Ayelle – “Silverplates” This is an incredibly timely single from the Swedish-Iranian downtempo electro pop songstress. On the track, she explains: “Silverplates is a metaphor for male privilege and the entitlement felt towards female identifying bodies. Too often in this narrative, women are …
Yearly Archives: 2017
Rising Alt Rock Act – Boston’s Small Talk
A while back we featured Boston’s Small Talk on a NMF and we wanted to circle back around and feature these captivating musicians. The comparison that pops into my mind is the harmonic folk of someone like Good Old War with a little …
Three Must-Know Women in Folk Music Today – Dori Freeman, Anna Tivel, and Sera Cahoone
If you’re a fan of folk music, you’re familiar with legends like Bonnie Raitt or Joni Mitchell, but you may not know the names of the women carrying on that torch today. There are some incredible artists making music in this genre in …
Artist Feature: William Hinson – Pop singer songwriter (Winner NMF Ep. 64)
William Hinson’s music is really smooth and fun. It’s actually kind of hard to find a good comparison for his style, even though you swear you’ve heard it before. Sometimes it’s has a bit of Michael Jackson, other times a bit of a …
New Music Friday – Episode 73 – Vote in the poll to decide who wins an artist feature!
Sometimes it baffles my mind that we get enough music to put ten bands in this feature every week. That’s 520 bands a year just for this feature. You wouldn’t believe how many thousands we have to reject, too. There are a lot …
Six Unique And Compelling Singles
Bleed The Rads – “New Year” The whispered vocals on this one will make you feel like you are alone listening to a confession. We appreciate an artist that knows their strengths, and this one does. “New Year” has an interesting mix of …
Album Review: Noah Gundersen – White Noise
Noah Gundersen is one of our favorite artists at EarToTheGround, so when we heard about this new album we jumped at the chance to cover it. The sound that Gundersen continues to produce – and develop – is fascinating to say the least. …
3 Contemplative Songwriters You Need To Hear
Jason Hawk Harris – “Phantom Limb” This songwriter comes from a long line of musicians who have influenced him through the years. While kids his age were chasing typical adolescent pleasures, he was studying musical composition, and still regrets not being able to …
Three new indie artists to tickle your eardrums
Tickle your eardrums? Who says that? We do! Anyways, check out these three indie artists that would lump together as rock or even pop rock, but they are just plain good. If you like one (or all!?) of these artists, do them a …
Album Review: The Other Favorites – Fools
If you’ve been reading ETTG for any length of time, you’ve heard about Josh Turner and Carson McKee, aka The Other Favorites. Turner’s viral YouTube station works to bring some really incredible music to our ears on a regular basis, so we love …
