by Daniel Colussi | I like to consider the four lads of B-Lines to be my personal professors of punk rock. Through many conversations across the Zulu Records counter I was tutored in the historiography of K.B.D. comps, introduced to the rarest of Vancouver punk 7″s, educated in the intricacies of Italian bootcore versus Swedish ragna-stomp, and so much more. Upon hearing of the B-Lines’ show with weirdo punker No Bunny (have you seen him play town? He performs wearing a demented/deformed bunny mask and not much else, and it’s great) it seemed a no brainer to have these guys share some of their favourite tunes as of late. What they’ve offered us below is a nice mix of the completely obscure (to me at least) along with some Stones-cold classics…

Angry Samoans – Lights Out

“We steal all of our ideas from this band.”

Void

“Bored teenagers make the best music.”

Mekons – Where Were You

“A perfect song written by some dudes who probably didn’t know 2 chords a year before.”

The Rolling Stones – Citadel

“Do you remember a few years ago when garage 7″ers would sell for obscene amounts of money? Jay Reatard records would go for like $50. Not a solid long-term investment. Red Cat turned down all that crap. I did however trade in a bunch of bad 90s pop-punk 7″ers for this Rolling Stones record. Thanks to the Muffs for standing the test of time!”

Rhino 39 – Hurry Up and Wait

“Rhino 39 are lost classics of LA punk. Scotty plays them to death in the van on tour!”

The Mansons – I Died Four Times

“An Australian KBD rarity that Scotty has and loves.”

Gang of Four – I Found That Essence Rare

“This sounds like a party song.”

Psychic TV – The Orchids

“Bruce and his wife Marya wanted this song to play when they got married, but they forgot to get a quality mp3 of it. Someone played a low quality youtube video instead, probably this very one. It didn’t really have the intended effect. Next time.”

Sroeng Santi – Baa Baa Buam Buam

“Bruce is in school right now. He can’t listen to songs in English while he reads, so he’s been listening to this instead.”

Should you find yourself toe-tapping to these songs, consider heading down to the Electric Owl tonight (November 19th) to see our favourite sons play with the aforementioned No Bunny, Audacity, and Hunters. Tickets can be found at Zulu and Red Cat, and also at the venue.

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Daniel Colussi is the Music Editor of Scout Magazine and a contributing writer to Ion Magazine. A veteran employee of Zulu Records and tuneage aficionado, he DJs on an infrequent basis (about four times a year) and is a musician around town who plays in several ensembles.