Sunday, August 30, 2020

Dirt Track Date, Southern Culture on the Skids

Dirt Track Date, Southern Culture on the Skids, 1995, :49

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Country surf rock with a twang and a "if we think it’s fun we'll do it" attitude.  These guys are the musical grandsons of Jimmy Buffet. They blend solid musicianship with knowing winks and goofiness.  Toe-tapping, catchy, and funny.  "It don’t matter if your pants are shiny / If your dick is big or your dick is tiny.” Come on, who wouldn’t love that? Well, lots of people, but this isn't for the kind of people who take offense a little desultory vulgarity.  Sure, end the album with five full minutes of the sound of cars roaring around a racetrack. Why not? Favorite songs: "Soul City," "Greenback Fly," "Whole Lotta Things."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...