Synapses by Pleasantry Album Review by Hannah of www.rockmycommute.com Pleasantry has a sweet name that just begs you to take things lightly – but their 2014 release called Synapses is anything but trite. You’ve got 10 solid tracks with some good album art …
Monthly Archives: November 2015
You Tube Gem: : : : Detroit’s Flint Eastwood Crushes Genres and Eardrums
Making music out of a historic re-purposed church in Detroit, Flint Eastwood has recently released a fantastic EP Small Victories. Balancing stirring and emotive lyrics with pop sensibilities, vocalist and mastermind Jax Anderson’s music is both abstract and accessible. Her recent release draws on the …
Album Review: The Young Novelists – Made Us Strangers
Album Review: The Young Novelists – Made Us Strangers From the opening of The Young Novelists’ album Made Us Strangers listeners feel like this is a band from another era. They have a touch of James Taylor and maybe a little bit of …
Three Americana Bands To Be Thankful For
Three Americana Bands To Be Thankful For Sometimes people get a tad overzealous at holiday time. But with Thanksgiving, I’m not sure you really can have too much of a good thing. I mean, maybe too much of that jellied cranberry stuff. I …
Album Review: Modern Diet – Self Titled
Album Review: Modern Diet – Self Titled Modern Diet’s brand of indie rock is just about as cool as possible. Jake Cheriff’s lead vocals are crisp and cutting. The layered tracks on Modern Diet’s self titled album show a sophisticated familiarity with rock’s …
Album Review: Jourdan Myers – Ruin Me With Love
Jourdan Myers – Ruin Me With Love Jourdan Myers packs a powerful pop punch. Her vocal quality is strong and her songwriting draws listeners into the next word. What’s she going to say next? Where is the song going? The album Ruin Me …
Killer Single Saturday -The She’s – Ramone Style Surf Punk
San Francisco’s The She’s play breezy Ramone style punk that embodies and challenges everything the Golden Gate stands for. Strong, confident, and incendiary, the girls are more in sync than ever on their brand new track “Cherry Red” which is part of a …
8 Graves – “Two Wrongs” – -Unclassifiable Soul Shaking Beats
The unclassifiable music of 8 Graves is something to be experienced. Catchy but not pop, urban but not hip-hop, strong but not rock, they walk the line between genres without selling out. The New York duo, hot off the release their great single …
Five Gifted Singer Songwriters for November
Five Gifted Singer Songwriters for November It can be difficult to find good singer songwriters in the midst of all the noise out there. Here’s a list of some talented singer songwriters who we support at EarToTheGround. Consider giving them a spin and …
Album Review: Adam Hill – Old Paint
Adam Hill is a singer, songwriter, and composer born in Ohio and currently residing in Squamish, British Columbia. Old Paint is his latest album of what he refers to as new-timey music. New-timey music, for the uninitiated, appears to be a wonderful mix …
