Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - Scratched Mix

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We have arrived at mid-week, and we have a lot of music to present, so let's get right to it.


Pigeon Park are one of our featured artists for October and are in the running to be our Band of the Month.  It's Not That Likely, from the band's self-titled album, finds the find in a decidedly peppy mood with a nifty break-down complete with... is that a Jew's harp??

 

Here's some footage from the band's 2011 tour

Calicocat were a Band of the Week here at Ear2theGround back in March. Now, they have opened up their vaults for a second time with the recent release of The Vault, Vol. 2: Electric Psychedelic Calicocat Swingers Club.  The collection includes a number of very cool cover versions of classic songs, including the song in our shuffle today: the band's rootsy cover of King of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin's song, Tennessee.


 

Here's Calicocat on Music City Shakedown

Here's Jimmy Martin's verison of Tennessee

As you may know, we use the shuffle feature to help select our daily playlist - hence the Morning Shuffle designation. All that to say that through the quirks of the shuffle process, Canadian band Vulture Kult had two songs in yesterday's shuffle and they are back with another song today.  Not that I'm complaining.  Avenue H. from Don't Let Rock N' Roll Ruin Your Life has a snottier attitude than some of the band's other stuff, I dig it.

Here's a recent live performance by Vulture Kult

 Doug Spears is billed as Florida's Native Troubadour. It's a apt description for this singer-songwriter who released his first album in 2005.  When the Hummingbirds Return is an unreleased song - it is a great song, and one which has a timeless yet fresh quality to it. Spears employees soft-spoken, evocative vocals and crisp, clean guitar work.  A lovely song which add nicely to the southern folk cannon.

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin is an indie pop band from Springfield, Missouri.  They have just released a collection of b-sides and rareties called Tape Club. Today, we have Letter Divine from that release.

 

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Ear to the Ground Voter Guide - October 2012

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With just over a week to go, you may still be unsure which of our awesome Featured Artists to vote for in the Band of the Month poll.  While, we try to stay neutral on this important decision (the whole point of letting readers vote is that we are too codependent to make a decision ourselves), we do have some valuable and  not so valuable information to share which may just make your decision easier.

Reasons to vote for...

45 Spider: 1.

      
2.  Cleveland Rocks!
3.  This is your band if you dig turbo charged, high-energy, fun rock n' roll.


 Bad Cop:  1.  They are at the forefront of a renaissance of Nashville Rock n' Roll that is garnering national headlines.

2.  To my knowledge, they have no official association with the ABC series Nashville.

3.  They are your band if you dig rock music with a fuzzy undertone, and because "Wet Lips" just plain Rules!

Black Jake and the Carnies: 1.  Your mom warned you about trusting the carnies, but she never said you shouldn't listen to their music.

2.  They are from Ypsilanti, MI and play Crabgrass music. You need more?

3.  They are your band if you dig murder ballads played in a old-time string band style at a punk rock, break-neck pace.  Prepare to move your feet!

Brennen Leigh: 1. She is a true Texas songbird whose music has a timeless quality.

2.  At the Americana fest, she sang a duet with the fabulous John Scott Sherrill. 

3.  She is your artist if you dig beautiful vocals set to amazing sounding country/bluegrass sounds.

Forest Mountain Hymnal: 1.  Rebecca and Jonathan are incredible people who financed their wedding in part by busking on the streets of Nashville. 

2.  They play brilliant versions of traditional and traditional sounding folk tunes and made a record perfect for Halloween.

3.  They are your band if you dig well-grounded, earthy and organic folk music and arent' afraid to take it to the streets.

The Foresters:  1.  Writing about them and a few other bands has finally allowed me to learn to spell Kahnettykut - wait, is that not right? Shoot!

2.  If they Rock this hard now, wait until they hit those teen angst years... 

3.  They are your band if you dig melodic, pop-punk music played with energy and heart.

Pigeon Park: 1. They are from British Columbia which is in Canada not in Central America like I thought... :-/

2.  Cause Pigeons are Bert from Sesame Street's favorite bird.

3.  They are your band if you dig big, bluesy rock music made to fill arenas.

S3X: 1.  It's fun hearing the words Salt Lake City and Punkcore in the same sentence.

2.  S3X... I mean come on!

3.  They are your band if you dig aggressive, fast, loud music with a melodic streak played with verve and passion.

Tim Lee 3:  1. They've been a part of the fantastic Couch by Couchwest Festival. 

2.  They like barbeque - pulled pork baby!

3.  They are your band if you dig wild, bluesy, rootsy southern rock n' roll the way it was meant to be played.

Valued Customer: 1.  They are most likely the coolest, weirdest band I've ever heard.

2.  Patrick Power sometimes wears a tie and plays Afro-Latin Polka...?????!!!!!!

3.  They are your band if you dig experimental hip-hop with a twisted sense of humor and a sick mellow groove.

There you have it.  You are now informed so vote:




















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Band of the Month Polls are Open

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Read up on the October Featured Artists and then vote below:




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October Featured Artists - Check in

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 So... we are ten days into October and I thought it would be a good time to check in with our Featured Artists via various Internet portals.

45 Spider - 

1. An Upcoming Show

2.  A video for the season

3. A recent Facebook Like - Heavy Rebel Weekender


Bad Cop - 

1. Now on Tour

 2. Cool Song Usage


3. A Recent Facebook Like: Smoke DZA


Black Jake and the Carnies - 

 1.  Upcoming Show



















2.  A cool cover  (UPDATE TO BETTER VIDEO)

3.  Recent Facebook Like: Lindsay Lou



 Brennen Leigh - 

1. Show Tonight (Austin Texas at the Broken Spoke - Details) (Uses Bandsintown App)


2.  An interview with Brennen





3. A cool quote about Brennen:
 "Brennen brings that... fearlessness, that willingness to do whatever needs to be done to get the song across, to her writing. At turns, tender, violent, sentimental, foolish and wise, she is always Brennen. Confident and at ease with herself, without being a jerk about it."
-David Olney

Forest Mountain Hymnal - 

1.  A new song!

2. A seasonal song

 

3. A Recent Facebook Like:  Lightning 100

The Foresters - 

1.  Big Opportunity

Help The Foresters open for Sum 41 - 5 Stars a day!

2. The Submission Video

3.  Recent Facebook Like: Mark Mulcahy

Pigeon Park - 

1.  Upcoming Show:  

2.  A Pigeon Park Video:

3.  Recent Facebook Like: Whoa! She's a Babe

S3X - 

1.  The Music

2. Watch This!

3. A Random or Recent Facebook Like:  All the Lights

Tim Lee 3 -

1.  A Residency

2.  A Video shot at a cemetery

3.  Recent Facebook Like:  Close Shave

Valued Customer - 

1.  New Album Coming Soon

2.  New Video

3.  ?????????

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Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - One More Warning Sound Mix

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Hey ho! Time is short so we will make it sweet....  whatever.


Song #1 I Kept Watch Like Doves (Murder Ballad) from West Cross Timbers by the amazing Amanda Shires.

 

Song 2 is Lungs by Steve Earle from his Townes Van Zandt tribute album, Townes.  Van Zandt's version appeared his 1969 self-titled 3rd Album.

 

Song 3  is Sympathy from one of our Featured Artists, Salt Lake City Punk/Metalcore/whatever band S3X.

Song 4 is We're Comin' Out by Bright Little Field from Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements. Bright Little Field is Jonathan Bright and Tom Littlefield. Littlefield led the legendary 80s Nashville band, The Questionaires.  We're Coming Out was on The Replacements best album, Let it Be.

Song 5 and our final song for the day is Messin' Round by another of our featured artists for the month Pigeon Park and can be found on their 2010 album, The Sun.

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