Six Blind Men and An Elephant

...as the free download trend continues to expand within the Dayton music scene, younger musicians are starting capitalize on its potential. Sabastooge (aka David Corns of the band Paego Paego) announced today that his album Six Blind Men and an Elephant is now available as a free download RIGHT HERE. While the technology has made is possible for anyone with a computer to put their music up for the world, perhaps in this case barriers to entry might have been useful. Many of the tracks are little more than electronic noodling seemingly devoid of any structure or melody. Even when the computer-generated beats do appear, they provide no sense of purpose or even really elevate the tracks to danceable levels. It's an admirable effort, but we're much more interested in hearing Corn's full band project, Paego Paego. Perhaps technology is not always our friend...

The Sailing/Fox Japan/Paego Paego-Tonight @ The Oregon Express

...while there are a number of quality shows out there for you tonight (we'll get to those in a minute), our pick for the night is to head over to The Oregon Express to catch a trio of fine young bands. Opening the night will be Paego Paego, back in action after several months of inactivity due to school schedules. We're excited to hear some of the new material the band has been working on for their debut release, as the band's chamber-style post-rock trip hit us pretty good back in the summer. In from West Virgnia is FOX Japan, who brings with them monster powerpop chourses a la Weezer or Superchunk. Headling the festivities will be The Sailing, who in recent appearances has proven to us here that they are one of the most compelling bands in Dayton at the moment. With near boundless musical ambition and the chops to deliver, these space/dream rockers have us piqued for their upcoming album to drop...

...we like to give you options, kids, and tonight you have plenty of other ones. Down in Centerville at Celebrity you've got the big punk show with legends, The Queers, or over at Aquarius you can catch local legends Luxury Pushers.