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Dayton Musicians Celebrate Community, Each Other This Weekend at Canal Street Tavern

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Particpants in the 2nd Annual Dayton Does Dayton Music Festival (Photo by Amanda Barbosa, courtesy of MidWest Promo)

The name Dayton Does Dayton may make your thoughts go all sorts of places, but it actually is the most accurate description of what’s happening this weekend at Canal Street Tavern.  This is the second year for the two music festival that kicks off Friday (February 3rd) and continues on Saturday night.  The concept came from Rich Reuter of Nine False Suns: an event that celebrates Dayton Music by having local bands perform both their own work and unique renditions of other Dayton musicians’ songs, past or present.  Local promoter Louie Wood Jr decided to run with the idea, and last year’s debut Dayton Does Dayton festival was performed in front of a packed house at Canal Street Tavern.

20 bands are poised to take the stage this weekend for the festival’s second outing.  You’ll hear the expected Guided by Voices covers alongside tunes by the Breeders and Brianiac, but then you’ll hear some groups reach back further and cross genres to cover the Ohio Players, Slave and Lakeside. The Fair Shakes will be joined onstage by Real Lulu’s Kattie Dougherty for a rendition of “Chief,” while Me & Mountains will perform songs by the Motel Beds and Roley Yuma.  Additionally, all of the bands performing will play some of their own material to give you a taste of what you can hear right now in Dayton.

The music starts each night at 8:30pm sharp so get to Canal Street early for a good spot and the full bill.  The cost each night is $5.

Lineup:

FRIDAY
Wild Forrest Blackberrri
A Shade of Red
Gathering Mercury
Dan Raridan and the Calientes
Akillis Green
Me & Mountains
Niki Dakota, Rick Good, Ben Cooper, and Israel Parker
The Fair Shakes
The Dirty Socialites
Wade Baker

SATURDAY:
Wheels
Charge Scenic
Good English
Al Holbrook Band
Nine False Suns
Red Hot Rebellion
Dark Backward
Ed Pittman and Jay Madewell
My Latex Brain

Dayton Circus Seeks Artists and Musicians for Side Show 7

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The crowd at Side Show 5

Urban Nights seems like a long way off, but it’s not too early to get involved with one of the many events that kick off May 11th.  The Dayton Circus has begun preparations for Side Show 7, which will take place May 11th and 12th at the Circus’ space, the Yellow Cab Building on 4th Street.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Side Show, it’s more than an art show.  Each year the Circus celebrates creativity in our community by encouraging participating artists and musicians to think outside the box, take risks and try something new.  So, you ask, how do I get involved?  Interested artists and musicians can download information, sign up for email updates and learn how to submit their work here.   The call for entries is open until March 23rd.

If you want to get involved in other ways, the Circus has also begun organizing several fundraisers to help cover the cost of Side Show 7.  The first one is Dayton Crafty-Con on March 10th.

Check back to Dayton Most Metro in the coming months.  We’ll have more updates on Side Show 7 as the event develops. 

Music Video Monday: January 23, 2012

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February 3 and 4th mark the second outing for the Dayton Does Dayton music festival at Canal Street Tavern.  The two event celebrates our community’s music with a robust lineup of local bands covering each others’ work and performing their own original music.  We’ll be bringing more info on the festival next week, but for now, let this video explain more.

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The Set List: January 19 – 25, 2012

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Good English will release their debut CD this weekend

If you missed last week’s debut, The Set List is a new feature here in the Dayton Music section of Dayton MostMetro.com.  It’s a weekly rundown of some of your options for live music in the Miami Valley.  If you’re a local band or venue, don’t forget to post your upcoming events on the DaytonMostMetro events calendar and submit your show posters for display in our sidebar (glance to your right for examples). Click here to do both.

FRIDAY:

–As we told you in this week’s Music Video Monday, Starving in the Belly of the Whale will perform at South Park Tavern with the New Old-Fashioned and Bernoulli

-And as we previously mentioned, Michael Shoup is performing at Ghostlight Coffee

–Good English will celebrate the release of the debut album, Take Control, at Canal Street Tavern with One Second and Bridget Egan.  This one is all-ages.

-Blind Bob’s will feature Auburndale, The Composure, Nightbeast, Squid the Whale, and Denny Cottle

 

SATURDAY:

–Ape the Ghost will perform with Okay Lindon and Cincinnati band, Wussy at South Park Tavern.

–Textbook Committee (a Guided by Voices tribute) makes their return to Canal Street Tavern with the Nick Kizirnis Band and The Smug Bros.

-The Dayton Blues Society presents their Winter Showcase at Gilly’s featuring Big Bill Morganfield, The Noah Wotherspoon Band and Gregg “GC” Clark and Brian Lee

 

 

 

Michael Shoup Kicks Off Tour at Ghostlight Coffee

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Michael Shoup (Photo by Rory White Photography)

Dayton native Michael Shoup is calling his first tour of 2012 the Hello Ohio tour, and he’ll kick it off here in Dayton at Ghostlight Coffee in South Park.  Currently-based in Nashville, Shoup’s most recent album is called Learning How to Live, but that’s not all he’s up to.  In 2011 Shoup began a project called A Song For You wherein he wrote 3 songs based on inspiration from fans and then shared them for free.  A Song for You is continuing in 2012, and who knows, maybe he’ll get some inspiration for the project right here in the Miami Valley.  Check out the video below for more on A Song for You.

Shoup performs at Ghostlight Coffee on Friday, January 20th beginning at 8pm.  Presale tickets are available here for $5.  Tickets will be available at the door for $8.

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Music Video Monday: January 16, 2012

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Starving in the Belly of the Whale released their latest album, The Journey Less Traveled, at the end of last year.  It, along with the band’s previous two albums, is available for free download on the band’s website (though they are accepting PayPal donations at the bottom of the page, so chip in if you’re so inclined).  Starving in the Belly of the Whale will perform on Friday, January 20th at South Park Tavern with the New Old-Fashioned and Bernoulli.

This week’s video is the second song from The Journey Less Traveled, “Waiting is a Virtue.”

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The Set List: January 12-18, 2012

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Welcome to The Set List, a new feature here in the Dayton Music section of Dayton MostMetro.com.  Every week we’ll give you a rundown of some of your options for live music in the Miami Valley.  Of course this isn’t a complete list, but it will give you a place to start.  Speaking of places to start, if you’re a local band or venue, don’t forget that you can always post your upcoming events on the DaytonMostMetro events calendar and you can submit your show posters for display in our sidebar (glance to your right for examples). Click here to do both.  Without further ado, here are this week’s shows:

Hyrokkin

FRIDAY

-Freddy T and The People, Hyrrokkin, Abertooth Lincoln, Footbinder perform at Blind Bob’s

-Chapter III is returning to WO Wright’s to perform with God Bless & Asher Jones.

-Some of Dayton’s finest DJs will host a dance party at Therapy Cafe.  The Black Lotus Clan, Infidel-icious, Ruckus Roboticus and DJ Jay Madewell will all be spinning tunes.

 SATURDAY

-Dry Branch Fire Squad will perform a two night engagement (Saturday and Sunday) at Canal Street Tavern with Rick and Hilary Wagner opening.

-Team Void will venture from Parts Unknown to South Park Tavern to perform with Oxymoronatron and Electric Banana.

-TatttooTV Battle of the Bands winners By Way of Sunstorm will share the stage at Blind Bob’s with Enabler, Sleep Fleet and Imbroglio

 

For more things to do in Dayton, check out the DaytonMostMetro event’s calendar.

 

Me & Mountains Look to Fans to Fund Vinyl Project

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Vinyl sales were up in 2011, and there’s a definite demand for local music on vinyl.  But it’s still a costly venture for most local bands.  So many are turning to their fans for assistance.

Me & Mountains

It’s been the collective goal of Me & Mountains to one day release their music on vinyl.  So when the band completed recording it’s latest album, Feral, the members decided to create a Kickstarter account to fund Feral’s vinyl release.  Kickstarter is one of several websites (Indie GoGo is another popular one)

that allow people all over the internet to fund creative projects like albums, indie films, comic books and more.

“Its been a great way to gauge people’s interest in our band and in vinyl as a viable format as compared to CD. We are extremely grateful to everyone who has donated thus far,” says Burris Dixon, vocalist and bass player for Me & Mountains.

The band launch their Kickstarter page on Monday and is already over halfway to their goal.

“We are excited and surprised by the quick and generous support so far. We thought we MIGHT have a chance and it’s turned out better than we ever expected. Hopefully we can pull this off with more support before the deadline,” says Dixon.

Me & Moutains’ Kickstarter campaign for Feral lasts until February 8th.  Click here for more information on how to support the album’s release.

Cityfolk Announces Dates for 2012 Festival

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Bua performs on the main stage at the 2011 Cityfolk Festival

Mark your calendars for June 29 – July 1st when you’ll be able to spend a weekend at Riverscape MetroPark taking in some of the best live music from around the world at the 2012 Cityfolk Festival.  Details on performers, vendors and volunteers opportunities will be posted in the coming months on Cityfolk’s blog.  In the meantime, you can support Cityfolk and hear some great music by checking out any of the remaining shows in this year’s season:

Saturday, February 11: Dailey & Vincent with special guests Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers

Saturday, February 25: Genticorum

Tuesday, April 24: De Temps Antan

Wednesday, April 25: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Music Video Monday: January 9th, 2012

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Traditionally the beginning of a new year is slow for album releases, but not here in Dayton.  Several great local albums are set to be released in the next few weeks including the highly anticipated debut EP by Good English.  The band will celebrate the release of Take Control on January 20th at Canal Street Tavern.  In the meantime, enjoy the band’s debut music video for the title track.

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Guided by Voices Performs on Letterman

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The classic lineup of Guided by Voices

From the department of In Case You Hadn’t Already Heard: earlier this week Dayton’s own Guided by Voices performed on CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman.  They performed “The Unsinkable Fats Domino,” a track from the Let’s Go Eat the Factory, a new album from GBV’s classic lineup (Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Greg Demos, Mitch Mitchell, and Kevin Fennell).  The album is out now digitally and via mail order from Rockathon Records.  Physical copies will be in stores on January 17th, along with copies of the band’s “Chocolate Boy” 7 inch single.

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Ninth Annual Holidayton Show This Friday

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Whether you celebrate the holidays or not, Holidayton is a tradition worth observing.  This mini-music festival serves both to highlight some great local music and to give all of our former Daytonians who are home for the holidays a great concert.

Now in its ninth year, the event was created by Mark McMillon of The Story Changes and features two stages to highlight solo performers and full bands at Blind Bob’s on 5th Street.  Here’s the lineup:

The Story Changes

The Story Changes
Invitation To A Bullfight
Oh Condor
C. Wright’s Parlour Tricks
Simply Waiting
JT Woodruff (of Hawthorne Heights)
King Elk
The 1984 Draft
Brandon Hawk
The New Old Fashioned

 

Music Video Monday: December 19, 2011

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Just in time for the holidays, Henrique Couto and Flannel Bear have released a new ep called Yule Be Sorry.  Not for faint of holiday heart, it’s a very look at the season set to some fantastic music.  Here’s the first music video:

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Henrique Couto and Flannel Bear will be joined by Todd the Fox at South Park Tavern this Thursday, December 22nd for a holiday show.

 

Music Video Monday: December 12, 2011

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This week’s video is a new band that features some familiar faces.  The New Old-Fashioned is the combined forces of David Payne, Kent Montgomery, Tom Blackbern and Jon Chasteen. The band has roots in Xenia and performed its debut show at the Xenia Area Community Theater (X*ACT) a few weeks ago, which is where today’s video is from.  Put this band on your list of folks to watch in 2012, and let’s hear it for the combined forces of local music and community theater.  I know I’d love to see more of that kind of collaboration in the new year.  Enjoy!

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Music Video Monday: November 21, 2011

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There’s a lot to celebrate and be thankful for this week.  One thing that I’m celebrating my thankfulness for is Canal Street Tavern, which is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this weekend.  A week of Thanksgiving traditions, including shows from The Psychodots and Shrug, will culminate on Saturday night with a 30th Birthday Party & Hoot, open to any of the musicians who’ve performed on Canal Street’s stage over the years. We’ll tell you more about the festivities later this week, but for today enjoy a preview of Thursday night at Canal Street Tavern when Werksgiving will return to the stage.

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Music Video Monday: October 24, 2011

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In the words of a classic film minus a classic killer, “8 more days til Halloween, Halloween, Halloween…”  Okay, so we’re actually a bit farther a long than that.  So it’s a perfect time to share a fantastic music video by local musician and filmmaker Henrique Couto.  It’s a new twist on the classic tune, Monster Mash and features Couto alongside Moriah Yux (Jasper the Colossal), Jay Madewell (Fab Gear) and a host of friends and ghouls.

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