Bayonettes - Dead End Kids b/w American Song

Toronto's BAYONETTES are relatively well known from their three 7"s on Deranged - all of which are great - but a couple of their best songs are some of the first ones they wrote/recorded.  One of these is "Guilty Pleasures," originally on their demo, but finally/posthumously put to vinyl in re-recorded form a few months ago.  The other is "Dead End Kids," which could very well be the closest I've heard any band get to the AVENGERS sound and spirit, plus I'm a sucker for punk bands with hand clap parts. It was the band's first vinyl release, and one of the first records released through the Art of the Underground Single Series, and these two factors combined are probably responsible for there only being 250 of them, which is understandable, but still a crime considering how amazing these songs are.



Location: Toronto, ON
Label: Art of the Underground
Year: 2004

Dress Up As Natives 7"

Don't know a lot about this band, except that they were from Pittsburgh and played in a mellow post-punk style with jangly guitars and an organ. Music for when late night turns to early morning, the streets are empty, and you could either be walking home super late or leaving your house super early, and it'd fit all the same. 
"You Had to Be There" is the A-side, and is great, if the more straightforward of the record's songs, while the two B-side songs each have their own flavor.  "Grover" is my favorite song on here and has a garage/maybe slight psych swagger to it, while "Didn't Expect" could be described as "arty," with tempo changes and no wave tendencies.
All copies of the record were individually hand-colored, this is just one of them.

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Label: Public Records
Year: 1982

Death Wish Kids - There's Nothing in School They Can't Teach you on the Streets 7"

One of my top ten 7"s of the 90's. They hailed from Seattle and played incredibly fuzzed-out, nihilistic hardcore, backed by Andrea's livid vocals, that I'm sure was insanely refreshing at the time.  The sound of teenage kicks, breaking shit, and drinking in concrete rooms. The members' future bands, whether or not you like them, are not relevant to the fury of this 7".

Location: Seattle, WA
Label: Hopscotch Records
Year: 1995

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