Fictionband Releases Smug Brothers-Fortune Rumors Vol. 6 EP

...hey kids. Sorry we've been laying so conspicuously low around The Buddha Den as of late. We don't want you to think we don't care anymore. We do. We've just been really busy doing things that don't include writing on this blog. Rest assured, however, that we are still very much here keeping an eye on everything that's going on in the Dayton music scene and will report on such things as we get the time to do so...

...for now, however, The Buddha Den is very pleased to team up with Fictionband bring you the final installment in the Smug Brothers' Fortune Rumors EP series. Since April 1, which seems like light years ago now, the reclusive outfit has been putting out tiny releases for FREE. With this sixth installment, the band has completed the project which will only be available until the end of the month. However, Smug Brother have teamed up with local label Squids Eye Records and have a couple of releases brewing. We'll keep you posted as that unfolds...

...for now, grab these little EPs for FREE and soak them up...

FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 6

MP3: Smug Brothers "Leverage Point"

FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 5
FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 4
FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 3
FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 2
FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 1

Fictionband Releases Smug Brothers-Fortune Rumors Vol. 5 EP

...hey kids! It's time again for another installment of the download initiative from Fictionband featuring the Smug Brothers. Available now is Fortune Rumors Volume 5, continuing the band's penchant for infectious blasts of power pop. You'll want to be sure to grab these now, as they'll only be available as free downloads until the end of June. The 6th and final installment of the Fortune Rumors EPs will be out in two weeks, so stay tuned for the exciting conclusion...

MP3: Smug Brothers "I'm Gonna Hover"

FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 5

...in case you missed the first four volumes of the Fortune Rumors EP series, here's another chance to grab them...

FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 4
FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 3
FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 2
FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 1

Fictionband Releases Smug Brothers-Fortune Rumors Vol. 4 EP

...just when you thought it was safe to go back in the blog, we've returned with the fourth installment of the highly touted Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors EP series. Thanks again to the kids over at Fictionband, here's another infectious blast that will certainly beg repeated listens. Dig in...

MP3: Smug Brothers "Superior Jitter Case"

FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 4

...in case you missed the first three volumes of the Fortune Rumors EP series, here's another chance to grab them...

FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 3
FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 2
FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 1

Fictionband Releases Smug Brothers-Fortune Rumors Vol. 3 EP

...when we first said that we had teamed up with Fictionband and the elusive Smug Brothers to bring you a 6-Part EP release series, you probably didn't believe us. Admit it, it's cool. We wouldn't have either if we didn't know better. Well, the good folks at Fictionband have hit the halfway mark in the release schedule and bring you arguably the best set yet from the Fortune Rumors EP series with Volume 3. We highly recommend you download this goody today!

MP3: Smug Brothers "Interior Magnets"

FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 3

...in case you missed the first two volumes of Fortune Rumors, here's another change to grab them...

FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 2
FREE DOWNLOAD: Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors Volume 1

Fictionband Releases Smug Brothers-Fortune Rumors Vol. 2 EP

...as previously promised, we have teamed up with our friends over at Fictionband again to bring you the second of six installments of the fabled Smug Brothers Fortune Rumors EP series. Again, these are totally free downloads for yr listening pleasure. We highly recommend you grab these while you can, as they won't be available forever. Even better, this time around you get 4 tracks to enjoy. Dig in...

MP3: Smug Brothers "Fortune Rumors"

FREE DOWNLOAD: SMUG BROTHERS-FORTUNE RUMORS VOL. 2

The Dirty Walk

...we're gonna hop in the time machine for a hot minute on the instigation from our friends over at Fictionband. If you were in Dayton in the early years of this nascent century, odds are you remember a little outfit called The Dirty Walk. Featuring Jeremy Fredricks (Cigarhead/Let's Crash/Human Reunion) on bass/vocals, Tyler Trent (Brainiac) on drums, and Darryl Robbins (The Keynote Speaker/Montgomery Greene) on guitar/vocals, this trio was some serious mess. Although short-lived, this trio, and later a reformatted quartet, harnessed that quintessential Dayton thread and made it all their own. You can grab the whole 5-song demo over at Fictionband for FREE which is the only document of the band...

MP3: The Dirty Walk "Toilet Knife"

Fictionband Releases Smug Brothers-Fortune Rumors Vol. 1 EP

...although the kids over Fictionband have been laying low for a while now, they're back for reals and we're teaming up with them to bring you a very special offering. Today we're putting up the first of six, yes SIX, EPs from the highly reclusive Smug Brothers. Featuring the drum stylings of Don Thrasher (GBV, Swearing at Motorists, The New Creatures) among other conspirators, Smug Brothers will issue a new Fortune Rumors EP every two weeks over the next 12 weeks. With Vol. 1 clocking in at just over 4 minutes, these are incredibly short but powerful blasts of lo-fi goodness. Grab it now and stay tuned...

MP3: Smug Brothers "To The Editor"

DOWNLOAD SMUG BROTHERS FORTUNE RUMORS VOL. 1 HERE

Fictionband on the Move

...in a humble attempt to make it easier for everyone involved, the Ted Dankerson and the staff at Fictionband have relocated their site. You can tune into all their rumblings from the undergound RIGHT HERE. Don't worry, they're still bringing you nuggets from the past and present as only Fictionband can do. They just made your life a little easier. Well, maybe not...

Fictionband Releases New Joe Anderl EP

...after touring extensively throughout the early months of 2008, Joe Anderl (aka The 1984 NFL Draft) retreated into silence for the summer. Although seemingly silent, Anderl, along with Fictionband, were hard at work putting together a collection of tracks which has been released as, fittingly, The Fictionband Sessions EP. Although some of the more ambient elements from his previous I Love Joe Anderl album are absent, his trademark intimacy and bare-bones approach continue to mark his work. Oh, did we mention that the EP is available as a FREE DOWNLOAD that you can grab RIGHT HERE. Do it...

More chunkies for mass consumption

...while their release schedule may be erratic at best, it can hardly be denied that the kids over at Fictionband are doing great work unearthing some of the most interesting releases from Dayton's sordid past and present. This time around, Fictionband offers up an abridged version of local home recording aficionados Ohio Briars 5-disc opus Punch the Red, which includeds ex-GBVer Dan Toohey. As if that weren't enough to digest, also on yr plate is the sole release from The Igniters, Igniting I (circa 2000). Grab these two platters as FREE DOWNLOADS HERE.

More Fictionband Chunkies...

...it would appear as if the kids at Fictionband are hellbent on becoming a clearing house for Dayton's musical past. We aren't complaining. Today they offered up the final release from Montgomery Greene, the Ready By the Next Symbol EP. While the band was around for about 7 years, this final release from 2004 was arguably their best. Go grab the FREE DOWNLOAD HERE and see for yourself...

Cigarhead Gets Chunked

...while we try to look ever-forward here at The Buddha Den, every so often we are given pause and take time to reflect on Dayton's rich musical legacy. More often than not, it's the fault of the kids over at Fictionband. Today they announced the fifth installment of their vault-mining Cut Little Chunkies series, offering up the Cigarhead album (put out on cassette no less!) by 12 x 12 Records. If you were unfortunate enough to miss this the first time around, consider Fictionband your guardian angel and grab this for FREE RIGHT HERE...

The Motel Beds Get Chunkied

...in their ongoing efforts to remind everyone that the past is not really dead, Fictionband has provided us all with another fine sampling of Dayton bands gone by with their ongoing Cute Little Chunkies series. Well, kinda. This time around we've got a heaping helping from The Motel Beds, who we also featured on The Buddha Den Spring Sampler. Fictionband officials claim that The Motel Beds stand as one of the best Dayton bands of all time. We'll let you judge for yourself, but you have an abundance of evidence that you can grab for FREE RIGHT HERE. There's a pretty strong case, what with PJ Paslosky's impeccable pop hooks and Tommy Copper (currently serving time in Captain of Industry) as the perfect foil on guitar. Sure, they're all but defunct now, but every so often The Motel Beds make an appearance in Dayton. If you hear about it, do yourself a favor and be there. For now, just grab this and thank Fictionband...

take it or leave it....

...as if local labels haven't done enough lately to help the Dayton music scene, both Fictionband and Squids Eye Records have offered up new samplings from the Gem City. While combing through the past, Fictionband has come up with random offerings from Ohio Casket and Cigarhead. For those of you who missed them the first time, take a listen and dig the history. Meanwhile, Squids Eye Records has made a new track available from the long-defunct Jet Kid Committee in advance of the promise of a 4-song EP from the outfit later this fall. Why? Well, keep in mind that Jet Kid Committee was the breeding ground for such current Dayton fixtures as Grizzzzy Bear and Yakuza Heart Attack, as well as the massively underrated Scott Deadalus. Just have a listen....

Tiny Saddles out on Fictionband

...the good folks over at Fictionband have done it again, bringing forth the work of those who toil in obscure home studios. This time around we have Tiny Saddles, the fertile brainchild of Nick Morano, who served time as drummer in Abracadaver! and Ohio Casket. With this particular project, Morano dives into electronic flavors, spicing them up with random lo-fi stabbings. As always, you download the tracks for FREE courtesy of your friends at Fictionband...

Titbag "Full Belly, Empty Balls"

...the incessantly prodigious Fictionband has issued forth another salvo, kids. This time, enter the Tard metal treats of the debut by Titbag, Full Belly, Empty Balls. As the band's name clearly suggests, this is by no means for the lighthearted or the humorless. All taken in stride, however, Titbag delivers some grinding metal stripped to its most steely core. Apparently, Fictionband has endured legal proceedings and endless negotiations to acquire the rights to issue this lost classic from the 70s "Kings of Tard Metal". Let's be clear: You will find no spandex. You will find speed. You will find virtuostic guitar work. You will find epic metal sething into your veins. You will want find your head whipping to and 'fro. As always, the kids at Fictionband serve this up to you on a steaming hot platter as a completely FREE DOWNLOAD. Just go...

Snake Oil "Almost Acoustic Music" available through Fictionband

...yet again, your good friends over at Fictionband have gone out of their way to make more great music from the basements of Dayton available to you completely FREE OF CHARGE. This time around, they're offering up the splendid debut from the now-defunct Snake Oil, Almost Acoustic Music, which originally came out (and is still available for purchase) through Star Heartless Records (as are several other remarkable releases...) Featuring the songwriting talents of ex-patriate Steven Gullett, the disc veers between raunchy foot-stompers, stripped-down rockers, and the heart-wrenching finale, "Angels Are Never Enough". You need this one.

...also, in case you missed them, go back and download the last 2 Caregiver LPs and the new Peopleperson and Spirit Breaker. You won't see these bands out performing, so better grab these free downloads and dig...

Checked Out

...from our good friends over at Fictionband, we are pleased to announce that the reclusive Peopleperson has released a new album, Checked Out. This no-frills release features ten tracks (with the titles simply being numbers) of inventive, brutal guitar work balanced perfectly by shoegaze tendencies and tempered with undeniable melodies. Also, more divebombs than the Luftwaffe...

...With the album being made available as a free download, why wouldn't you? Really. Go now....

Where Performance Is Passe.....

....we've been waiting for weeks to get the green light to post on this one: Fictionband.com has officially launched today and is now online for your listening pleasure. As Founder and President of Fictionband.com, Ted Dankerson has laid out his manifesto and a listening station for you online and would like to hear from you, the humble home recordist, as soon as humanly possible. For those seeking new consumables, tracks from such locals as Joe Anderl, Mascot, Peopleperson, The Smug Brothers, Kalvakota, and Big Baby are available as free MP3s right now.....so get there.....