James Bay – E2TG: MUSIC/WORDS

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Rejoice! Yes, it’s back to work after a long weekend. Work. A four letter word if I ever heard one, but there is cause for celebration. Our friends, Matthew and Livia, aka The End Men, have unveiled a brand new song accompanied by a stunning music video. The song is called “Work”. You can grab the single of “Work” featuring an unreleased b-side called “Ratking” along with a download of the Video -right now at the band’s Bandcamp page:

(Get the “Work” single)

Let’s get to today’s Shuffle now! (Jump)

Music for going back to work:

“Nothing Gold” by Nikki Sue and the Bad News from Nothing Gold (2013)

“After Hours” by The Velvet Underground from The Velvet Underground (1969)

“A Path of Footprints Forged in the Midnight Sun” by Liquid Casing from A Separate/Divide (2013)

“When We Were on Fire” by James Bay from The Dark of the Morning (2013)

“Defense Highway” by The Gabriel Construct from Interior City (2013)

A nice mix of some of excellent new music plus a classic Velvet Underground song sung by drummer Maureen Tucker. Includes a couple E2TG favorite artists (Nikki Sue and The Gabriel Construct)

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ridinghome by JWM – 7/28/2013

(My First Soundcloud sound… a spoken word bit from a novel-in-progress)

i can’t stand people who bitch and whine

lets drink a beer from a paper bag while we got time

bang bang let the music go bang!

brilliant shining & nasty

bang make the music go bang!

let me hear a guitar sound like a train

bang bang make the music go bang!

Today’s Mix after the JUMP

Pre-Shuffle:

“The Line Which Divides” by Liquid Casing (progressive, political, personal)

“Old Soul” by Sam Morrow (Some very good modern folk music from California)

“Move Together” by James Bay (British Soulful Stuff)

“Rain On” by The Blind Owl Band (new music on old-style instruments from NY)

“Daughters of Ursa Major” by Chris Schlarb (At almost the same time I discovered this music, they were playing a show here in Nashville – at the Stone Fox… bad timing, but good music. I hope they come back soon.)

“Supersoaker” by Kings of Leon (Nashville’s homegrown arena alt-rock stars are back with some eagerly anticipated new music)

And the next song takes us into the Shuffle:

“Make the Music Go Bang” by X from More Fun in the New World (1983)

As I was coming of age, musically speaking, my good friend, Rex Silo published a review of this album in our exceptional high school newspaper, The Charger. I fell in love with this record just based upon his review, and when I finally heard it, I was hooked totally. X are back on tour this summer and fall with B-52s for some dates and with Blondie for others. You can hear the infant sounds of Americana, Alt-Country etc. being birthed this album as punk, rockabilly met some of the most amazing songwriting of this or any other era. Still one of my all-time favorite albums.

“Someone Like You” (Adele Cover) by Valued Customer from “Fun Covers”

In anticipation of the release of Kalpa (widgeted above), I downloaded some older VC stuff, and I’m glad I did, because it looks like they have removed their older material from their Bandcamp Page. So – as we’ve said and said again, check out Kalpa. The song today is from a nifty little covers album which features deconstructions of some (at the time of recording) current pop hits as well as a classic soul song.