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Well… another work week is just about done… Since it is Friday, it means it is time for Featured Friday in which we shuffle songs from a smaller subset of our usual playlist. This subset includes mostly songs from albums released this year which have been sent or given to me to include at Ear to the Ground.
“Big Star” by The Poorhouse Says
Another track from as patterns go, the most recent album from St. Louis based, The Poorhouse Says. I am continuing to enjoy this record.
“Want” by [debut]
Our final track from Postcards from Berlin… some really cool electronic music from Los Angeles.
“Hammer” by Angela Easterling
The opening track from Angela Easterling’s new album, Common Law Wife. I mentioned that I got to meet and hear this song and others on Tuesday night at The 5 Spot. Angela and her common law husband and guitar player Brandon Turner sounded great, and this is a wonderful album that features many of Nashville’s best musicians backing it up.
“Revolutions” by Grumsling
This is the last song on Oakland based Grumsling’s album called, Full Coverage. The band call their sound New Classic Rock and Story Rock. I really dig the band’s sound which is pretty unique. And as I’ve mentioned before, they have their own character (mascot???, avatar???) that looks pretty mischievous.
“uMakemeFeel” by Rich Robbins (feat. Janel Leea and Taniesha Broadway, prod. Since ’93)
Another great track from Nimbus – the debut album by Rich Robbins – a young hip-hop artist who is from the suburbs of Chicago by way of other places and who attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison on a hip-hop scholarship. How cool is that? This is one of my personal favorites from the album. A killer hook and some great voices backing up Rich Robbins.
“Common Law Wife” by Angela Easterling
Back to Angela Easterling – this time with the title track of her new album. She did this one, also, on Tuesday.
“Tyger Bay” by Reckless Johnny Wales
The enigmatic troubadour is back in the shuffle with another track from his new album American Heart.
“Celestialism” by The Foresters
It seems fitting to end the week with a track from the new album, Sun Songs, by The Foresters of Bethany, Connecticut. We have had different artists from the Dord Music Group in our shuffles all week long, and The Foresters are the first and foremost Dord Music Group artist. To recap for the uninitiated. Several years ago, Jack Nork took his three young sons to a Green Day concert, the boys came home and wanted to start a rock and roll band. So their parents bought them instruments. That the kids had talent was apparent to me and many others the first time I heard them – back in 2012. They generally played Pop Punk music heavily influenced by the band that got it all started. At the time, I made a joke that the band’s average age was just over 10 years old, but that they played their music at 11… Flash forward three years, the band is older, and as a good listen to Sun Songs reveals, the band’s sound has evolved and broadened. “Celestialism” is the penultimate song on the album. A gorgeous instrumental rock song that seems a million miles away from their (albeit awesome) Pop Punk roots. With multiple side projects and a laser-focused dedication to music, the future looks bright for The Foresters. (the recap of the Foresters’ history is mine based upon a shoddy memory of things I have read. It was probably way cooler than I made it out to be, and possibly different.)
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