NielsBohron

Bonobos are apes, not monkeys, but I thought it was close enough.

Also produced by Blockhead

Baker Street is where Sherlock Holmes, the most famous fictional detective of all time, lived.

"Baker Street" -> Sherlock Holmes -> Detective -> "Watching the Detectives"

Starchild -> Big Star

Connection: reimagined traditional folk with female vocals

Songs about cars as a means of escaping everyday life

And I know it's cool to hate on Springsteen (trust me, I hated on him, too) but seriously folks, listen to the album Born to Run in it's entirety and think back to being in your early 20's and that bone-deep need to get away from everything you grew up around. If you can't relate on some level, then i think you need to do some serious self-reflection on your relationship with your hometown/family

For whatever reason, I can't hear The Aquabats without immediately thinking of this gem of a song.

More formal connection, The Dead Milkmen and The Aquabats are both known for their comedic punk

The chorus from "Chewing Gum" is about opening your ears up to hearing things you don't want to hear, or ceasing "Willful Suspension of Disbelief"

I could keep going with Johnny Cash all day, but "Down There by the Train" sends me down the Tom Waits rabbit hole, and while there's a lot to mine there, I thought I'd keep it in the pseudo-neo-gospel vein with "Way Down in the Hole"

Let's keep the American Recordings streak going

When I was in my late teens, I was obsessed with Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin's American Recordings, so now I can't hear "Rusty Cage" without thinking of Cash's version

From one 90's anti-religion SoCal punk band with a PhD to another.