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Well, we have reached the end of a another week. I am so ready for the weekend. I am going to start a few hours early....
I will say before we dig into the brand new E2TG Featured Friday Playlist - VOTE! Make a plan. Check with your State and local election officials. There is a definite and concerted effort in some locations to suppress voting. Don't let them win. Know your rights and exercise your rights.
One more thing, before I just jump into the music - at this point, the people I truly don't understand are the undecided voters - I understand them less than Trump voters. Trump voters are part of a cult, so their behavior is predictable and easily understandable if you understand how cults work. But, the people who are on the fence - that I have a hard time understanding. To me the choice is stark and obvious.
"No Sound" by Amelia White (single)
E2TG and East Nashville favorite Amelia White has a new single. It premiered earlier this week at Queer Country. The song is a powerful song written in reaction to the murder of George Floyd. In the tradition of great protest songs, "No Sound' is humanizing song. It is recognizing the familiar in the stranger. It helps us take the tragic events which have been dominating our screens - out of the context of something happening to an "them" and place these events squarely in the context of something that is happening to one of "us".
"Save the Day" by Andrew Adkins (single)
Another E2TG and East Nashville favorite also released a single today, and this song, too, is inspired by the state of things during these troubled times. I have been a fan of Andrew Adkins since I first him play. To me, his music is very hard to classify - which is something I love. He only occasionally wanders into something like roots music, and yet, he is very comfortable sharing bills with people who lean more in that direction. At his heart, he is a rocker who writes great songs, and I think it is the strength of his songwriting that allows him to move comfortably in many different circles of music. His new album, The Echoist is due out in a little over a month.
"Venom" by Year of October (from Wastelands)
I have been following and writing about Year of October for the majority of E2TG's existence. I have been listening to their new album Wastelands for a while, and we have featured some of the pre-release singles. I have been saying that Wastelands represents another big step forward for this band. Speaking as someone who has always admired and appreciated what they do, it has been especially heartening to see how they have and continue to develop and grow as musicians, songwriters, and performers. Wastelands is out now, so you can judge for yourself.
"Forever, Worse, or Better" by Great Peacock (from Forever, Worse, or Better)
A viral marketing campaign this week touted that Great Peacock had been arrested for impersonating an Americana band. I had to laugh. My first exposure to the band - I believe - was on the old Couch by Couchwest virtual festival (a virtual festival before virtual festivals were the trend). I particularly remember a collaboration they did with Wess Floyd as the Great Daisycocks covering Alabama Shakes' "Hold On". That was over seven years ago. Anyway, they may not be an Americana band - truly they are a rock band through and through, but they have also been in Nashville long enough to have absorbed some roots touches here and there. Regardless of what you call them, their new album is out, and it is fantastic. We have the title track in this week's playlist.
"Lonely Heart of Mind" by Ned Hill (from By the Light of the Radio)
This one slipped past me last week. I have been aware of Ned Hill for several years - saw him with his band Ned Van Go. Now, he is recording under his own name, and he has a new album that I am digging. As someone to whom music is very, very important, I love songs and albums that reflect that love - with lyrical and musical references that take me back. And, today is Ned Hill's birthday! So, happy birthday!
"What's Good" by Anana Kaye (single)
If you know me, you know I love Lou Reed and you also know I love cover songs. Over the last few years, Anana and her husband Irakli have been blowing me away consistently. So, this song is a trifecta. A cover of one of my favorite Lou Reed songs which Anana very much makes her own.
"Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by Devon Gilfillian (single)
I believe I read that Rolling Stone recently named Marvin Gaye's What's Going On - the number 1 greatest of all time. Released in 1971 during tumultuous times, the albums messages are sadly very much still relevant today. Nashville singer-songwriter Devon Gilfillian recently performed a tribute to the album as part of a get out the vote event, and he released this cover as a single that same day. Absolutely stunning.
"Hands Down in Your Pockets" by Jeremy Ivey (single)
We end this segment of the Playlist with the latest single from Jeremy Ivey - his album Waiting Out the Storm is out next Friday. I was a little late to discovering Jeremy Ivey's solo music, but since I did, I have been all in. He writes uncompromising lyrics with a deep sense of compassion.
NO VIDEO PLAYLIST TODAY
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
TODAY AND THIS WEEK
10/08 - Melting Mallows - "I'm Okay" (single)
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 - Laraaji - Moon Piano (LP)
10/09 - Tomas Welding - "Arcade" (single)
10/09 - So We Are - Piece of the Puzzle (LP)
10/09 - Howard Gladstone - The Promise (LP)
10/09 - Rick Hromadka - Better Days (LP)
10/09 - Josh Werner - Mode for Titan (LP)
10/09 - Amelia White - "No Sound" (single)
10/09 - Seagoth - "Dreamworld" (single)
10/09 - Lee Taylor - "Pat It No Mind" (single)
10/09 - Kevin Burnstein - "Distraction" (single)
LAST 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 - The Subtheory - IMPACT (EP)
10/02 - This Frontier Needs Heroes - "Go With the Flow" (single)
10/02 - Fly the Nest - "Wild Ride" (single)
10/02 - Christian Singles - Maybe Another Time (LP)
10/02 - Elkyn - beech remixes (EP)
10/02 - Short-Haired Domestic - Short-Haired Domestic (LP)
10/02 - Steve Poltz - "Quarantine Blues" (single)
10/02 - Elkhorn - The Acoustic Storm Sessions (LP)
10/02- The Orchestra of Cardboard - "Black Flag" (single)
10/02 - Lefthnd - Ad Mausoleum (LP)
10/02 - Klammer - "I Don't Know What It Is" (single)
10/02 - White Ribbon - "You Say You Don't Want Me" (single)
10/02 - My Politic - Short Sighted People in Power (EP) - bandcamp release date
NEXT WEEK
10/16 - Malin Pettersen - Wildhorse (LP)
10/16 - Monette - "Monotony" (single)
10/16 - Matt Eckstine - Lil' Blue (LP)
10/16 - The Mastersons - Red, White & I Love You Too (EP)
10/16 - Watch Clark - Generator Room (EP)
10/16 - Taiwan MC - Special Request (LP)
10/16 - Jeremy Ivey - Waiting Out the Storm (LP)
10/16 - Shape & Sound - "All Day Morning" (single)
10/16 - Davey Woodward & the Winter Orphans - Love and Optimism (LP)
10/16 - Burris - "Who I'm Thinking Of" (single)
10/16 - Bad Sauna - "Haluun pois (“I Wanna Get Out”)" (single)
10/16 - Isabelle Stillman - Heartrender (LP)
UPCOMING
10/17 - The Fortune - "All Eyes" (single)
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)*
10/30 - Philip Parfitt - Mental Home Recordings (LP)
10/23 - Andrew Weiss and Friends - Lookout Mountain (EP)
10/23 - The Subtheory - Impact (EP)
10/23 - Kevin Burnstein- Attack Distract Divide (LP)
10/23 - Paul Nelson - Birmingham Woman (LP)
10/23 - Rodney Rice - SAME SHIrT DIFFERENT DAY (LP)
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)
10/30 - Strays Don't Sleep - A Short Film for a Long Story (EP)
11/06 - Love Tractor - Love Tractor - reissue (LP)
11/06 - Tom Mason - Under the Mistletoe Sky (LP)
11/12 - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection - Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection (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)
11/13 - SWANS - Children of God - reissue (LP)
11/13 - Last Year's Man - Brave the Storm (LP)
11/13 - Cindy - Free Advice (LP - Reissue)
11/20 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Sweet Krazy" (single)
11/20 - John Calvin Abney - Familiar Ground (LP)
11/20 - Life in a Blender - Satsuma (EP)
12/04 - Stuffy Shmitt - Stuff Happens (LP)
12/04 - Bad Sauna - Olen rikas sillä minulla on teidät (“I’m Rich Because I’ve Got You”) (LP)
1/01/2021 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)
2/05/2021 - The Orchestra of Cardboard - The Antidote (LP)
RECENT
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)
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)
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 - Ethan Gold - "The Last Dive" (single)
9/25 - All Night Dining - "There Must've Been a Reason" (single)
9/25 - The Roogs - The Roogs (LP)
9/25 - Stuart Rolfe and the Daylight Stealers - No Gas Lost Roads (EP)
9/25 - KnightressM1 - Dreams and Devastation (LP)
9/25 - Healthy Junkies - Forever on the Road (LP)
9/25 - Mav Nuhels; Metodo - "Quixotic Neutrino" (single)
9/25 - Mt. Doubt - Doubtlands (LP)
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