Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Walking Wogs Mix

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Greetings from Nashville!  It's Monday, and here at E2TG we are mixing things up a bit.  Typically, we shuffle up our "Rolling" playlist (meaning I add new songs and delete songs off the playlist as they come and go), this playlist is a working subset of all of the songs on my MP3 player. (Which in turn is a subset of all the songs in my music collection, but that is another story).  Anyway, today's shuffle comes from all of the songs on my MP3 player.  We'll get back to our playlist tomorrow, but I thought it might be interesting to occasionally open up our shuffle and see what happens.

 

So - let's jump to it!

Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Tic Toc Tac Toe Tap Tip Top Mix

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 It's Friday and it's also the last day of May!  

Let's put this month to rest with some awesome tunes...

Pre-Shuffle:

"Moorie" by Great Divide
"Bridge by the River" by Nikki Sue and the Bad News
"Wish I Could Stand or Have" and "Chardonnay" by Game Theory
"Bloodhound" by Jeanette Lynne
"Tear You Up" and "Come In" by Decades
"Drenched" by Wanting
"Tickin' Bomb" by Shovels and Rope




 Shuffle - after le jump... la jump????  The Jump!

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Ready or Not Mix

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After a hyper-extended weekend, we are back with a lot of ground to cover... without ado...


Pre-Pre-Shuffle:

"When I Cry" - Jeanette Lynne 
"Wrinkles"  - Grass Root Kids
"Sweetest Girl in the Kitchen" Henry's Rifle
"Matchbox" - Jerry Lee Lewis
"Midnight Moon" - Year of October
"White Light/White Heat" - Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

Pre-Shuffle:

"Ain't No Reason" - Great Divide
"Long Time Ago" - Current Swell
"Woodland" - The Paper Kites
"Leilani" - Game Theory
 "Up to Me" - Cosmonauts on Vacation
"Rue des Fantomes" - Inlandsis
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"   - Game Theory covering The Beatles
"Better Life" - Paper Route

SHUFFLE after the JUMP

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Once Bitten, Once Bitten Mix

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Time moves on.  We walk unaided into the abyss. Sail our ships closer to the sun. Life become a series of movements, of stanzas. We stand alone and yet never truly alone...

We have some cool tunes to refresh, reinvigorate and renew your damaged innocence. Or something... we have cool tunes...

Pre-Shuffle:  

"A Little Bit Longer" by Grass Root Kids (a nifty song by this awesome new band from Nashville)

"Red Light Love" by Those Darlins (Awesome song and check out the cool video in the playlist below.  Nashville - Those Darlins will be playing at Eastside Hootenanny this Saturday and this will the first and only opportunity to hear some new songs from the next Those Darlins album which is due out in the Fall.)

"Peace and Quiet" by Waxahatchee (love this song. The band is from Illinois.)

"Waters of Babylon" by Valued Customer (first of two from our friends Patrick J. Power and Ugggy).

"Big Blue Wave" (Alternative Mix) by Hey Ocean! (Hey Ocean! are a Pop/Indie band from Vancouver, BC).

"The Drinking Song" by Valued Customer (Yes! Just Yes! and Very Yes!)

"Nine Lives to Rigel Five" by Game Theory (More Game Theory with a Star Trek reference - I am a equal opportunity geek)


SHUFFLE _after_ JUMP

Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Constantly Confused Mix

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"Its astounding, time is fleeting Madness takes its toll"

 When we stop to consider the alternative - life, no matter what else it is or seems to be, is a grand adventure, a gift, and a prize offering endless possibilities....

The rational mind pales before the majesty that is imagination.


I offer up another collection of songs which helped me navigate the dangerous waters of life in the still early portion of the 21st Century.

PRE-SHUFFLE:

"Fever Dream" by Young Summer (from her forthcoming album)

"Ultra Puzzle Song" by Ghost and Goblin (a weird little number from their new album)

"The Ash and Clay" by The Milk Carton Kids (Have You Seen Me?)

"Smilin' When We Talk" by SetInStone (Corinth Mississippi band)

"In a Delorean" by Game Theory (One of my favorite songs by them)

"Swing Wide the Gate" by Raina Rose (from Austin Texas - like this song)

"Always Another" by Heligoland (from Paris France off of the Commission 45 sampler that always includes our friends Sealight)

SHUFFLE BEGINS IN FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE... JUMP

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Girl With A Guitar Mix

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Here we go.....

Music:

Pre-Shuffle:

"Girl With A Guitar" by Game Theory (co-written by Scott Miller, originally recorded by The Three O'Clock)

"Two Hearts" by Paper Route

"Participant Unwilling" by Valued Customer

"I Was Afraid" by SetinStone

"Glass Heart Hymn" by Paper Route

On to the Shuffle - after the JUMP

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Any Other Day Mix

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It's Monday - everything is going according to some plan - just not mine...

Let's get to the music....

PRE-SHUFFLE:

"This Song is Called Ragged" by Jonathan Boulet

"A Search for a Heart" by Kyle Andrews

"Charades" by The Joy of Painting

"Stick Around" by David Ramirez

"Leave the City" by Magnolia Electric Co.

"On my Mind In my Heart" by Jesse Dee


Shuffle after Jump

Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Still Life with Straw Hat Mix

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 Busy day... Let's have some music!


Pre-Shuffle:

"Amelia, Have You Lost" by Game Theory (how many days in a row have we had a song by Game Theory in the daily mix?)

"Friends in Bottles" by The Takers (Outlaw Country from Gainesville, Florida)

"Love Letters" by Paper Route (Nashville Ambient Pop)

"GOODBYE" by Valued Customer (the bookend to "WELCOME")

"Metal and Glass Exact" by Game Theory (how many days in a row have we had multiple songs by Game Theory in the mix?)

"Make You Think You Love Me" by Drive He Said  (E2TG's first ever Band of the Week was Maxim Ludwig and the Sante Fe Seven. Drive He Said is Maxim's new band. This song is from their debut EP Multitudes which features a lot a cool guest stars included the always awesome Caitlin Rose.

SHUFFLE NEXT -   JUMPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - rearviewmirrormix

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Wow! May is sure flying by, and I still have some wrap-up to do for April - ah well, when I can, when I can...   I have a nifty selection of songs today, so let's get to it.

Pre-Shuffle Shuffle:

1. "If You Would Love Me, Too" by Prattle On, Rick (A Nashville artist who I "discovered" via Twitter. Really digging this guy and wondering why it's taken me so long to catch up with him.  The video in our Playlist is for another song of his - as are several of the songs today).

2. "I Am" by Sealight (Our friends from across the pond are back with a new song - a follow up to their Dead Letters EP which I reviewed some time back in my very first Ear to the Ground record review!  I Am can be found on a Sampler put out by the band's French Label, Commission 45.

 

 

3."Stealing Romance" by Milk Carton Kids

4."Without You" by Natalie Maines

5.  "Failing Love (acoustic)" by Seth Philpott


The Milk Carton Kids and Seth Philpott tracks were grabbed from Noisetrade.  There is always fresh new music up for grabs at Noisetrade.com, and as always tip if you can, spread the word and support the artists however you are able.

The Natalie Maines' track is the lead track from her long-anticipated and brand new album Mother.

SHUFFLE is up - after the JUMP

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Fly Over Mix

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Some may say, I take way too much pride in presenting morning shuffles that span such a diverse landscape of musical marvels.  Some may say I would be far more successful if I focused on one genre or only wrote about those certain "buzz worthy" artists that you can read about in all of the other music blogs. Some may say, I should stick to the script and just echo back the language of the music promoters and publicists. 

I don't bother responding except to offer up today's pre-shuffle and shuffle.

PRE-SHUFFLE:

"I'm One of Three" by EndAnd (new punk music from Brooklyn)
"River Rose" by Meat Puppets (the post-punk legends are back)
"Bangs" by Valued Customer (some music from our crazy friends from Toronto)
 "'Til I'm With You" by Neighbour (More from the awesome Kacie Williams)
"Waiting for Something New" by Mozes and the Firstborn (This band is from Antwerp and I first heard  them over  the weekend - dig it)
"Cloudy Morning Blues" by Black Cold Bottles (Modern rock from Sao Paulo)
"Where You Going Northern" by Game Theory (Your daily dose of the genius of the late Scott Miller)
"Love and You" by Jeanette Lynne (more music from this amazing Philadelphia area singer-songwriter)


 SHUFFLE AFTER JUMP

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Swoony Day Mix

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I'm back after an extended and mostly rainy weekend.  Dreary, drizzly morning drive and walk, made more than tolerable by the superlative collection of fine tunes and tracks. By the way, my Current Month Playlist that I shuffle up for the Morning Shuffle had dropped to about 150 late last week, but over the weekend it has skyrocketed up above 200 again. We'll begin chipping away, as we present some Pre-Shuffle and Shuffle Shuffle tunes for this, the 6th day of May.

Pre-Shuffle:

Jeanette Lynne's 11 second "Intro" to her fabulous album You've Got Me serves has the intro into today's Pre-shuffle.

Kyle Andrews  "Connecting the Dots" 

Set in Stone doing "The Way I Felt" (a Twitter discovery from this weekend)

Game Theory "Toby Ornette"

Those Darlins "Glass to You"  

Holy Grail "Ride the Void" - Why not.. some infectious Metal via Amazon's Free Music from Rising Artists

Game Theory "Rolling with the Moody Girls"

The next song served as a transition into the Shuffle - and we included it after the JUMP

Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Slow Day, Fast Time Mix

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So maybe 20 songs in one post was a little excessive.... so I'll keep it down to 15 today.

Pre-shuffle:  

"Shit That Matters" by JENNY (the band has a new album called Love and Politics out now)
"Sleeping Through Heaven" by Game Theory (for those keeping track this make 8 Game Theory songs in two days)
"Rest Your Weary Mind" by Elizabeth Cook with Bobby Bare Jr. (Two of Nashville's coolest poeple)
"I Still Want a Little More" by Milk Carton Kids (I'm digging on this band lately) 
"You Always Make Me Smile" Kyle Andrews  (Nashville Singer-songwriter, electronic musician)
"Linus and Lucy" by Game Theory (9 in two days - yes it's the Vince Guaraldi song)
"No Reason" by Jeanette Lynne  (A CXCW alum - When Popatunes  says "Jump", I say, 'yeah, right!'. When Popatunes says "check out this music" - I say - 'hell, yeah!') 
"Sad Baby Wolf" by Sad Baby Wolf (I love this band and this song is one of my favorites)
"New Jerusalem" by Neighbour (Neighbour is Kacie Williams - Nashville again!)

 SHUFFLE UP AFTER THE JUMP

Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Traffic Jammed Mix

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Well let's get to it. Due to an unplanned change in schedule and some wicked traffic patterns, we had an extended set of music for the day.... complaining? who me?

Pre-Shuffle:  "Magic Missiles" by Ghost and Goblin; "Bombs Away", "Heart U 4 Ever", and "Lackluster Love" by Kyle Andrews; "For Cowboy" by Hotpipes; "Penny, Things Won't", "Turn Me On Dead Man", "Beach State Rocking", "Wyoming", "Kenneth -- What's the Frequency" and "Rayon Drive" by Game Theory; "Merry Go 'Round" by Kacey Musgraves; "A Story (Written in the Sky)" by The Bongos; "The Rosarito Beach Cafe" by Warren Zevon; and "Summer's Dead" by Those Darlins. 

Shuffle now... wait for the Jump

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Crazy, Crazy World Mix

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We've reached the final day of April.  This month has flown by, but as I mentioned yesterday, it has also been jam packed with great music. We will be reformulating our current month playlist to prepare for May, and soon we'll be presenting a recap of April and adding some great artists to the Ear to the Ground "Family". In the meantime, we have some great music to present today.

Pre-Shuffle:  

1.  "The Blood Beyond" by Skeletons in the Piano from Please Don't Die - one of the albums we featured this month.
2. "Watch Who You're Calling Space Garbage Meteor Mouth" by Game Theory.  18 seconds of weirdness off the album Lolita Nation.
3. "High on the Skyline" by The New Mendicants from Australia 2013 E.P.  - Joe Pernice of the Pernice Brothers and Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub.  This is an amazingly lovely song.
4. "Free to Fly" by Markus Rill 
5. "In the Rain" by The Danbury Lie from ? (2013) - We love this band and their new record is strong in all the right ways.  Glad to feature another song as April comes to an end.
6. "Dripping With Looks" by Game Theory - a slightly longer song from the Lolita Nation album.  Happy to close out the month with a few more Game Theory songs.


Let's dive into our final shuffle of April 2013 after the jump:

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Big, Bad Wolfe Mix

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 "Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good!" Run D.M.C.

 Wow.  April is almost toast.  It's been a helluva month for music.  We hope to have a recap up soon.  In the meantime, we're packed with our usual quirky mix of old and new music to enlighten, entertain and excite your senses.

PRE-SHUFFLE

"Did You Lie" by Taco Land
"Being John McEnroe" by The Pistolwhips
"Brick x Brick"by Christopher Paul Stelling
"Soulard" by Taco Land 
"Mary Magdalene" by Game Theory

The two Taco Land tracks are from the band's latest Pancakes and Pizza.  The Pistolwhips song (great title and a great song) is off The Appetizer Sampler put out by the good folks and Built 4 BBQ.  The song by Christopher Paul Stelling is the first track released from his brand new album False Cities which is tearing it up right now! The pre-shuffle ends with the Game Theory song - as we continue to feature the great music of this 80s era San Francisco band in memory and homage to the late Scott Miller.

SHUFFLE commences after the jump...

Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Goodbye Possum Mix

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Sad to hear about the passing of the one and only George Jones.  It's been amazing to see the posts coming up on Facebook from all around the world and from creators and fans of so many different genres of music. He lived the life of his songs and he traveled many roads (sometimes on a Riding Lawnmower). He leaves behind an amazing legacy of song and lore.

We move on... and time is very short.

The Pre-Shuffle:  

"The Shit Song" by The Imperial Rooster

"The Only Lesson Learned" + "What the Whole World Wants" + "White Blues" by Game Theory

"Salvation" by Langhorne Slim and the Law 

"Hard Love" by The Mohawk Lodge

Shuffle after the JUMP.... JUMP

Thursday Morning Music Shuffle - Firehouse Mix

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Time is short and we have some great music to cover in today's pre-shuffle and shuffle.  Let's get to it.

Pre-Shuffle:

"Odd Fellows Local 151" by R.E.M.
"A Good Man Knows" by Black Jake and the Carnies (the song from their new EP we didn't get to yesterday!) 
"Digging Underneath the House" by Skeletons in the Piano
 "Machine Gun" by Taco Land

Shuffle awaits you after the JUMP

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - Fingernails and Cigarettes Mix

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We're back.  Sorry for the lack of Shuffle action yesterday - it could not be helped...


Yesterday, the music world lost two greats... Chrissy Amphlett of Divinyls and the legendary Richie Havens.

 

Last week, we learned of the passing of Scott Miller (Game Theory and The Loud Family).  If you are not familiar with the music of these two great, but underknown bands, now would be a great time to rectify that situation.

The family has released all of the Game Theory albums for free download at The Loud Family Website.   We have added the entire Game Theory collection into our current batch of songs from which we shuffle.  We will keep the songs up for the rest of the month in tribute to Scott Miller, and then will likely keep some of them up just because they are awesome.  We'll be getting some Loud Family added to the mix soon, too.

Let's get right to the Pre-Shuffle which includes two Game Theory songs:

"Ray Wilkins, 1996" by The Lucky Jukebox Brigade

"Little Ivory" by Game Theory

"Finest Worksong" by R.E.M.

"Together Now, Very Minor" by Game Theory

"Eleanor Rigby" by Skeletons in the Piano (covering some lads from Liverpool)

Shuffle - after we JUMP!