The Capitol City Dusters / Aina
Split 7''
Superbad / Dischord
1999
Rating: 7 reported casts out of 10
I'm not sure where I have heard the Capitol City Dusters track at other than this release, but it sounds very familiar to me. Maybe it just comes from the same place as their other Washington DC indie punk songs, but wither way it's pretty decent. I'd never even heard of the band on the b side before, Aina, but their track "Lutton Can Wait" sounds like a mash-up of Jawbox and the Archers of Loaf, so I'm backing it.
The Dusters
Forest Fire 7''
Superbad / Dischord
1996
Rating: 6 broken breadsticks out of 10
This appears to be the first release by the Dusters, given they soon changed their name to the Capital City Dusters and recorded the rest of their material under that moniker. They weren't as "DC" as many other Washington punk bands, a little poppier and not quite as noisy. Both tracks here, the title track and B-side "Seventeen," were also part of their debut full-length "Simplicity." Not a crucial record by any means, but it's decent.
