Dayton Music

Smashburger will celebrate its Ohio debut with Dayton’s Rock Your City Band Competition. The winning band will play a one-hour set at Smashburger—The Shoppes at 725, 2315 Miamisburg-Centerville Road—at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2009. Ohio’s first Smashburger will open on October 15th, 2009.

Dayton’s’ Rock Your City Band Competition
Entry deadline: Sunday, October 18, 2009
Gig date: Friday, October 30, 2009, 7p.m. to 8 p.m.
Gig location: The Shoppes at 725, 2315 Miamisburg-Centerville Road.

Entry Procedure:
1. Upload a brief video performance (PG, please) to YouTube by
Sunday, October 30, 2009.
2. Send the YouTube link, band contact information and any questions to
[email protected].
3. Log onto www.smashburger.com/bands for more information.
Bands entries and their video will be posted on the Smashburger Web site.

Fans can vote online at www.smashburger.com/bands to determine the winner of Dayton’s Rock Your City Band Competition. Log onto www.smashburger.com/bands to see how the bands are faring. The winning band will be announced Monday, October 26, and will be “paid” in Smashburgers. Don’t forget to remind others to vote too!
Bands are responsible for transporting their own instruments and taking care of any sound equipment needs.

About Smashburger
Headquartered in Denver, Colo., Smashburger is a fast-casual restaurant designed to be “every city’s favorite burger place.” Developed and owned by private equity and concept development firm Consumer Capital Partners (CCP), Smashburger is engaged in the development of company and joint venture partner store development. In addition, Smashburger has sold franchise agreements totaling 200-plus locations over the next five years. The company, joint venture and franchise development deals are part of Smashburger`s national expansion plan to open 500 restaurants across the country, with 30-60 of those scheduled for 2009. For those that crave a better burger experience, keep watching for Smashburger to come to your community. To learn more, please visit www.smashburger.com.

…this Saturday night is one of the biggest nights of the year for Dayton music as the 5th Annual Dayton Music Fest brings together some of the best talent from the Gem City and beyond. Here’s the details on the schedule…

2009 Schedule for DMF

Canal St. Tavern
Jesse Remnant & The Trainwrecks 12:30 – until done
Lab Partners 11:30- 12: 10
Eat Sugar 10:30 – 11:10
The Turkish Delights 9:30 –…

…for a band that’s still not made a proper Dayton appearance, the elusive Smug Brothers seem to be building quite a buzz. The band will make their hometown debut this Saturday at the Fifth Annual Dayton Music Fest [@ Oregon Express; 11 pm] and have issued a new video for their current single, “Interior Magnets” to help promote the appearance. The video was shot by skate vid guru Dave Ackels and…

…over the past decade, James Demaree has led the Portland, OR outift The Unit Breed through over a dozen releases and twice as many lineup changes to forge a understated, ethereal aesthetic fusing psych/post-punk elements together into a demented dream state. The band roll through Dayton Dirt Collective this evening in the midst of an extended US tour in support of their Always Distance the…

…if you’ve missed the first two weeks of The Buddha Den NTRO/XPO September Residency with Kuan, we can’t really help you at this point. This quartet turned in two of the most inspired and outright face-melting performances we’ve ever had the pleasure of hosting. Tonight, the band performs without at net, going completely improvisational with a special guest vocalist. If you wanna see something…

…from our friends over at Fictionband Mechanics, it is our distinct pleasure to announce the first official release from our favorite home recordist, Peopleperson. As announced this morning, The Kids Are All Done For is now available as the first physical release from the label. Tapping through everything from twangy surf rock to Kraut minimalism to swirling shoegaze/psychedelia to unrepentant…

Read the entire post at The Buddha Den

…in case you missed out last week, Kuan opened their September Residency at The Buddha Den NTRO/XPO with a sonic assault that needs to be witnessed. We’d easily put them up against anyone currently running in the Gem City, as their dynamics and inventive compositions fueled by avant experimentation keep this instrumental quartet close to the edge throughout. The band will be issuing a double EP…

Read the entire post at The Buddha Den

…if yr looking to start yr weekend off a little early this week, we recommend you head over to Canal Street Tavern tonight for what looks like a great night of music. On tour from NYC, The Teenage Prayers and Brother George [from Chicago] serve up quality doses of blue-eyed soul that we can only speculate deliver the type of live rock n’ roll catharsis that we so dearly love around here. The Teenage Prayers are out in support of their latest disc, Everyone Thinks You’re the Best, which you can hear a taste of below…

MP3: The Teenage Prayers “I Like It”
MP3: The Teenage Prayers “Don’t Call”

…as if having so many great local and regional bands on tap for Dayton Music Fest 2009 wasn’t enough to get you excited about the d8n music scene, local promoter and general woman-about-town Shelly ‘Glad Girl’ Hulce announced that her Poster-Tastic showcase returns again this year as an adjunct to DMF. Just like last year, Derailed Hair Salon [run by Austin & Mindy in the Oregon District] graciously agreed to host this stellar display of the visual representations of Dayton music on the night of DMF [which is Saturday, October 3]. Here’s how to get yr posters shown:

If you are a gig or rock poster artist please contact Shelly @ [email protected].
Also please pass the word to other poster artists and give them my contact info.

You will need to hang your stuff by Oct. 1st. at the salon.
The exhibit will hang the whole month of Rocktober.

…and there’s more for you poster designer types…

AND NOW FOR THE REALLY BIG NEWS….
Taking submissions for the Poster-Tastic poster!!! If you are interested in designing the promotional poster for Poster-Tastic 2 please contact me asap!

Last year’s design by the amazing FNHarsh raised the bar but I know you are up to the challenge!! Do not delay in contacting Shelly @ [email protected] if you are interested!

…can’t wait to see some great posters on display from the past year…

…as The Buddha Den NTRO/XPO celebrates one full year at Oregon Express as a FREE weekly event, we are very pleased to kick off our September Residency this evening with Kuan. The band are currently putting the finishing touches on their soon-to-be-released double EP, which they plan to showcase throughout the month, and you can get a taste of that below. Kuan also have a slew of East Coast tour dates lined up for October…

…Having served in numerous local outfits over the years, the collective members of Kuan are anything but green. Certainly their sound falls in the post-rock realm, with its guitar-driven instrumental nature, but it’s also easy to hear much influence from the jazz, psychedelic, and classic rock realms as well. Over the course of September, we’re planning to hear one of the best unsung bands in Dayton stretch out and show an impressive musical range. Hope you can join us….

MP3: Kuan “G”