CAREERS IN MODELING
w/Robotboy, The Notties & Clawthroat
Statius Bar
NE Mpls, MN
Friday Oct 3rd
10:00 pm
GREY SKIES
w/ The New Up (SF) & Mercurial Rage
Uptown Bar
Mpls, MN
Tuesday Sept 23rd
9:30 pm
MOON MAAN
w/ They Might Be Giants
First Ave
Mpls, MN
Friday Aug 29th
8:30 pm
GREY SKIES
CD RELEASE PARTY
w/ CAREERS IN MODELING
Oujia Radio & Condo$
Hexagon Bar
Mpls, MN
Friday Aug 29th
8:30 pm
DAIRYLAND YOUTH
CD RELEASE PARTY
Bub's Irish Pub
G-town, WI
Saturday Aug 23rd
9:00 pm
DAIRYLAND YOUTH
20 YEAR REUNION
Shank Hall
Milwaukee, WI
Friday Aug 22nd
10:00 pm
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Dairyland Youth.
Quite possibly the best boy band Germantown, Wisconsin has ever witnessed.
A band born out of sheer boredom and lack of employment: four scrappy lads, armed with a rented 4-track
machine, some Radio Shack microphones and the sure-fire confidence given to them from the guy at the local
music shop —"It's so fuckin' easy, my girlfriend even knows how to use it"— managed to produce 13 nuggets of
pure teenage curiosity and technical prowess. DY's first cassette, "Germantown Manifesto," was released in 1988
on their own label, Catlick Records, and soon appeared on local college airwaves.
With their sardonic yet whimsical lyrics, driving drum beats and catchy guitar riffs, they built a loyal following in
the Milwaukee and Madison area. They continued to exhaust audiences for the next two years, releasing "After the
Revolution" in 1990, which propelled their touring the West Coast.
Then, in 1992, Dairyland Youth transformed. With B-rad leaving to focus on "more important things," they
recruited a new vocal talent, changed their name to Rhinelander, and continued to tour for two more years with
three more releases.
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Meanwhile, two similar-looking members of Dairyland Youth, Dave and Dan, decided to make a run with the record
label. Catlick Records went on to record their favorite Milwaukee bands, including Demise, Trademark, Dissonance
and many others. In 1993, they moved the operation to Minneapolis, and the empire grew like a weed. Since then,
Catlick has seen itself grow out of its geeky, awkward cassette phase and into its sexy "Eye of the Tiger" phase. As
Dairyland Dan puts it: "It's time to get our braces removed and start French kissing everybody." And so they did.
In 2001, Dairyland Youth, now gainfully employed, felt something was missing in today's vast wasteland of copycat
corporate rock. With that urge, the band has since reformed and have been recording "Re:Volting," their third
full-length album, at an amazing glacial pace. Currently, the band finds themselves spread across Milwaukee,
Minneapolis and Denver, piecing together this tour de force via Catlick Records' own Studio 9 super-Internet,
audio-capturing device. Curious?
Sonically, the new album blends the original influences of Dairyland Youth—Descendents, Lemonheads, Hüsker Dü, Dead Milkmen, Sonic Youth and Vandals, to name a few—and adds a couple newer ones like The Kills,
Pavement and Sebadoh. Lyrically, it's reminiscent of clever wordsmiths Ween with a bit of irreverent humor a la
Louis XIV thrown in, resulting in a bizarre concoction of catchy, mind-numbing two-and-a-half minute adventures. |
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"RE:VOLTING"
Release: 2008
CAT: CLP033
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SEQUENCE:
1. More Brown Than Green
2. C'mon, Yeah Yeah
3. Life Inside
4. 105.9º
5. Hot Rocks 2008
6. When It Rains
7. Monkey Repellent Pants
8. Blackfield
9. Wired
10. Sunday Morning Hangs
11. Backward Skate Only
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"Just in time for their 20th anniversary, and a mere seven years after they began recording it, the Germantown college-rock oddities Dairyland Youth have finally finished their reunion record. Save for the cleaner recording quality, the band's new Re:Volting sounds little changed from the band's early cassette releases. These upbeat songs still ring with Sonic Youth's detached potency, Hüsker Dü's punky hooks and The Lemonheads' chiming, mumbled melodies. It's music straight out of a time capsule, but music that's aged well."
- Shepherd Express August 2008 |
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"After The Revolution"
Release: 1990
CAT: CLP005
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SEQUENCE:
1. Let's Go Fishin
2. Candi
3. Ben Is Dead
4. No Nations
5. Guardian Angels
6. Go Comatose
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DY- "After The Revolution"
Out of the rubbage comes a forgotten band. For a nine song tape, you can't go wrong for a buck fifty. It sounds like a cross between the Descendents and Mr. T Experience. Cool.
- 50/50 Magazine |
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"Germantown Manifesto"
Release: 1988
CAT: CLP001
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SEQUENCE:
1. Cat Puke
2. New Lawnmower
3. I Got Gas
4. I Wish It Were Summer
5. Shoulda
6. Hot Rocks
7. Envelope Women
8. I Shot My Friend
9. The Posse
10. East River Surfin
11. Fotomat Girl
12. Nazis At A Brat Fry
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"DY wouldn't look out of place on Lookout Records. Melodic punk songs about screwed up love situations. The slightly rough production adds to an appeal of this release."
- Maximum Rock N Roll July 1991 |
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BAND
C'mon Yeah Yeah