It’s Local 518 Thursday on WEXT! January 20th

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By Andy Gregory

It’s Local 518 Thursday! Click on the artist/band and song featured on the WEXT Radio Local 518 Show to find out more about them, and support by listening to & purchasing the songs. Miss the show? Listen to it and previous ones at the WEXT Radio Local 518 Show webpage. Have music you want us to hear? Submission guidelines can be found at the webpage link too. Send us stuff! A version of the following is posted on the Local 518 Facebook page.
Tonight at 11:00 pm on WEXT Radio, the Local 518 Show playlist features…

Ride The Movies – “Tell Me (What I Wanna Hear)“
Athena Burke – “Star“
Wurliday – “Circle Back To You“
Katy Ashe – “Countess Of Chaos“
Fenton Hardy – “Morose“
Marc Woodworth – “Abacus in the Cold Lab (Burning Through This Phase)“
Ciarra Fragale – “Been Here Before“

The Attic Classic: Alternative rock was going strong in 1987, music everywhere with an edge, a message, and if it had a beat you could dance to, all the better. 

Among the local bands hitting the recording studio and rock club stages were Dance Planet, bringing to the party their own group of fans, The Planetarians. Their lineup was a bit unique, with Rich Celani on drums, Dave Decker on bass, Brian Wellbrook guitar, and Brian Saxx on, well, you can guess which instrument he played. All provided lead vocals too.

Among the whirlwind, the band recorded a four-song 7-inch EP titled ‘Sheldon Changes Overnite,’ with each of the members contributing a song. All received radio airplay, not just locally, but also on college radio stations across the country.

The Attic Classic is “Dissassder,” the first track from the record. Decide if you might have been a Planetarian too.
Tune in WEXT Radio at 97.7 and 106.1 FM, at 89.1’s HD2 station, via online website stream at www.wextradio.org, or by using the free app for iOS and Android devices.

I couldn’t find a video for the Attic Classic band, so I leave you this thought…
We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
‘Cause your friends don’t dance
And if they don’t dance
Well, they’re no friends of mine

Songwriter: Ivan Doroschuk – 1982
Men Without Hats – “The Safety Dance” lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    Andy Gregory is a Capital Region native, architectural design professional, and supporter of the local arts. A former contributing writer to the CRUMBS.net (Capital Region Ultimate Musicians and Band Site) local music blog at the Times Union and to Nippertown V1.0. A cohosting gig to Mike Guzzo for episodes of CRUMBS Café led to hosting The Local 518 Show Thursday nights at 11pm on WEXT Radio, at 97.7 & 106.1 FM and online at www.wextradio.org. As a service to even the most casual local music fan, Andy has provided free quarterly reports on recordings, videos (and more) released by Capital Region musicians, bands, and artists originally through the CRUMBS blog at the Albany Times Union website and currently via the WEXT Radio website and Nippertown V2.0. Andy received the 2022 Eddies Award for Radio DJ of the Year.

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