bailed show + next gigs.

a couple of notes: toast is real sick which means we can't play the tranzac tonight (even though we made a cute alternate flyer for it) :~( kai & faith will still be there to help with doors & commemorate the end of a.p.d.—please consider attending.

 

alternate flyer by kai.

 

we do, however, have another gig added to our june schedule—an all ages matinée at the flat top on june 22nd with wolf fang fist & be still. flyer soon! it's gonna be a ripper.

 

separately, check out this cute graphic that got made for our NFF spotlight post + the accompanying bio:

"Conceived in Mississauga, based in downtown Toronto & formed at a North York house party in 2021, boxcutter specializes in scorching post-hardcore designed to melt through the harshest of Ontario winters. Following the city’s last generation of MySpace users in a world before streaming services were ubiquitous, the band’s DIY ethic & relentless schedule has already seen them play throughout the golden horseshoe with many of the genre’s best, supporting a clutch of cassette & vinyl releases with barely a year under their belt. Simultaneously mourning and basking in the remnants of the GTA’s now-bygone era, boxcutter picks up the pieces with passionate, frenetic screamo that dares to dream of a better world."

lastly—we have a 7" coming out some time next month. keep an eye out.

 

love,

boxxy

spring shows + r.i.p. bar orwell.

we've been busy hibernating (see: slacking) after our march weekender, but we're still gonna write that post about it eventually. a lot's happened since then...

we played with picknumberthreemylord! (who came all the way up from rochester), pretty mouth (subbing in for be still) & linens @ the arcade a few weeks ago. it ruled!

flyer by kai & treehouse ryan.

we've got a handful of shows waiting in the wings for may + june:

• may 13th @ next church sanctuary (kingston) w/ frail body, treehouse of horror & pity the heel ($15 or p.w.y.c./all ages)
• june 8th @ tranzac club w/ a perennial daydream (last show), treehouse of horror, guest room status & blosum ($20 or p.w.y.c./all ages)
• june 15th w/ terry green, purity culture & cloudwatch (tkaronto—details t.b.a.)
• june 24th @ houndstooth (a.k.a. the toast show) w/ gutmachine & xxemoboyskissingxx (p.w.y.c./19+)
  
  

flyer by kai.

flyer by willa coward.

in worse news, we also got word a few weeks back that bar orwell has seemingly closed for good after only a few years; fuck every landlord & property owner that obstructs what little culture we have left to hold onto in this city. some of our favourite shows as a band and as attendees have been there, and we'll miss their contribution to independent music. it's getting dire finding good venues around here but in the face of it all, we have to march on...

here's a video clip of our first show there and our third show as a band. we'll miss it dearly.

and one last thing—riotnine forever.

love,
boxxy