CURTAINS - Twist'n Up The Beach EP 1981

Great PowerPop goodie and only record by this three piece from Ottawa on Mannequin Records by the Curtains. The band consisted of Don (vocals/guitars), John (vocals/bass) & Mike (drums). Three catchy numbers with a light breeze Punkrock, travel all along nicely and build a short blast at the end. These guys sound musical and have the blazing PowerPop gen with lots of hooks and good vibes. Not much has been handed down about the band itself, no lost recordings have been rediscovered during their active time to date, nor have any compliation invitations, except for two Bootlegs from the 2010s decade, and other musical activities are unknown to me. Fuck it! Who cares, download this and good is.

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V/A - Bloodstains Across Canada 2015

I don't know why I always reading, that this compilation has a shit sound and then I wonder, what did you expect, asshole? Be thankful that after many many years a new Bloodstains record is out and again full with damn rarities and awesome artwork to that. You see, there are idiots everywhere who are not satisfied with anything. Fuck them, I think this record is overdue and besides the ingenious Killed By Death #26 and a few more compilations, this is a well-kept overview, besides the well-known bands, what was alive in the second largest state on earth.
Eighteen catchy rare bollox on this record, pressed in red vinyl and limited to 666 copies, includes an insert with liner notes. What more do you want? I hope there will always be people who make these rare pearls accessible to us, you are the best!

1.Screaming Fist - THE VILETONES

2.Now I Ain't Got No Face - NO FUN

3.Transmitter - THE RED SQUARES

4.Rat Race - ACTIVE DOG

5.Fuck You - PRIVATE SCHOOL

6.I, Braineater - BRAINEATERS

7.3rd Homosexual Murder - FORGOTTEN REBELS

8.Grown Up Age - THE BUREAUCRATS

9.Celebrity Crack Up - MODERNETTES

10.Punk Rock Virgins - STURGEONS

11.Invasion Of The Tribbles - THE HOT NASTIES

12.Kids Are People Too - SILICONE INJECTION

13.Disease - THE PRESENCE

14.Some Of The Things That You Do - PINK STEEL

15.Kari Anne - CURTAINS

16.I've Got Your Number - THE RAGE

17.Thought You Were A Friend - CULTURE SHOCK

18.Happy Sad - NJF

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V/A - This Is Mod Vol.4 (Modities) 1996

I still have one for the weekend and the sound matches the setting evening sun that I am now enjoying from the balcony. Ladies & Gentlemen!, let's welcome Volume 4 of the This Is Mod series by the brilliant Anagram Records and the last I have. This Compilation feautures the rare 7Inches by these eight Modities which were published in the late Seventies/early Eighties and for some the only record. Like its predecessors, this little nugget is an absolute highlight of good songs by bands that hardly anyone knows anymore and purchasing one of these delicacies is not really cheap. You see, a real collector's item... like the original platten.

1.Blood Spattered With Guitars - THE ACCIDENTS

2.Curtains For You - THE ACCIDENTS

3.Three Bands Tonite - THE DIRECTIONS

4.On The Train - THE DIRECTIONS

5.Go Steady - THE LAMBRETTAS

6.Cortinas - THE LAMBRETTAS

7.Listen Listen Listen - THE LAMBRETTAS

8.I Saw Her With Another Guy - THE NIGHTRIDERS

9.London Town - THE NIGHTRIDERS

10.Flat 19 - MERTON PARKAS

11.Band Of Gold - MERTON PARKAS

12.You And I - THE ONLOOKERS

13.Understand - THE ONLOOKERS

14.Julia - THE ONLOOKERS

15.I Believe You - THE REPUTATIONS

16.Breaking Communication - THE REPUTATIONS

17.All Day & All Of The Night - THE REPUTATIONS

18.They Think I Don't See Them - THE REPUTATIONS

19.Protect Your Love - THE UNTOUCHABLES

20.Sister Salvation - THE UNTOUCHABLES

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V/A - Canada's Pissed Vol.3 2011

Winter comes back and I'm glad I don't live in Scandinavia, brrrrrrrrrr..... I'm not made for cold. I get warmer with the following unofficial compilation and this CD-R is full with Canadian Punk rarities 1977-1983 and is the last one of this little mini-series. A few 7inches by the bands you can find in the Blog and I can only recommend you to look for them. Volume 1 is also essential and brings you the full blast. That should be enough to start April, and the weekend sensibly.

1.Down Town Boy - THE ACTION

2.Transmitter - THE RED SQUARES

3.Modern Rockers - VENDETTA

4.Bureaucracy - THE BUREAUCRATS

5.Can't Let Go - SECTION 8

6.Twist'n Up The Beach - CURTAINS

7.Television Child - RESTLESS VIRGINS

8.Welcome To The Cruel World - THE SPY'S

9.South Windsor Punk - DRY HEAVES

10.Weekend Wrestler - THE ONITS

11.Kill Me If You Can - HOT NASTIES

12.In Sympathy With Poland - PLAN NINE

13.Piss On You - SUBURBAN SLAG

14.Hit And Run - THE UNUSUALS

15.Nuclear Hall Of Fame - CUTZ

16.Disease - THE PRESENCE

17.Organized Religion - RIOT .303

18.Kids Are People Too - SILICONE INJECTION

19.Lookin' Around - THE VERDIX

20.Calgary Girls - K TONICS

21.Penchant - THE NERVE

22.Punk Violence (Live) - MODERN MINDS

23.Wild West - ROCK & ROLL BITCHES

24.Reaction - BLANK GENERATION

25.Crude City - MALIBU KENS

26.The First Studio Bomb - 222

27.You Make It Hard - THE REMEDIALS

28.The Kids Arrived - THE REACTION

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