Friday Morning Music Shuffle - Alternate Reality Mix

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Man you guys, I think I need an intern or something.  I mean if Kramer could have an intern, I could - right?  So much goodness going on - Our good friends, The Dead Exs dropped their sophomore album, Relovolution, while we were AMAing, and we are going to have a lot to say about this one.  Cosmonauts are just a week away from unveiling the video to the song they recently debuted and which we had in the shuffle yesterday, Cold Harbor. The Disappointment have a new video, we just heard a killer new song from Dogs of Oz. There is new music out or coming soon from The Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, Band of Horses, John Hiatt and just about everybody else.  We made some good contacts at the Americana to-do, and some big things are coming for little ole us.  So of course, by nbl (non-blogging life) is also exploding and time become a precious commodity, but it's all good.

Our shuffle today features two artists we saw live last week plus a song from the early 2000s and a relatively new song that sounds like an old song...  Let's jump into the shuffle:

First up we have Leeds' own, The Dunwells, who we saw last Thursday at Live on the Green with I Could Be A King off of their debut record, Blind Sighted Faith.

 

 

Up next, we have a retro-sounding fuzzy guitar-driven, Garage Rock song called Driven by Love from the band 45 Spider which comes from Supercharged Sounds (the 8th Volume of the Best of GaragePunk Hideout) which came out in July. 

Next, we have the debut single by California ska-punk band OPM from way back around the turn of the century. Heaven is  Halfpipe promises skating after death. The debut album was called Menace to Sobriety (see what they did there?)

And finally, we have another song from the fantastic Marvin Country! album by Marvin Etzioni who at The Station Inn in Nashville along with his Marvin Country! String Quartet. I had the chance to talk briefly with Mr. Etzioni, and hope to have the opportunity to have a longer chat with him soon.

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Anticipation is building - look for the big unveiling of the Band of the Year around noon CST.

Meanwhile, it's a cold and wet December day, and I'm jumping right into my Winter/Holiday Playlist. I actually took a bunch of songs off from last year because I had anticipated migrating to a new MP3 player with great capacity by this time, but now it appears that isn't going to happen any time soon.  In the meantime, we have a great playlist with more songs waiting to be added.

1.  Nashville Rock icons Jason & the Scorchers tear it up on the Christmas classic, Oh Holy Night.  The song can be found on the 2005 benefit album To: Kate - A Benefit for Kate's Sake.


(click on album cover to get To: Kate - A Benefit for Kate'sSake)



2.  A repeat from Tuesday, Carol of the Bells/The Holly and the Ivy by The Walla Recovery
 (click on the Band name to go get the download which includes Carol of the Bells/The Holly and the Ivy)

(click on album cover to get "with trembling..." by The Walla Recovery)


3.  The late Alex Chilton and his band mates in Big Star do Jesus Christ from the classic record Third/Sister Lovers. 
  (click on the album cover to get Third/Sister Lovers by Big Star)


 4. A warm, winter song from Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds.
(click on album cover to get Sign No More by Mumford & Sons) 




5.  Hopefully no matter what Holiday you celebrate or don't celebrate you can get behind the sentiment of this song.  It's Peace on Earth by U2 from All That You Can't Leave Behind.
(click on album cover to get All That I Can't Leave Behind by U2) 


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