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Local nominations for the Ohio Hip Hop Awards

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The 2010 Ohio Hip Hop Awards and Music Conference is slated for mid-September in Cleveland.  The nominations for the awards portion of the event were recently announced, and Dayton got two nods this year.  Status Flo Entertainment was nominated in the Best New Group category.  Additionally, The Lady T Show on WWSU 106.9FM (Wright State’s student-run radio station) was nominated as Best College Radio Show.  You can vote on the winners in each category from now until September 13th.

Do you have a favorite local hip hop artist?  Tell us about them in the comments.

Three shows for your Thursday

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The Black Who's?

Why wait for the weekend to see some live music?  This Thursday our local musicians will be serving up some great tunes at the following shows:

  • The Black Who’s? are hosting two bands from Atlanta at Blind Bob’s.  They’ll be joined onstage by The Biters who are currently touring with The Booze. Take the next 24 hours to practice saying, “I’m going to see The Black Who’s at Blind Bob’s with The Biters and The Booze” five times fast.
  • If you’re craving something harder, South Park Tavern may be the place for you.  Turlock, California hardcore band Verona will be stopping by to play with By Way of Sunstorm, who are finished up their first full length album.
  • The Dayton Band Playoffs are getting down to wire.  Thursday marks the last show of Round 3 and will determine who the last band is to move on to the Semi-finals at Canal Street Tavern.  A Shade of Red and Less Than 3 are on the bill so go out and put your vote in for one of these local bands.

What are your plans for Thursday night?

Eat Sugar//Shadowside

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…well, we thought we might try and jumpstart yr week with a new track from Cincy faves, Eat Sugar. The quartet have a new digital-only release due out on August 24 entitled Levantese! Working again with Dayton alumni John Schmersal, the album finds Eat Sugar boiling their high-energy aesthetic to reveal an propulsive, sensual rhythmic [courtesy of bassist Jim Reynolds & drummer Greg Poneris workout shrouded in menacing clouds of synths [provided by Mike McBride]. At the epicenter as narrator, Aidan Bogosian croons and howls out seductive tales of modern confusion. Dig the track “Shadowside” below and head over to the Eat Sugar website to grab the free download. The band will be at South Park Tavern this Saturday, August 21 with The Fervor [Louisville] and locals The Turkish Delights. See you there….

MP3: Eat Sugar “Shadowside”
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Music Video Monday: August 16th edition

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For this week’s video, we’re going to travel back in time to last Monday.  Okay, so the video wasn’t shot last Monday, but I had the idea for this week’s feature while re-discovering yet another one of the great things to do in Dayton.  Have I totally confused you yet?  Here’s the story:

Last Monday evening I found myself at Therapy Cafe on Third Street.  When I arrived I vaguely remembered that Ben Rivet who performs under the name BJSR does a gig on Monday nights.  What I didn’t know was what a great start to the week it would be.  It’s a free show every Monday night that gets started around 8pm.  The atmosphere is very relaxed and the music is both fun and soothing – like I said, a great way to start the week.  If you happen to check it out this week, you’ll get a special treat as Rivet will be accompanied by Kelly Fine.  The two have a collaboration called Honey and the Milk.

So this week’s video comes from BJSR.  It was shot in a large empty house in Dayton as part of a series called the Empty House Sessions (which reminds me of the Burn to Shine series by Trixie Films) that I hope to see more videos from in the future.

As always, if you’ve got a video suggest leave a comment, connect on Facebook or email [email protected]

Okay Lindon//Rotating Dates

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…in a year that’s seen a flurry of releases fro Dayton acts, Okay Lindon jumps on the heap with an excellent new disc, Rotating Dates. Although largely the brainchild of Dustin Smith, he’s established a steady crew of contributors over the past year that have accompanied him on an increasing number of live performances in the area. While their 2009 release Everything in Moderation showed exceptional promise, Rotating Dates is a quantum jump for the band in terms of songwriting, performance, and production. Opener “Sad Songs” introduces a prickly guitar riff that outlines tales of Smith’s adventures balancing his trucking operation with operating a rock band. On “Talk of the Weather”, the loping jangle traces a moody shadow along the fringes of a somber reflection of current conversational topics. From head to hilt, Rotating Dates is classic contribution to the Midwestern rock aesthetic: earnest songwriting framed by bare-bones arrangements that connect with raw immediacy. Rotating Dates will be released on Knoxville imprint Arcade Sound LTD. Okay Lindon stopped into the WYSO studios earlier this week for a chat with Juliet Fromholt on the Kaleidescope program, which you can listen to here. You can catch Okay Lindon’s CD Release show tomorrow evening at Blind Bob’s along with Jesse Remnant & the Trainwrecks [who are currently holed up in the studio working on their new album] and Dayton Original, Drexel. See you there…

MP3: Okay Lindon “Sad Songs”
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MP3: Okay Lindon “Talk of the Weather”
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Sleep Fleet//Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning

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…we’d like to apologize for the lack of activity here on The Buddha Den as of late. It’s been a busy summer and we’re just starting to get caught up on all the Dayton goodness that’s happening. At this time, we’d like to direct yr attention toward an excellent young band, Sleep Fleet. This high-octane trio will be celebrating the release of their debut EP, Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning tonight with a show at South Park Tavern. In case you haven’t heard of these youngsters as yet, take a moment and visit their BandCamp site where they are streaming the EP for free right now. You can (and should) either head out to the show this evening or purchase the digital version online. Have a listen now and be sure to check out the show tonight, which will also feature Jasper the Colossal and Joe Camerlengo [who also recorded the EP]. See you there…

Laissez les bon temps roulez with Cowboy Mouth Singer/Songwriter

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From CityFolk Press Release:

You may not know New Orleans musicians Paul Sanchez, Alex McMurray, Matt Perrine, andWashboard Chaz by name, but if you’ve been watching HBO’sTreme, then you definitely know their songs. The four will be at theTrolley Stop on August 18 with “Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Road Show”. This New Orleans party starts at 8:30 pm.

HBO’s Treme–which (in their own words) “chronicles the rebuilding of a unique American culture after historic devastation”–just completed its first season to critical acclaim. David “The Wire” Simon’s show has helped to bolster the profiles of several working musicians who continued on in the post-Katrina days. For example Sanchez–well-known in the South as a member of the band Cowboy Mouth–was featured with singer John Boutté on their song “At the Foot of Canal Street” in one episode. The show has been widely recognized as finally being a movie or television production that “gets” what real life is like in New Orleans and the role that music plays in that day-to-day existence.

Sanchez (pictured here) talks about life in New Orleans since Katrina in 2005: “Ultimately what we lost is the same thing many around the world had lost before us and many more have lost since. We lost our illusions, the illusion that we had control over levees, politics, human nature, our careers, our futures, our past. What we have is the present, which is all any of us really have… I lost all that I had but have created so much since, and stripped of my illusions, my songs ring more true to me then ever before, one more step on the road to redemption.”

He continues, “I found out that being a ‘mid-level rock star struggling with the limitations of my own career’, (like the guys in the movie Almost Famous), was not what I had aspired to when I picked up the guitar. I wanted to play and write the best songs I could while I was still on the planet–rock, jazz, country, folk, theatrical, pop, whatever the muse delivers. I found out that I am New Orleans, I love New Orleans…”

The concept of the Rolling Road Show is to feature each of these front men individually and in group sets. Each gets his chance at center stage, and according to Sanchez “…then you basically have a stage full of frontmen who are pretty happy and inspired by what the other people are doing.”

The show in Dayton is being supported by sponsors including Cityfolk, CompuNet Clinical Laboratories, Rue Dumaine restaurant, and The Trolley Stop. Tickets are $10 and are available at The Trolley Stop, Cityfolk, and Rue Dumaine. Contact Tom Perlic at 910-0806 for more information.

Wednesday night: dreamy music from near and far

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The Delta Mirror

A break in routine can provide a refreshing look, or in this case listen.  Forgoing the usual Rock and Roll Playdate, this Wednesday South Park Tavern will be welcoming The Delta Mirror from LA.  This trio began as a hip-hop duo in the 90’s and now produces dreamy ambient rock with an electronic beat.

Take a listen to their track, And The Radio Played On:

The Delta Mirror will be joined onstage by local electronic-experimental artist Outside Residential and electro-acoustic singer-songwriter BJSR.  The show gets started around 9pm and costs $5.  The Rock and Roll Playdate will return to South Park Tavern next Wednesday.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra comes to Dayton

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Although Glenn Miller disappeared on a plane flying over the English Channel in 1944, the orchestra that bares his name is still alive and well under the leadership of trombonist Larry O’Brien.  The Glen Miller Orchestra will be performing at Gilly’s this Friday, August 13th beginning at 7:30pm.  Tickets are $25 and can be purchased in advance from Half Price Books and Huber Music & Video.  It’ll be an evening of big band music with a dance floor.

Here’s a little something to put you in the mood for Friday night’s show.  It’s the original Glenn Miller Orchestra performing one of their signature songs from the movie Sun Valley Serenade.

Introducing Music Video Mondays

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I won’t even bother with all those jokes about “having a case of the Mondays.”  All I know is that after a weekend of enjoying the arts and music in the Dayton region, the first day back to work often needs a little extra kick.  So starting today (okay, technically starting unofficially last week), the Dayton Music section of DaytonMostMetro will be presenting Music Video Mondays.

Every Monday we’ll post a video that has something to do with music in our area.  If you shot some footage from a recent show, are in a band that just produced your first music video or just have a favorite you’d like to see featured on the site, send us a link in the comments, on DaytonMostMetro’s Facebook page or email it to [email protected]

Now, onto this week’s video, which comes to us from The Music Scene.  Astro Fang‘s been getting a lot of buzz recently as one of two local bands on the Midpoint Music Fest bill (Me & Mountains is the other band).  Another cool piece of Astro Fang news came last week when Semi Precious Weapons (who’s currently on tour with Lady GaGa) named them as one of two bands that they would like to sign.

So here’s Astro Fang performing their song Mr. Bloodsuck in Dayton earlier this year.

The Story Changes celebrates Dayton homecoming

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The Story Changes have been making tracks across the country for the last 8 weeks on their summer tour with fellow locals, Hawthorne Heights.  The tour wrapped up a few weeks ago, and now the band will celebrate their return to the Gem City with a show this Saturday night at Blind Bob’s.  They’ll be joined onstage by 8-bit Revival, Rad Company and Ed vs. Radio who may be going back into the studio this fall to work on a new album.  It’s a 21+ show that costs $5.

Kuan//M

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…while we informed you a while back about Kuan’s upcoming tour of the US that starts tonight in Indianapolis, we just received the band’s upcoming EP, Colors, which the band lovingly hand-crafted and will be taking on out on the road with them. Kuan will celebrate locally upon their return on September 5 with a show at Blind Bob’s. You can hear the track “M” below [which picks up the alphabetical torch from their previous release, Standby/On], which continues to showcase the band’s impeccable craftsmanship: muscular riffing juxtaposing delicate jazzy passages; effortless dynamic shifts; a penchant for math rock intricacies, yet never compromising the composition. If yr anywhere on the tour route of these gentlemen over the next month, we highly recommend you make a point to catch them live…

MP3: Kuan “M”
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TOUR DATES

AUGUST
4th – Indianapolis, IN @ Melody Inn #
5th – Champaign, IL @ Dan Akroyd’s House #
6th – St Louis, MO @ Lemmon’s #
7th – Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge #
8th – Wichita, KS @ Kirby’s Beer Store #
9th – Denver, CO – Wax Trax Records #
11th – Portland, OR @ Ella St. Social Club #
12th – Seattle, WA @ The Comet Lounge #
13th – Salem, OR @ The Space #
14th – San Francisco @ TBA #
15th – Sacramento, CA @ The Press Club #
16th – San Francisco, CA @ Milk Bar #
17th – Fresno, CA @ Audie’s Olympic #
18th – Los Angeles, CA @ TBA #
19th – San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe Collective #
20th- Phoenix, AZ @ Revolver Records #
21st – Portales, NM @ Echo Chamber #
22nd – Denton, TX – Boiler Room #
23rd – Dallas, TX – Bll’s Records Daytime) #
23rd – Austin, TX @ Beauty Bar #
24th – New Orleans, LA @ TBA #
25th – Atlanta,GA @ Drunken Unicorn #
26th – Asheville, NC @ The Lab #
27th – Washington, DC @ The Fridge #
28th – Baltimore, MD @ Orion Studios #
29th – Philadelphia, PA @ Pageant Gallery #
30th – Boston, MA @ TBA #
31st – Portland, ME @ TBA #

SEPTEMBER
1st – Brooklyn, NY @ TBA
2nd – Providence, RI @ The 201
3rd – Ithaca, NY @ Wildfire Lounge
4th – Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose
5th – Dayton, OH @ Blind Bob’s

* w/Six Gallery [Columbus]
# w/Matta Gawa [DC]

First Friday in Music: August Edition

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Another month has come and gone which means we’re due for another First Friday celebration in downtown Dayton.  Here’s your guide to some of the  musical offerings around the city this Friday night:

Reyna and Dana

—Canal Street Tavern will welcome the Black Who’s? to the stage around 9:30pm.  There’s also an extra special early/opening show by Rob MacPherson’s Rock & Roll Workshop.  That’s set to get started around 8pm (doors at 7:30pm)

–For something smooth, head over to J’Alan’s on Ludlow.  Reyna and Dana will be performing along with Al Holbrook.  Holbrook performed a few live tunes on WYSO’s Excursions earlier this week.  You can listen here.

—The Elderly Brothers will be playing at the Trolley Stop on 5th Street.  They bill themselves as cosmic Americana and are reported to have a great live show.

Team Void

-It’ll be a lovely evening to enjoy Garden Station on 4th Street, and you can explore a great community space while hearing some music courtesy of Luchador surf rockers Team Void.  They’ll be joined by A Shade of Red who just moved on to Round 3 of the Dayton Band Playoffs.  It’s free music starting at 8pm with a bonfire after the sun goes down.

-If Yellow Springs is a bit closer to home or you find yourself out that way and needing some live music, then check out Romeo Champagne at Peach’s Grill.  They’ll be joined onstage by Mercury Mouth for a $5 show that starts around 10pm.

What are you excited about doing on First Friday?  Share your plans for the evening in the comments.

The Buddha Den NTRO/XPO Presents: Bernoulli/Ben Keeler & the 500 Club-TONIGHT @ South Park Tavern

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…well, it’s a new month and The Buddha Den is preparing for another birthday next month [stay tuned for details on that…]. Tonight we kick off a new residency at The Buddha Den NTRO/XPO and throughout August we will be featuring the band Bernoulli. While they’ve been creeping around the edges of the Dayton scene for a while now, this youthful quartet exudes a confidence and sheen well beyond their years. With a hard-rocking sound contrasting delicate, emotional passages, Bernoulli seem poised to make a name for themselves in Dayton and beyond. Tonight the band will be joined by Ben Keeler & the 500 Club [from Chicago]. Music starts at 10 pm, is open to all ages, and is FREE. We’ll see you there…

MP3: Bernoulli “Message”
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