Here are four alt country jams to get you moving this Monday. Please share on social media with our hashtag #MusicMondayMarathon. James Eliot Jones – “Black to Blue” -Jones reminds me a little of friend of the site Kyle Cox. There’s a nice …
Yearly Archives: 2017
Genre Escalator Pitch – Describe your sound quickly and effectively – Guest post from Clarence Charron
Photo credit: Gideon Tsang Flickr – Creative Commons Have you ever heard of an elevator pitch? It’s the classic sales technique of a being able to describe exactly what one’s company does to a potential client or investor in a literal elevator ride, …
Saturday Feature: 4 Songs You Shouldn’t Live Without
Melvv – “Lifeline” ft. Dana Williams We dare you not to headbob on this one. It bounces between a few different genres with a sheer confidence that is only matched by the airtight vocals of Dana Williams. Working with the rising electronic producer …
New Music Friday – Episode 39 – Vote in the poll to decide who wins a full album review!
These NewMusicFriday lists are so much fun to put together and we really appreciate you all coming to vote. If you’ve never been here before, we’d love for you to listen to each song and vote for your favorite at the bottom. If …
3 For Thursday: The Three Best Tracks of This Week
OUTLYA – “The Light” It is no overstatement for me to say that this one might just be my favorite song of the year. One part Coldplay and one part Black Keys, this is a scorcher of a track. It sweeps into ears …
Album Review: The Talbott Brothers – Gray
The first thing that strikes me about The Talbott Brothers is their genuine artistry. You get the sense that they really love what they’re doing and would be singing even if we weren’t listening. I love that. But imagine a few other pairs …
Artist Interview: The Kite String Tangle’s Danny Harley Talks New Music, Starting a Label, and Losing to Iggy Azalea
One listen to The Kite String Tangle and you are hooked. The downtempo, indie electro brainchild of Australia’s Danny Harley, has generated buzz from his Vessels EP that featured the incredibly visceral “Arcadia”. This particular track has over 15 million streams on Spotify alone, and garnered an …
#MusicMondayMarathon – If rock is your thing, we gotcha covered!
Rock music is one of the ties that bind us here at ETTG. We get more rock submissions than nearly any other genre, so we have to really tighten the screws on these. You know when they make it here, they’re great stuff. …
#MusicMondayMarathon – Five Fab Folk Acts
Folk music is pretty much our bread and butter around here, so we love when we still find new folk bands. Whether they sound classic like Peter, Paul, and Mary or new like Fleet Foxes, we always find the folk stylings to be …
#MusicMondayMarathon – Featuring Five Fantastic Female Artists!
Sometimes these playlists are easy to make a theme and sometimes it’s a stretch. For these talented women, it all fell into place naturally. Although they have different styles, the female-fronted band is at the core of this exciting playlist. Hadley Kennary – …
