I love seeing live music, as you all know, but I do like my recordings too. Getting tracks laid down in the studio is not only expensive, it’s a time intensive, and methodical process. For that reason, I’m always so thrilled and impressed when our local bands release an album. This weekend, local punk band…
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Thank you Izzy and the folks at The Gem City Podcast for taking the time to talk about music with us! You are terrific!
The pictures below represent a few things that we are very grateful for in 2015!
Terrific friends and musicians who came to the studio like Tom Gilliam (Ghost Town Silence) and Dave New and Vivienne Machi (of Babbling April) who were amazing for our annual holiday program (pictured below). A mighty feeling of appreciation to all of the folks that joined us this year in the studio. Many many thanks to Charles Hartman, David Payne, Larry Evans, and Joe Anderl, Eli Alban and Justin Satinover of The 1984 Draft. We cannot adequately express our appreciation to everyone who has called in or came to the station and allowed us to interview them this year. You rock.
We can never be thankful enough for all of the amazing shows we have seen this year from many incredible musicians! A brief highlight includes The Dayton Music Art and Film Festival, Holidayton, Midpoint Music Festival, Good English-The New Old-Fashioned-Me & Mountains- Whoa Thunder at Blind Bob’s, the chance to see Moira play on the street in Over-The -Rhine in Cincinnati, Smug Brothers-Brat Curse-Manray at The South Park Tavern, The New Old-Fashioned and The Repeating Arms at Gilly’s and honestly more shows that we can remember off the top of our heads. To all those that we were privileged to see this year – we want to say a hearty and heartfelt thank you! And to those shows that we did not get to, because well… life and work sometimes get in the way, know that we were with you in spirit and – we’re coming next time.
And as always, the opportunity that we have to do this program is a debt that we can never repay. However, we will always try to pay that back. Thank you all for your support as we enter into our 12th year of doing this radio show on WUDR in Dayton, Ohio!
Thank you all! Have a happy and musical New Year’s Eve! Go see some independent music! We will catch you this Tuesday at 3pm on WUDR for our second Best of 2015 show with our friend Tom Gilliam!
This week we discuss upcoming festivals, shows, events, and activities that will shape your Summer plans. What musical events are you looking forward to this Summer? What are your must attend events? Let us know.
We will also be talking about the Summer Music Read – remember that you should be reading that book now for later this month when we chat about it!
And, yeah… you can expect bunches of new music on the ol’ program. You can try and contain your excitement as we play music from Sam at Eleven, The Repeating Arms, HEXADIODE, Me & Mountains, Me Time, The Connells, Miles Tackett, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens, The Afghan Whigs, David Payne, Sleepy Kitty, Jeremy Porter, Gulp, and much more!
So, join us from 3-6pm on wudr.udayton.edu or 99.5 & 98.1 fm in the Dayton area this Tuesday!
Great new music from Dear Fawn, Smug Brothers, Timothy Pritchard and the Boxcar Suite, David Bowie, Line and Circle, The Lovely Bad Things, The Men, Waxahatchee, Bleeding Rainbow, Glorie, and much more! Join us this Tuesday from 3-6pm on WUDR!
We will be discussing the new CDs from Dear Fawn and Smug Brothers and trying to answer the question of why the Dayton music scene continues to impress!
Expect a rundown on shows that you need to catch in the Miami Valley, a SXSW review, and a preview of Record Store Day.
Join us tomorrow as we celebrate the HoliDayton indie music extravaganza that occurs every year! Also, Tiny Spark by Dave Mann and The B-sides is out NOW! And you really want it. Dave will be calling in to talk about Tiny Spark, work on the new Mittenfields album, and more!
If that was not enough we are also premiering The Purrs new song Rotting on the Vine! In fact, we love both the A and B sides of that single — remember those days? — that we will also be playing You, The Medicine, and Me by The Purrs too!
New music from Guided by Voices, Okay Lindon, King Elk, Lightouts, Sleep Fleet, Mission Man, Human Cannonball, Me & Mountains, Major Major Major, Motel Beds, Robthebank, The Story Changes, and some great stuff from The Connells, Smug Brothers, and We Were Animals
Join us for some great new and Dayton music on Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative on wudr.udayton.edu from 3-6pm!
This week we will be listening to some of the great local music that we have in the city of Dayton! Many of the great music, venues, and artwork in our community will be previewed for those who are thinking about attending DMF 2012! And honestly that should be you. We also have some rare demos and live recordings from some of the artists who are making the Gem City music festival so amazing. Co-organizer Don Thrasher will be joining us in the first hour of the show. Expect some great music from Southeast Engine, Vanity Theft, Roley Yuma, Sleep Fleet, Al Holbrook, Turkish Delights, Me & Mountains, Motel Beds, Captain of Industry, Amnesia, Tim Pritchard and The Boxcar Suite and much much more!
We will also talk about the bands and artists that we saw at Midpoint Music Fest this past weekend. For the record, Dayton’s own Motel Beds were amazing at MPMF this year!
You can check out the schedule for DMF! Make your weekend plans accordingly!
A new show tomorrow as Your Tuesday Afternoon turns Alternative featuring music and a premier from our friend Dave Mann – Tiny Spark. The song will make your day!
Hold on tight for bands like Fast Years, King Elk, Motel Beds, Me & Mountains, POP-ETC, Southeast Engine, Dear Fawn, Homemade, PowerFlower, Water Liars, Japandroids, Smashing Pumpkins, Soulsavers, Harper Blynn, A Place to Bury Strangers, The Black Cadillacs, Iskaa & the Red Cars, Good Sir Con Artist, Wussy, Mittenfields, Seedy Seeds, Royal Headache, Guided by Voices and more.
We will be talking about YTAA T-shirts, bumper stickers, and stickers…
So, tune in if you can because we would really appreciate it and you will discover great independent music on wudr.udayton.edu or 99.5 and 98.1 in the Dayton area!
The outpouring of support for Me & Mountains‘s effort to release Feral on Vinyl is gaining traction! And it has only been a few days!
The band has passed the $1,000 point and are very close to the goal of $1,700! Keep the support coming oh kind and generous music folks!
Again, what can you do? You, fan of all around great music can contribute to the KickStarter page for Me & Mountains and support their effort to release their new album, Feral on vinyl. You can for an incredibly small effort still support great local music!
You can listen and enjoy fantastic music and be part of the collective experience!
Normally when you think of what night you should go out, you think about the weekend… maybe a Friday or Saturday night, right? Well music fans, this week Thursday is for Indie! That’s right, this Thursday, January 19th, we have a terrific collection of Dayton bands who will be playing at the Rathskeller Room at Wright State University! This is a show that you should not miss! We have a great lineup that includes Vanity Theft — whose album Get What You Came For — made my best of 2011 list. In addition to VT we have: We Were Animals — and their Apoco-Lips album– should not be missed, Abertooth Lincoln, and 3rd and Main! The show starts at 7pm and goes until 10pm that leaves plenty of time for your weekend. It is an all ages show so that music fans of all ages can begin their love affair with Dayton music! And most importantly you can get a good jump on a weekend of great local music.
And to give you a start on the show: You can download the We Were Animals album! You can also check out Abertooth Lincoln’s music, if you haven’t already at ReverbNation or their Facebook page! Yes, while it may be cold outside just remember that it is socially acceptable to begin your weekend on a Thursday night! And with this lineup, you really should.
Dayton’s own Me & Mountains are not only a great live band that is part of an exploding local music scene but they are also rather savvy business guys. Normally the path to releasing music is wrought with many logistical challenges, delays, and processing problems. And while we are not talking the length of time that it took one William Bruce Bailey to release a record they titled ‘Chinese Democracy’, it can be a daunting task for bands to get music out to fans quickly and easily.
Thankfully, there are newer and more direct models that musicians with some acumen — and social media skills — can use to do that one most sacred of tasks in all of musicdom: getting the music to the people! But of course, we can talk about a band or artist playing live that is one way to share music, and for me, that remains a critical part of the experience. So, while playing out continues to be as important today as it ever has been, we all want to continue to encourage groups like Me & Mountains, Motel Beds, The Rebel Set, Smug Brothers, Oh Condor, and so many other area musicians to play in the Gem City more often! Yet it is still important to those who have heard the music to share it with others! And we need CDs, tapes, record albums, and MP3s in order to share the sweet nectar of musical satisfaction.
So, the gentlemen behind Me & Mountains are among those bands trailblazing new forms of fan-supported musical releases. And in the end, it is not dependent upon some distant and disconnected record label execs wondering whether a band or song is “the right sound”, it is the initiative of the bands themselves with the support of music lovers that should lead the way for new releases. And this model can lead to some great music ringing in the ears of fans sooner rather than later. Add to this the successful examples of several local groups, such as The Motel Beds and Smug Brothers using different forms of distribution and you have a recipe for musical happiness all around.
So, what can you do? You, dear music fan, can visit the KickStarter page for Me & Mountains and support their effort to release their new album, Feral on vinyl. You can for an incredibly small effort, support great local music and stick it to the corporate model.
You can support great local music and get a copy of the Me & Mountains new album, Feral on vinyl. You can listen and enjoy fantastic music without paying huge sums of money to someone who does not even know where Dayton, Ohio is located; much less care about the quality or integrity of the music.
It doesn’t get much better than that.
It is often assumed that there is no local music scene in Dayton. Dear music fans, nothing could be further from the truth! We have a literal explosion of new music from bands of numerous musical genres, approaches, and styles happening right now. Once the Gem City was considered the post-punk haven for groups such as Guided by Voices, Branniac, and The Breeders. Dayton has a long and significant music history of which the post-punk wave was but one trend in local music.
Today, we have bands playing in almost too many genres and styles to count. We have new music from The Fair Shakes, Bonneville, We Were Animals (from the previously power-pop dream of Ed vs. Radio), Vanity Theft, The Rebel Set, The Story Changes, the horror-rock of Splattertude, Hawthorne Heights, Me & Mountains, Night Beast, Toads and Mice, Motel Beds, Smug Brothers, and so much more.
We have many places to see bands and musicians are plying their trade in the Oregon District or throughout the city. If the assumption is that there is no growing and evolving music scene in Dayton, that is simply not correct. As someone who has conducted research on music scenes for several years (do not ask how many, I am just a little touchy about the age thing), I can honestly tell you that Dayton musicians have much to offer you. All you have to do is go listen.
You can go to several fine establishments to see bands play most nights of the week in the Gem City. And you should. Come on what do you have to lose except your preconceptions about how the limitations of Dayton music.
Cross-posted at DaytonMostMetro at http://mostmetro.com/music/explosion-in-local-music.html
By G.C. Stein
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