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My thoughts today are about the return to "normalcy". I am happy to have received both doses of the vaccine and I hope more people will reach that stage. I got to see live in-person, inside music for the first time on Sunday, but to me this is not yet a return to an old normal and to be honest, in some ways, that old normal is not coming back - which is okay - I look forward some new normal but I don't think we are there yet either. This current normal is something that I will have to adapt to I guess. For me, going out to see live music (usually in a smaller venue) was often a spontaneous thing, and I usually went out alone and then always met up with friends. The current normal seems to demand more planning and in some cases buying "pods" of four seats. For some, this works really well... for me, again, it will be an adjustment.
I also have a form a social anxiety which is kicked into high gear what with being away from going out for over a year, the new rules etc. This is something I will have to overcome in order for me to exist in this new normal.
I was not someone who often went to large gathering type events, so changes there will not affect me.
My night out Sunday went well - not much advance planning - I think several people were feeling our way around new expectations which helped with my anxiety. I felt more prone to stay rooted in one spot than I used to....
I always need to acknowledge that some people are not yet ready to go out like I did and some are way ahead of me on that. My general feeling is that the only people who are 100% certain of anything these days are the people who are clearly wrong. The rest of us are trying to do right, feeling our way through, and hoping for grace.
And just like that it is time to wrap up this week's Featured Friday Playlist. As always, we save some cool music to finish off the week (songs 28-32):
28. "Time Crystals" by Coyote Man
First up, we have a recent single from this Chicago-based progressive instrumental band. Cool stuff.
29. "Noah Mount" by Ben Conley
Next up, we have a bluesy new single from this L.A. based artist. This is my first exposure to his music, and I like it.
30. "Nosebleed" by ZOLA
Next, we have the first single following a year-long hiatus from San Francisco-based singer-songwriter ZOLA whose indie-pop music often combines French and English lyrics. A great sound on this track.
31. "HEADLIGHTS" by Sleep Nation
Keeping stateside for one more track, we have the new single from this alternative rock band from right here in Nashville. The powerhouse bluesy song's story is a modernized version of Wayne Cochran's 1961 song "Last Kiss" which was covered in more recent times by Pearl Jam.
32. "U Can't Hide" by RUMBLE (feat. Blackout Ja)
And we close things out today and for this week's playlist with our second time featuring the Chinese Man Records artists RUMBLE - who also closed out a playlist last November. Here they are joined by reggae dancehall legend Blackout Ja.
Featured Friday Playlist
"Tricky Love" by Fox and Bones (from Better Land - 2018)
I picked up this album when I saw the Oregon based duo play at The 5 Spot a few years back. It looks like they have a new album due out in May called American Alchemy.
"Till The Day We Die" by GF Patrick (from One Town Over - 2020)
Next up, we have a track from the solo debut from this Philadelphia based singer-songwriter - which was released last May.
"Ode to the Ridge Road" by Bonsai Universe (from Too Many Ghosts - 2019)
One of my favorite 2019 releases is this, the 2nd release from guitarist Woody Aplanalp - who has an impressive list of credits.
"Slipping Away" by Viva Death (from Illuminate - 2017)
Next up, we have a track from what was the first album by Viva Death in 8 years when it was released in 2017. Viva Death features Scott Shiflett who is the brother of Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters. Scott was a member of the California band Face to Face.
"Winter Wonderland" by Silent Winters (from Christmas Morning - 2019)
Some would say, why a winter/Christmas song in mid-April - I say, why not? This is from Christmas 2019 via this Ottawa folk duo. Lovely.
"Therapy" by Ghost Town Remedy (from Dry Spell - 2020)
And, we close things out with E2TG favorites Ghost Town Remedy from their latest album. A great tune to close things out.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
4/10 - Ali In the Jungle - "Fuel on the Fire" (single)
4/10 - Du Glas - "Edge of the World" (single)
4/12 - Sunlust - Geek Confessions (LP)
4/14 - Eddie Turner - "Dignify Me" (single)
4/15 - The Buzzards of Fuzz - "Lonely in Space" (single)
4/15 - MIHI NIHIL - MIHI NIHIL (LP)
4/16 - The Brother Brothers - Calla Lily (LP)
4/16 - Troy Bentley - Headlock (LP)
4/16 - Ventrelles - "Call of Morning" (single)
4/16 - Stephen Flatt - Cumberland Bones (LP)
4/16 - My Name is Ian (feat. HMS Morris) - "Where is the Time" (single)
4/16 - Sour Ops - X (LP)
4/16 - Conor Gains - Threë EP (EP)
4/16 - David Wax Museum - Euphoric Ouroboric (LP)
4/16 - Mass Experience - "So High" (single)
4/16 - Zebrah - "Hey Mama" (single)
4/16 - West of Texas - Hangovers & Honky Tonks (LP)
4/16 - Jon Flynn - Citrus (LP)
4/16 - Cole Quest and The City Pickers - Self (En)Titled (EP)
4/16 - John Louis - "Gone Too Far"/"Shut Down" (single)
NEXT WEEK
4/20 - Cricketbows - Raised on Rock And Roll (LP)
4/23 - DL Rossi - Lonesome Kind (LP)
4/23 - Certain Animals - "Hold On" (single)
4/23 - Your Academy - Your Academy (LP)
4/23 - Flowertown - Flowertown LP (LP)
4/23 - The Catenary Wires - "Mirrorball (single)
4/23 - Summer Sleeves - In the Throes of Woes (LP)
4/23 - Gary Collocott - "Corrupt Young Mind" (single)
4/23 - The Magic Epic - "Sally" (single)
4/23 - Nick Nace - "Last Call" (single)
4/23 - Least - Folding My Hands, Accepting Defeat (EP)
UPCOMING
4/29 - Caulbearers - "Burst Through the Borders" (single)
4/30 - Hadda Be - Another Life (LP)
4/30 - Broken Links - Conflict::States (LP)
4/30 - Nick Hudson - Font of Human Fractures (LP)
4/30 - Dan Rose - "The Opposite" (single)
4/30 - Climbing Trees - "Troubling Times" (single)
4/30 - Mode Shifter - "Doin' Fine" (single)
5/07 - Manolo Redondo - The Lost and Found (EP)
5/07 - McCormick - "Till the Sun Comes Up" (single)
5/07 - Benjamin Jayne - Theater (LP)
5/07 - Teresa Guidry - "Paris" (single)
5/07 - The Purrs - We Thought There'd Be More People Here (LP)
5/07 - Leftover Salmon - Brand New Good Old Days (LP)
5/07 - Ted Russell Kamp - Solitaire (LP)
5/07 - Death Pop Radio - Death Pop Radio (LP)
5/07 - Geoff Westen - Random Acts of Music (LP)
5/07 - Tim Foljahn - I Dreamed a Dream (LP)
5/14 - Soo Line Loons - Soo Line Loons (LP)
5/14 - Nature's Neighbor - Otherside (LP)
5/14 - Shay Martin Lovette - Scatter & Gather (LP)
5/14 - Eddie Turner - Change in Me (LP)
5/14 - Dope Sagittarius - Sacred Places (LP)
5/14 - Blue Panda - "What If I Were The One" (single)
5/14 - Pikefruit - Inflorescence (LP)
5/18 - Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters - Live From the Blue Moon (LP)
5/20 - Cathedral in Flames - Hang Me High and Bury Me Deep (LP)
5/21 - Moon - Shine (EP)
5/21 - Sister John - I Am Day by Day (LP)
5/21 - Desert Hollow - Thirsty (LP)
5/21 - Hotel California - Orange (LP)
5/21 - Zebrah - Stripes (EP)
5/28 - Sharone - Morbid Illusion (LP)
5/28 - Toler Gibson - The Days Before (LP)
5/28 - Fiona Brown - Mundane (LP)
5/28 - Shannon McNally - The Waylon Sessions (LP)
5/29 - The Contraptionists - Working Man's Dream (LP)
6/04 - Lanterna - Hidden Drives (LP)
6/04 - Swift Silver - Swift Silver (LP)
6/04 - My Name is Ian - Fantastic Company (LP)
6/18 - Thomas Comerford - Introverts (LP)
6/18 - The Wind-Ups - Try Not to Think (LP)
6/18 - Doctor Lo - Claiborne Avenue (LP)
6/25 - L.S. Underground - The Grape Prophet (LP - Reissue)
6/25 - Massage - Still Life (LP)
7/04 - John PayCheck - We All Have a Story (LP)
7/12 - Steve Dawson -At The Bottom Of A Canyon In The Branches Of A Tree (LP)
RECENT
3/05 - Steve Almaas - Everywhere You've Been (LP)
3/05 - Brian Damage - Yesterday's Slime (LP)
3/05 - Jason Ringenberg - Rhinestoned (LP)
3/05 - Susan Anders - 13 Women (LP)
3/05 - Griffin Winton - "For My Health" (single)
3/05 - Dude Safari - "Bug Hunter" (single)
3/05 - Kristian Montgomery and the Winter Kill Band - Prince in Poverty (LP)
3/05 - Dolour - "The Day Tom Petty Died" (single)
3/05 - Elizabeth and the Catapult - sincerely, e (LP)
3/05 - Megan Lacy - Salvation (EP)
3/05 - Adeem the Artist - Cast-Iron Pansexual (LP)
3/05 - The Sails - Bang!: The Best of The Sails 2006-2020 (LP)
3/05 - Pentral - "Silent Trees" (single)
3/05 - Jacob the Horse - College Party Mixtape, Vol. 1 (LP)
3/05 - Julez & The Rollerz - "In Secure City" (Single)
3/12 - Rylan Brooks - If Wishes Were Horses (LP)
3/12 - Peter Case - The Midnight Broadcast (LP)
3/12 - My Name is Ian - "For Love" (single)
3/12 - Victims of the New Math - The 70's Aren't Coming Back (EP)
3/12 - Lee Taylor - Wild Woman (LP)
3/12 - Semihelix - "New Destination" (single)
3/12 - Epilogues - You (EP)
3/12 - Kairo Beats - "Don't Trip (feat. Sam Swancott)" (single)
3/12 - Nature's Neighbor - "Monday Morning Drive" (single)
3/12 - Bhopal’s Flowers - Astroemeria - A Journey On Earth & Beyond (LP)
3/12 - KAKY - Room 404 (EP)
3/15 - The Last Element - "Cut it Off" (single)
3/17 - John McDonough - Second Chances (LP)
3/19 - American Culture - For My Animals (LP)
3/19 - The Rayo Brother - "Undead" (single)
3/19 - Dope Sagittarius - "Define Love" (single)
3/19 - The Miller Test - "Eden Gaol" (single)
3/19 - Storm Seeker - Guns Don't Cry (LP)
3/19 - Soziales Hetzwerk - "Hetzer" (single)
3/19 - Stephen Flatt - "El Camino" (single)
3/19 - The Dials - And Another Thing...bsides and asides (LP)
3/19 - Sylvan Paul - America (EP)
3/19 - Gallery 47 - "Angel Follows Me Out" (single)
3/19 - Remington Super 60 - Nouvelle Noveau" (EP)
3/19 - Nashville Ambient Ensemble - Cerulean (LP)
3/20 - Sunny Gable - Contagious (LP)
3/24 - Vinok - "friends" (single)
3/26 - Departure Lounge - Transmeridian (LP)
3/26 - Gracious Losers - Six Road Ends (LP)
3/26 - Without a Sin - "Colors" (single)
3/26 - Oliver Beardmore - "Fiesta" (single)
3/26 - Swansea Sound - "Indies of the World" (single)
3/26 - Jack Silverman - Now What (EP)
3/26 - The LA Maybe - Dirty Damn Tricks (LP)
3/26 - Ben Gorb - "Let the Music Play" (single)
3/26 - Casey & Taylor - "Post" (single)
3/26 - Dick Aven - It All Started In the Garden (LP)
3/26 - Cathal Coughlan - Owl in the Parlor (LP)
3/26 - Sunstroke Rain - "Go Greta" (single)
3/26 - Nature of Wires - "Through Someone Else's Eyes - Leather Strap Remix" (single)
3/26 - Modesty Blaise - The Modesty Blaise (LP)
4/01 - El No - Nothing is Possible (LP)
4/02 - indifferentMonKeY - "God or Machine?" (single)
4/02 - Tino and K. Carter - Safe Money (EP)
4/02 - Ritual Cloak - "High Teens Low Twenties" (single)
4/02 - Julez & The Rollerz - "Knocks Me On The Floor" (single)
4/02 - Elizabeth King - Living in the Last Days (LP)
4/02 - Dolour - Televangelist (LP)
4/02 - Smash Into Pieces - Wildest Dreams" (single)
4/02 - Yesterday's Gone - "(This is) Rock N Roll" (single)
4/02 - The Rocking Horse Winner - Horizon (cassette reissue)
4/02 - The Silver Devils - "Love Potion #10" (single)
4/08 - Cole Scheifele - "Back Then" (single)
4/09 - Dallas Moore - The Rain (LP)
4/09 - Storm Gordon - The Lie I Love the Best (LP)
4/09 - Cameron Alexander - "Sugar Bones" (single)
4/09 - Harri Larkin - "Tumbleweed" (single)
4/09 - Arden Lanes - A Little Something for Everyone (LP)
4/09 - Coke Belda - 5: A Tribute To The Bee Gees Vol. 2 (LP)
4/09 - Steven Faulkner - "Here's To The Down and Out" (single)
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