Playlist for YTAA 07-28-2020

This week we celebrate terrific music from several Dayton musicians! This week’s YTAA Playlist features songs from Charlie & Amanda,Kyleen Downes, Sadbox, Vanity Theft, Seth Canan & The Carriers, The Breeders, The Kyle Sowashes, Scary Hotel and Overthought Musik!

New music from The Brothers Steve, Margo Price, Dream Wife, Old 97s, Anton Barbeau, Pretenders, Zoe Polanski, David Ramirez, Dawes, Kailynn West, Nana Grizol, Blitzen Trapper, Ex Norwegian, The Vernons, Whim, Carver Commodore and Pip Blom! We have a cool #YourCovered with Fruit Bats doing a Smashing Pumpkins tune!

Expect some #lookingbackindie with Lou Reed! And a song for guitar legend Peter Green!

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Love is Plural: Join us for Your Tuesday Afternoon Alternative

ImageMrs. Dr. J and Dr. J have some great new music to share with you! We have some great music for all ages this week with music from Mommie, Doug MacMillan of The Connells, Dan Baird, and much more.

Expect music from The Motel Beds, Zach Bellas, Adelaine, Shannon and the Clams, The Purrs, GoldFord, Julian Lennon, The Last Royals, Luke Frazier, Vanity Theft, The Lost Patrol, Sick of Sarah, Sam at Eleven, and much more!

Some classic indie from Tommy Keene and Superchunk will be played. Honest!

We will be ‘priming the pump’ for the book discussion for next week! Remember you should be reading Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could be Your life! Ok, here is the cliff notes (or rather wikipedia version) for those of you on tight schedules –http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Band_Could_Be_Your_Life

Join us Tuesday from 3-6pm on WUDR or if you happen to be in the Dayton, Ohio area listen in at 99.5 and 98.1fm.

Thursday Night is for Indie

Dayton, OH - Vanity Theft at Wright State University
Vanity Theft playing out this Thursday

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.

We Were Animals
We Were Animals!
Abertooth Lincoln
Abertooth Lincoln

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.

Explore Dayton: Explosion of Local Music!

Vanity Theft playing First Friday at Riverscape
Vanity Theft playing First Friday at Riverscape

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