Photo credit: Sarah Samblanet Whether you’re in the high snow drifts of the Pacific Northwest or stuck home in an uncharacteristic southeastern snow storm, here are three singer songwriters making beautiful music to help keep you warm during this winter weather. Tim Walker …
New Music Friday – Episode 30 – Vote in the poll to decide who wins a full album review!
When we started this series, we weren’t sure if anyone would even notice. After years of ticket giveaways and trying to get people to “enter” into all sorts of drawings, we never found a way to drive traffic to the site and to …
Five Female Fronted Acts to Rock You to the Weekend
Blame it on my youthful crush on Joan Jett, but I have always thought there was something badass about a female led rock band. Perhaps it was the lack of coverage or the way promoters shamelessly prioritized their looks over their art that …
Album Review: Crawford Mack – Mack 1 (Winner NewMusicFriday Ep 18)
Crawford Mack defies genres, so it might be easiest to put him in a generic “rock” style. There is a base in classic rock, for sure, but then shades of other pop styles and even a bit of jazz. It’s an eclectic style, …
Artist Spotlight: August Hotel – Cool electro rock pop (NewMusicFriday Episode 17 Winner)
Photo credit: Rinus Lammers/August Hotel IG I’ve been using the adjective “cool” a lot lately not for temperature or even the 50s term from “groovy,” but more as a mood of being chill. It’s like the songs don’t take themselves too seriously. They …
2017: Two Artists Ready for a Huge Year
Ah, it’s finally here. For many, 2016 was a train wreck and now we are just a few short hours from its demise. While this year was an interesting one for music, 2017 is set to be an extraordinary year for some of …
New Music Friday – Episode 29 – Vote in the poll to decide who wins a full album review!
Well this is the last NMF of 2016 so let’s make it a good one. These are some fantastic tracks from a variety of genres. We’ve been privileged to field a lot of submissions over the past month, so these are some of …
Matt’s 2016 Album of the Year: 5-1
5. Aaron Gillespie – Out of the Badlands Recently, Aaron Gillespie released an album that is a voice crying out from the wilderness. Gillespie, who you may know from Underoath and The Almost, dropped one of the more personal albums we have came …
Album Review: Danny Starr – Darling (NewMusicFriday Ep 20 winner)
Danny Starr – Darling Danny Starr’s new release, Darling, dives straight in with voice, guitar, drums and bass hitting your ears in an instant, wasting no time at all and demanding your immediate attention. This insistence is appropriate as the title track is …
2016 User Poll
[yop_poll id=”30″] After you answer this question, if you could add a comment in the comments section telling us your favorite band or artist that you found on ETTG in 2016, that would be really awesome. We’re looking for ways to make the site …



