As much as I love and revere
Buffalo Tom's 1992 mature masterstroke,
Let Me Come Over, it was that album's two rawer and raucous precursors,
Buffalo Tom (1989), and
Birdbrain (1990) that ushered me to the table. While the Boston trio were able to better differentiate themselves from Dinosaur Jr. (comparisons early on in B/T's career were virtually ceaseless) their somewhat derivative embryonic phase gave rise to a phenomenal host of songs. This performance at WERS FM captured
Bill Janovitz and Co's. relatively nascent steps, with an emphasis on the recently released self-titled album. Visceral previews of
Birdbrain's title track and "Guy Who is Me" are also featured in the setlist, and even if this was tracked in the auspices of a cozy radio station, those of us not blessed with the privilege of witnessing Buffalo Tom in the flesh circa the late '80s can be assured this is an accurate reenactment of what they doggedly brought to the stage every night. This flat out smokes, and I'm making it available both in MP3 and FLAC.
01 Racine
02 Crawl
03 Guy Who is Me
04 She Belongs To Me (Bob Dylan)
05 interview
06 Enemy
07 Flushing Stars
08 Deep In The Ground
09 Birdbrain
10 Sunflower Suit
11 outro
2 comments:
Thank you. Yet again, you come up with the goods.
Awesome!
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