Monday, April 19, 2021

E2TG 4/19/2021 - Music City Monday - Rain Mix (Alabaster Remix)



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Heading into another week.  By the way, the 10th Anniversary of this blog is fast approaching - in May.  I also realized the 10th episode of the Ear to the Ground radio show will happened that same month - so I am planning something special to mark that convergence of events. It is not looking like it may take two weeks.  More to come.  

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Feature Friday Recap (Pt. 11: Songs 17-26):




17. "Light Shines In" by Conor Gains
First up, we are a track from a new EP/single from this Toronto based singers-songwriter who makes music with a wonderful combination of pop, southern soul and more. 
18. "Deshta (Forever)" by Lisa Gerrard; Jules Maxwell
Next up, we have our second single to feature from Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell.  Great stuff. 
19. "The Way Down" by Van Plating
Next up, we have the new single from Florida based  singer/songwriting and musician Van Plating.  It is the follow-up to the her 2019 album which marked her return to music after a decade off. A strong song, and I look forward to hearing more. 
20. "Balearic" by Are We Static
Next, UK indie band Are We Static with a fantastic new song. 
21. "Palms Casino" by Sam Valdez
Next up, a immense sounding new single from L.A. based Sam Valdez - her full length album Take Care is due out May 7.
22. "Where is the Time?" by My Name is Ian (feat. HMS Morris)
Next up, a new single from Welsh band My Name is Ian - ahead of their new album due in June called Fantastic Company.  Here they team up with an other Welsh band we have featured before- HMS Morris. 
23. "Bridges" by Jason Pilling
We have a wonderful new single from UK singer-songwriter Jason Pilling who is originally from Saskatchewan.
24. "Scallywag" by The Lancasters
Next up, a tasty bit of rock 'n' roll which builds upon the classic traditions - especially on some of the great British bands of past decades. The Lancasters are from Italy, and this  great new single is pretty darn cool.  
25. "Upstate" by Shay Martin Lovette
Some lovely and mysterious country folk from this North Carolina artist who worked with members of MIPSO, Mandolin Orange, and Mount Moriah on his forthcoming Scatter & Gather due out May 14.
26. "Fly Wizard Fly" by Mashup & Cozy Condition
And we close this segment of music with some experimental funk from Richmond, Virginia. A great tune to wind up this segment of our playlist. 


    Featured Friday Playlist





Music City Monday Shuffle

Since I haven't explained this shuffle in a while.... Monday's shuffle comes from a Spotify Playlist featuring all sorts of Nashville based music (as defined by me) from the past and the present. It is a large playlist that keeps growing.  I just hit shuffle and see what happens.

"Talking Like the Devil" by Stephen Flatt (from Cumberland Bones - 2021)

First up, we have a track from the brand new album by Stephen Flatt which we have included in a few Featured Friday Playlists.  I could not find this track on YouTube so the "Video Playlist" below includes a different track from the album. 

"My Baby Loves to Rock N Roll" by Brian Wright & The Sneakups (from Lapse of Luxury - 2020)

Next, we have an E2TG Artist of the Year - Brian Wright from the 2020 album he made with the all-star band - The Sneak-Ups.

"Back to Alabaster" by Rainsticks (from October Onwards - 2020)

Singer-songwriter Asher Horton with a track from the album that Wilco included on their favorites list for 2020.

"Rain" by The Danberrys (from Shine - 2020)

The Danberrys return to the Shuffle with a track from their 2020 album we featured heavily last year. 

"The Hustle" by Lambchop (From FLOTUS - 2016)

And finally, we close with what was the first single from Nashville legends Lambchop's 2016 album. In this context, FLOTUS stands for "For Love Often Turns Us Still." 

VIDEO PLAYLIST



NEW AND RECENT RELEASES

THIS WEEK
4/20 - Cricketbows - Raised on Rock And Roll (LP)
4/20 - Tombstones In Their Eyes - Looking for a Light (LP)
4/20 - Sir Orfeo - "So Long" (single)
4/21 - Kid Hastings - "Off Guard" (single)
4/22 - Lou McMahon - "Pockets of Change" (single)
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)


NEXT WEEK
4/29 - Caulbearers - "Burst Through the Borders" (single)
4/30 - Hadda Be - Another Life (LP)
4/30 - Broken Links - Conflict::States (LP)
4/30 - BOI - "Cael Chdi Nol" (single)
4/30 - Gerald Slevin - "It's Your World" (single)
4/30 - The New Black Diamonds - "Reload" (single)
4/30 - The Chickenbackers - Yeh Right, Yeah (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)
4/30 - KissDoomFate - "Sparkleblood" (single)
 
UPCOMING
5/04 - Skidders - Friends & Family (LP)
5/06 - duo “+øc.” - Pandemønivm (LP)
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 - Timothy and the Apocalypse - "You Oughta Love Me" (single)
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 - Dolly Ave - Sleep (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)
5/13 - Middle Child - "Burn Out" (single)
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 - Dawn-Song - For Morgan (LP)
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 - Jayson - "Body Work" (single)
6/04 - My Name is Ian - Fantastic Company (LP)
6/11 - Soda Cracker Jesus - "Anthem" (single) 
6/18 - Thomas Comerford - Introverts (LP)
6/18 - The Wind-Ups - Try Not to Think (LP)
6/18 - The Catenary Wire - Birling Gap (LP)
6/18 - Doctor Lo - Claiborne Avenue (LP)
6/21 - BOI - Coron O Chwin (LP)
6/25 - L.S. Underground - The Grape Prophet (LP - Reissue)
6/25 - Massage - Still Life (LP)
6/25 - Sir Orfeo - Millefleur (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
3/17 - 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)
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 - Nouhi's Nomad - "Number 4" (single)
4/16 - David Wax Museum - Euphoric Ouroboric (LP)
4/16 - Jim McCulloch - "Chorus of Lists" (single)
4/16 - Dawn-Song - "She Has Spoken" (single)
4/16 - Mass Experience - "So High" (single)
4/16 - Zebrah - "Hey Mama" (single)
4/16 - David Woodward - Butterfly Effect (EP)
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)

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