E2TG 9/23/2020 - Busy Week - Some Days Mix (Silent Alarm Remix)

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This has been a very busy week so far, and for a variety of reasons, I have felt constantly short on time. Yesterday, I intended to write a bit about being a contrarian, and then time slipped away. 

In short, the last six and half years (or more) have been about coming to accept the parts of me that are fundamental while simultaneously trying to change parts of myself that are acquired. I keep going back to the Serenity Prayer. Grant me the serenity to accept the things, I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.   And that is the challenge of realizing what I can (and should change) vs. what I need to learn to accept and even appreciate and nuture.

One conclusion I have is that I am a contrarian. The best way to get me not to do something is for a large number of people to tell me I should do it. Sometimes, I am proud of this trait - I see it as a mark of my individuality and independence. But, it can be annoying when something really interests me but because I am hearing a constant refrain that I "must do this or watch that or listen to this" I resist and refuse. 

And it isn't just the nameless, faceless masses that elicit this response - even if it is people whose opinions and tastes that I respect - I will still get this reaction. But to clarify, it is different if someone makes a recommendation of an artist - shoot, I am not sure how to explain this... 

I guess television (under which I include streaming services). That buzz worthy show that you call think the best and that you insist that I watch (and by that I don't mean directly insist that I watch it - but you know... "everyone must watch this" - well the chances are I am not going to watch it until the buzz has died down. Even if I really want to watch it. And that is where this is annoying. It is not an intentional action - it just seems to be a part of who I am. 

Another more cogent example... E2TG occasionally leans heavily toward roots/Americana music. I am in Nashville and a lot of my friends play this type of music, I once wrote for No Depression, I like a lot of music that falls under this moniker. I have a lot of friends whose tastes run toward this (admittedly broadly defined style of music) and I have made some great connections through this type of music. However, anytime, I feel that E2TG is starting to go to far toward being an Americana/roots blog - I have an almost automatic reaction and start seeking out metal and punk and darkwave and shoegaze and indie pop. This is not to say that my interest in these other genres and styles is not genuine - it very much is. But, I sometimes, I think I end up unintentionally alienated some people. 

But, it all comes back to what is a behavior that I can (and want to change) and what is a behavior that is just who I am and which I need to learn to accept and appreciate. No answers... just endless questions.  

Onward - we have five more songs to feature from this week's Playlist - songs 19-23

19. "Northern Song" by The Asteroid No. 4

San Francisco based Psych band The Asteroid No. 4 return to the Playlist with the title track of their new album. The band originated in the 1990s in Philadelphia. They have a great sound, that I am happy to have in the Playlist. 

20. "Some Days" by Wayne Graham

Kentucky based rock band Wayne Graham also make a return visit to the Playlist with a track from their forthcoming (Nov. 13) album 1% Juice. The band is led by two brothers: Kenny and Hayden Miles. This is a wonderful song. 

21. "Silent Alarm" by Fabian Jack

Next up, we have the new single from London-based five piece band Fabian Jack. The song is warning about the dire state of the environment. 

22. "Milk" by Wynnm

Next up, we have a really lovely track from an artist who has roots in the American Southwest (born to a harmonica playing father and a 1st generation Korean-American mother. Wynnm currently resides in Amsterdam. The music is rich and diverse and everything I love for my shuffle. 

23. "Myfyrwyr Rhyngwladol" by HMS Morris

The title may have given this away, but HMS Morris is an art rock band from Wales. This is a great way to close out this segment of music. By the way, the title translates to "International Students". 

         

    Featured Friday Playlist

Wednesday Morning Shuffle

"Redemption Day" by rOZZ (from Yess Sire!)

First up in the shuffle, we have a track from the recently released album by this most interesting singer-songwriter from Belgium.  This is the second release we have featured, and I am a fan of her songs. 

"Ghost Riders in the Sky" by The Royal Hounds (from Low Class Songs for High Class People)

Nashville rock band The Royal Hounds are up next with their take on what was originally a 1948 cowboy song.  

"Meant to Be" by The Maxx (from Funk Box)

Next up, we have the final track to feature from this excellent 2016 album by this Atlanta based band. 

"Tampa to Tulsa" (Live) by The Jayhawks (from Live at the Belly Up)

A live version of  song originally on the 2003 album Rainy Day Music - written by drummer Tim O'Reagan. 

"Sixty Degrees Below" by Love Tractor (from Love Tractor)

Finally, a track I am excited to feature. The legendary Athens Georgia band is set to reissue their 1982 debut album in early November, and we have a track from that album. In my formative years of discovering so much music, Athens, Georgia ended up being a focal point of my interest. I have been fortunate in the recent past to featured new music from Pylon Reenactment Society led by Pylon singer Vanessa Briscoe Hay. And now, I get to feature some reissued music from the fabulous Love Tractor!

VIDEO PLAYLIST

 

NEW AND RECENT RELEASES

THIS WEEK

9/21 - John Lensing - "Talk to Me" (single)

9/21 - The Silverbeets - "We Mattered (Once Upon a Time)" (single)

9/22 - Babybird - King of Nothing (LP)

9/22 - Mighty Joe Nolan - "Lone Wolves Together" (single) 

9/24 - Magnolia Bayou - Strange Place (LP)

9/24 - XL427; Mensa Deathsquad - "Ideas" (single)

9/25 - Buildings and Food - Up Down Strange Charm (LP)

9/25 - Music Maker Relief Foundation - Hanging Tree Guitars (LP)

9/25 - Cayucas - Blue Summer (LP)

9/25 - of1000faces - Astronomica (LP)

9/25 - Shane Tutmarc - Written & Produced by Shane Tutmarc (Double LP)

9/25 - ASM - Blue Cocoon (LP)

9/25 - Mt. Doubt - Doubtlands (LP)

LAST WEEK

9/15 - Darwin  - "Unkind Lover" (feat. David J) (single) 

9/16 - D.L. Marble - One Line at a Time (LP)

9/16 - HMS Morris - "Myfyrwyr Rhyngwladol" (single)

9/18 - The Pull of Autumn - Small Colors (LP)

9/18 - Adrian + Meredith - "Kids These Days" (single)

9/18 - OUTWAVE - "Moving Tangles" (Single)

9/18 - Anton Barbeau - Manbird (Double LP)

9/18 - Rahway - Slumlords of New Jersey (LP)

9/18 - The Persian Leaps - Smiling Lesson (EP)

9/18 - Dan Friese - Jane Songs (LP)

9/18 - Pelvis Wrestley - Vortex Vorever (LP)

9/18 - 4 Track All-Star - 5123 (LP)

9/18 - McClendon - Room 33 (EP)

9/18 - Red Eye - "A Girl Too Far" (single)

9/18 - EG Vines - "Them" (single)

9/18 - Julian Shah-Tayler - "Devil Knows" (single)

9/18 - Wynnm - "Milk" (single)

9/18 - Wynnm - Moonwalking (EP)

9/18 - The Asteroid No. 4 - Northern Songs (LP)

9/18 - Adam Kurtz - "M-I-LL-E-R Lite" (single)

9/18 - Adam McIntyre - Black Planet (LP)

9/18 - Nick Faber - "The Lost Highway Tapes" (LP)

9/18 - The Wake - "Perfumes and Fripperies" (single)

9/18 - Fabien Jack - "Silent Alarm" (single) 

9/18 - Various Artists - The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Record Story, Volume 1 (LP)

9/18 - Magazines - "Home Alone" (single)

NEXT WEEK

09/30 - The Sea at Midnight - "Afterglow" (single)

10/02 - Buckle Bunny - Pet Speak (LP)

10/02 - Divine Horsemen - "Mind Fever Soul Fire" (single)

10/02 - Will Payne Harrison - The Stratford Sessions (EP)

10/02 - The Jensen Sisters - Yellow Frames (LP)

10/02 - Mantis & The Prayer - Murder Ballad and the Blue (AA singles)

10/02 - Kouatchou - "My Teacher"/"Change" (AA singles)

10/02 - Gold Hick - Formed at Depth (LP)

10/02 - Laura Fernandez - Okay, Alright (LP)

10/02 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Jim's Dad" (single)

10/02 - Leron Thomas - More Elevator Music (LP)

10/02 - This Frontier Needs Heroes - "Go With the Flow" (single)

10/02 - Fly the Nest - "Wild Ride" (single)

10/02 - My Politic - Short Sighted People in Power (EP) - bandcamp release date

UPCOMING

10/09 - Year of October - Wastelands (LP)

10/09 - Great Peacock - Forever Worse Better (LP)

10/09 - Zao - Preface: Early Recordings 1995-1996 (LP)

10/09 - Zao - All Else Failed: 25th Anniversary Edition (LP)

10/09 - Jeremy Ivey - Waiting Out the Storm (LP)

10/09 - Laraaji - Moon Piano (LP)

10/09 - Tomas Welding - "Arcade" (single)

10/09 - Howard Gladstone - The Promise (LP)

10/16 - Malin Pettersen - Wildhorse (LP)

10/16 - Monette - "Monotony" (single)

10/16 - Watch Clark - Generator Room (EP)

10/16 - Taiwan MC - Special Request (LP)

10/23 - The Agency - In the Haunted Woods (LP)

10/23 - Lera Lynn - On My Own (LP)

10/23 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Mommy & Daddy" (single)

10/23 - Justin Farran - Pretty Free (LP)

10/23 - The Luxembourg Signal - The Long Now (LP)

10/30 - Andrew Grimm - A Little Heat (LP) *(NEW DATE)*

10/23 - Andrew Weiss and Friends - Lookout Mountain (EP)

10/23 - The Subtheory - Impact (EP)

10/30 - Graber Gryass - Late Bloom (LP)

10/30 - Ghostlawns - Motorik (LP)

10/30 - Marten Larka - "Parfum Du Nuit "/ "Je Suis Un Rocker" (singles)

10/30 - My Politic - Short Sighted People in Power (EP)

10/30 - The Wake - Hammer Hall (LP)

11/06 - Love Tractor - Love Tractor - reissue (LP)

11/13 - The Flat Five - Another World (LP)

11/13 - Andrew Adkins - The Echoist (LP)

11/13 - The Silverbeets - Halcyon Days (LP)

11/13 - The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! - The World Will Break Your Heart (LP)

11/20 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Sweet Krazy" (single)

11/20 - John Calvin Abney - Familiar Ground (LP)

12/04 - Stuffy Shmitt - Stuff Happens (LP)

1/01/2021 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)

RECENT

8/17 - KnightressM1 - "Lock and Key" (single)

8/18 - Jeremy Ivey - "Someone Else's Problem" (single)

8/18 - Matte Blvck - "Bare" (single)

8/19 - KC Beck - "Wake Me Up When This Year's Over" (single)

8/19 - The Persian Leaps - "Lost Cause" (single)

8/20 - Jessica Luise - "Television Mister" (single)

8/20 - Various Artists - For Belarus (LP)

8/21 - Eric Bolander - "Window" (single)

8/21 - A Shoreline Dream - Melting (LP)

8/21 - Liar,Flower - Geiger Counter (LP)

8/21 - Xanthe Alexis - The Offering (LP)

8/21 - Reardon Love - "Locked in the Panopticon" (single)

8/21 - Ghostwood Development Project - "Almost Human" (single)

8/21 - The Sea At Midnight - "We Share the Same Stars" (single)

8/21 - Buckle Bunny - "Lizard Brain" (single)

8/21 - Parker Lee - "Drunk" (single)

8/21 - Pozzi - Tyrant (LP)

8/21 - The Hengles - "Fire in the Rain" (single)

8/21 - Julien Shah-Tayler (feat. MGT) - "Evolution" (single)

8/21 - Bad Sauna - "Niin kuin se ennen oli (“As It Was Before”)" (single)

8/21 - Aquabats - Kooky Spooky ... In Stereo! (LP)

8/21 - Aquabats - "Dangerous Leon" (single)

8/21 - Little King - "Blend" (single)

8/21 - I LIKE TRAINS - KOMPROMAT (LP)

8/21 - Dan Friese - "Streetlight" (single)

8/21 - 3eon Vibe - "REDRUM" (single)

8/21 - Q&A - One More Jazz Thing (EP)

8/21 - Benchmarks - Summer, Slowly (LP)

8/21 - Tom Galloway - "Feel That I'm Fallin'" (single)

8/28 - The Northern Belle - We Wither, We Bloom (LP)

8/28 - Special Moves - Little Help (LP)

8/28 - Molly Tuttle - ...but I'd rather be with you (LP)

8/28 - Caterpillars - Where Shadows Go to Speak (LP)

8/28 - Certain Animals - "Truth" (single)

8/28 - The Agency - "Defender" (single)

8/28 - Dianne Davidson - Perigon: Full Circle (LP)

8/28 - Andre Salvador & the Von Kings - Self Titled (LP)

8/28 - Raveis Kole - "Angel from Montgomery" (single)

8/28 - The Blam Blams - Opening Night (LP)

8/28 - Jessy Yasmeen - "Let's Slip Away" (single)

8/28 - Michael Landin - On a Clear Day (LP)

8/28 - Jacob Wallace - "Wanderer" (single)

8/28 - Pace - "Boatman's Weather" (single)

8/28 - From Venus - "Unconditional" (single)

8/28 - Maria Shiel - Fire in the Sea (LP)

8/28 - Gold Hick - "Up Arrow"/"Trad Ghost" (single)

8/28 - Jonathan Plevyak - "Love After Midnight" (single)

8/28 - Thrillsville - "The Fever" (single)

8/28 - HMO - "Hate Speech" (single)

8/28 - Jonny Polonsky - "The Weeping Souls" (Alain Johannes Remix) (single)

8/28 - ReMission International (Wayne Hussey) - "TOS2020" (single)

9/02 - Leila - "By You Now" (single)

9/03 - COY Swede - "You Are" (single)

9/04 - India Ramey - Shallow Graves (LP)

9/04 - The Star Prairie Project - "Frantic Mind" (single)

9/04 - Soft Set - Love and Dancing (EP)

9/04 - Jabbawoki - Something's Cookin' (EP)

9/04 - Parker Lee- Scrundle (EP)

9/04 - Social Gravy - A Different Kind (EP)

9/04 - Andrew Adkins - "Vagabond Shoes" (single)***

9/04 - Dirk Powell - When I Wait for You (LP)

9/04 - Ghostlawns - "Ffoi" (single)

9/04 - Debbie Lagrange - "La chanson des moustiques" (single)

9/04 - Rob Clarke and the Wooltones - Putting the L in Wooltones (LP)

9/04 - New Way Vendetta - "Cool/Cough"/"1984 (On the Floor)" (single)

9/04 - Once Upon a Flatline - "For the Wretched of Earth" (single)

9/04 - Leron Thomas - "Endicott" (single)

9/04 - Short-Haired Domestic - "A song in German concerning gardens and goodbyes" (single)

9/04 - Annie Dressner - Coffee at the Corner Bar (LP)

9/06 - Chrisy Mc Cullagh - The Sun That Does Not Set (LP)

9/08 - Petter Carlsen - "Good News" (single)

9/08 - Salem Wolves - Never Die" (EP)

9/09 - Dark McGwire - Wylde Bunch Presents Dark McGwire (LP)

9/10 - Conrad Deadly - "Apple Tree" (single)

9/11 - Mike Barnett - +1 (LP)

9/11 - Atta Boy - Big Heart Manners (LP)

9/11 - Johnny Thunders - Que Sera Sera: Resurrected (Boxset)

9/11 - Brian Cullman - Winters Clothes (LP)

9/11 - Sunday Someday - "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" (single)

9/11 - Brophy's Law - "Record Collector" (single)

9/11 - Blink - "Every Day is A Black Day From Today"(single)

9/11 - A Shoreline Dream - "Downstairs Sundays" (single)

9/11 - Bobby Royale - "Bang Bang Boogie" (single)

9/11 - ASM - "You Don't Know" (single)

9/11 - Malin Pettersen - "Wildhorse Dream" (single)

9/11 - S.L.D - Lost (LP)