# 5 Mercury & Lightning – John Mark McMillan FFO Existential Songwriting, Unexpected Songwriters, Gungor We are a little bias, but we believe McMillan to be one of the most underrated songwriters alive today. His ability to walk the delicate line between the …
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2017 Album of the Year: Greg’s List
This is one of my favorite parts of the year. I love looking back on the incredible music that helped to define the year. While many of these lists include big time acts, you’ll only find two really big national names here. Most …
2017 Albums of the Year: Matt’s List 10-6
#10 Dissolve – Tusks FFO Minimalist Electro, James Blake, Swelling Tracks Perfect to Study To Like a few albums on this list, it took awhile for us to truly appreciate the album as a whole. We deal with so many singles in this …
4 Must Hear Songwriters
Emily James – “Lion’s Den” We cannot get enough of this pop heavy track. James’ ability to connect with a larger audience than what you would expect for her sound, is incredible given her youth. This track has definite shades of more established …
2017 Songs of The Year: Matt’s List 10-6
It’s the end of the year which can only mean one thing, a complete inundation of Best of lists. We at Ear to the Ground love being able to dust off tracks we heard this year and compile our favorite tracks. This politically charged year …
3 Fierce Artists Breaking Both Genre and Gender Stereotypes
Lauran Hibberd – “Hunny is this What Adults Do?” Hibberd is the type of songwriter who hooks you from the very first note. Her songwriting, mixed with her sweet and sardonic vocals continue to make listeners by the dozen swoon. The ability to …
New Music Friday – Episode 77 – Vote in the poll to decide who wins an artist feature!
Here we go again with another round up of incredible music. Vote in the poll below to decide who wins a feature. The voting ends in one week, so feel free to share and get others voting as well. Nonsens – “Wildfire” -If …
Album Review: The Sweeplings – Rise and Fall (Deluxe Edition)
Every year I find one or two albums that are so amazing I just have to cover them and The Sweeplings Rise and Fall (Deluxe) easily fit into that category. It’s hard to believe that there aren’t more people talking about their incredible …
New Music Friday – Episode 75 – Vote in the poll to decide who wins an artist feature!
New Music Friday is a great way to find trending new artists. We are excited to pore through hundreds of submissions each week to find the ten we feature for you here. If you’d like a more in-depth look at their work, vote …
The Tuesday Top 10
Today we present our “Top Ten” tracks we have heard in the last few weeks. Honestly, this is some outstanding stuff. We have bigger as well as up and coming acts you need to know about on this list that we believe has …
