pat radio: independent and unsigned bands from Columbus, Ohio

Aaron of Day Creeper broke three guitar strings last night as the band banged through an eight-song set for my last show on WCRS. He is a beast! Look for a new Day Creeper album in 2012. What else is going on? Sick Thrills is at Carabar tonight, releasing a 7". Them Labs also have a release show tomorrow night at Oldfield's, with The Wells and Outer Spacists. Catch Alwood Sisters at the Rumba on Black Friday (Nov 25). Dane Terry will be all over town for a brief time, playing with various peoples. Dane wants to do another Terry Xmas show at Electraplay, so look for that in the coming weeks on this humble blog (cuz it won't be on the airwaves).

Lydia Loveless and her band are my guests this time around. We hear four songs from her new album, Indestructible Machine, performed live at Electraplay. Catch Lydia this Thursday in Cleveland at the Beachland Tavern. She's also doing her Columbus record release this Friday, September 30, at the Rumba Cafe. Lydia is also doing an in-store performance at Lost Weekend Records, prior to the show at the Rumba. A full list of tour dates is here.

I failed to mention it on the air, but much thanks to Tony Stewart and James Allison at Electrplay for hosting my show again this week and doing all the technical audio things that I have no clue about. They are awesome. The Lindsay is awesome as well, and they played seven songs last night in the studio and you can hear them right now by clicking on the podcast link below. You have two chances to see the Lindsay this weekend, at Carabar tonight and at the Mega City Music Marathon on Saturday. The Townsmen, You're So Bossy, and The Patsys are also on the bill tonight at Carabar. Every band in the world is playing at the MMM on Saturday. Also tonight at Kobo, Indigo Wild releases If By Sea, their debut ep. Playing with them are their Outer Sounds cohorts, Narrow and the Brights, The Blastronauts, and The Town Monster.

This show starts with three songs from Saintseneca's first full-length lp entitled Last. Don't miss their Columbus album release show this coming Wednesday night at Wild Goose Creative. They are also playing at the Mega City Marathon on September 10. Urban Scrawl 5 is also happening even as I typed this belated blog entry. Many of the bands playing this now two-day event are featured in the podcast as well.

Sam and Yoni of Maza Blaska are my guests in the first half-hour. We listen to a session Maza Blaska recorded at Electraplay back in April of this year and talk about the beginnings of the band, the pursuit of unique sounds and melodies, and the desire to tell stories on this new record. Indigo Wild, Narrow & the Brights, and Duke Junior and Smokey Boots are also featured, as they are all playing with Maza Blaska at the Storyteller release show tomorrow night at Carabar. Monolithic Cloud Parade's final show is tomorrow night at the Rumba Cafe, and Speed Governor play a show Saturday at the Treehouse, with Flamtronic and In Silent Movies. I finish the show with three classic tunes from Pere Ubu, just because I wanted to hear 'em.

Kyle Siegrist from Lost Weekend Records joins me on this edition of the radio show. It's time once again for Kyle's Lost Weekend Super Summer Spectacular at Ruby Tuesday. Kyle plays tracks from bands playing the two-night extravaganza, including exclusive stuff from Vug and Sundown. He also brings some Columbus rarities along in the form of Post Industrial Noise, Near Paris, and Hairy Bears without Frank Sinatra.

Whoa Nellie!! plays live at Electraplay this week. Pick up a copy of Deep Blue Me at their show with the Flyin' Saucers at Ace of Cups on August 27. Speaking of Ace of Cups, the first two bands to have the honor of rocking out at that club are Scrawl and Exwhites. Check that out this Saturday. I hear it's a free show. If that ain't enough there's a Big Day in Music happening at Woodlands, all day on Saturday. Finally, Civil War Generals have linked a download link to Battle of the Wilderness to the pat radio facebook page. Download it, for it is good.

Phone chat with David James of Wolf Ram Heart, plus lots of great music. Check the link on the wcrs website for free and/or cheap downloads of many of these tracks.

I spent some time putting this one together...recording vinyl to my computer, etc. And it's the first show done with my new computer. The ones and zeros just sound...newer. So even though it's about stuff that's already happened, I've decided this show is feed-worthy.

This program features interviews and music from Sue Harshe of Fort Shame, Mark Himmel of The Compressions, and Miles Curtiss of Marvin the Robot.

Kyle of Lost Weekend Records stops by with Chris Barton of the Skilletlickers to hype the Super Summer Spectacular, happening at Ruby Tuesday. Pat also plays bands that are featured at the Pabst Rendezvous, Part Deux.