GLG Fresh Mp3 Friday: Golden Globes

Congratulations to Ricky Gervais for winning the award for Rudest Golden Globes Host.
Courtesy of Robert Downey Jr., his performance was best summarized as "hugely mean-spirited" with "mildly sinister undertones." Despite this year's short-comings, Gervais did snag a Golden Globe Award in 2004 for Best Actor in a TV Series Comedy for his role as "David Brent" in the BBC hit The Office. If it were up to us, we would nominate Gervais in the "Entertainer of the Year" category.

On behalf of GLG, I am hosting the Green Globes...and the Green Light Globe nominees are:

Most likely to be touring in a town near you:

Gwyneth & Monko

Genre: Americana/Roots Music/Alernative

For fans of: Emmy Lou Harris, Patty Griffin, Jenny Lewis

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Golden Bloom

Genre: Indie/Rock/Pop

For fans of: Ben Kweller, Wilco (Summerteeth Era)

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Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library

Facebook: Also the most entertaining Facebook

Neutral Uke Hotel

Genre: Indie Rock/Cover Song

For fans of: Neutral Milk Hotel

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Most Influential:

The Handsome Family

Genre: Folk/Americana

For fans of: You should already be their fan!

Best Music Video:

Lawrence & Leigh

Genre: Folk/Experimental/Indie Rock

For fans of: Joanna Newsom, Dirty Projectors, Fleet Foxes

Video: "Chelsea Nights"

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Enjoy Your Pumas

Genre: Alternative/Indie/Rock

For fans of: Metric, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party

Video: "He Was a Fly"

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Most Original:

Michael J Epstein Memorial Library

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Break Through Artist:

Seafarer

Genre: Indie/Folk/Experimental

For fans of: Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Pavement

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Leopold and His Fiction

Genre: Garage Folk

For fans of: The Black Keys, Kings of Leon, Heartless Bastards

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Most likely to find their song sticking in your head:

The Morning Code

Genre: Alternative/Rock

For fans of: Silversun Pickups

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John Shipe

Genre: Acoustic/Indie/Rock

For fans of: Josh Ritter, Jonathan Rice and Elvis Costello
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Baby Teardrops
Genre: Grunge/Pop/Rock

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Listen and download tracks from these artists for free:

GlG Fresh MP3 Friday 1-28-11 by greenlightgo
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GLG Fresh Mp3 Friday: Working Out Your New Years Resolution

New Year = New resolution, and you've promised yourself that this time (sort of like last time) your New Year's resolution will last longer than a week. We get it. Everyone slips up on the "healthy" eating habits once in a while or skips a day of discipline at the gym.

Believe me, giving in to temptation can be costly, like the extra seven pounds added to my scale. Giving myself the benefit of the doubt, I decided my scale was broken. The ugly truth - it's my waistline that needs fixing, not the scale. So, I've decided to stay motivated with my favorite tracks and hit the gym.

Need to get motivated? Listen and download GLG tracks that will help whip you back into shape!

Bridges & Powerlines, From Eve
Release Date: February 1, 2011
"You Were The First Thing"
"I Remember a Blue Sky"
Genre: Powerpop, Indie, Rock
For Fans of: The Killers
Bio/hi-res photos
Bridges & Powerlines- you were the first thing by greenlightgo
Bridges & Powerlines- Blue Sky by greenlightgo

Enjoy Your Pumas, From Commonality
Release Date: February 1, 2011
"Weight of the Circles"
Genre: Alternative, Indie, Rock
For fans of: Metric, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party
Bio/hi-res photos
Weight Of The Circles by Enjoy Your Pumas by greenlightgo

Golden Bloom, From Fan the Flames
"Doomsday Devices"
Genre: Indie/rock/pop
For Fans of: Ben Kweller, Wilco (Summerteeth Era)
Bio/hi-res photos
Golden Bloom-Doomsday by greenlightgo

The Morning Code, From Tell Someone
Release Date: March 01, 2011
"Silver"
Genre: Alternative, Rock
For Fans of: Silversun Pickups
Bio/hi-res photos
The Morning Code-Silver by greenlightgo

Naked Hearts, From Mass Hysteria
Release Date: May 11, 2010
"Mass Hysteria"
Genre: Alternative, Pop
For fans of: Sonic Youth, Blake Babies, Juliana Hatfield
02 Mass Hysteria by Jack Be Bit

Seafarer, From Hiding Places
Release Date: January 18, 2011
"Noise Floor"
"The Archipelago"
Genre: Indie, Folk, Experimental
For fans of: Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Pavement
Bio/hi-res photos
Seafarer-Noise Floor by greenlightgo
Seafarer-The Archipelago by greenlightgo

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Seafarer Shows their Hiding Places to a Wider Audience

Sometimes you don’t know something was missing until after you’ve found it. Take Chicago’s indie-psych-folk rock quartet, Seafarer. The addition of another guitarist; collaboration with recording engineer Jake Westermann; and most of all Hiding Places, the EP he helped create; have come together to give this band the sound and the direction they were looking for. Hiding Places, released in May, will be re-released to spread the kaleidoscope of sounds they achieve – rock, folk, psych, pop – to a wider audience.

Patrick Grzelewski (Vocals/Guitar), Eric Sneider (Bass) and Matt Spies (Drums/Percussion) had played in another band together and out of that group they formed Seafarer. Grzelewski says of their three-piece days, “Being faced with the limitations of a three piece dynamic and the opportunity to write a whole batch of new material proved pivotal in shaping and fully realizing a unique aesthetic. Taylor came along at just the right time, when the group was missing something that seemed completely intangible.”With Taylor Wood in the mix, the group’s songwriting changed. Seafarer began creating songs together and more organically, developing music without forcing it into a mold.


Seafarer took these songs to Engine Studios in Chicago, and worked with recording engineer Jake Westermann to create a cohesive aesthetic for Hiding Places. “Creative input from Westermann was both a new experience for us, and one of the single most important elements of the process,” says Grzelewski. “He pushed us without overstepping his bounds, knowing that we were capable of much more.” And the final piece of the Seafarer’s puzzle, is Hiding Places itself, which is full of unique gems. Songs like the mercurial and heady “The Archipelago” and even its ensuing partner, “Functional,” with its psychedelic stomp and open-ended structure, are very simply, vivid proof of a band putting all of their merits to work.

Taking all of their roots, all of their influences and all of their specific styles together and morphing them into a solid brand of good ol’ rock and roll is what Seafarer is about. Being modest and humble has always been important – Hiding Places signifies a moment where not only influences like Wilco, Fugazi and even Sonic Youth come to play – and Seafarer take their roots and put them on display for all to witness.

Hiding Places
Track Listing

1. Translation *
2. Sound it Makes
3. The Yeti
4. Watch it Flood
5. The Archipelago
6. Functional
7. Noise Floor
* = explicit lyrics
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No Second Troy Announces Northeast Tour in May

Washington, DC’s own, No Second Troy, announces a northeast tour in May in support of the release of their album, Colors, on April 27, 2010. Following up their praised 2007 release Narcotic, Colors combines contemporary indie rock and the precise amount of infectious pop to be lively and bright, without being saccharine or lackluster.

No Second Troy garnered praise from SPIN while charting on the CMJ Top 200 on their last record, Narcotic. On the upcoming release, Colors, the band was led to Inner Ear Studios where they worked with Chad Clark of Silver Sonya Studios (Fugazi, Q & Not U, Georgie James), TJ Lipple and Nick Anderson to produce and engineer the record. Lead singer Jeff Wharen notes, "We really liked Chad and TJ's vision of capturing the band's sound at its most authentic - moving away from digital editing and auto-tuning, while recording drums and bass on tape, and encouraging the band to just sound like itself, rather than trying to sound like something we think might be a critical success. We also liked Chad's commitment to mixing the songs based on what they were about, pairing the aesthetics of the musical and the lyrical."

Northeast Tour Dates
Sat May 1, 2010: Black Cat (Record Release Party) - Washington, DC
Sat May 8, 2010: Arlene's Grocery - 95 Stanton Street New York, NY
Fri May 14, 2010: Slim's Downtown - 227 S. Wilmington St. Raleigh, NC
Fri May 21, 2010: Evening Muse - 3227 N. Davidson Street Charlotte, NC
Sat Jun 5, 2010:Herndon Festival 2010 Herndon, VA Click Here to Read More..

No Second Troy Release Colors on April 27th

Washington DC's No Second Troy teeters on the edge of anthemic-influenced indie rock, rich in explosive vocal melodies, driven by railing guitars, and balanced by subtle layers of piano and Hammond organ, when they release Colors on April 27th.

While many of the band’s songs touch on relationships, past and present, related and romantic, No Second Troy originated as the title of a William Butler Yeats poem. The song "The Black and White Movie" references parts of the poem and reveals a thematic overlap in its lyrics. Like the poem, the band's lyrics at times seek a release from past relationships, even to the extent of apologizing on behalf of the person who caused the emotional injury. Mike Beach explains, "'The Black and White Movie' is an acknowledgment that we overanalyze our relationships and foolishly seek the perfection we see in Hollywood movies, thereby having our relationships fall into one of two categories - bliss or something inadequate – in other words, viewing the world as a black and white movie and failing to see all the colors and nuances."
No Second Troy garnered praise from SPIN while charting on the CMJ Top 200 on their last record, Narcotic. On the upcoming release, Colors, the band was led to Inner Ear Studios where they worked with Chad Clark of Silver Sonya Studios (Fugazi, Q & Not U, Georgie James), TJ Lipple and Nick Anderson to produce and engineer the record. Lead singer Jeff Wharen notes, "We really liked Chad and TJ"s vision of capturing the band’s sound at its most authentic – moving away from digital editing and auto-tuning, while recording drums and bass on tape, and encouraging the band to just sound like itself, rather than trying to sound like something we think might be a critical success. We also liked Chad's commitment to mixing the songs based on what they were about – pairing the aesthetics of the musical and the lyrical."

Colors Track Listing
1) Colors
2) Grounded
3) The Black and White Movie
4) Leap of Faith
5) Casting Agent
6) Wake Up
7) This is the End of Me
8) Let it Go
9) Surfacing
10) The Argonaut
11) Golden Age
12) The Fountain

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