E2TG 6/3/2021 - Okay, I Guess - Whisky Pyramid Mix (Baby Remix)

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As I continue to feel my way through this "new normal" and try to reintegrate going out to shows with everything else I do - I am finding sometimes it comes down to a case of what I want to do vs. what I have to do. It seems simple at first - obviously do the things you have to do first and then if you have time do the things you want to do... I think I have lived my whole life (more or less) by this method (or at least tried). (Not to say I haven't blown off responsibilities - because of course I have). 

I guess one of my reflections after 14 months of quarantine is to reexamine thinking like this. I think the first thing I have to do is step back and ask - who has certain things "have" to be done.  Like - I have to eat, sleep, file my taxes, pay my bills, do my day job).  But, I know I also put all sorts of things on my myself and call then "have tos".  And then use them as an excuse to neglect myself and then later bemoan that I am too busy or don't have time to do things I want to do. 

So this reexamination must include how I prioritize things,  how I over-commit myself, and how I fail to either recognize or honor my own needs for rest or recreation or whatever. 

This is an on-going process for me, and honestly, I sometimes get it wrong. Okay - I often get it wrong, but I am trying and hopefully, I am getting better. 

Featured Friday Playlist recap Part 4 (the finale) (songs 30-37):

30. "Heat Death" by Pennies by the Pound

First up, we have the new single from this Finnish band that mixes classic and psyche rock in an interesting way. 

31. "Invisible World" by Tony Steele and The Massacre

Next up, we have a recent single from this Liverpool based band that has undergone massive upheaval since their last release. 

32. "The Fear" by Oui Plastique

Next up, we have some electronica out of Denmark. Cool stuff. 

33. "9 Til 9" by Tom Auton

Next up, we have the latest single from this Welsh singer-songwriter. Dig this a lot. 

34. "Left in the Dark" by Sharone

From Morbid Illusion - the latest album from this Denver-based goth/metal rock artist. 

35. "Mundane" by Fiona Brown

The latest from this Belgian singer-songwriter. A great tune. 

36. "Unbroken" by Arcade Stories 

Next up, we have the second single from this Australian musical project of 

Adam Djensen. 

37. "Within" by Nature of Wires; Machina X

And to close us out of the week, we have this collaboration between UK artists Nature of Wires and Anglo-Burmese duo Machina X. A great way to close out another wonderful playlist. 

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

Thursday Morning Shuffle

"Straight to Heaven" by F. Scott and the Nighthawks (from Straight to Heaven - 2020)

First up, we have the title track from the 2020 EP from this Toronto based outlaw country/Americana band. Great stuff. 

"Porchlight" by Stuffy Shmitt (from Family Favorites - 2008)

We go back a baker's dozen years to this track from E2TG favorite Stuffy Shmitt. 

"Baby" by Tina-Michelle Fowler & Elizabeth Hawkins (from Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins - 2015)

I was fortunate enough to attend an American Fest event for the release of this tribute to Ted Hawkins - who spent years in obscurity before finally seeming on the brink of recognition just before his untimely passing. Some big names like Mary Gauthier, James McMurtry, and Tim Easton appear on this compilation. This stunningly beautiful track is by the late singer's widow and daughter. 

"Whisky Pyramid" by Aaron Beckum (from Songs From A Triangle Room - 2020)

Next up, a really cool track from an early 2020 release from this indie filmmaker and singer-songwriter from Los Angeles. 

"Mirror Song" by Rayvon Pettis (from Insureda - 2015)

And we close with a track from E2TG Artist of the Year (from a few years back) Rayvon Pettis. This is the album he made just before moving to Nashville - I believe. 

VIDEO PLAYLIST

NEW AND RECENT RELEASES

THIS WEEK

5/29 - The Contraptionists - Working Man's Dream (LP)

5/30 - Scott Standley - Victoria (LP)

6/03 - Bilbosa (feat. Lori Sky) - "Neon" (single)

6/04 - Lanterna - Hidden Drives (LP)

6/04  - Ammo - "Rose + Crown" (single)

6/04 - Cloud Eleven - Pandora's Box (LP)

6/04 - Some Swords - The Eve of the End (LP)

6/04 - Swift Silver - Swift Silver (LP)

6/04 - Amelia White & Brett Ryan Stewart - "Somebody to Hold" (single)

6/04 - Amelia White & Brett Ryan Stewart - 11 A.M. (EP)

6/04 - Jayson - "Body Work" (single)

6/04 - Speed the Plough - "Thunder and Snow" (single)

6/04 - Art Schop - "Farm on Mars" (single)

6/04 - Moonchy & Tobias - Venus Mirror (EP)

6/04 - Soulful Femmes - It Is Well With My Soul (LP)

6/04 - Tape Waves - Bright (LP)

6/04 - Annie Keating - Bristol County Tides (LP)

6/04 - Rid of Me - Last (3 song single)

6/04 - Mary Hott with The Carpenter Ants - Devil in the Hills: Coal Country Reckoning (LP)

6/04 - My Name is Ian - Fantastic Company (LP)

6/04 - Pastel Ghost - Sun (LP)

 

NEXT WEEK

6/11 - Soda Cracker Jesus - "Anthem" (single) 

6/11 - Florel Daze - "Holes" (single)

6/11 - Late TV - "Night Tennis" (single)

6/11- Garrett Weiland - What Keeps the Heart Afloat (LP)

6/11 - Supermutt - Sinner's Boast (LP)

6/11 - Poggy - No More I (EP)

6/11 - Rafa - "Lullaby" (single)

UPCOMING

6/15 - Chris Connelly and Monica Queen - The Birthday Poems (LP)

6/18 - Thomas Comerford - Introverts (LP)

6/18 - Alexandra Hainsworth - 

6/18 - Rocket Report - Overmorrow (LP)

6/18 - Neker - Slower (LP)

6/18 - The Wind-Ups - Try Not to Think (LP)

6/18 - Keely - Brave Warrior (EP)

6/18 - The Catenary Wire - Birling Gap (LP)

6/18 - Doctor Lo - Claiborne Avenue (LP)

6/18 - Michelle & Jason Hannan - Cheater's Waltz (LP)

6/19 - Willie Durisseau - Creole House Dance (EP)

6/21 - BOI - Coron O Chwin (LP)

6/21 - Arms & Armour - Into This Wide Unknown (EP)

6/25 - L.S. Underground - The Grape Prophet (LP - Reissue)

6/25 - Massage - Still Life (LP)

6/25 - Lights by the Sea - "Eleanor" (single)

6/25 - Routine Faces - Us vs. Them (LP)

6/25 - Jack Grace Band - What a Way to Spend the Night (LP)

6/25 - Sunshine & The Blue Moon - Born 2 Boogie (LP)

6/25 - Hilary Scott - Kaleidoscope (EP) 

6/25 - Sir Orfeo - Millefleur (LP)

7/02 - Emma-Jean Thackray - Yellow (LP)

7/02 - The Two Man Travelling Medicine Show - Boomtown (LP)

7/04 - John PayCheck - We All Have a Story (LP)

7/06 - Boyracer - Assuaged (LP)

7/09 - Leo Crandall - They're Cutting Up Betty's Dress Tonight and Other Hymns (LP)

7/09 - Ben Reddell Band - ¡LA Baby! (EP)

7/09 - Wild Earp & the Free For Alls - Dyin' for Easy Livin' (LP)

7/09 - The Gorstey Lea Street Choir - ...from Prince's Park to Farsley - Volume I (LP)

7/09 - Tylor & The Train Robbers - Non-Typical Find (LP)

7/12 - Steve Dawson -At The Bottom Of A Canyon In The Branches Of A Tree (LP)

7/16 - Blue Glass - Jardin des Étoiles (LP)

7/16 - Jon Byrd - Me and Paul (EP)

7/16 - Mark Duggan - "Run Out the Distance" (single)

7/16 - Clint Morgan- Troublemaker (LP)

7/23 - John McTigue III - It's About Time (LP)

7/23 - Art Schop - Starguide (LP)

8/13 - F. Scott and the Nighthawks - Hold Onto Your Heart (LP)

8/20 - Malcolm Holcomb - Tricks of the Trade (LP)

RECENT

5/01 - This Twisted Wreckage - EI8HT (LP)

5/04 - Skidders - Friends & Family (LP)

5/04 - Razorhouse - "Hobo Stomp" (single)

5/04 - John Howard - Collected - The Best of John Howard (LP)

5/06 - “+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 - Peter Duff - "The To Do List" (single)

5/07 - IV Reed - "Find a Way" (single)

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 - Pentral - What Lies Ahead of Us (LP)

5/07 - To Twelve - "The Return" (single)

5/07 - Harri Larkin - "Saving Aimee" (single)

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)

5/12 - Ender Bender - "Have a Good Time" (single)

5/13 - Middle Child - "Burn Out" (single)

5/13 - The Gorstey Lea Street Choir - "Bluebird, Hollywood... Domino" (single)

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

5/14 - Johanna Kuvaja - "Wanna Make Love to You" (single)

5/14 - Leo Crandall - "On the Way Back" (single)

5/14 - Nature's Neighbor - Otherside (LP)

5/14 - Jaffa Road - "Until When" (single)

5/14 - Mojave Grey - "Flow" (single)

5/14 - Chartelli - "Fast Car" (single)

5/14 - Mark Fry - Dreaming With Alice (reissue) (LP)

5/14 - Gasleben and Electric Friends - Spare Parts for the Offspring (LP)

5/14 - Delila Black - "Accountability" (single)

5/14 - Shay Martin Lovette - Scatter & Gather (LP)

5/14 - Eddie Turner - Change in Me (LP)

5/14 - Kay Jay Keller - "I Choose You" (single)

5/14 - Dope Sagittarius - Sacred Places (LP)

5/14 - Blue Panda - "What If I Were The One" (single)

5/14 - VICU - "Focused on You" (single)

5/14 - Pikefruit - Inflorescence (LP)

5/17 - Tesla Shamans - Electric Storm (LP)

5/18 - Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters - Live From the Blue Moon (LP)

5/18 - Vandi Lynnae - “Two Stars Collide” (single)

5/19 - The Silver Lines - "Alive" (single)

5/20 - wilter - "solo/solong" (single)

5/20 - Cathedral in Flames - Hang Me High and Bury Me Deep (LP)

5/20 - Ambulance on Fire - Ambulance on Fire (EP)

5/21 - Moon - Shine (EP)

5/21 - Caddy - Detours and Dead Ends (LP) 

5/21 - Sister John - I Am Day by Day (LP)

5/21 - The Low Countries - Betty's Boudoir Sessions (EP)

5/21 - Desert Hollow - Thirsty (LP)

5/21 - Marti West - "Everywhere" (single)

5/21 - SAMAS - "Drink Alcohol" (single)

5/21 - BOI - "Ribidires" (single)

5/21 - Jim McCulloch - When I Mean What I Say (LP)

5/21 - Rod Picott - Wood, Steel, Dust and Dreams (2LP)

5/21 - Hotel California - Orange (LP)

5/21 - Trees Speak - Post Human (LP)

5/21 - Oh Condor - Emergency Psychic (LP)

5/21 - Zebrah - Stripes (EP)

5/23 - Pennies by the Pound - Heat Death of the Universe (LP)

5/23 - Cap'n Marble - "Optical Wealth"/"Fox in A Hole" (single)

5/26 - Yes Factory - "Looking Glass" (single)

5/28 - Sharone - Morbid Illusion (LP)

5/28 - Ben Brown - Sayonara Sorrow (LP)

5/28 - Toler Gibson - The Days Before (LP)

5/28 - Tony Steele & The Massacre - "Invisible World" (single)

5/28 - Oui Plastique - "The Fear" (single)

5/28 - Dennis Dalcin - The Incomplete Completeness – A Retrospective 1977-1996 (LP)

5/28 - Tim Auton - "9 til 9" (single)

5/28 - Fiona Brown - Mundane (LP)

5/28 - Arcade Stories - Unbroken (LP)

5/28 - Dude Safari - "Big Worse" (single)

5/28 - Nature of Wires + Machina X - "Within" (single)

5/28 - EB - The Parallel Sessions (EP)

5/28 - Shannon McNally - The Waylon Sessions (LP)

5/28 - Dawn-Song - For Morgan (LP)