E2TG - Ear to the Ground : Thursday Morning Music Shuffle

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - SCOTUS Mix!

R.I.P. Don Grady

I'm not at work today, so my morning shuffle was not part of my morning walk, but instead, I listened to the shuffle while waiting with my daughter for the bus to take her to ESY and then while feeding the dogs. Enjoying what will be the only bearable part of the day. Temperatures here in Nashville are predicted to hit 101 today, and they will only rise from there over the next few days.

My wife is volunteering for an appearance by Michelle Obama at the Opryland Hotel - and it looks like mood should be jubilant over there.

To the shuffle:

First up we have theB-side to a 7" from The Flint Hill Specials which is a side project of Americana band National Grain. The song we have today is Unknown Folk Singer and took me to the Last Motel Room (the A-Side of the 7") where the faces of the forgotten and never known pass unseen along the concrete sidewalks and on the metal and concrete staircase.

You can grab the Downloads (plus a couple of covers) over the the Flint Hill Specials site. You can catch up with National Grain on their site.

(by the way, you may have noticed over the past couple of days, I've been posting the Amazon ad rather than just the album cover image. That's because the embed code for the image link has been truncated. I like the way just the album cover looks, and I hope to return to that format as soon as Amazon fixes the code)

Here's The Flint Hill Specials from this years SXSW.

Next up we have another track from The Bluefields' debut album, Pure. This time around Warner, Dan and Joe make a departure in Dub Step territory... just kidding... Seriously thought, ya'll Don't Let Me Fall is pure Rock 'n' Roll in a slow burner that speaks to the yearning that all good Rock 'n' Roll has at it's core.

Here are The Bluefields from what I believe was their first show back in September 2011 doing a cover of Led Zeppelin's When the Levee Breaks

From there, we move on to a track from Lo-Fi, Indie Pop band TV Girl from their recent release, The Wild, The Innocent and the TV Shuffle, called Loneliness Can Be Demanding. Give a listen below.

Some tunes from TV Girl from last year.

Next up we have Death Cab for Cutie with a track from their last album (2011's Codes and Keys) - The song is called Monday Morning - which is perfect for a Thursday morning.

And finally, we hit up another tune from Justin Townes Earle's Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now. Justin takes us Down on the Lower East Side.