Dark Backward

...if you've spent more than ten minutes in Dayton, you'll understand that this city takes it's punk rock very seriously. From pioneers Toxic Reasons to punk breeding ground Haunting Souls to current torch-bearers Luxury Pushers, My Latex Brain, and Legbone, the Gem City loves it loud. Carrying on in that raucous tradition, one Eric Purtle recently unleashed his long-running project, Dark Backward, onto eager-yet-unprepared ears. If yr talking about dues, these guys have em paid in spades, collectively serving in Dementia Precox, Mondolux, Luxury Pushers, The Bang Tale, etc. Likely to flatten eardrums anywhere within the Dayton GMA, Purtle's whiskey-saturated, snarling delivery is a deliciously sinister front for a merciless sonic blitzkrieg. Tune in now, as the band hit Oregon Express tomorrow, March 14...

MP3: Dark Backward "Parable"

Backward Goatherd

...for those of you in some kind of heavy-duty relationship, odds are you've got some big plans for Valentine's Day. For everyone else, yr probably looking for anything to possible distract you from the fact that you don't have those big plans. Well, you've got a pair of great options tonight no matter on which side of the l'amour line you find yourself...


...over at Blind Bob's, Brandon Hawk has assembled a trio of duos for his Valentine's Day Show. In from Columbus, The Receiver blew us away when we caught them last year. Dayton noise duos Hills and Goatherd round out the lineup...


...over at Oregon Express, you've got the Anti-Valentine's Day show, featuring the debut of Dark Backward (ex-Luxury Pushers/Mondolux/The Bang Tale/etc.), the politically-charged sonic assault of My Latex Brain (who made our Top 5 Albums of 08), and female punk quartet, Jasper the Colossal...