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I think you could probably go back and track the stages of grief, probably that is what I went through. But I think if you do it right, you end up at acceptance. And that's where I ended up. And that's not to say that I've fully accepted the idea that the golden toad is extinct. Personally, I do still hold out hope that it could still be out there in those forests." - Trevor Ritland This conversation is with Trevor Ritland, who—along with his twin brother Kyle—authored The Golden Toad . The book chronicles their remarkable journey into Costa Rica’s cloud forest, once home to hundreds of brilliant golden toads that would emerge for just a few weeks each year—until, one day, they vanished without a trace. What began as a search for a lost species soon became something much more profound: a confrontation with ecological grief, a meditation on hope, and a powerful call to protect the natural world while we still can. Links: SpeciesUnite.com Kyle and Trevor: https://kyleandtrevor.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adventureterm/ Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222249677-the-golden-toad Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Toad-Ecological-Mystery-Species/dp/163576996…

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46 - Steve vs. God 2:31:44

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It's an absolutely monumental week this week, partly cause there's a lot of brilliant new music out but mainly because Remfry's gallivanting off to that bloody Europe next week and alas, he won't be present to wax lyrical about it all for you. But we have another treat for you all in store next week...more details on the show. But nevermind that because on this episode are reviews of new albums by Baroness, Dinosaur Pile Up, The St Pierre Snake Invasion, Bokassa, Heart of a Coward and Jambinai. Cor blimey guv, that's a hell of a lot of great music to get through (and some not so great music depending on whose opinion you value more). There's also an extensive review of Portals Festival and a discussion around the Frank Turner / The Armed controversy.…

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RR07 - Type O Negative - Dead Again 36:04

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Steve and Remfry sit down to discuss the seventh and final album by NY gothic doom merchants Type O Negative. Whilst the album had a decent critical reception, Dead Again is rarely given the credit it's due, with most media attention focusing on the (admittedly brilliant) Bloody Kisses and October Rust. But Dead Again, whilst not perfect, contains some utterly definitive and fascinating insights into Type O Negative and more pertinently Pete Steele. Released three years before his untimely death, there is an irony surrounding the album in that it's the most morbid record by a band practically obsessed with death. Paradoxically, it's also Type O's lightest album, containing many of the bands fastest, punkier cuts.…

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45 - Heroin for Christmas 2:18:02

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This week on Riot Act, Remfry watched some live music in the form of Alexisonfire at Ally Pally and The St. Pierre Snake Invasion at The Black Heart and Steve watched some "live" music at the Bring Me The Horizon day of All Points East festival who brought with them a veritable bunch of other bands who, for the most part, don't seem to understand the basic concept of live music. New albums come courtesy of Jane's Addiction / Porno For Pyros legend Perry Farrell, Pelican, Motanka and Pleaides and in possibly the oddest trade-off so far, Steve listens to BRITN3Y by BRITNEY and Remfry endures Morbid Angel's Illud Divinum Insanus.…

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S13 - Alexisonfire's George Pettit and Wade MacNeil 30:42

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Remfry sat down with George Pettit and Wade MacNeil from Canadian post-hardcore legends Alexisonfire just a few hours before their massive headlining show at London's Alexandra Palace. They discuss the band's reunion, their first new material since 2010's Dog's Blood EP (in the form of singles Familiar Drugs and Complicit) and what the future holds for the only band ever.…

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44 - #5iveForSlamDunk2020 2:40:42

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Steve and Remfry both ventured out to their first UK festival of the year in the form of Slam Dunk. They bring you their review through a very heavily Riot Acted-tinted perspective (i.e. atypical). Speaking of festivals, they also discuss a couple of interesting additions to the Glastonbury line-up and Steve reports back from Wembley Arena where he saw grunge-metal legends Alice in Chains. Album reviews this week come courtesy of Her Name is Calla, Cave In, Royal Republic and Cursed Earth and Trade off comes courtesy of Hope Fading Nightly by Tellison and The Hardest Way To Make A Living by The Streets.…

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43 - No Mash to Heat Up Your Beans 2:26:27

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It's a bumper week this week what with obtuse Scottish arena rock botherers Biffy Clyro shocking us all by releasing a new album in the form of a soundtrack to feature film Balance, Not Symmetry. Steve and Remfry cast their critical eye upon it, as well as new albums by Rammstein, Morrissey, Destrage and Petrol Girls There's also sad new to impart from the Slipknot camp and Steve has an unsolicited theory as to the identity of their new member, plus trade-off goes from the sublime to the utterly turgid with The Hold Steady's Boys and Girls in America and Collapsed Lung's Cooler both being discussed.…

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S12 - Guide to UK Festivals 2019 2:01:00

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Steve and Remfry bring you their extensive guide to the UK festivals this summer, going through each line-up and giving their recommendations as to which bands you should see (as well as a few bands you should definitely miss). They cover Slam Dunk, All Points East, Portals, Download, Glastonbury, Tech-Fest, 2000Trees, Bloodstock, ArcTanGent and Reading & Leeds.…

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42 - Bonjour Saboteur 2:23:43

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Bonjour is in an incredibly tetchy mood this week, doing everything she can in an attempt to sabotage the podcast and muscle her way in on the reviews. Maybe she's bitter about the fact that Steve's not been able to pay her all that much attention this week, as it's the first catch up show of 2019. And blimey Charlie there is a veritable feast of fantastic albums that the Riot Act crew have missed over the last 5 months. Steve and Remfry look back over 8 albums they missed by Sharon van Etten, Idiot Pilot, Latitudes, Teeth of the Sea, Cartograpghs, Herod, Lotus Eater and SeeYouSpaceCowboy On top of that, there are an additional two album reviews from opposite ends of the Riot Act spectrum both out this week courtesy of The National's 'I Am Easy To Find' and Full of Hell's 'Weeping Choir. There's also live reviews of Brutus, Employed to Serve, Loathe and Devil Sold His Soul.…

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S11 - The Wonder Years with Dan 'Soupy' Campbell 38:40

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Remfry sat down for a chat with Dan 'Soupy' Campbell from The Wonder Years to discuss their last album Sister Cities, an album that got to #12 on Remfry's Albums of the Year 2018. The record explores empathy in a tumultuous world and how we can find hope in difficult, politically charged times. They also discuss the reaction to the album a year on and if there's any truth to the rumours that Sister Cities might be the last record from The Wonder Years.…

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41 - I Can't Stick Up For Big Balls 2:20:32

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There are new songs by Tool (and, since recording, a release date for their new album of August 30th) but Steve and Remfry don't wanna listen to no shitty phone recording fool! All the same, they find reason to talk about it cause ya know ... Tool! They also review new albums by Employed to Serve, The Get Up Kids and We Never Learned to Live as well as having a discussion around the new Amon Amarth album and their proclamation that they would like to take the heavy metal baton once the Metallicas and Iron Maidens of the world croak ... but are they capable of doing so? All this plus possibly the most acerbic trade-off of them all as two titans of rock go head to head in the form of AC/DC ... and Reel Big Fish. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap goes up against We're Not Happy Til You're Not Happy, an album that lives up to its title by not making Stephen Hill happy. Warning: features fudge eating.…

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RR06 - Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones 31:40

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40 - Desmond Child’s Ho99o9 2:35:19

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This week there's a plethora of great albums to discuss from the likes of Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes, The Wildhearts, The Physics House Band and a collaboration between Marissa Nadler and Stephen Brodsky. Steve also went to see Ho99o9 live, whilst Remfry attended shows by Restorations and Devin Townsend. This week's trade off come courtesy of Acid Bath's 'When the Kite String Pops' and Beach Slang's 'The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us' and there's a detour into mainstream pop territory as the boys discuss rising star Billie Eilish.…

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39 - 21 Million Inbreds Can't Be Wrong 1:49:23

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Steve is pitting Britain vs. America in Trade-off this week, as the quintessentially British The Verve goes up against rootin' tootin' Americana savagists Hootie and the Blowfish. Spoiler, Britian win .... They also review new albums by The Flaming Lips, The Damned Things and Lost in the Riots and Remfry recounts his version of events at Daughters London headline show.…

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S10 - Movie Special with Matt Stocks 2:29:36

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Move over Mark Kermode. Eat your heart out Roger Ebert. Put down that popcorn Barry Norman. The Riot Act boys are in town and they're here to talk movies. But they're not doing so alone, as this week they're joined once again by fellow pod-caster extraordinaire (and movie fanatic) Matt Stocks. You wanted the worst, well you got the worst! Steve, Remfry and Matt cover four recently released music films, including Bohemian Rhapsody, The Dirt, Lords of Chaos and The Godfathers of Hardcore (about Queen, Mötley Crüe, Mayhem and Agnostic Front respectively). They also delve into what makes a good music film and Steve reveals the worst scene he's ever seen in a film EVER! Beh-Doo…

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38 - Better Than a Swamp Full of Shit 2:05:24

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Remfry somehow managed to secure himself another trip to The Netherlands in as many months, so that he could report back to you about festivities at Roadburn 2019. Space cake may or may not have been consumed. Remfry goes into details about the bands he saw including Cave In, Daughters, Mono and the Jo Quail Quintet, A.A. Williams and more. Back in the room with Steve, the boys review new albums from The Chemical Brothers, Sunn O))) and Memory of Elephants and trade-off this week comes courtesy of Graham Coxon's Happiness is Magazines and Down I Go's You're Lucky God, That I Can Not Reach You.…

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37 - Take That Doves 1:49:19

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In an uncharacteristic move for an old cynical punk, Stephen Hill went to see Marks-and-Spencer-core fatigue merchants Doves and Mancunian poptastic royalty Take That and was able to make a surprising comparison between the two. Remfry went to the more usual Riot Act fare of IDLES and Memory of Elephants. The boys also review new releases from Idlewild, Inter Arma and Blood Command and this week's trade-off is DevilDriver's Outlaws 'Til the End, Vol 1 and Damien Rice's 9.…

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36 - Death to False Fun 2:09:26

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Steve gets distracted this week talking about Easter Eggs, despite it being a full week before Easter ... maybe the sheer complexity and mind-boggling nature of this week's albums has gone to his head. And that's hardly surprising, considering the boys review albums by Periphery, PUP, Raketkanon, Waste of Space Orchestra and Town Portal. Remfry also went to see Black Futures at The Lexington in London and Trade-off comes courtesy of Royal Republic's Weekend Man and Scott Walker's The Drift.…

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RR05 - Hawk Eyes - Everything Is Fine 35:52

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35 - Overpowered By The Twee 2:06:34

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This week, Steve and Remfry pay tribute to Scott Walker who passed away on Monday. An innovative and uncompromising artist whose career encompassed everything from 1960s pop to a collaboration with hooded Seattle doom-merchants Sunn O))), Walker was a huge influence on a diverse range of artists including Radiohead, Pulp, Cult of Luna, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Goldfrapp, Opeth and Leonard Cohen. In much better news, the boys discuss the incredibly exciting announcement that Machine Head will be back with original members Logan Mader and Chris Kontos to play their colossal 1994 debut album Burn My Eyes in full. They also review new albums from UNKLE, Whitechapel, Brutus and The Pirate Ship Quintet and trade-off comes courtesy of Broken Bells and Atari Teenage Riot.…

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S09 - Devin Townsend 1:28:02

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Remfry sat down to chat with Devin Townsend, the multi-faceted Canadian musician, songwriter and producer to discuss his most recent record Empath. Townsend talks about working with an orchestra, inviting Chad Kroeger to do backing vocals and incorporating multiple genres together as a musical metaphor for empathy. After our in-depth 45 minute interview, Steve and Remfry also provide a primer for Devin Townsend for those who don't know where to start with his mammoth back catalogue and finally give their view on Empath, the most ambitious musical statement to date from one of the most ambitious musicians working today.…

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34 - Grandma Daltrey’s Quadruple Brexit 2:02:59

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The deluge of great albums are starting to break through the dam of mediocrity that has been 2019, as Steve and Remfry review 4 new albums from Karen O and Danger Mouse, The Cinematic Orchestra, American Football and La Dispute. Remfry also went to see Jamie Lenman, Bob Mould and El Moono and both gents went to see Svalbard and Ithaca. The boys discuss Chris Fehn's departure from Slipknot and Trade-off returns after a week off with This Will Destroy You's self-titled album and The Lost Boys OST…

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33 - The Metalcore Femidom 2:05:12

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Steve and Remfry are joined this week by two of the most controversial and contentious figures in the history of metal music... well, according to the comments on Metal Hammer's Facebook Page. The two gents attempt to get to the bottom of how two people that don't even have one penis between them(!) could have the audacity to front extreme metal bands. Unbelievable! The quartet also discuss the rather worrying trend of people investing more money in music memorabilia than music itself, which leads to a frankly baffling conversation about band-themed contraceptives (Winston, if you're interested in those Parkway Drive coils, give us a call and we'll go 50/50 yeah?). Album reviews this week come courtesy of Venom Prison, Louise Lemón and Angel Du$t.…

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S08 - Parkway Drive's Winston McCall on Nick Cave 48:56

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Steve speaks to Winston McCall about Nick Cave, his reception in Australia compared to the UK, his peerless lyricism and McCall's favourite Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds album Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus. They also discuss how Nick Cave influences Parkway Drive and in particular how the last NC&TBS's album, 2016's stunning Skeleton Tree, directly shaped The Colour of Leaving, the final song on Parkway Drive's latest album Reverence.…

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32 - Rivers' Rogue McDonalds Tray 2:19:32

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Steve and Remfry pay tribute to two musicians from polar opposites of the music spectrum this week, after the passing of The Prodigy's Keith Flint and Talk Talk's Mark Hollis. They discuss the impact both musicians had, one who united people across several genres and one who changed the face of modern contemporary music. RIP Keith Flint and Mark Hollis. In happier news, Remfry went to see The Armed again when they hit London to see if his experience was any different to the spaced out experience he had in The Netherlands. (Spoiler, it was even better!) There are also reviews of new albums by Weezer, Holding Absence and Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard and trade off comes courtesy of Joanna Newsom's Divers and Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden.…

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RR04 - Oasis - Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants 43:14

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31 - Dead Man Conjuring 1:57:10

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On this week’s Riot Act we have a very special guest in the form of Conjurer’s Brady Deeprose, who appears to have come on the show purely to correct Steve and Remfry’s pronunciation. What a tosser! Steve and Brady review Downsurge Festival, Remfry went to see The Wonder Years and Steve reluctantly covers The Brits where he discovered that people actually like pop music ... who would’ve thought? The trio review albums by While She Sleeps, In Flames and Mark Morton whilst Trade-Off comes courtesy of The Church of Rock N Roll by Foxy Shazam and Ænima by Tool.…

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S07 - Matt Stocks 2:01:28

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On Riot Act’s seventh special, we welcome fellow podcaster Matt Stocks on to the show to talk about music media, and how it’s changing rapidly before our very eyes. What role do podcasts have to play in music media? Why isn’t rock music well-represented in the mainstream music press? Is print really dying? And how exactly did Steve treat former BBC weather forecaster Michael Fish when he was invited on to Steve’s show on TeamRock Radio? All these questions answered and more. Matt Stocks has been a presenter on Kerrang! Radio and Scuzz TV before he moved on to start his own podcast, Life In The Stocks. He’s interviewed a wide variety of guests from the worlds of music, television and film for the show including Tom Morello, Gene Simmons, Thomas Turgoose, Kate Lawler, Bez, Laura Jane Grace, B-Real, John Lydon, Dom Joly, Gail Porter and Doug Stanhope.…

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30 - My Kingdom for a Tooth 1:40:24

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Remfry’s a little err ... spaced out this week after a last minute trip to The Netherlands with ‘most horrible band in the music industry’ Conjurer has left him slightly frazzled. Oh and his tooth ruddy hurts! Steve’s alright though, although he does have a bee in his bonnet about early 00s indie rock. Too right frankly ... it's all shit! Elsewhere Stephen and Remfry review new albums by Dream Theater, The Specials and Minors and trade-off comes courtesy of Adebisi Shank and The Bravery.…

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RR03 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads 40:47

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The ninth album from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds consisted of new and traditional murder ballads, songs that deal with crime or gruesome death. It seemed a very un-commercial move for an artist who had two years previous reached his commercial peak-to-date with 1994’s Let Love In and its accompanying singles Do You Love Me?, Loverman and Red Right Hand. Despite its morbid nature (or maybe because of it) Murder Ballads attracted a number of guests including Shane MacGowan, PJ Harvey and Kylie Minogue, a collaboration that probably remains the Nick Cave’s most famous collaboration to date. It even smashed his previous sales, achieving Gold certification (Let Love In attained silver) and set Cave up for what would debatably become the most celebrated (and best) part of his career.…

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29 - Shagging A Clanger 1:38:28

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