E2TG 4/12/2022 - Back on Track - Vessels Mix (As Time Goes By Remix)

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Today's Ear to the Ground radio show is up on the archive at wxnafm.org.  HERE is the direct link to the show..

Today's playlist:

6:00am Sonny Boy by Owsley on Owsley (Giant)

6:02am Racing In Circles by Dillon Vanders on Wildfires (1297162 Records DK)

6:05am Got to Give the Devil His Due by Jon Chi on Got to Give the Devil His Due – Single (Jon Chi)

6:10am War on Mother Nature by Rebecca Jenkins & Podsongs on War on Mother Nature – Single (The Independent Record Company)

6:14am Adam Blues by Jamey Foxton on Adam Blues – Single (Jamey Foxton)

6:17am Window Watching by Strange Neighbors on Window Watching – Single (TuneDoor)

6:20am Only Ones by Art d’Ecco on After the Head Rush (Paper Bag Records)

6:23am Archbishop Beardmouth at the ChemOlympics (Radio Edit) by Telefís on Archbishop Beardmouth at the ChemOlympics EP (Dimple Discs)

6:29am Big Black Sequioa by The Chaw on Big Black Sequioa – Single (747252 Records DK)

6:32am Shinigami by Voice of Addiction on Shinigami – Single (Voice of Addition)

6:36am Imagine (feat. Warren Haynes) by Saint Disruption on Imagine (feat. Warren Haynes) – Single (Root Doctor Media)

6:44am All My Senses by Mark Stewart + Mike Watt + KK Null on VS (On U Sounds)

6:49am Human Diamond by Indifferentmonkey on Human Diamond – Single (Dazyrecords)

6:55am Antfarm in Ur Head by Melancholic Zombie on Chapter I : Zombify (2012​-​2021) (juhosaarimusic)

6:57am Stora rummet by Kungens Män on Stora rummet – Single (Kungens Ljud & Bild)

Today's random shuffle is after the jump:

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 12/17/2021 - Final Friday Post - Bad Dogs and Weed Mix (Backside Remix)

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 This is the final Friday post of 2021.  Look for the relaunch of the Featured Friday Playlist in early 2022.  

In the meantime, I am going to do something different. I have this private playlist called E2TG On Deck which is kind of staging area for the Featured Friday Playlist. Ever since I took a hiatus from the Featured Friday Playlist I have been still been updating that On Deck playlist and using it to plan the E2TG radio show. I've been deleting songs I played on the radio, but I still have over four hours of songs that would have been on a Featured Friday Playlist.  There is no way to post them all, but I am going to live blog a random shuffle of that playlist over my lunch hour and that will be the post for today.  No video playlist this time so I can get as many tunes as possible in the time I have. 

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 8/5/2021 - Tired of It - Whip Jamboree Mix (Four Way Stop Remix)

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Featured Friday Playlist recap (part 5 - The End) (songs 22-25):

22. "Misunderstanding" by Creux Lies

First up today, we have the recent single from the Sacramento based dark pop/alt rock band. It is the first taste of their new album Goodbye Divine - which is due out this autumn. 

23. "All My Faith" by The Nautical Theme

From the new EP Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed - by the Dayton, Ohio based duo. Great stuff. 

24. "November Birthday" by Lightning Love

Lightning Love are an indie-pop band based in Ypsilanti, Michigan. They formed in 2007, and their debut album just got the reissue treatment thanks to Lost in Ohio Records. Today, we have the brief, instrumental title track to mark the reissue.

25. "Never Found a Way to Tame the Blues" by Jon Shain & FJ Ventre 

We close out this week's shuffle with the title track from the recent album by North Carolina based and award-winning blues artist Jon Shain and his long time collaborator FJ Ventre. A wonderful song to close us out for the week. 

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 7/27/2021 - End of July - Little Love Mix (Substitute Remix)

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Featured Friday Playlist recap (part 3) (songs 15-18):

15. "Praying for Rain" by Dominique Pruitt

Title track from the new EP by the singer-songwriter whose parents both worked with 

Engelbert Humperdinck in the 1980s.

16. "Visa vid vindens angar" by Georg Nielsen

The latest release from the Swedish artist - a cover of a 1966 song by Swedish folk legend Mats Paulson. A lovely instrumental. 

17. "Rhosod" by Lleuwen

Next up, we the latest single from this Welsh singer-songwriter - as the Welsh takeover of E2TG gains steam. 

18. "Et oo suudellut kymmeneen vuoteen" by Gim Kordon

And we close this set with the latest single from this Finnish band from Helsinki whose name is a reference to the bassist of Sonic Youth. 

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 6/8/2021 - Bustin' Out - Head Shot Mix (Smoko Remix)

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It's funny in a way... some thoughts as things begin to reopen... 

In the midst of the shutdowns and lockdowns, I am pretty sure at some point, I made the emotional declaration that if I got another chance, I would never miss another show (or some version of that) and that I would push through my anxiety and go to new, unknown places. 

I have loved the opportunities to get out and see live music, but it still remains a delicate balance. There is too much going on - even already - to do it all - plus my introvert energy gets used up so easily and recharge time is vital.  Also my anxiety about new, unknown places did not magically go away over the pandemic and in fact - there are new anxieties because everything is new and unknown - at least until it is not. 

So, while I hope to make some improvements - the fact is I will still work hard to strike the right balance, sometimes feel guilty about missing some shows, and forever be grateful for the ones I am able to see. 

Featured Friday Playlist recap - Part 3 (songs 19-25):

19. "Time After Time" by Steven Faulkner

First up today, we have the recent single from UK artist Steven Faulkner.

20. "Fantastic Company" by My Name is Ian

Next up, we have the long awaited new album from Welsh band My Name is Ian. This is the title track from that release which took two years to produce. 

21. "One Woman Man" by The Stars of Disaster

Next up, we have the emotionally powerful new single from Pittsburgh's The Stars of Disaster.  The new album, In the Trough of the Wave, is set for release this Friday. 

22. "Prey" by Javi Paton

I am just going to be honest, and I don't know how I was introduced to this music, and I don't know a whole lot about the artist. But, it is pretty cool. 

23. "If It Makes You Happy" by Rid of Me

Next up, we have a nifty cover of the Sheryl Crow hit from this Philadelphia noise-punk band. 

24. "Grace" by 4 Minutes Later

The story of this band began is 2018 with a tweet promising music coming soon. There were no band members listed, no band images, no tour dates, and no location. Just the promise - which captured a lot of attention. Then the music did come, but the band remained anonymous. With a planned tour postponed, it looks like 2021 will be the year that the band reveal themselves - but first we have this new single - which sound fantastic.

25. "Face On the Rail Line" by The Catenary Wires

And, we close this segment of music with a brand single from the iconic UK indie-pop band from their forthcoming Birling Gap album which is due out June 18. 

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 2/9/2021 - Lessons Learned - Sunless Saturday Mix (Happier Remix)

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Featured Friday Songs 18-24:

18. "Rewind" by Wilderwater; Kyshona Armstrong

Recent single. Wilderwater is Aaron Shafer-Haiss's solo project and for this single he is joined by the always amazing Kyshona Armstrong. This is fabulous. 

19. "Pandemonio" by Moonshine Booze

Italian band Moonshine Booze are incredible hard to pin down.  We first featured them a few years back with their Desert Rose album.  They are back with a new album and we have the title track. 

20. "Little Tiger" by Adam Klein

Athens, GA singer-songwriter Adam Klein is up with the title track of his new EP. 

21. "Forever" by Teen Creeps

Belgian indie rock band Teen Creeps are next with the title track of their second album. 

22. "Sail On Sailor" by A.J. Croce

We have been featuring early singles, but now Nashville singer-songwriter A.J. Croce has release his covers album By Request. This is a cover of a 1973 Beach Boys song.  

23. "St. Maria" by Timid, the Brave

Next, a truly beautiful song from Canadian singer-songwriter Tim Selles who records under the name Timid, the Brave. The song was written a couple of years ago on one of warmest November days on record. It was so warm that rose bushes started blooming again. 

24. "The Long Con" by Shayfer James 

Shayfer James was a "Featured Artist" on E2TG back in June 2012. This, his latest single, is an wonderful song and a great reminder as to why I fell in love with is music to begin with.

 

    Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 7/15/2020 - Mid-Week Musings - Hold On Mix (Mean Old World Remix)

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Just as a follow-up to yesterday's post, I do need to give a shout out too, to Dee's Country Cocktail Lounge, The Basement, The Basement East, Bowery Vault, 3rd & Lindsay, and several other local venues which have provided many memories over the years and hopefully for years to come. The Basement East, as many of you know, was decimated by the March 3 tornado.

Dee's has been running live streams since near the beginning of the quarantine. When Nashville entered Phase 3 of their reopening, Dee's started some live shows with a limited, socially distant audience, table service, and a mask mandate. Unfortunately, due not in a small part, the irresponsible Broadway venues, Nashville's case count has skyrocketed and Nashville moved back to Phase 3, and now it appears that bars will be closed until at least the end of July.

There are a variety of ways to support your favorite venues who are struggling.  I want all my favorite venues to be there when it is safe to attend live music again.



And now, songs 16-20 of this week's Featured Friday Place - a real international segment of music.

16. "Sacred Core" by Mayflower Madame

Our world tour starts in Norway, with the heavy psychedelic/post punk band Mayflower Madame. We have featured them a few times before. This is the latest single from their album Prepared for a Nightmare which was released in March. Cool stuff.

17. "Need Some Soul" by Black Paisley

Next, we head  to Stockholm, Sweden with some more straight ahead rock music from Black Paisley. This is a real catchy song. I dig it. 

18. "Hollow (Project Regeneration)" by Static X

Our only U.S. stop on this whirlwind world tour, and it is a doozy. Long-running and platinum selling industrial metal band Static X are back with a brand new album which features the Wisconsin Death Trip line-up. The album features some of the last known recordings of the late Wayne Static. Happy to be on the promo list for this one. 

19. "Easteria" by Monsieur Minimal

Off to Athens - Greece that is with another track from composer and artist Monsieur Minimal. The song has an Eastern Mediterranean influence with some 70s psychedelic fusion. Great sound.

20. "Waves" by Dust

We close out this segment of music with a comprehensive summer song from Italy. The song manages to encapsulate an entire summer of emotions from boundless fun and abandon to the melancholy that comes with the final days of the season.  A great ending to this segment of music. 

Tomorrow - we wrap up our review of the Playlist with the final four songs...

    Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 4/10/2020 - Featured Friday - Apropos of Nothing Mix (Make a Memory Remix)

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Well, it is Good Friday, and I am off work. I usually don't post when I am off work, but it also time for a new Featured Friday playlist. I posted the link earlier today on the E2TG Facebook page, but I wanted to do an official blog post.

4/10 - Dan Montgomery - Smoke and Mirrors (a phonographic memory) (LP)

Shout out to our old friend Dan Montgomery who just released his latest album Smoke and Mirrors (a phonographic memory).  The album is not currently on Spotify, so I couldn't include it in the playlist, but I wanted to bring it to your attention. 

Thanks to everyone who has followed the E2TG Featured Friday Playlist. I hope you are enjoying my eclectic mix of new and recently released music from artists of all kind and from all kinds of place.

As per our new usual, I listened to the Playlist in full and in order this morning. No "shuffle" today and no video playlist, but you can listen to the Featured Friday Playlist below.

   Featured Friday Playlist

E2TG 2019 Recap - Part 2 - Last Supper Mix (Drunk Firefly Remix)

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Looking into the 2020, I want E2TG to better reflect the things happening around music that I find notable and interesting, and I want to be more responsive to submissions that fall outside of the shuffle concept.  Although the shuffle has served me well, at times, I will get a single that I am really interested in writing about but it may take a long time for that one song to come up in a shuffle.

At the same time, it has become necessary to redistribute how I use my time and it is also time for me to look into forging some partnerships to provide more content (dare I use that word?) for the site. That is where I feel I being led as we begin the 10th year of E2TG. I am excited, and I hope you will join me on this new adventure.

First, though, we need to wrap up 2019 and we are doing so by revisiting some of the great music we featured during the year. Today's shuffle overall has a more experimental/alternative feel to it. Let's dig in!

Trending Tuesday Morning Shuffle - Carsick Mix

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Blah, blah, blah!  I am running short on time - so let's get right to this really cool shuffle!