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Don't Back the Front

Sep 4, 2026 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Music

Xerox music is here at last! Don't Back the Front brings you DIY weird waves from the classic punk era through today. All with extra saxophone!

(Your DJ reserves the right to play indie pop)

8:01 PM		The Desperate Bicycles Don't Back the Front 7" 1977
8:02 PM		Half Japanese 1,000,000 Kisses Charmed Life 50 Skidillion Watts Records 1988
8:09 PM		Anytime Cowboy Gone By Now N Gone By Now 2026
8:11 PM		Search Results Secret Bench in the Bardo N Secret Bench in the Bardo - Single 2026
8:12 PM		Autoclave Dr. Seuss Autoclave Dischord 1992
8:15 PM		Fruited Planes Super Powers N Dismal Nitch Dot Dash Sounds 2026
8:20 PM		I Will Die In This Jean Jacket Some New Day N Hang From A Cloud 2026
8:21 PM		Bird Nest Roys Alien Compilation Flying Nun Records 2013
8:25 PM		Twig Airplane Why Do You Think They Call It Pop? - The Pop Narcotic Compilation Pop Narcotic 1994
8:28 PM		Steaming Coils The Bishop Breaded Medical Records 1988
8:36 PM		The Replacements Hold My Life Tim Sire 1985 Let It Bleed edition from 2023
8:40 PM		Animal Piss, It's Everywhere Eyes N III Sophomore Lounge 2026
8:44 PM		Bullseye Angels Share Bullseye Ever/Never Records LLC 2026
8:46 PM		Minutemen Dr. Wu Double Nickels on the Dime SST Records 1984
8:48 PM		Tha Retail Simps Daffodil Girl N Real Simple Total Punk 2026
8:51 PM		Dumptruck Back Where I Belong Positively Dumptruck Dumptruck 1985
8:55 PM		National Photo Committee Adelaide Red Hot Photo Committee Ever/Never Records LLC 2026
9:12 PM		The Grebes Still Flowers N The Grebes 2026
9:15 PM		Precious Metals Pigeon N Pigeon - Single 2026
9:18 PM		Diyl Tones See See Tee Vee N Diyl Tones Punk Valley 2026
9:20 PM		Weird 1000 Grass N Grass - Single 2026
9:23 PM		Silkworm Wet Firecracker Firewater Matador 1996
9:25 PM		My Dad Is Dead Whirlpool The Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get Homestead 1989
9:29 PM		Dragnet Active Shooter N ST 12" Total Punk 2026
9:33 PM		Chainsaw Masochist Thrashing Around Where In the World Is Wendy Broccoli? Flying Nun Records 2004
9:35 PM		Lotion Dock Ellis Full Isaac Fur Beret 1994
9:46 PM		The Dream Syndicate Until Lately The Days of Wine and Roses Rhino/Slash 1982
9:53 PM		Pavement Kennel District Wowee Zowee Domino Recording Co 1995
9:57 PM		Helium In A Little Box Why Do You Think They Call It Pop? - The Pop Narcotic Compilation Pop Narcotic 1994
10:01 PM		Pardoner Twisted N Target Practice 2026
10:04 PM		Guiding Light Liebe Im Kapitalistischen Reich N Fear on My Own Time Post Present Medium 2026
10:08 PM		The Drin Prophets of Doom N I Lost My Way For Centuries Feel It 2026
10:11 PM		The Method Actors Do the Method This Is Still It Acute 2010 From 1980
10:20 PM		Susanne Lewis Lucky N S/T 2026
10:24 PM		Lida Husik California Oregon Bozo Husik Musik 1991
10:29 PM		The Loud Family Nice When I Want Something Attractive Nuisance Alias Records, Corp. 2000
10:34 PM		Coriky Clean Kill Coriky Dischord Records 2020
10:38 PM		The Sprouts Hit Me Go Down N Singin' With The Sprouts Meritorio 2026
10:41 PM		Grenadine Mexico Big Sky Nopalitos Simple Machines/TeenBeat 1994
10:44 PM		RIBS Crashing Machine N COLD RIBS Three Lobed Recordings 2026
10:52 PM		Jackie-O Motherfucker Skylight Ballads of the Revolution Fire Records 2009

Chat is archived.

good EVENING

Dana K (Bargin' hard)

I am no longer in exile but I forget how to change my name

Hello Dana K and yoni and everyone

Hey there Rob!

@ Dana K (in exile) (host) Well, it

hello!

... it's not such a bad thing. The Rolling Stones were in Exile on Main Street, and I think that's one of their best albums ;-))

Hello Dana! In "Playlist chat" you click on the gear icon in the top right to change your screen name

with your tiny little cat

OUTBACK Nice!!

Hi Marcus! Hi Richard x2! Hi TAndy!

The gear icon does not give me that option. I think because I'm the host. I'll have to see if it works in a different chat.

Nice name change Marcus!

Thanks Rob!

"pick me up in your Honda Accord" ... yes!

though I have never had an Accord

I had a Honda Fit for 13 years and loved it dearly!

I've had two Civics, one for 13 years, the other for 19 years and counting

Dana, in spintron only an admin can change the host name

Hmmm.

I can't tell you guys how much I love the Outback. I had so much car trauma from the Ford Fiesta...the wheel popping off on the highway and all that.

FORD = Fix Or Repair Daily

Oh my god you had a Fiesta???? I'm surprised it lasted till now!

this is so pleasant

Found On Road Dead

lol!

Yeah. It was such a disaster. Bought it secondhand and put soooo much money into it for the year and a half I had it because shit kept fucking up.

Im so glad you don't have to deal with that anymore. Ford could have done so much better when the focus was brought over here, oh well. Outback time

It's a new era!!

is it (The Dawning of a) New Era?

hep hep

Wow, I know this Twig song but I don't think I have this album? Maybe I taped it off WMUC in the 90s? It's great to hear it again for sure

The compilation is a 10" that came in with a bunch of other 10"s at my record store! It's so good

Black Market Clash is a 10"

Possibly I have that compilation, I looked it up on Discogs and some song titles look familiar?

So many classics on that 10"

Marcus, agree

L E M U R S

Hi Dana bash the front

If it's still there when I go back to work on Sunday I'm taking it home

Hey Ossy!

I am gonna GTTG but thanks for the tunes!

Have fun!

Razzle dazzle

There will be at least a little bit of razzle. Can't speak for the dazzle.

razzle dazzle is the song Richard Gere sings in Chicago

will I now be judging everything this holiday weekend using a razzle to dazzle rating system? possibly.

bold band name

got me thinking about the Dazz Band

and oh yes

this is not a band name i can say on the air

Nice night.

hi jim!

Dazz Band - Let it Whip

I see cowpunk is still alive and well

I thought this was a Minutemen original when I first heard it

I'm guessing the Katy in this song is the Katy who lied

i was just reading about who the original song writters are for dr wu, interesting. I never knew it was a cover.

yup! steely dan

@ Dana K (in exile) (host) Yes, the Minutemen's "Dr. Wu" might be _the_ most unusual Steely Dan cover ever!

even though it is on everywhere i go, i have not spent too much time listening to steely.

Steely Dan are hip now but I also have not really listened to them

Some very big 90's Hip-Hop sampled Steely Dan "aja", "Black Cow", "Peg"

Another thing I can't announce on the air cos I'm getting paid to do it: I'm DJing the Neon Clown Dream Lounge (next to Kung Fu Necktie) on September 16th, 8pm-12am. A Wednesday night!

Awesomeness

congrats on the gig! you'll be strong like ox moving all those records around.

Gonna have the fellas help me out. Four hours is a lot of records!

is neon clown lounge the upstairs of kfn?

It is

i've had gigs up there too! 😎

less clowns when i was there.

There are now SO many clowns

clowns don't bother me. but i've never been subjected to such numbers.

silkworm!

SKWM

DANA K !!! -- there was a book review last week - there's a book based in the pine barrens about .. the NJ DEVIL - Ill post link above ^

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/books/review/caitlin-mullen-heather-pine-barrens.html

oh hell yes

'Her Favorite Setting for Desolation and Fear? New Jersey. Caitlin Mullen drew on eerie expeditions to the Pine Barrens for her new mystery novel, “Heather.”' .. ..

that's so cool!

I KNOW !!! I have to read it lemme know if you do

it was weird as we had just talked about it SO MUCH !! then .. the book .. ..

read the review it sounds good

looks like the author is from Princeton too

I definitely want to take a Pine Barrens trip this fall

yes she moved to Pton - she did research in P barrens - !!!

I grew up in Pton .. I am now in LA .. would luv a trip to PINE barrens spooky-land !!! (+ the shore!!!) !! Ill live vicariously thru you if you go (+ def read the book prior) Dana K!

ps TNXX for the audio air wavvvesss they are as always XCLLNT!!!

I also want to go to LA! Thinking about a trip this winter. But the Pine Barrens would be easier!

lemme know if you get west !! I think I have emailed you Ill make sure you have my contact info. there's TONZZZ o good shows 2 see .. but no devils [that I know of] ..

Greetings from Citizens Bank Park where the Phillies have lost.... Sorry to miss Minutemen, My Dad Is Dead, Half Japanese, Placemats, and SKWM. Among many others!

Hey Chris! Bummer about the Phils!

Paisley Underground represent

S'up, Friday Freaks?

jimbo's here!

I love Pavement

The best Pavement song!

I also love Pavement

Two States is the best Pavement song because it sounds the most like The Fall, imho.

I heard Crooked Rain Crooked Rain before Slanted and Enchanted and didn't understand all the comparisons to the Fall until I heard that song

howdy jim! i had garden tomatoes tonight for dinner. i made stew (really just a tomato sauce) with ground Turkey onions peas and carrots. just ate that in a bowl with no pasta. so good tho.

i'm gonna have to zero in on that song chris, i'm sure i've heard it, but don't remember.

i love pavement

@Dana, we enjoyed your show tonight! Have a nice weekend everyone!

Thanks Rob! You guys too!

Dana, did your friend get a spot on the schedule?

He did not, but he didn't apply for one yet. I haven't talked to him but he may be doing subs? In which case you might hear him in this slot when I'm away for DEVOtional.

the guiding light lp is one of my faves of 2026

Same!

Hiya Dana K and all you fine chat peoples! Happy Friday!

Alan! I feel like I haven't seen you in the chat in a while!

Yep! been listenin' but not much time to get into chat...

Good to have you back!

Glad to hear your sinus operation thing came out well too..

Oh yes! A total game changer.

God, I love the Method Actors

Dana: Also glad to hear you're driving a Subaru Outback, mine is a 2002...

Athens, Georgia? Seems like an obscure place where no famous bands would come from. Certainly not multiple bands.

2026 has been kind of a terrible year worldwide, but I agree it's been a great year for new music

U of Georgia

Bands like LOVE TRACTOR

hey Dana! just tuning in

Sebastian! Howdy!

i had a subaru loyal. 93. maroon. that car was very comfortable and fun to drive.

my grandmother had a subaru outback in the 90s that she gave to my mom. and now my mom has given me my new outback. (not the same outback)

those outbacks are full of old family magic? did you check the doors for a hidden family fortune in cash?

well my friend did leave a joint in the door

Dana K: My 2002 only has a 150 CID engine, slightly larger than a lawnmower LOL but hardly uses any gas...

2002! i know they can last forever if you take care of them

Dana K just had the oil changed,good to go....

all this car talk and i just just gazed lovingly out the window at my current rav4

i never miss a an oil change.

Also great sound system helps, the 2002 is pretty decent, CD's and tape deck for sure..

I do wish it had a CD player

sounds like it is time to start planning the stereo upgrade to me.

@Dana K (in exile) (host) i Don't think it gets much better. glad you're Back still keeping us at The Front of wondrous music

I very much enjoyed hearing some My Dad Is Dead on my drive home.

Hi Jon! Hope to see you at PhilaMOCA on Sunday!

Psych yourself up.

Starting now.

And then Mark Robinson at Jerry's on Monday...

I will definitely be there on Monday at Jerry's. it's been about 15 years since i've seen Mark Robinson

I've never seen him! But we are FB friends lol

might make on Sunday too if my prior engagement gets canceled

i really enjoyed Memorials opening for Stereolab last year

I haven't seen them either so it would be silly of me not to go

there have been some good slow burners tonight.

Thanks for the show tonight Dana, looking forward to next week!

great show Dana!

Happy 10 years a week in advance!

thanks, Dana! see you soon.

Dana: Thanks for the tunes this show and several others past. Definitely bcnu Next Week for your 10th !!! Take care!

Congrats!!🎉

thanks everyone! see you next week! <3