Often times, collaborations turn out to be much hype and excitement but very little execution. But sometimes, as if by magic, different artists come together after making wildly different music and produce something unique and incredible. Fiction Family is the moniker adopted by …
Category: Indie Rock
Frontier Ruckus – Eternity of Dimming
Quite Scientific Records, 2013. Frontier Ruckus: http://www.frontierruckus.com/ Frontier Ruckus’ new album, Eternity of Dimming, follows their earlier work including I Am The Water You Are Pumping EP, The Orion Songbook, Way Upstate and the Crippled Summer, pt. 1, and Deadmalls & Nightfalls. The band …
Dawes Album Preview
This is kind of cheating, but it’s enough Dawes to whet my appetite. It’s short, but it hints at an album that will sound significantly different from Nothing Is Wrong, our 2011 Album of the Year. Enjoy this small sampling of what’s to come …
FREE: The Oh Hellos, The Likes of Us, Matthew Mayfield, Matt Wertz
Greg and I love music and so do all of you. That’s why you’re here. To celebrate our mutual love and the undeniable love of music themselves, a few of our favorite artists have graciously decided to give away their music for free. …
Artist Interview: Jeremiah Craig on recording his new EP The Commandeer
*Photo Credit: Brynna Baldauf About a month ago I contacted Jeremiah Craig with a usual “hey what’s up?” email. After a brief exchange, we decided to do a series of interviews about his new recording experience. For those who have not heard Jeremiah’s …
Indie Rock Double Feature: LA’s The Rebel Light and Sad Robot
“Garage band” is usually an insult, but the do-it-yourself style of LA band The Rebel Light is part of what makes them so enjoyable. They’ve put some pretty awesome work on their bandcamp page that’s a joy to fans of the recent wave …
Best of 2012: Greg’s Top 10 Albums
Albums might actually be more difficult to compile than best songs. There’s no easy way to determine one album as better than another. Instead, we make our judgments based largely in how we feel about a particular album as a whole. For me, …
Casey’s Top 10 Albums of 2012
After our first full year here at EarToTheGround Music, I’m really excited to bring you a full year’s worth of albums. This year was a really interesting year and one that was really different from last year. Last year, we saw the release …
Best of 2012: Jake’s Top 10 Albums
As I stated in my Best Songs collection, 2012 was an amazing year for music. There were so many great albums released, which made it more difficult than ever to narrow down my list. Below are my 10 favorites with a few honorable …
Wayfarer – The Holly and The Ivy
Some of our regular readers know I went crazy for the Wayfarer album The River when it released earlier this year. I was extremely excited to hear they had put out some Christmas music as well. Enjoy this “repurposed video” and music for …
