Nathaniel Rateliff’s music is indie rock or singer songwriter with an occasional touch of sounds I might even call “pop,” but no matter what the critics call it, his music is good! Rateliff’s voice is unique. The band fills in just the right …
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Free Music Friday – Joe Purdy
Happy Free Music Friday! This week, we’ve got some music from Joe Purdy, a sensational singer songwriter and the man who we credit with introducing the world to The Milk Carton Kids. Don’t take our word for it, it’s free. Go download it …
The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men – Trouble Town
Here’s some good old fashioned Southern Rock music. The Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men and their debut, The Wrong Side of the Road, are absolutely jamming with a groovy, toe tapping sound. This is our first “summer, window down driving” album of the …
The Secret Sisters – “If I Don’t” – Country gals singing great harmony
The Secret Sisters are the real deal. They harmonize like they were born to sing together. This track “If I Don’t” is a classic country track done right. Give these gals a spin, will ya?
Free Music Friday! Tossing Copper
I recently revisited this delightful EP and found it to be even more mesmerizing than I initialy remembered. It’s perhaps the most lyrically brilliant thing that I’ve heard since we started this from start to finish. Give this the 25 minutes that it …
The Lone Bellow – The One You Should’ve Let Go – Folk duo keeps our toes tapping
The Serialbox does incredible recordings. When I saw that they did a session with The Lone Bellow, one of our favorites here at EarToTheGround, I had to check it out. As usual, neither the recording nor the band disappoint. Oh and what a …
Free Music Friday! Hem
Happy Free Music Friday everyone! I absolutely love when we find a band that sort of fits in with no other bands we know. When I reviewed Departures and Farewells last year, I was really impressed with Hem and their mellow, female-vocal led stylings. Funnel …
NeedToBreathe – The Heart
While NeedToBreathe’s newest album, Rivers in the Wasteland, is all over the map in terms of quality and certainly not up to par considering their stellar past, “The Heart” it a song that had them going back to their roots. This acoustic, organic song …
Guest Post: Jake Nelko on Pittsburgh indie rockers 1,2,3
Every great band deserves a great hiatus. This may not have been the defined mindset, but 1,2,3 have returned after a couple years off the radar with their 2014 release, Big Weather. Fans like me have been waiting with anticipation for their follow-up …
Miner – Hey Love
One of the new up and coming folks acts that’s recently caught my ear is a band called Miner. While it seems like it would be your typical folk band with banjos, mandolins, etc., it becomes something more with unique vocals and a …



