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Five Songs, 1/19/2022

Posted on January 19, 2022 | Joshua Buergel

Dead Kennedys, “Moon over Marin”

The closer to the second Kennedys album, Plastic Surgery Disasters, it’s one of those anthemic songs that the Kennedys would occasionally turn out. This is actually about as accessible as they ever got, although there’s still Biafra’s strange warble to contend with.

The Toasters, “T-Time”

I think the Toasters were at their strongest in their instrumentals (or near-instrumentals). This is just a groove, horns, and some soloing, and ain’t nothing wrong with that.

Five Songs, 9/29/2021

Posted on September 29, 2021 | Joshua Buergel

Devin the Dude, “Do What You Wanna Do”

You’re never going to guess what this song is about! (It’s weed.)

The Pixies, “All the Saints”

23 years passed between Trompe Le Monde and Indie Candy, time where Frank Black spent a lot of time making records with a whole lot of people that weren’t the Pixies. But by the time he got around to making records with them again, it was only a partial reunion. Kim Deal didn’t return to the band, and as much as I like Santiago and Lovering, the first record really sounded like yet another Frank Black project and not the Pixies.