Happy Friday!

January 9, 2015 your tuesday afternoon alternative Motel Beds, New Music, Smug Brothers Album release show, Blind Bob's, Dayton, Derl Robbins, Forage, Larry Evans, Ohio, Smug Brothers, Woodpecker Paradise

We just learned that one of our favorite bands of all time and space, Smug Brothers have a new album tentative titled Woodpecker Paradise that they are planning to release on February 24th. The band recorded it with Derl Robbins (of Motel Beds) and the album is the first to feature the band’s new lineup with one of the finest bassists that we know — Larry Evans on all tracks. The album will be available from Gas Daddy Go! Records in both CD and Digital formats! To celebrate this fine achievement the band is playing on February 21st at Blind Bob’s in Dayton, Ohio with Human Cannonball and Forage! Who wants to go with Dr. J? You can expect to hear tracks from the album very soon on the show!

Some New Music in 2015

January 4, 2015 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music

Modest Mouse – Lampshades On Fire (Audio)

Laura Marling – Short Movie

Screaming Females – Wishing Well

Guster – Evermotion

The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World

Gang of Four – What Happens Next

We give Thanks for Great Music: A YTAA Musicsgiving

November 25, 2014 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music, Radio Show Musicsgiving

Mrs. Dr. J and Dr. J have a musicsgiving on the show this week. We give thanks for great independent music by playing an assortment of local, Dayton, and indie songs! What songs have been so powerful on you that you cannot imagine your world without them? So, give us a call 937-229-2774 or a tweet for drjwudr with the songs that matter to you. We will be taking comments throughout the show. What is it about music that moves us so? Let us know your thoughts!

Expect new music from Donora, The Lost Patrol, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, The Pass, Lightouts, Christian O’Connor, Oh Honey, Manco, Expect some favorites from The Motel Beds, Ghost Town Silence, The Boxcar Suite, Vanity Theft and The New Old Fashioned! We also have some classics from Gear Daddies, Jen Trynin, R.E.M., and much more!

So remember to join us this Tuesday from 3-6pm for Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative on WUDR! Listen online or 99.5/98.1 fm in the Dayton, OH region of the country! However you do it, take some time today to give thanks for great music! Have a happy and safe Thanksgiving on Thursday!

Never in Daydream

November 21, 2014November 21, 2014 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music The Story Changes

“Politics Behind It” — New music from Dayton, Ohio’s The Story Changes. The album comes out soon! You can pre-order a copy on DIGITAL/VINYL at Little Heart Records!

The Mitchells on Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative

August 7, 2014August 7, 2014 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music, Radio Show, Smug Brothers, The Mitchells

This week we are joined by The Mitchells! They have music heading your way. We will be talking with them about their music, playing in Dayton and all that music stuff that matters to all of us!

Expect new music from The Rosebuds,Twin Peaks, Summer Camp, Twin Brother, Crow Moses, Ellis Paul, Static People, Over the Rhine, and Bishop Allen. Of course, some classic indie will be played! And you can bank on hearing some stuff from several Dayton and area bands!

There are also several great shows that we have to talk about including the Mitchells and The 1984 Draft show on August 16th at Southpark Tavern and the Smug Brothers show on August 16th at Blind Bob’s Bar!

Music, Books, and New Releases

August 6, 2014 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music, Uncategorized

Alvvays (Canadian fuzz-pop quintet) – “Alvvays” (producer: Chad VanGaalen; Hear here; MP3) (Polyvinyl)

The Raveonettes – “Pe’ahi” (Hear here; Vinyl) (The Raveonettes, Ltd.)

Christopher Denny – If The Roses Don’t Kill Us
Check out the powerfully voiced singer’s tunes, performed in a style he calls “Arkansas Soul”.

David Kilgour and the Heavy 8’s – End Times Undone
Another irrestistible release from New Zealand institution Kilgour.

Stargroves (NYC indie-pop band) – “Stargroves [MP3]” (producer: frontman Teddy Watson; guest: Abigail Breslin; ReverbNation)

John Lurie National Orchestra
Archival recordings from a trio Lurie (of the Lounge Lizards) would occasionally play with on the side which quickly became its own thing.

Ben Miller Band – Any Way, Shape Or Form
The Ben Miller Band plays a unique musical stew they call “Ozark Stomp”, this one is their first release for New West Records.

Mozart’s Sister – Being
First full length album from this solo artist, who has been drawing interest for her live performances and first EP.

Naomi Punk – Television Man
Second album from the Olympia based punk trio.

The Rosebuds – Sand + Silence
The sixth album from The Rosebuds, this one was recorded with
Justin Vernon and other members of Bon Iver.

Billie Joe Shaver – Long in the Tooth
First album in six years from this old timer, in peak form here.

Spider Bags – Frozen Letter
Fourth album from this band, and their first for Merge Records.
Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan guests on one track!

Richard Thompson – “Acoustic Classics” (14 songs; MP3) (Beeswing, Inc.)

Spoon – They Want My Soul
First release in four years from the beloved Austin band.

Twin Peaks – Wild Onion
Second album from the Chicago band.

Books

Richard James Burgess – “The History of Music Production [Paperback]” (Kindle) (Oxford University Press, July 25)

Carla Jean Whitley – “The Muscle Shoals Sound: Muscle Shoals Sound Studio – How the Swampers Changed American Music [Paperback]” (History Press)

VINYL

Garden State – Soundtrack

Wish I Was Here – Soundtrack

Eric Clapton & Friends – The Breeze: An Appreciation of J.J. Cale

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Hypnotic Eye

Jenny Lewis – The Voyager

New Music For Everyone!

July 8, 2014July 8, 2014 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music

New CDs and Records
Blackhawk – “Brothers of the Southland” (their first album in 12 years is a tribute to fallen Southern-rock heroes, including members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Duane Allman, Toy Caldwell) (Loud & Proud)

Chicago – “‘NOW’ Chicago XXXVI” (producers: Chicago) (Frontiers)

Dirty Heads – “Sound of Change” (producers: Supa Dups, Buddah Shampoo, Niles, David Bassett, LD, Rome; guests: B Real, Tech N9ne, Ward 21; first single: “My Sweet Summer”) (Five Seven Music)

French Style Furs – “Is Exotic Bait” (producer: Nick Launay) (Frenchkiss)

Gene the Southern Child – “Southern Meridian [Vinyl]” (music by Parallel Thought; with two bonus tracks) (Adult Swim)

Leela James – “Fall For You” (producer: James; guest: Anthony Hamilton; new single: “Fall For You”) (J&T / BMG / RED Distribution)

Manic Street Preachers – “Futurology” (first single: “Walk Me to the Bridge”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; Manic Street Preachers Official Store) (U.K. – Columbia, July 7)

Richard Marx – “Beautiful Goodbye” (his first album of all-new material in 10 years; producers: Marx, Walter Afanasieff; first single: “Whatever We Started”) (Zanzibar, LLC / Kobalt Label Services)

The Mastersons – “Good Luck Charm” (producer: Jim Scott) (New West)

Eugene McGuinness (British singer-songwriter) – “Chroma” (producer: Dan Carey; first single: “Godiva”) (Domino)

Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott – “The Fault In Our Stars: Score From The Motion Picture” (31 tracks) (Atlantic)

Starset (Columbus, Ohio, rock band fronted by former Downplay singer Dustin Bates) – “Transmissions” (producer: Rob Graves; first single: “My Demons”) (Razor & Tie)

New MP3s
Adam’s Attic (pop-rock quartet from Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) – “Can Anybody Hear Me [MP3]” (ReverbNation) (Adam’s Attic)

Ryan McKenzie (alt pop-rock singer from Oviedo, Fla.) – “In Light & Desperation [MP3]” (five-song EP; ReverbNation) (Ryan McKenzie, July 11)

Let’s talk about New Music!

June 17, 2014 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music, Radio Show I Saved Latin, Me Time, The Judy Blooms, Wes Anderson

New show… new stuff… new music… some musicians calling to chat. Fun topics. 3-6pm and sometimes a little earlier than 3pm on WUDR.udayton.edu or 99.5 and 98.1 fm in ol’ Dayton, Ohio!

This week we announce the YTAA Book Read winner, talk about the new ‘I Saved Latin’ compilation of indie artists covering music that has been in Wes Anderson films, and play tons of new music. We have even been known to play some really cool local music too. Could happen. Bets are on even money… ah, who are we kidding? Of course we are going to play some terrific local music too!

Expect a show review about the Me Time and The Judy Blooms show this past Saturday night! — more info can be found here: Me Time & The Judy Blooms @ Jimmie’s Ladder 11

So, what are you doing from 3-6pm on a Tuesday that is so darn important anyway…? Join the talented Mrs Dr. J and that guy… Dr. J for Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative

New Music to complete yourself with…

June 9, 2014June 9, 2014 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music brand new, New Music, New Releases

New Musical Goodness:

Candy Hearts – “All the Ways You Let Me Down” (producer: Chad Gilbert; Hear here; See here; Vinyl;MP3) (Bridge Nine / Violently Happy)

Cowboy Mouth – “Go!” (producer: Don Miggs; first single: “Do You Wanna Do It Right Now”; Hear here;MP3) (Elm City / Universal)

Craft Spells (aka Justin Vallesteros) – “Nausea” (producer: Dylan Wall; new single: “Komorebi”; Hear here;MP3) (Captured Tracks)

First Aid Kit – “Stay Gold” (producer: Mike Mogis; guests: Omaha Symphony Orchestra; first single: “My Silver Lining”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; Collector’s Bundle, with 14×20″ lithograph and tote bag) (Columbia)

Michael C. Ford (Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-nominated American poet and audio journalist) – “Look Each Other in the Ears” (features the last recordings made with all three surviving Doors members Ray Manzarek, who died in 2013, Robby Krieger and John Densmore; producer: Harlan Steinberger; other guests: Angelo Moore, Tommy Jordan; Hear here; MP3) (Hen House Studios)

The Fresh & Onlys – “House of Spirits” (producer: Phil Manly; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Mexican Summer)

Chrissie Hynde – “Stockholm” (her debut solo album; first single: “Dark Sunglasses”; Hear here; See here;Vinyl; MP3) (Caroline)

Mike Mogis and Nathaniel Walcott (of Bright Eyes) – “The Fault In Our Stars: Score From The Motion Picture” (Hear here) (Atlantic)

O.A.R. – “The Rockville LP” (first single: “Peace”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Vanguard)

Passenger (U.K. folk-roots singer Mike Rosenberg) – “Whispers” (producer: Chris Vallejo; first single: “Scare Away the Dark”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) (Nettwerk)

Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses – “Blow” (recorded at Capitol Records in Studio B, where Louis Prima Sr. recorded his hits in the 1950s and ’60s; includes a virtual duet with his father on “That’s My Home” and a cover of Adam Ant’s “Goody Two Shoes”; guest: Leslie Spencer; Hear here; MP3) (Warrior / Universal Music Distribution)

Rebelution – “Count Me In” (producers: Rebelution; guests: Collie Buddz, Don Carlos; Hear here; Vinyl;MP3) (87 Music / Easy Star)

Royal Southern Brotherhood – “HeartSoulBlood” (band includes Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Charlie Wooton and Yonrico Scott; Hear here) (Ruf)

Stagnant Pools – “Geist” (first single: “Intentions”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Polyvinyl)

Third World – “Under the Magic Sun” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Cleopatra)

Walter Trout (the bluesman has a life-threatening liver disease) – “The Blues Came Callin’ “ (Hear here;Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3) (Provogue / Mascot Label Group)

Umphrey’s McGee – “Similar Skin” (hardcover book with CD and two 180-gram LPs; Hear here; MP3) (Nothing Too Fancy Music)

Uriah Heep – “Outsider” (their 24th studio album; producer: Mike Paxman; Hear here; MP3) (Frontiers)

Various artists – “Bullets Over Broadway (Original Broadway Cast Recording)” (new musical comedy written by Woody Allen, based on his 1994 film; stars Zach Braff, Vincent Pastore, Brooks Ashmanskas, Nick Cordero, Marin Mazzie, etc.; producer: Doug Besterman; Hear here; Read here; MP3) (Masterworks Broadway)

Jack White – “Lazaretto” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) (Third Man / Columbia)

New stuff: MP3s

Glass Animals – “Zaba [MP3]” (producer: frontman Dave Bayley; executive producer: Paul Epworth; first single: “Gooey”; Hear here; See here; CD; Vinyl) (Harvest)

House of Hats – “This Love [MP3]” (producer: Pete Smith; first single: “This Love”; Hear here) (Willow Walk)

Old Monk (NYC trio) –“Posing As Love [MP3]” (first single: “Alta Rush”; Hear here) (Eenie Meenie)

Various artists – “Punkalicious Volume Five [MP3]” (20 tracks; Hear here) (Punkalicious, June 13)

Tom Vek – “Luck [MP3]” (Hear here) (Moshi Moshi)

Reissues of one kind or another:

Wardell Gray – “Way Out Wardell” (1955 album; Hear/read here; MP3) (U.K. – Ace, June 9)

Arthur Prysock – “Too Late Baby: The Old Town Singles 1958-66” (24 tracks; Hear/read here) (U.K. – Ace, June 9)

Toots and the Maytals – “Pressure Drop: The Golden Tracks” (14 songs) (Goldenlane / Cleopatra)

Various artists – “Chicago Hit Factory – The Vee-Jay Story 1953-1966 [Box set]” (10 CDs, 269 tracks; Readhere) (U.K. – Charly, June 9)

Reissues on the electronic format we call MP3

Electric Light Orchestra – “The Classic Albums Collection [MP3]” (10 complete albums) (Epic / Legacy)

The Emotions – “Flowers [MP3]” (1976 album; with one bonus track), “Rejoice [MP3]” (1977 album; includes the No. 1 hit “Best of My Love”) (Columbia / Legacy)

Willie Nelson – “The Classic Albums Collection [MP3]” (10 complete albums) (Columbia / Legacy)

The Selecter – “Indie Singles Collection 1991-96 [MP3]” (38 tracks) (Badfish / Cherry Red)

Investigate the New Music!

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music New Music

New Musical Goodness…

Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin – “Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) (Yep Roc)

Camper Van Beethoven – “El Camino Real” (Hear here; MP3)(429)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “Only Run”(guests: Matt Berninger of The National, Kid Koala; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (CYHSY, Inc)

Diamond Version – “CI” (first single: “Were You There,” feat. Neil Tennant; Hear here; MP3) (Mute)

Echo and the Bunnymen – “Meteorites” (producer: Youth; Hear here; Read here) (429)

Lee Fields and the Expressions – “Emma Jean” (first single: a cover of JJ Cale’s “Magnolia”; Hear here;Read here; Vinyl; MP3) (Truth & Soul / Redeye)

Joe Henry – “Invisible Hour” (Hear/read here) (Work Song)

James – “La Petite Mort” (their first full-length album in six years; producer: Max Dingel; first single: “Moving On”; Hear here; See here) (U.K. – BMG Rights Management / Cooking Vinyl, June 2)

LP – “Forever For Now” (producer: Rob Cavallo; first single: “Night Like This”; Hear here; MP3) (Warner)

Lydia Lunch – “A Fistful of Desert Blues” (Hear here; Vinyl) (Rustblade)

Matisyahu – “Akeda” (first single: “Watch the Walls Melt Down”; Hear here; See here; MP3) (Akeda / Elm City)

Bob Mould – “Beauty & Rain” (Hear here; Vinyl) (Merge)

Pete Molinari (U.K. singer-songwriter) – “Theosophy” (producers: Boe Weaver, Andrew Weatherall, Tchad Blake, Liam Watson; guests: Dan Auerbach, Primal Scream’s Barrie Cadogan; first single: “Hang My Head In Shame”; Hear here; MP3) (Clarksville / INgrooves)

Peter Murphy – “Lion” (his 10th solo album; producer: Youth; first single: “Hang Up”; Hear here; See here;MP3) (Nettwerk)

Meshell Ndegeocello – “Comet, Come to Me” (guests: Doyle Bramhall, Shara Worden; first single: “Conviction”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Naïve)

The Orwells (rock band from Elmhurst, Ill.) – “Disgraceland” (Hear here; MP3) (Canvasback / Atlantic)

Rich Robinson (of The Black Crowes) – “The Ceaseless Sight” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) (The End)

No April Fools Prank – New Music

April 1, 2014April 1, 2014 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music New Music

NEW STUFF (CDs / vinyl)

The Bamboos (funk-soul band from Melbourne, Australia, featuring vocalist Kylie Auldist) – “Fever in the Road” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) (Nettwerk)

S. Carey (Bon Iver drummer/backup vocalist) – “Range of Light” (first single: “Crown the Pines”; Hear here;Vinyl; MP3) (Jagjaguwar)

Chiodos – “Devil” (producer: David Bottrill; Hear here; MP3) (drk/lght records / Razor & Tie)

Cloud Nothings (Cleveland indie-rock band) – “Here & Nowhere Else” (producer: John Congleton; first single: “I’m Not Part of Me”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Carpark / Mom+Pop)

The Robert Cray Band – “In My Soul” (producer: Steve Jordan; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Mascot / Provogue)

The Charlie Daniels Band – “Off the Grid — Doin’ It Dylan” (his first album since 2007; producers: Daniels, Casey Wood; Hear/read here) (Blue Hat)

Kaiser Chiefs – “Education, Education, Education & War” (producer: Ben H. Allen III; Hear here; Vinyl;MP3) (Fiction / Universal)

Manchester Orchestra – “Cope” (producers: Manchester Orchestra, Dan Hannon; first single: “Top Notch”;Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) (Loma Vista Recordings / Favorite Gentlemen Recordings)

Nickel Creek – “A Dotted Line” (their first album since 2007; producer: Eric Valentine; Hear here; Readhere; MP3) (Nonesuch)

Mike Oldfield – “Man on the Rocks” (producers: Oldfield, Stephen Lipson; Hear here; Read here; MP3) (Virgin)

RAC – “Strangers” (guests: Tegan and Sara, Penguin Prison, Body Language, Tokyo Police Club, St. Lucia, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Cherrytree / Interscope)

Leon Russell – “Life Journey” (producer: Tommy LiPuma; Hear here; MP3) (Leon Russell / UMe)

The Used – “Imaginary Enemy” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) (Hopeless)

Various artists – “Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne” (two CDs; contributors: Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Raitt, Don Henley, Indigo Girls, Ben Harper, Joan Osborne, Lyle Lovett, Karla Bonoff, Lucinda Williams, Sara Watkins, etc.; Read here; MP3) (Music Road)

Various artists – “This Is Your Life” (covers of Ronnie James Dio songs by Anthrax, Halestorm, Rob Halford, Metallica, Motörhead, Scorpions, Corey Taylor, Tenacious D, etc.; benefits the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund; producer: Wendy Dio; MP3 )(Rhino)

REISSUES (CDs / vinyl)

Doris Day – “Sings Her Great Movie Hits” (24 tracks) (Real Gone Music) — Love this!

Deep Purple – “Live in California 74” (performed before 200,000 people as the headliner of the Cal Jam Festival; the band lineup included Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord and Ian Paice; See here; MP3) (Eagle Rock)

The “5” Royales – “Soul & Swagger: The Complete ‘5’ Royales 1951-1967 [Box set]” (five CDs, 141 songs) (RockBeat)

Grateful Dead – “Dick’s Picks Vol. 19 10/19/73 Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK”(three CDs, 23 tracks) (Real Gone Music)

Eddie Kendricks – “Love Keys” (1981 album; remastered) (Real Gone Music)

Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles – “The Complete Atlantic Sides” (two CDs, 39 tracks)(Real Gone Music)

Cyndi Lauper – “She’s So Unusual: A 30th Anniversary Celebration” (1983 album; remastered, with a second disc of demos, rehearsals, mixes and non-LP B-sides; Single CD, with three bonus tracks; MP3) (Epic / Legacy)

Vicki Lawrence – “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia: The Complete Bell Recordings” (25 songs) (Real Gone Music)

Ohio Players – “Love Rollercoaster: Anthology 1967-1988” (20 songs; MP3) (Cleopatra)

The Alan Parsons Project – “The Complete Albums Collection [Box set]” (all 10 APP albums, plus the unreleased instrumental album “Sicilian Defence”) (Arista / Legacy)

More Releases for the Week of April 1, 2014

REISSUES (MP3s)

Roy Acuff – “The Essential Roy Acuff [MP3]” (40 songs) (Columbia / Legacy)

Lynn Anderson – “The Essential Lynn Anderson [MP3]” (40 songs) (Columbia Nashville / Legacy)

Jackson Browne – “The Very Best of Jackson Browne [MP3]” (2004 compilation; 32 songs) (Rhino / Elektra)

Freddy Cannon – “Boom Boom Rock ‘n’ Roll: The Best of Freddy Cannon [MP3]” (2009 compilation; 24 tracks) (Shout! Factory)

That time again…

March 12, 2014March 12, 2014 your tuesday afternoon alternative New Music New Music

NEW

Elbow – “The Take Off and Landing of Everything” (producer: Craig Potter; first single: “New York Morning”;Hear here; Read here; MP3) (Concord / Fiction)

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell – “Live” (two discs; Hear here) (Rounder)

SONGS

“Longer Than You’ve Been Alive,” Old 97′s

REISSUES

David Bowie – “Rebel Rebel [Vinyl]” (40th anniversary limited edition 7-inch picture disc) (Parlophone)

Gil Scott-Heron – “Pieces of a Man” (1971 album, including “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”; remastered, with three bonus tracks) (BGP / City Hall)

Kraftwerk – “Computer World [MP3]” (1981 album), “Techno Pop [MP3]” (1987 album), “The Mix [MP3]”(1991 compilation) (Rhino / Elektra)