New music from The Regionals, Branden Barnett, and Times New Viking. Old music from Clay, the Yips, and others.

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Play List:
Andrew Graham and Swarming Branch - "Holy Joeys, Cognoscenti, Tar Babies in Love" from Clasic Dogs (Demos)
Nathan Snell's Country Band - "Too Late to Worry Now" from demos
Joe Kile - "Tom Hill and Billy McMann" from Southern Beauty Queen
Clay - "'Til We Have Faces" from 7"
Clay - "Kim I Hate You" from 7"
Clay - "Ann O'Malley" from 7"
The Yips - "9 x 11" from 7"
The Yips - "First Place" from Bonfire In A Dixie Cup
The Yips - "Chapter of Not Dying Twice" from Bonfire In A Dixie Cup
The Axemen - "Sick and Tyred" from 7"
Times New Viking - "Rocks in My Heart" from 7"
Times New Viking - "Try Harder" from Dancer Equired
The Regionals - "Run" from Live at the Rumba (Hear another track here.)
Branden Barnett - "Heart Won't Bend" from Verse Chorus Verse (Totally downloadable.)
The Kyle Sowashes - "Vanilla Clown" from Vanilla Clown 7"
Solyoni - "Vanilla Clown" from Vanilla Clown 7"
Log - "She's The One" from 4 Song EP
Dane Terry - "Rojo Means Red" from Organ Grinder Single

Phone interview with David James of Wolf Ram Heart, plus lots of good music that runs the gamut. Study the play list below for various links to free or low-cost music download options.

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Play List:
The Obviouslies - "caca, culo, pedo, pis" from Pinky Download It! (facebook event link. YMMV)
The Obviouslies - "allergick to you" from Pinky
The Royal Pines - "All Wrong" from Come Forth
Day Creeper - "Dragons" from Blah 7"
Grave Blankets - "Forward" from split 7"
Fey Gods - "Untied" from 7"
Umbrella Men - "Tilt the Shade" from Music for Young Americans Buy It.
Wolf Ram Heart - "Betrayal of Hearts" from Betrayal of Hearts
Wolf Ram Heart - "Humming Doves" from Betrayal of Hearts
Wolf Ram Heart - "Mansions" from Betrayal of Hearts
Supervisor - "Hold on, young lovers" from Hold on, young lovers Free Download
Supervisor - "Chokolat" from Hold on, young lovers
Moon High - "Smoke Before My Eyes" live at Electraplay
Glass Winged Sharpshooters - "Lonesome Valley" from band camp songs
Molehill - "Untitled" from Audiotree Live (bandcamp)
Ryan Jewell - Espouse Elucidation Eschew Obfuscation; Espouse Elucidation

I did another radio show yesterday and posted it to the WCRS website. Hyped on said show is the Mealworms listening party for Radio Cabinet Rabbit Hutch, which is happening tonight at Spoonful Records. Also, there's a reunion/anniversary show featuring Grafton at the Summit tonight. Guinea Worms, Cheater Slicks, and Times New Viking are also on that bill.

Tomorrow night at Outland, the Books are playing. One of my favorite groups. If you've never seen them, I highly recommend it, if for no other reason than to watch the videos they play during their set. Here's a taste of it. It's a Benco show. Doors open at 7 p.m.

J. Rhodes and Scott Shelton are at it again. Another Ocean Ghosts work, entitled Die On Top will have its official release at the Rumba Cafe on Saturday, March 19. Also on the bill are Bum Wealthy, Wicked Lung & Wookalar, Elephant Bones, and DJ George Brazil. You can download Die On Top at OceanGhosts.com. I also dropped two tunes from it into my expanded podcast from yesterday. There's also some more interesting music from the free music archive. Find the new and improved hour-long podcast at the WCRS website.

The Wet Darlings are the first Electraplay session for 2011. We hear four songs and chat about the songwriting process and metaphor. Ghost Shirt and Yellow Light Maybe are also on this podcast. They're both playing with The Wet Darlings at their cd release show this Friday, March 18 at Skully's.

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Band photo by Dana Greene. Thanks, Dana!

Play list:
Magic City - "OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)" unreleased
The Wet Darlings - "Bicycle" live at Electraplay
The Wet Darlings - "Vampires" live at Electraplay
The Wet Darlings - "Your Ghost" live at Electraplay
The Wet Darlings - "Butterfly" live at Electraplay
Ghost Shirt - "Southern Girl" from Daniel
Yellow Light Maybe - "More of the World" from More of the World

Dane Terry joins us at Electraplay for four songs and some chattin'. He's off to New York City, so go see his farewell performance tonight at Carabar. There's also music from Day Creeper, Time and Temperature, and Nathan Snell's Country Band, plus a rendition of "O' Holy Night" by Brainbow, which comes from A Very Ohio Christmas which you can find on bandcamp. 100% of the proceeds go to Gracehaven House. Buy it. Do it. Now.

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Play list:
Magic City - "OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)" unreleased
I'm With Stupid - "Swank-O-Pation" from 7"
Day Creeper - "Dragons / Women Of Age" from Blah 7"
Savage Pinkos - "We're So Cheap" from 7"
Way Yes - "Important" from Walkability
Old Hundred - "Babe Sweet Darlin'" from Old Hundred
Nathan Snell's Country Band - "Too Late to Worry Now" from Promo Demo
Time and Temperature - "Those Woods" from Cream of the Low Tide
Brainbow - "O' Holy Night" from A Very Ohio Christmas
Dane Terry - "No Dance for Us" live at Electraplay
Dane Terry - "Untitled #13" live at Electraplay
Dane Terry - "Hellish Little Nightingale" live at Electraplay
Dane Terry - "Silent Night" live at Electraplay

I'd like to give special thanks to Electraplay Productions. James, Tony, Nathan, Tim and anyone else I've left out. Since October, 2009 Electraplay has produced 20 sessions for pat radio, helping me realize a vision I had for the show since I started focusing on local and regional music in 2007.

You've probably noticed that the shows are coming less frequently these days. Real-life is intervening, in a good way. I'm also devoting more time to making WCRS a viable media outlet for the city of Columbus. So if you don't hear from me in a while, it's because I'm trying to make good things happen somewhere else in the music/arts/media spectrum in this town.

Happy holidays!

-- Pat

Phantods are the in-studio guests this week. They play five songs from their soon-to-be-released cd, Creature. There's also new music from Black Owls, who are doing a release show this Friday for June '71. Paul Nini of Old 3C Records also joins me to talk about the Beetkeepers reunion show coming up in December. We also listen to new Old 3C releases from Randall Douglas Matson and the Malefactors of Great Wealth.

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Playlist:
Magic City - "OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)" unreleased
The Phantods - "Creature" live at Electraplay
The Phantods - "Raise the Dead" live at Electraplay
The Phantods - "Siren Song" live at Electraplay
The Phantods - "Thieves" live at Electraplay
The Phantods - "Our Last Goodbye" live at Electraplay
Black Owls - "We All Fall Down" from June '71
Black Owls - "When It Rolls In" from June '71
Beetkeepers - "National Rose" from Beetkeepers
Beetkeepers - "Since He's Been Gone" from Beetkeepers
The Malefactors of Great Wealth - "Today" from Today is the Best Day of My Life
Randall Douglas Matson - "South St" from Motorhome Boogie
Randall Douglas Matson - "My Bowler" from Motorhome Boogie

Nick Tolford & Company are the in-studio guest this week. The band is releasing its first full-length album, Extraordinary Love, at Carabar, Saturday October 9. We also hear music from release-show guests The Compressions, ExWhites, and Holiday Mary. Harvest Kings are also releasing a cd tomorrow, Friday October 8, at Hal and Al's. We hear two songs from Cardboard Crowns by the Harvest Kings. Special thanks, as always, to James Allison and Tim Race of Electraplay Productions for recording and mixing this week's in-studio session.

And hey...this snazzy show flyer was done by Dan Lerner.

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Play List:
Holiday Mary - "Rene" from an upcoming 12" 45rpm
Holiday Mary - "Modern Girl" unreleased
Exwhites - "Swim across" from demos
Exwhites - "Steady Pace" from demos
Nick Tolford and Company - "I'm In Love" live at Electraplay
Nick Tolford and Company - "I Kissed Her" live at Electraplay
Nick Tolford and Company - "Get Down" live at Electraplay
Nick Tolford and Company - "The Answer" live at Electraplay
The Compressions - "Pacific Radio Fire" from Stomping Ground
Harvest Kings - "Hey Little Josie" from Cardboard Crowns
Harvest Kings - "Two Bedrooms" (featuring Erika Carey) from Cardboard Crowns

Amy D, of madebyAmyD.com fame, is the guest emcee this time around. She interviews Lizard McGee, and George and Constan Hondroulis of the band Earwig. Lizard talks about the Rapture, the Holocaust, a magical dwarf, and how his dreams inspire his songs. We hear five songs performed live from Gibson Under Mountain plus one new tune. Also, Amy has a fashion show happening at Wholly Craft! tomorrow night, October 1, 2010.

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Play List: (all songs by Earwig and "live at Electraplay")
"Lovesong Cockroach"
"Starcrossed"
"Glorious and Gloom"
"I Don't Want To Go"
"Trees"
"Rumplestilskin"

I've had a busy week. Three interviews, one session at Electraplay, and last-minute planning for Independents' Day. The interviews can be heard on this week's show. A play list of the show is here, and you can download it by clicking on this link. The first segment is with Sue Harshe of Fort Shame, pictured to the left. Fort Shame is playing tonight at the Treehouse, and they are re-releasing, sort of, their e.p., entitled The EP.

Before I move on to the next paragraph, let me repeat in case you missed it. Download the show here.

Mark Himmel, formerly of the Slide Machine, has been playing out about town with his new project, The Compressions since last Winter. In February, he began recording Stomping Ground, which will have its formal release this Saturday at Independents' Day. Gay Street stage, 8 p.m. Don't miss it. Himmel has been composing and recording his own music for a relatively short period of time, but he already possesses a sense of melody, lyrical finesse, and attention to detail that other folks struggle for decades to attain. Listen to this record, buy it again when it comes out on vinyl, and crank it.

Again, let me repeat it in case you're the kind of person who skims blog posts. Download the show here.

Another project that has been a year or more in the making is Miles Curtiss' (a.k.a Marvin the Robot) The Loveiathan. Packaged as a capsule-shaped usb thumb drive, The Loveiathan comes packed with mp3s and videos of some of the songs. The "stalker edition" of the album also includes the raw tracks, if you think you can remix it and do a better job than Miles. Check out Chris Deville's piece on Marvin in yesterday's Columbus Alive

The Marvin the Robot release show is also happening tonight, at Kobo, with Mors Ontologica and Jellyhearts.

And lest you forget, you can download my chat with Miles and a few tracks from The Loveiathan here.

Finally, I thought I'd post the schedule for Independents' Day one last time. It's been so well-received over at the Friendship Farm. I'm helping out at the Gay Street stage all day tomorrow. Stop by and say hello. We still need volunteers, for mundane but really necessary things like parking and such. If you can help out write Erin Corrigan at erin [at] aero313 [dot] com.

Gay Street Stage
12:00 Karate Coyote
1:00 Miss Molly
2:00 Wet Darlings
3:00 Alwood Sisters
4:00 Derek DiCenzo
5:00 Town Monster
6:00 Way Yes
7:00 Ghost Shirt
8:00 Compressions
9:15 Kopaz

Pearl Alley Stage
12:30 Illogic and Ill Poetic
1:30 Big Nasty
2:30 Lydia Loveless
3:30 Flotation Walls
4:30 All Eyes Path
5:30 Sleepers Awake
6:30 Super Desserts
7:30 Liquid Crystal Project
8:30 Phantods
9:45 Shin Tower Music

Kobo stage
12:15 Old Worlds
1:15 Saturday Giant
2:15 The 3rd with Stalley
3:15 Moon High
4:15 Ease the Medic
5:15 Holiday Mary
6:15 Blastronauts
7:15 New City Gypsy

Listening Lamp Stage
12:45 Los Funkitos
1:45 Salty Caramels
2:45 Jim Volk
3:45 Spruce Campbells
4:45 Mind Fish
5:45 Bullet Proof Tiger
6:45 Stucco Jones

This week we kick off the first of hopefully a long series of sessions recorded at Electraplay Studio. This one features Sleepers Awake, who have a cd release this Friday at the Scarlet and Grey for their album Priests of the Fire. Also happening early on Friday is the Peloton Records Showcase at the Rumba Cafe. Peloton is unvavailing its City Sampler cd, and we hear eight tracks from it on this week's show.

Special thanks to James Allison for the quick turn around on the Sleepers Awake session. Thanks also to Tony Stewart and William Carroll of Electraplay. They shot video of the session which should be on the web soon.

Download: http://patradio.org/audio/09/program_175_SleepersAwake.mp3

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Play List:
Magic City - "OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)" unreleased
Sleepers Awake - "In Time" live at Electraplay Studio
Sleepers Awake - "Theme from Phantom of the Opera" live at Electraplay Studio
Sleepers Awake - "The Summoning" live at Electraplay Studio
Sleepers Awake - "The Collosus that Bestrode the Earth" live at Electraplay Studio
Sleepers Awake - "The Machines" live at Electraplay Studio
Bygones - "So Easy" from City Sampler
Matt Hoover and the Super Saints - "High Noon" from City Sampler
Calamities (featuring Erika Carey) - "Five Years" from City Sampler
Deerhead - "Trials" from City Sampler
Todd May - "Woodpile" from City Sampler
ALPHABETS - "Miriam" from City Sampler
Twin Souls of Sulfur - "Sulfur" from City Sampler
Dj Drastic - "Chop City" from City Sampler

This program features four songs from a live recording of Times New Viking at Ruby Tuesday in Columbus. Times New Viking's Columbus release party for Born Again Revisited is tonight at the Summit with Envelope and Vile Gash.

Download: http://patradio.org/audio/09/program_173_TimesNewViking.mp3

Play List:
Vile Gash - "Cleanse the World" from Demo 1
Vile Gash - "F.Y.P.A." from Demo 1
Vile Gash - "Everyone's the Enemy" from Demo 1
Vile Gash - "Scum" from Demo 2
Envelope - "Teethsucker" from Sharkbolt
Times New Viking - "Martin Luther King Day" live at Ruby Tuesday, 8/15/09
Times New Viking - "I Smell Bubblegum" live at Ruby Tuesday, 8/15/09
Times New Viking - "No Time, No Hope" live at Ruby Tuesday, 8/15/09
Times New Viking - "Pentagram" live at Ruby Tuesday, 8/15/09
Unholy Two - "Beruit 1983" from 7"

Shawn and Aaron of Day Creeper are my guests this week. We chat and listen to most of their set from the Lost Weekend Super Summer Spectacular. More live stuff follows, courtesy of Old3C Records and WRUW. The Kyle Sowashes played WRUW's Studio-A-Rama last weekend, and we hear a tune from that set, also, there's an excerpt from a classic set by Columbus band of yore, Househearts, from their 1983 Comfest set. Look for downloads of the complete Sowashes and Househearts sets on patradio.org later this week.

Download: http://patradio.org/audio/09/program_170_DayCreeper.mp3

Play List:
Don B. (w/ Day Creeper) - "Batman" from live at Ruby Tuesday 8-15-09
Day Creeper - "Dipstick" from live at Ruby Tuesday 8-15-09
Day Creeper - "V.I.P." from live at Ruby Tuesday 8-15-09
Day Creeper - "Nervous Energy" from live at Ruby Tuesday 8-15-09
Day Creeper - "The Thrill is Gone" from live at Ruby Tuesday 8-15-09
Day Creeper - "You've Been Warned" from live at Ruby Tuesday 8-15-09
Day Creeper - "Working It" from live at Ruby Tuesday 8-15-09
Day Creeper - "And How" from live at Ruby Tuesday 8-15-09
Outer Spacists - "The Mind is as Outer Space" from 7"
The Kyle Sowashes - "Instabilities" from live at WRUW Studio-A-Rama
Househearts - "Never Doubt My Word" from live at Comfest 1983

Interviews this week with Ryan Horns of Paper Airplane and the band Phantods. There's new music from both bands' recent releases, plus some new Rollo and Bird and Flower and Moviola doing V3 live.

Download: http://patradio.org/audio/09/program_169_PaperPhantods.mp3

Play List:
Moviola - "End Of The Bar" from live, Ruby Tuesday 8/15/09
Rollo - "As She Waits" from 7"
Paper Airplane - "Time is Full of Photographs" from White Elephants
Paper Airplane - "Car Crash" from White Elephants
Paper Airplane - "Spring Vultures" from White Elephants
Bird and Flower - "Hot Boots" from Here We Cease Our Motion
Phantods - "Revival" from Revival
Phantods - "Missed the Boat" from Revival
Phantods - "Lone Highway" from Phantods
James & James - "Hope You're Doin' Well" from James & James 7"

Kyle and Beth from Lost Weekend Records are my guests this week. Kyle spins bands and bands related to the bands who are playing his two-day Super Summer Spectacular. Beth spotlights some Jim Shepard rarities as well as some of her favorite Columbus music. I round out the hour with more music and info from what's promising to be an action-packed weekend of music in Columbus.

Download: http://patradio.org/audio/09/program_167_SummerSpec.mp3

Play list:
Magic City - "OH/IO (Washington Beach Party)" unreleased
The Kyle Sowashes - "The Cut-out Bin" from Yeah, Buddy
JPS Brown - "A Bitter End" from demo
Skillet Lickers - "Going Nowhere Fast" from unlreased
Girly Machine - "Snipe Hunt" from Girly Machine
Pica Huss - "Feel The Real"
Moviola - "Thank You, Matches" from 10"
Times New Viking - "A Lot Of Paintings" from The World's Lousy With Ideas Vol 8
Jim Shepard - "Voices of Men" from 7"
Cloud Tiger - "Break Down These Walls" from Matter Dominates Spirit, A Tribute To Shepard
Bob Pollard - "Bristol Girl" from Matter Dominates Spirit, A Tribute To Jim Shepard
Psychedelic Horseshit - "Anxiety of Influence" from Golden Oldies
Hugs and Kisses - "Totally Awesome/Casualites of Happiness" from Casualities of Happiness
Braniac - "Go Freaks, Go" from Internationale
J-Gladd - "Calculators Curse" from You Go Make Eggs
Bassholes - "I Like Smoke And Lightning" from ...and without a name
Mount Carmel - "Sacksburg" from myspace