Dean Wareham – E2TG: MUSIC/WORDS

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After Tennessee’s Icepocalypse kept me in for most the week, I ventured out into the cold last evening to check out a new consignment store called Hang the Moon in East Nashville and to hear some of my favorite people play music. I just caught the tail end of the set by Tim Carroll and Luella Wood but what I heard was (as usual) awesome. The Western Shore were next delivering an awesome set of their unique style of Americana music, and the night wrapped up with the super-duo of Lindsay Ellyn and Taylor Alexander doing a set of some of Lindsay’s great songs augmented by some classic country songs. These two voices are amazing together.

Meanwhile, more snow and ice are on tap followed by heavy rain tomorrow… joy! What the hey, we have music to present!

Oh good, Environmental Song – we should expect acoustic folk guitar and songs about trees and… wait, it’s by Neighborhood Texture Jam – never mind. I wish could have found a video of this song, and if I had it would have been NSFW for language. Oh, who am I kidding, the video I picked is probably NSWF, too. From Funeral Mountain.

“Psykick Espionage” by Joanna Gruesome

How about some psyched out punk rock music from Joanna Gruesome off the album Peanut Butter? Okay!

“Kim” by Ryan Adams

An awesome song from Ryan Adam’s most recent and self-titled album.

“The God You Serve” by Sean Watkins

Another cool song from All I Do is Lie.

“Train Hop Flop” by David Dondero

One of America’s best songwriters with a song from his first album The Pity Party. So excited that Dondero will be in Nashville in a couple of weeks and Darrin Bradbury is on the bill for that show. Will be an great night of music.

“Gods of the West” by American Scarecrows

Minneapolis Americana band American Scarecrows with a fantastic song from their 2014 album Yesteryear. I grabbed this music from Noisetrade, and you should, too.

“Rastabilly” by The Dead Milkmen

Another song that should have been on that Short Song compilation I was talking about yesterday. One of my favorites from Big Lizard… Source of today’s subtitle.

“Hard Work and Clean Living” by Matt Prater

Real and Pure Country music from Alabama. From Matt Prater’s new album Tables and Chairs. Great song!

“Signal” (live) by Tim Lee 3

Heralding in the dawning of the Vinyl Anniversary (33 1/3) of Tim and Susan Lee – we have some new music and new recordings from our favorite Knoxville trio including this live version of one of my favorite songs on their last album Devil’s Rope. This is from a Live album called Live from Armory Sound: Boston. Look for this, the new studio album 33 1/3, and an EP from TL3 offshoot Bark coming your way in March! And listen for more TL3 and related stuff on E2TG.

“Heartless People” by Dean Wareham

From the Self-titled album by Galaxie 500 founder Dean Wareham. A great song which happens to be the only one not written by Wareham (it was written by Michael Holland).

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The week in shuffles closes out with some soulful music that pairs Tonight Show house band, The Roots with D.C. R&B, Neo Soul singer Raheem DeVaughn. From The Roots’ 11th album called … And Then You Shoot Your Cousin.

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Old favorites, classic artists, and some first time appearances make this an excellent Tuesday shuffle –

onward….

“Living the Dream” by Warren Pash from Plastic Rulers

Warren Pash lives in East Nashville, he co-wrote the Hall and Oates song Private Eyes, and he makes some pretty cool music himself. Tip o’ the hat to Too Much Country who contributed this song to this months Feel Bad for You mixtape. Plastic Rulers was released in 2008.

“King of Kings” by Tomas Doncker from Power of the Trinity

Another great track off of the amazing Power of the Trinity album from New York City’s Tomas Doncker and his band. As you may recall, we’ve been spinning this album as well as his latest Howlin’ Wolf project in heavy rotation.

“The Longest Bridge in the World” by Dean Wareham from Emancipated Hearts

Dean Wareham was in Galaxie 500. This song came to me from my friend’s annual mix CDs. Coincidentally, I drove over a bridge while listening to this song. Full disclosure, however, the Woodland Street Bridge is by no stretch of any imagination, the longest bridge in the world… it is a bridge though… so there’s that. Cool song.

“No Questions Asked” by Mr. Kind from Wide Awake (Open Hands) single

Some brand new music from E2TG favorites and Creed aficionados, Mr. Kind featuring Brian Bergeron who was one of our earliest “Bands of the Week” – back when we had Bands of the Week.

“Awful Sound (On Eurydice)” by Arcade Fire from Reflektor

Some upstarts from Canada off their little heard 2013 album. Another from my friend’s mix CDs.

“Shoot Out the Lights” by Richard Thompson from Acoustic Classics

Ah yes! The original version recorded by Thompson and his then wife Linda is one of my favorite songs off of one of my favorite albums. RT just released a new album featuring acoustic versions of many of his classic songs. This was the first release – issued a free download a week or so ago.

“The Murder Industry” by Don Ryan from Live in Studio

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