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Just a reminder - due to the holidays, we are stretching this week's Featured Friday recap over the next two weeks (Monday-Wednesday each week) - which is good- because this week's Playlist is jam packed with music. Today - songs 25-32:
25. "Ritual" by Genus Ordinis Dei
First up today, we have the opening track from Glare of Deliverance - the new concept album from this Italian symphonic death metal band. The album tells the story of Eleanor - a young woman persecuted for crimes of witchcraft by the Holy Inquisition.
26. "Long Cold Night Walk" by Victor Jones
Next up, we have our second listen and the title track from the new album by this L.A. based chamber rock artist. A really lovely song - perfect for the longest night of the year.
27. "Screaming Through the Noise" by The Room
Next up, we have something special. This is a live recording of a song which was originally included on the 2012 debut album Open Fire - by this melodic rock band from the Southeast of the UK. The song was written about vocalist Martin Wilson's son Josh and his struggles with childhood cancer. Sadly, Josh recently passed away at age 20, and the band have released this recording (from a 2018 performance in France) as a tribute. All proceeds from the song will go to Phillis Tuckwell Hospice who cared for Josh. You can download the song - here
28. "Snollygoster Goon" by The Lickerish Quartet
Next up, we have the first single from the upcoming 2nd EP by this band that features band members of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Slash’s Snake Pit, Finn Brothers, Alice Cooper, Air & Beck - and all formerly of Jellyfish.
29. "Thin Disguise" by Davy Williamson
Next up, we have the debut single from this Wilmington, NC based hard rock multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter. The song deals with Williamson's personal demons and is offered as a message of healing and hope.
30. "Keeping My Distance" by Rylan Brooks
Next up, we have the first single from If Wishes Were Horses (due in March) from the outlaw country duo of Nate Rylan and Chris Brooks. The album was recorded in Nashville with an all-star line-up that includes Guthrie Trapp, Eddie Bayers, and Michael Spriggs to name just three - the band was directed by Dean Miller.
31. "A Modern Man's Way to Improve" by Royal Horses
Next up, we have the title track from the debut album by this band from South Mississippi. The album is a love letter to the music that defined the New South. The album was an official Record Store Day release and is now available on streaming platforms.
32. "A Range of Light" by Forester
And we close with the title track from the second album by L.A. based electronic indie band Forester. A lovely song and a great way to close out this diverse set of music.
Featured Friday Playlist
Tuesday Morning Shuffle"It Takes Time" by Patti Smith & Fred Smith (from Until the End of the World Soundtrack 1991)
Another track from that excellent motion picture soundtrack to the Wim Wenders film - this time from the legendary couple Patti and Fred "Sonic" Smith.
"Bossa Sepulveda" by Hot Club of Los Angeles (from Cinema Swing 2020)
Hot Club of Los Angeles formed in 2011 to play the gypsy jazz music of Django Reinhardt. This is a track from their most recent album written by band member Carl Byron - who has played with E2TG fave and friend Annie McCue.
"Room For the Roof" by Snowpiler (from Bands Against Brutality 2020)
The Bands Against Brutality compilation was released during the heat of the summer protests over police brutality and Black Lives Matter. This is a track from a Connecticut based math rock band. The album also includes a track from E2TG favorites Them Airs.
"Almost Pure" by Beauty in Chaos (feat. Steven Seibold) (from The Storm Before the Calm 2020)
Next up, we have a track from the prolific project of Michael Ciravolo - here joined by Steven Seibold of HATE DEPT. With Beauty in Chaos' many releases Ciravolo has teamed with some of the biggest names in the work of alternative rock.
"I'm Using You" by Lori Kelley (from Under Stars and Storms 2019)
We close out this shuffle with a track from last year's album by long-time E2TG favorite - singer-songwriter Lori Kelley.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
Merry Christmas!
LAST WEEK
12/14 - Jane & John - "Our Year" (single)
12/15 - No Trombones - "Can't Let It Go" (single)
12/16 - of1000Faces - The Infinity Line (LP)
12/18 - Mauri Dark - Dreams of a Middle-Aged Man (LP)
12/18 - The Star Prairie Project - Surreal (LP)
12/18 - Shaking Chains - "No More Bets"/"Joy of Living" (single)
12/18 - Glenn Morrow's Cry for Help - 2 (LP)
NEXT WEEK
12/28 - Baby Chemist - "I'll Still Be Here" (single)
1/01? - Antonio Lopez - Roots and Wings (LP)
1/01 - TYPIFŸ - "I Am Alternative" (single)
1/01 - Adam Klein - Little Tiger (EP)
UPCOMING
1/04 - Skanker - "A Chance to Count the Cost" (single)
1/08 - Revelry - "Dirty" (single)
1/08 - Jeremy Parsons - Things to Come (LP)
1/08 - The Lickerish Quartet - Threesome Vol. 2 (EP)
1/11 - Hats off Gentlemen It's Adequate - Feeling Great (EP)
1/11 - Malcolm Galloway - Wasp 76b (EP)
1/14 - Cole Scheifele - "All the While" (single)
1/15 - Corey Ledet - Corey Ledet Zydeco (LP)
1/15 - Leah Watts - "We Are All Enough" (single)
1/15 - Andrew Toy - Guardrails (LP)
1/15 - Marijuana Johnson - Gem City Kush (LP)
1/22 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)
1/22 - The Burnt Pines - The Burnt Pines (LP)
2/05 - A.J. Croce - By Request (LP)
2/05 - The Orchestra of Cardboard - The Antidote (LP)
2/12 - Beth Lee - Waiting on You Tonight
2/12 - The John Michie Collective - High Vibrations (LP)
2/14 - Madeleine Mayi - love me (LP)
2/19 - Grant Hill & M.O.S. - fly (LP)
2/26 - The Red Step - The Red Step (LP)
3/12 - Rylan Brooks - If Wishes Were Horses (LP)
RECENT
11/18 - Charlie Nieland - "Divisions" (single)
11/20 - Stuffy Shmitt - "Sweet Krazy" (single)
11/20 - John Calvin Abney - Familiar Ground (LP)
11/20 - Fred Abong - "Invisible Man" (single)
11/20 - Tucker Lane - "Love or Hatred" (single)
11/20 - Josh King - The Shed (LP)
11/20 - I Am a Rocketship - oRAnGE (EP)
11/20 - Soft Kill - Dead Kids, RIP City (LP)
11/20 - Paperwing - "Dedicated" (single)
11/20 - Fitzsimon and Brogan - This Wicked Pantomime (LP)
11/20 - Ghost Town Remedy - Dry Spell (LP)
11/20 - Pale Moon - "Stranger" (single)
11/20 - Red Sky Mourning - "Signs from You" (single)
11/20 - PictureHouse - 1999- Live in Dublin (LP)
11/20 - Candy Opera - The Patron Saint of Heartache (LP)
11/20 - Grant Hill & M.O.S. - "My First Friend" (single)
11/20 - Life in a Blender - Satsuma (EP)
11/23 - Plastic Barricades - Self Theories (LP)
11/24 - The Pinx - Christmas Single (EP)
11/27 - Lady Buds - From the Cities, To the Shores (LP)
11/27 - Shadi G - "Space" (single)
11/27 - Lars Finberg - Tinnitus Tonight (LP)
11/27 - Wet Tropics - Everybody Get In (LP)
11/27 - Berlin - Strings Attached (LP)
11/27 - Perfectparachutepicture - "Lonely Landslide" (single)
11/27 - BlackSheepLad - Sleeping Alone in the Daytime (EP)
11/28 - Loud Life - "Been Wondering" (single)
11/30 - The Amber Bugs - "Rat vs Mole" (single)
11/30 - Paul Yoon - About Time (LP)
11/30 - Eastern European Music Academy - 2020 Compilation (LP)
12/04 - Murdocco - "Rainy Day" (single)
12/04 - Stuffy Shmitt - Stuff Happens (LP)
12/04 - Scenius - Enough Fears (LP)
12/04 - Victor Jones - "Woman in Red" (single)
12/04 - Meilir - In Tune (LP)
12/04 - Facing Mountains - Season's End (LP)
12/04 - Bailey Bigger - Let's Call it Love (EP)
12/04 - This Frontier Needs Heroes - "Dumb It Down" (single)
12/04 - HMS Morris - Pastille (EP)
12/04 - Ten Ton Hammers - New Failures (EP)
12/04 - Thrillsville - Say Goodbye to the Light (EP)
12/04 - Eckhardt and the House - "Oh Oh Oh" (single)
12/04 - Bad Sauna - Olen rikas sillä minulla on teidät (“I’m Rich Because I’ve Got You”) (LP)
12/07 - The Cravens - Distance of One (single)
12/09 - Emma Swift - Blonde on the Tracks (LP - streaming release)
12/09 - Seven Red Lions - "Under the Skin" (single)
12/11 - Jessye DeSilva - "Drifter" (single)
12/11 - Tacsidermi - "Gwir" (single)
12/11 - Victor Jones - Long Cold Night Walk (LP)
12/11 - MANCHO - Plastic Oh No (LP)
12/11 - Fear Rua - "Social Distancing" (single)
12/11 - Remington Super 60 - "I Won't Change My Mind" (single)
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