Originally On Patreon - April 21st 2020 On this week's Rioteer's Review, suggested by Michael Perry, Steve and Remfry discuss the debut (and currently) only album by No Devotion, the collaboration cobbled together by 5 ex-members of Lostprophets and Thursday frontman Geoff Rickley. They discuss the origins of the record, the controversy surrounding it and how Permanence could be held up as one of the key albums to establish the current trend and love for 80s new wave synth sounds. See acast.com/...
Dec 09, 2020•41 min
Could it really be that time of year again? Yeah, 2020 sucked for most of us, but good golly did we have an excellent soundtrack to accompany the gloom this year. Steve and Remfry count down their Top 20 albums of 2020 and kick things off with spectacular style with numbers 20 - 11. They also talk about their respective song and EP of the year in the first part of our end of year countdown. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party ser...
Dec 03, 2020•2 hr 21 min
For this very special episode of Riot Act, Steve is joined by two of our collective favourites; Max Cavalera and Greg Puciato. Known for their individual work in bands like Sepultura, Soulfly, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Black Queen and Cavalera Conspiracy, the duo join us to talk about the second album from their most super of supergroups, Killer Be Killed. We hear about the formation of the band, that dates back to the last decade, the way in which Max and Greg roped in Mastodon’s Troy Sand...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 5 min
It’s another double Classic Album Series podcast, and this week we go in on one of the weirdest multi-platinum selling bands in history; Armenian/American metal oddities System Of A Down. In part one we look at the band's self-titled debut album from 1998. Starting with the formation of the band, and their various and wide ranging musical inspirations, we look at the nascent nu-metal scene that was building in LA around the time, their relationship with super producer Rick Rubin and the impact t...
Nov 30, 2020•2 hr 14 min
Steve's in a festive mood because it's Thanksgiving and nothing gets him feeling more jolly than celebrating the concentrated slaughter of millions of people... ahhh bliss! But there's genuinely something to celebrate as the long awaited 4th album from Palm Reader (41:32) is out. Remfry and Steve review that alongside new albums by Billie Joe Armstrong (1:27:45) Hatebreed (1:48:23) and Clutch (2:21:04) And we also correct our errors from last week when stating that there are no bands left to ref...
Nov 26, 2020•2 hr 37 min
Originally On Patreon- April 14th 2020 In this Rioteer's Review, suggested by Max Ellis, Remfry and Steve discuss the 1992 sixth studio album by psychedelic 'grunge' underdogs Screaming Trees. They discuss the band's involvement in the Singles soundtrack, pour yet more worship upon Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan (as per) and attempt to get to the bottom of why Screaming Trees never 'hit big' in the same way as their contemporaries Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains. See acast.com/...
Nov 25, 2020•37 min
Steve and Remfry can't decide on whether it's a good week or not, as they review new releases by Killer Be Killed, Cabaret Voltaire, Dark Tranquility and p.g. Lost. They also talk about the potential Hole reunion (and if they're bothered were such a thing to occur) as well as the all-star Alice in Chains tribute show at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - ht...
Nov 19, 2020•1 hr 32 min
It's Remfry's pick for the Classic Albums series and we're back to doubles due to lockdown, so Remfry's decided to cover alt. rock Gods Pixies. The Boston indie legends recorded Surfer Rosa in November 1987, just 11 months after Black Francis and Joey Santiago dropped out of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to form the band. Bone Machine, River Euphrates, Gigantic and Where is my Mind? are all still beloved songs from the band's back catalogue. Steve and Remfry dive into the making of th...
Nov 15, 2020•1 hr 54 min
Biden's president, we have a vaccine and Steve's an uncle ... but even more important than all of that, System of a Down have released their first new songs in 15 years. Remfry and Uncle Steve assess these 2 new tracks as well as new releases by AC/DC, Jesu, King 810 and Shackles. 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
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 43 min
Originally on Patreon 04 Feb 2020 Steve and Remfry discuss the Original Soundtrack to controversial Oliver Stone directed and Quentin Tarantino scripted satirical black comedy Natural Born Killers. Compiled by Trent Reznor, who reportedly watched the film 50 times, it's contains an incredibly varied smorgasbord of musicians including Leonrad Cohen, Dr. Dre, Patti Smith, Nine Inch Nails, Bob Dylan, L7, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Peter Gabriel and Jane's Addiction. See acast.com/privacy for privacy an...
Nov 12, 2020•39 min
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 stream...
Nov 05, 2020•2 hr 41 min
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...
Oct 29, 2020•2 hr 54 min
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
Oct 22, 2020•2 hr 10 min
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 a...
Oct 22, 2020•46 min
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...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 22 min
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...
Oct 08, 2020•2 hr 13 min
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 f...
Oct 06, 2020•52 min
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 ...
Oct 01, 2020•2 hr 17 min
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 t...
Oct 01, 2020•32 min
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 f...
Sep 25, 2020•3 hr 8 min
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 t...
Sep 18, 2020•2 hr 16 min
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 ...
Sep 17, 2020•35 min
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...
Sep 14, 2020•55 min
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 ...
Sep 11, 2020•2 hr 12 min
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, MF...
Sep 08, 2020•2 hr 24 min
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? Rev...
Sep 04, 2020•2 hr 31 min
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...
Sep 02, 2020•52 min
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 ...
Aug 28, 2020•2 hr 23 min
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 rema...
Aug 27, 2020•2 hr 23 min
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...
Aug 21, 2020•2 hr 33 min
