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Sitting here in the latter part of February - in an uncertain world that seems on the brink of something.. I guess what is on my mind is how there are always many stories happening at the same time, and how some of them only occasionally interact. From the macro level - global events to the most subtle nuances of our internal stories. To me what is interesting is how memory sometimes compartmentalizes the various stories. Like you remember falling in love and those feelings and experiences. You also remember the nation on a brink of war - for example. But unless those stories intersect in some significant way - you may not remember that they happened at the same time. So, a novel might put the falling in love story in the context of the global upheaval. While, in real life, you may never make the connection that the two events coincided.
The other part of it - is that the stories that unfold are experienced and remembered through our lens of perception. To that end, I love novels or stories that tell the same story from different points of view - sometimes the stories can be so different. Documented facts don't change, but how much of our lives - how much of our stories is properly documented. So, I remember it happening one way, and you remember it another. We can choose to fight over the differences or embrace them and learn about one another from how we experienced the story.
Looking forward tonight at The 5 Spot. Early - it is SwillTV always a fun night and the one and only Palm Ghosts will be playing. Later, it is return of Decline of Southern Civilization (the first since March 11, 2020) with E2TG favorites Slump Test and Ghost Town Remedy and more.
Today's extended shuffle is below the jump
"Emptiness" by Lékan Tella (from Emptiness - 2020)
First up, we have a 2020 single from this Nigerian/American R&B artist. No videos that I could find except a reaction video to the follow-up single.
"Future People" by Alabama Shakes (from Sound & Color - 2015)
Next up, a track from the second and final studio album from the band that introduced us to Brittany Howard.
"Erase Any Doubt" by The Belltowers (from Magnetic - 2021)
Next up, we have this track from the early 2021 released by the band based in Orlando, Florida.
"On the Burning Bridge" by The Burnt Pines (from The Burnt Pines - 2021)
Next, we have a track from another early 2021 album by the multi-cultural band that formed in Lisbon but which is now based in Boston.
"She's Come Unglued" by Stuffy Shmitt (from Stuff Happens - 2020)
I ran into Stuffy last night, and then this track from his 2020 Nashville debut came up on the shuffle.
"Aiming For the Sun" by Pentral (from What Lies Ahead of Us - 2021)
Some hard rock/progressive metal from Brazil - which was released in May of last year.
"Lucky Tonight" by Quiet Marauder (from Tiny Men Parts - 2020)
For the second day in a row - we have a track from Welsh band Quiet Marauder.
"The Architect" by Eugenius (from Midlife - 2020)
Next up, we go back to October 2020- a this release from the Cincinnati based alternative hip-hop artist.
"Everyday" by Brigitte Bardini (from Stellar Lights - 2021)
Next up, we have a track from a young singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Australia.
"Compass" by The Gypsy West (from Compass - 2021)
And, we close with the latest single from E2TG favorite The Gypsy West - who formed in Brooklyn and later relocated to the Boston area.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
2/20 - The Hedge Hoppers - "Powder Blue" (single)
2/21 - Rodney Cromwell - Memory Box (LP)
2/21 - Lost Tuesday Society - "Spinning Wheels" (single)
2/22 - 22 Oceans - Home (EP)
2/25 - The Moldy Peaches - Origin Story: 1994-1999 (LP)
2/25 - Klammer - The Day Before Yesterday (LP)
2/25 - Coke Belda - 6: My Tribute to Los Brincos (LP)
2/25 - Richard Evans - Sentinel (LP)
2/25 - A Permanent Shadow - "Speedtrain" (single)
2/25 - Caulbearers - "Twisted Cord" (single)
2/25 - Blacktop Mojo - "My Girl" (single)
2/25 - Jenn Vix - "You Are a Star (feat. Ali Score)" (single)
2/25 - Willie D & the Hip Pockets - Rock, Rhythm & Jazz (LP)
2/25 - Terry Klein - Good Luck, Take Care (LP)
2/25 - The Right Fiction - "Rumble Young Man" (single)
NEXT WEEK
2/26 - Panjoma - Sun and Moon (EP)
3/04 - Kevin Farge - Low Tide (LP)
3/04 - Thirsty Curses - To the Ends of the Earth (LP)
3/04 - Telefis - a hAon (LP)
3/04 - Kate Klim - Something Green (LP)
3/04 - Charming Disaster - Our Lady of Radium (LP)
3/04 - Dedicated Men of Zion - The Devil Don't Like It (LP)
3/04 - The Magic Epic - "More Than Just Pretty / Brother Sister" (single)
UPCOMING
3/11 - Dead Tooth - Pig Pile (EP)
3/11 - Scott Martin - Corner of the World (LP)
3/16 - The Unknown Composer - Aurora Borealis (LP)
3/18 - Various Artists - Under the Bridge (LP)
3/18 - Jefferson Ross - Southern Currency (LP)
3/18 - Nero Simon & the Sunsetters - Treasure Chest (LP)
3/18 - Tim Gartland - Truth (LP)
3/18 - John Howard - LOOK – The Unknown Story Of Daniel Du Bois (LP)
3/18 - Good Grief - Shake Your Faith (LP)
3/25 - Mansbody - A Set of Steak Knives (LP)
4/01 - Paul Boggs Band - Janus (LP)
4/01 - The Golden Glows - On Moonlight and Rain (LP)
4/01 - The Bloodstreams - "Clockwork Man" (single)
4/08 - Dillon Vanders - Wildfires (LP)
4/08 - Roxi Copland - I Come From Crazy (EP)
4/15 - Derek Vanderhorst - Wildflower (LP)
4/15 - David Quinn - Country Fresh (LP)
4/22 - Aaron Skiles - Wreckage from the Fire (LP)
4/22 - Trout Fishing in America - Safe House (LP)
4/22 - Evan Barber - Until the Thunder (LP)
4/22 - Jon Chi - River of Marigolds (LP)
5/06 - Pete Mancini - Killing the Old Ways (LP)
5/18 - Silver Lining - Go Out Nowhere (LP)
RECENT
1/21 - St. Dukes - "To Be Home" (single)
1/21 - Diane is Calling - "Diane" (single)
1/21 - Hoodoo Loungers - So Beautiful (LP)
1/22 - The Whitmore Sisters - Ghost Stories (LP)
1/27 - DATURA - Arcano Chemical (LP)
1/28 - Lee Oskar - Never Forget (LP)
1/28 - Lolas - All Rise (LP)
2/04 - Kate Macleod - Uranium Maiden (LP)
2/04 - Handsome and The Humbles - 400 Cigarettes (EP)
2/04 - Gloria - "Anymore" (single)
2/04 - Great Lakes - Contenders (LP)
2/04 - Jana Pochop - The Astronaut (LP)
2/11 - David Heatley - Life Our Own Way (LP)
2/11 - Cat Dowling - "All That i Can Do" (single)
2/11 - Kin Chi Cat - "Seduction" (single)
2/11 - Cheap Star - Wish I Could See (LP)
2/11 - Jori Larres - Intervals (LP)
2/11 - Afton Wolfe & Cary Hudson - "Ooh La La" (single)
2/11 - Silent Cure - An Electronic Jazz Punk Passage Through Dreams (LP)
2/11 - Riot for Romance - Riot for Romance (EP)
2/11 - Studio Electrophonique - Happier Things (EP)
2/11 - Old Salt - Live in Room 13 (EP)
2/11 - Matt North - Bullies in the Backyard
2/14 - Gaston - La Carta II (LP)
2/14 - Late TV - "A Girl Like You" (single)
2/17 - Original Son - Currents (LP)
2/18 - Royce - "We Can Win" (single)
2/18 - Tangled Up - Silk Embroidered Light (LP)
2/18 - Human Issue - Faceless. Nameless (EP)
2/18 - Martin Reynolds - "I'll Crawl" (single)
2/18 - Mikey Wax - "Telluride" (single)
2/18 - Dana Cooper - I Can Face the Truth (LP)
2/18 - Evan Barber - "Tape" (single)
2/18 - Danny G & The Major & 7ths - The Lookout (LP)
2/18 - Klammer - "Progress (or the lack of)" (single)
2/18 - Ptrov - "Voimala I" (single)
2/18 - rOZZ - Time (LP)
2/18 - Eric Bolander - Can't Get There From Here (LP)
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