Blue Cross - Demo [2010]

BLUE CROSS are a new band from Ottawa who just released this demo a couple of weeks ago on Capitalicide Tapes. I guess I would call this goth-punk, or something along those tentative boundaries between punk, post-punk and goth-rock - somewhere in between early SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES and some of POISON GIRLS’ stuff.

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Brutal Knights - Not Fun E.P. [2005]

Brutal Knights - Not Fun E.P. [2005]

01. Not Fun

02. Stop Whining

03. Wet My Pants

Not Fun was the first Brutal Knights song I ever heard, not counting the possibility that I may have been at one of their shows, drunk and not paying attention years and years ago.

This E.P. was also one of the first 7 inches I ever bought. Yeah, I haven't been collecting for long, but why the hell would I have bought records before I had a record player?

Anyway, Brutal Knights were my favourite local [Toronto] band for a couple of years (no offense, guys), probably from 2004-2006 (don't quote me on this). The Pleasure Is All Thine is still one of my favourite albums to come out of that city. I have many fond memories of Brutal Knights shows both in Toronto and in Kingston, including my then-future-boyfriend drunkenly teaching me how to skateboard after their set (I found out later he doesn't know how to skate at all), and the set they played in Kingston that was 2 songs long before they stormed offstage and vowed never to return again. I also have some not-so-fond-memories, like the time I realized that both Brutal Knights and Fucked Up were getting popular because I went back home to Toronto for a show they were both playing only to show up at 9:30 to find out it was sold out (i got in anyway, thx Mark) and full of hipsters, one of whom later tried to beat me up because she wanted my seat.

I far prefer The Pleasure Is All Thine and this E.P. (and anything else released around that time period) to Feast of Shame and Living By Yourself, but I know a lot of people who still fucking love them. So, download this shit.

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