E2TG 2/16/2021 - Ice and Snow and Life - Long Time Gone Mix (Liverwurst Remix)

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I have always tended to like snow and icy weather. When I was a kid, it meant we were out of school and I loved playing in the snow. I guess, overall, I still do like snow- at least in theory and at least when I can stay warm inside and watch it... but I really don't like the cold or the inconvenience of it all - places closed, roads dangerous, people dangerous.  But, lately, here in Nashville, we don't get much snow, so it is kind of exciting - at least at first. 

This particular winter weather event is, I guess, a little more annoying that usual. This is supposed to be my week to "get on with life" and the snow and ice makes it feel like I am being hampered from getting on with life... 

Featured Friday Playlist (Songs 12-15)

12. "Better Days" by Jennifer Tefft

The new single from this singer-songwriter based in New England. Tefft is a cancer survivor who underwent an unexpected divorce and was just emerging into a new life of teaching music and touring around New England when the pandemic hit. This beautiful song is her response and it offers hope to many of us who have faced our own versions of her story. 

13. "Waiting on You Tonight" by Beth Lee

The debut solo album from this Austin, Texas based singer-songwriter who has released albums previously with Beth Lee & the Breakups.  This album was recorded in the East Bay area of California. Wonderful stuff. 

14. "Stars" by Brian Falduto

Next up, we have a recent single from NYC based queer country singer-songwriter Brian Falduto. A great introduction to this artist. 

15. "WFTWTE" by Arrlo

 We close out this segment of music with a recent single from this Riverside, CA indie band which is fronted by transgender male singer-songwriter Sunni Suede. An awesome song and a great way to close out this part of the playlist. 

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

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Tuesday Morning Shuffle

"Why Did We Do It? (The Last Ones)" by Twilight Fields (from Songs from the Age of Ruin - 2019)

We go back about two years to this track from this album by the solo project of Canadian singer-songwriter Allister Thompson - this was part of a three song climate change suite. 

"Long Time Gone" by Jeff Mamett (from Carry Me Back - 2018)

The way the random shuffle works is always interesting - for the second time in as many week's we have a track from  the 2018 album by singer-songwriter Jeff Mamett. 

"All Night Playing the Blues" by Debra Power (from That's How I Roll - 2019)

Some powerhouse blues via Calgary based artist Debra Power is next in the shuffle. 

"Not Used To Being Used To" by Hilary Scott (from Don't Call Me Angel - 2018)

From an album we featured three years ago or so... this Hilary Scott (one "L") is based in Washington-based, Missouri native and has nothing to do with Lady A.

"The City is An Animal (Nature is Its Slave)" by The Membranes (from What Nature Gives... Nature Takes Away - 2019)

Latest album from the long-running UK post-punk band. The Membranes formed in 1977 - were active until 1990 and reformed in 2009.

"Liverwurst Louise" by Vernon Tonges (from A Meatball Bound to Earth - 2020)

A most interesting release we got via our friend Rich Krueger.  Tonges was his bandmate in the Dysfuntionells who records as Spoo Willoughby. I don't exactly know how to describe this music, but it is truly wonderful. Check it out. 

"Annie" by Polly Panic (from Losing Form - 2018)

We close with a track from one our favorite albums from 2018 via the cellist known as Polly Panic (Rasputina).  Really great to hear this music again. 

VIDEO PLAYLIST

 

NEW AND RECENT RELEASES

THIS WEEK

2/14 - Madeleine Mayi - love me (LP)

2/14 - Arsenic Tea Party - The Really Not Good Times (EP)

2/14 - Danielle de Picciotto - The Element of Love (LP)

2/14 - Madeleine Mayi - 2/14 (LP)

2/17 - Alpha Cat - Pearl Harbor 2021 (LP)

2/17 - Distant Voices - Lights of the City (single)

2/18 - Gracious Losers - "Loath to Leave" (single)

2/19 - Grant Hill & M.O.S. - fly (LP)

2/19 - Keith Mosfet - "Now Your Life's Gone" (single)

2/19 - The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness - Songs From Another Life (LP)

2/19 - Boxteles - "You Can’t Fall in Love for the Sake of it" (single)

2/20 - Léanie Kaleido - "All The Things I'm Made Of" (single)

NEXT WEEK

2/22 - My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult -Sleazy Action (LP)

2/24 - Kid Hastings - "Backwards" (single)

2/26 - The Red Step - The Red Step (LP)

2/26 - Scott Robert Allen - Scott Robert Allen (LP)

2/26 - The Tummies - 9:30 Girl (LP)

2/26 - Nineteen Thirteen - MCMXIII (LP)

2/26 - Julez & The Rollerz - "In Secure City" (Single)

UPCOMING

3/05 - Steve Almaas - Everywhere You've Been (LP)

3/05 - Jason Ringenberg - Rhinestoned (LP)

3/05 - Susan Anders - 13 Women (LP)

3/05 - Elizabeth and the Catapult - sincerely, e (LP)

3/05 - Jacob the Horse - College Party Mixtape, Vol. 1 (LP)

3/12 - Rylan Brooks - If Wishes Were Horses (LP)

3/12 - Lee Taylor - Wild Woman (LP)

3/17 - John McDonough - Second Chances (LP)

3/19 - American Culture - For My Animals (LP)

3/26 - Gracious Losers - Six Road Ends (LP)

3/26 - Oliver Beardmore - "Fiesta" (single)

3/26 - Cathal Coughlan - Owl in the Parlor (LP)

3/26 - Sunstroke Rain - "To Greta" (single)

3/26 - Modesty Blaise - The Modesty Blaise (LP)

4/02 - Julez & The Rollerz - "Knocks Me On The Floor" (single)

4/09 - Dallas Moore - The Rain (LP)

4/16 - The Brother Brothers - Calla Lily (LP)

4/30 - Hadda Be - Another Life (LP)

4/30 - Nick Hudson - Font of Human Fractures (LP)

4/?? - El No - Nothing is Possible (LP)

5/07 - Manolo Redondo - The Lost and Found (EP)

5/07 - The Purrs - We Thought There'd Be More People Here (LP)

5/07 - Ted Russell Kamp - Solitaire (LP)

5/14 - Soo Line Loons - Soo Line Loons (LP)

5/21 - Moon - Shine (EP)

5/28 - Sharone - Morbid Illusion (LP)

RECENT

1/01? - Antonio Lopez - Roots and Wings (LP)

1/01 - TYPIFŸ - "I Am Alternative" (single)

1/01 - Jeremy Porter & The Tucos - "Dead Ringer" (single) 

1/01 - Brett Ryan Stewart - "Dignity" (single)

1/01 - Adam Klein - Little Tiger (EP)

1/04 - Skanker - "A Chance to Count the Cost" (single)

1/05 - Tryingtogetby - "Welcome to the Shitshow" (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)

1/11 - Elvis Batchild - Batchild Begins (LP)

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 - Jeremy Porter & The Tucos - Candy Coated Cannonball (LP)

1/15 - Andrew Toy - Guardrails (LP)

1/15 - Marijuana Johnson - Gem City Kush (LP)

1/15 - Daniel Takes a Train - Last Ticket to Tango (LP)

1/22 - This Frontier Needs Heros - Go With the Flow (LP)

1/22 - The Burnt Pines - The Burnt Pines (LP)

1/29 - Storm Seeker - Guns Don't Cry (LP)

2/02 - Chris Donley - Please Agree (LP)

2/04 - Common Sage - Might As Well Eat The Chicken, We Won't Be Here In The Morning (EP)

2/05 - A.J. Croce - By Request (LP)

2/05 - Zadar - The Upstairs Room (LP)

2/05 - Vlaicu Golcea - HIKIKOMORI OST (LP)

2/05 - The Orchestra of Cardboard - The Antidote (LP)

2/05 - Peter Stampfel - 20th Century (Box Set)

2/05 - Ryan Allen - What a Rip (LP)

2/05 - Melting Mallows - Something Sweet (LP)

2/05 - Oh Ok - The Complete Reissue (LP)

2/05 - Emperor Penguin - Corporation Pop! (LP)

2/05 - Modesty Blaise - "Girls Just Wanna Dance" (single)

2/05 - Miguel Rios - Slaughterhouse Road (LP)

2/10 - Arrlo - "WFTWTE"/"LSD" (single)

2/12 - Beth Lee - Waiting on You Tonight (LP)

2/12 - Para Lia - Gone With the Flow (LP)

2/12 - The John Michie Collective - High Vibrations (LP)

2/12 - Joyann Parker - Out of the Dark (LP)

2/12 - Post Profit -  "When You Think It's Right"(single)

2/12 - John Dunbar - Oh Wellness (LP)