations are in order for IDLES on their #1 album and to Kilimanjaro Live boss Stuart Galbraith for attempting to give the government a kick up the arse by revealing a target date for live gigs to return in the UK.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Originally on Patreon - Dec 17th 2019 For our twentieth Rioteers Review, Scott Bamford has suggested that we talk about Rotterdam post-hardcore mob thisGIRL's 2002 debut full-length album A Short Strut to the Brassy Front. Steve recounts his memories of playing shows with the band 'back in t'day' with rowdy Will Haven intim Stegal and Remfry keeps peddling out the same old rubbish joke, much to the annoyance of Steve.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

It's a big week ... possibly even the biggest week of the year thus far as we review new albums by Deftones, IDLES, Public Enemy, Svalbard, Anna von Hausswolff and The Ocean.  On top of all that, Remfry and Steve discuss the terrific 2000Trees announcement, the sad circumstances that have led to the hiatus of Anathema and Steve reviews NoFX's livestream 'performance' of their 1992 White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Big album season has well and truly begun as Steve and Remfry are up to their eyeballs in great new releases from the likes of Napalm Death, Everything Everything, Bob Mould, Fawn Limbs, Jamie Lenman and Hidden Mothers.  We also pay our respects to reggae legend Toots Hibbert who sadly passed away last week and another legendary band descends into the pit of Broken Records as Pink Floyd's double one side live, one side studio album Ummagumma is dissected and assessed for a placing in our league table of despair.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Originally on Patreon - Nov 26th 2019 After a relatively long hiatus (apologies for that) we're back with Rioteer's Review and we've got a corker for you here as suggested by Callum McMillan. Biffy Clyro's second album The Vertigo of Bliss is remarkably different to the arena-bothering Biffy Clyro of today, far more acerbic, angular and generally 'shouty'. Steve and Remfry discuss the band as they were then and talk about an album that remains one of the favourites in their back catalogue for a certain type of Biffy fan.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Remfry tootled down to Brighton to speak to Annie Dorrett, vocalist with raging electro-punk newcomers CLT DRP (it's pronounced Clit Drip ... do clits drip?) to discuss the lyrical themes of their brilliantly acerbic and candid debut album Without the Eyes. They discuss a whole bunch of pertinent themes (body shaming, toxic masculinity, 'controversial' artwork etc) as well as taking some interesting tangents into the worlds of Disney movies and musical theatre ... you have been warned! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

New releases reviewed this week come courtesy of Marilyn Manson, The Pineapple Thief, Uniform, a collaboration between Richard Spaven and Sandunes and Ihsahn whilst Broken Records takes a look at Van Halen's over-blown, over-stuffed, over-the-hill 11th album, confusingly titled III.  Speaking of overuse of words that are prefixed by the word 'over', Remfry becomes over-excited by the fact that the first chord change in 7 years occurred during the performance of John Cage's As Slow As Possible, a piece of music being performed in a church in Germany over a period of 639 years. He needs to get out more. Steve sobers him up with the news of Milk Teeth's demise and breaking news as we went to record that Creeper drummer Dan Bratton has left the band.  There is also devastating news as Holy Roar records, a label we've historically championed on the show, has dissolved due to disturbing and distressing rape allegations that have been made against the label's founder. Remfry and Steve w

It’s time for Steve and Remfry to delve into their big box of classic albums and pull out another one of their all time favorite records. We’re going slightly off piste this week, as we delve deep into the career of electro pop innovators turned synth rock megastars Depeche Mode. In this first part, you might be surprised to learn, we have picked the band's 1987 sixth album Music For The Masses. Sandwiched between the groundbreaking Black Celebration and the commercial juggernaut of Violator, MFTM is scandalously overlooked in the DM back catalogue, and we discuss why it is the best (YOU HEARD ME, BEST) Depeche Mode album. Starting with a quick potted history of the band, and of electronic music, we look at the ongoing improvements in the studio, the increasing involvement of Alan Wilder, how the finished album started to change the perception of the band, the tour that followed the record and, of course, the huge Pasadena Rose Bowl show that cemented the band as a stadium act and was captured on the infa

In a surprise twist of events, Steve and Remfry actually have something positive to say about Reading and Leeds Festival, who have (controversially) decided to expand their line-up of headliners from 3 to 6. And speaking of live music, Remfry went to a gig ... yes, a live gathering of people, joined together to gawp at someone playing music on stage ... live ... woo-hoo! And who better to see than friend of the show and ole Riot Act semi-regular Jamie Lenman for his first gig in 165 days eh? Reviews this week come courtesy of Oceans of Slumber, Bloxx, Bill Callahan, Pig Destroyer and a surprise EP release from '68.And finally, after a few weeks of utterly despicable grotty garbage on Broken Records, we take a look behind Hollywood actor Corey Feldman's fifth (yep ... fifth!) record Angelic 2 the Core: Angelic Funkadelic / Angelic Rockadelic, a double album that really needs to be heard to be believed! Oh and Steve becomes furious at Remfry's appraisal of The Lost Boys, a film he's finally got

Originally posted on Patreon July 4th 2019 Steve and Remfry discuss Killing Joke's seminal self-titled 1980 debut as well as the impact the band had on the likes of Fugazi, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Foo Fighters and more. They also talk about the characteristics of post-punk and how Thatcher's Britain became the nucleus for the genre.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

There's some sad news to begin with as Steve pays tribute to Riley Gale, the vocalist for Texan thrash metallers Power Trip, who tragically passed away earlier this week at the age of 34. RIP Riley and condolences to his friends and family.  Remfry joins in to help review new releases by PVRIS, Ulver, CLT DRP, Narrow Head and Brotherhood of the Lake and Broken Records is forced to go to some really nasty, grotty places once again, as we take a look at Bad Blood, the sixth record from Jesus David Torres aka Dahvie Vanity, the despicable probable-nonce responsible for Blood on the Dance Floor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Remfry and Steve take a metaphorical trip to Palm Desert in the first part of our special on Queens of the Stone Age, covering thie 1998 self-titled debut. But they're not alone, as Audience Please Podcast host and QotSA super-fan Adam Vallely joins them to dissect probably the most underappreciated record in the QotSA back catalogue. Together, they cover the transition from Kyuss to Queens, Joshua Homme's desire to leave the stoner rock tag behind and how Queens of the Stone Age began (and remain) above their peers See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Steve and Remfry cast their critical eye over new albums by Bright Eyes, Blues Pills, Primitive Man and I Like Trains, whilst also taking the opportunity to catch up on some live stream reviews from the past few weeks, including Biffy Clyro's performance of A Celebration of Endings at Glasgow's Barrowlands, Code Orange's Mud TV Under the Skin Acoustic set and Nick Cave's Idiot Prayer solo performance at a 'deserted' Alexandra Palace. And Broken Records continues to sink to hitherto unprecedented depths of despair as we cast BrokenCYDE's 2009 debut full-length 'I'm Not a Fan but the Kids Like It!' into the fiery pits of Broken Record hell. Let's hope they never crawl back out ... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy