From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #689 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Monday, December 22 2008 Volume 13 : Number 689 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Favourite albums 2008 :-) [Leonora Christina Skov ] Re: Favourite albums 2008 :-) [Jeff Wasilko ] frida hyvonen / regina spektor [Damon ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:51:38 +0100 From: Leonora Christina Skov Subject: Favourite albums 2008 :-) Hi there. Here's my long list of great albums this year. Merry X-mas!! Best, Leonora Favourite albums of 2008: 1. Amanda Palmer: Who Killed Amanda Palmer? 2. Sia: Some People Have REAL Problems 3. Aura: Columbine: http://www.myspace.com/auradione Danish. Extremely promising debut, hugely successful in Denmark, and soon to be launched all over Europe. 4. Goldfrapp: The Seventh Tree 5. Martina Topley-Bird: The Blue God: http://www.myspace.com/martinatopleybird British. Fusion of pop, funk, and the 50s. Innovative and varied. I have played this all year 6. Jill Barber: Chances: http://www.myspace.com/jillbarbermusic Canadian. Reminds me of Madeleine Peyroux and Norah Jones, but more retro. Love her voice and the jazzy feel of the album. 7. Lykke Li: Youth Novels: http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli Swedish. Should definitely appeal to all fans of Feist, New Buffalo and Emiliana Torrini. 8. Hello Saferide: More Modern Short Stories: http://www.myspace.com/saferide Swedish. Folksy guitar-playing singer/songwriter, very confessional lyrics. 9. Jill Tracy: The Bittersweet Constrain 10. Ladyhawke: Ladyhawke: http://www.myspace.com/ladyhawkerock New Zealand. One woman band, sounds like the Go-Gos and the 80s. Impossible to stand still. 11. Lily Haydn: Place between Places: http://www.myspace.com/lilihaydn "Soaring, postmodern pop" with lots of violin. I keep returning to this disc. 12. Brooke Waggoner: Fresh Pair of Eyes 13. Bitter:Sweet: Drama 14. Frida Hyvvnen: Silence is Wild: http://www.myspace.com/fridahyvonen Swedish. Huge voice and confessional lyrics. Her arrangements remind me of ABBA, somehow.. 15. Martha Wainwright: I Know You're Married.. In the Maybe World Ingrid Michaelson: Be OK Emiliana Torrini: Me and Armini Hanne Hukkelberg: Rykestra_e 68 Gregory and the Hawk: Moenie and Kitchi Tara MacLean: Wake Amy Kuney: Bird's Eye View Hellsongs: Hymns in the Key of 666 Albums I really wanted to love, but didn't: Scarlett Johansson: Anywhere I Lay My Head Carla Bruni: Come si de rien n'etait Natalie Walker: With You Joan as Police Woman: To Survive Portishead: Third Albums I've been missing out on, but happily discovered in 2008: Lavender Diamond: Imagine Our Love (2007) Colleen: Les ondes silencieuses (2007) New Buffalo: Last Beautiful Day (2005) Emily Haines and the Soft Skeletons: Knives.. (2007) Kaada: Music for Moviebikers (2006) Sarabeth Tucek: Sarabeth Tucek (2007) Jane Weaver: Seven Day Smile (2006) Sophe Lux: Waking the Mystics (2006) A Fine Frenzy: One Cell in the Sea (2007) Rena Jones. Driftwood (2006) _________________________________________________________________ Spil det nye spil Atomic Subattle med dine venner i Windows Live Messenger http://www2.messengerplayground.dk/spil/84 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:59:59 -0800 (PST) From: Craig Gidney Subject: MUSIC REVIEW - Rajna, "Duality" Duality Rajna The few last Rajna releases left me cold. The vocals at their best resembled Lisa Gerrard at the height of her powers, but often, the chauntese would resort to affected whisper singing, like a bad imitation of Enigma. Their further move to more of a pop sound diluted the ritual aspect of their older work, The new album, however, is perfectly balanced between the old and new approaches. Less whispering, more operatic swoons. The pop melodies are defined and tight, while the majestic religious intensity of the Eastern-influenced pieces is resestablished. As a result, Duality sounds less like Enigma and more like early Bel Canto. Such tracks as the dark Tree of Patience, the mournful Lamentation point to Dead Can Dance, while lighter fare, like Fallen, and Sun Comes To Life still maintain a bewitching edge. Highly recommended for lovers of ethereal/heavenly voices. http://craiglaurancegidney.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:34:34 -0500 From: Jeff Wasilko Subject: Re: Favourite albums 2008 :-) On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 03:51:38PM +0100, Leonora Christina Skov wrote: > 11. Lily Haydn: Place between Places: http://www.myspace.com/lilihaydn > "Soaring, postmodern pop" with lots of violin. I keep returning to this disc. I was just listening to Lily's older stuff wondering what she was up to! I need to order that! - -j ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:57:07 -0800 From: Damon Subject: frida hyvonen / regina spektor regina spektor: did no one else notice she has a song in the credits of the second narnia movie? what a great surprise, after being vaguely disappointed by the movie itself, after being stunned by the first one (possibly mostly just because hollywood *didn't* ruin yet another childhood memory, and in fact improved upon it!) frida hyvonen: how did i not know about this lady before now? - -damon, placing his order... - -- dl+ecto@usrbin.ca: protecting my real address since 2002 (too late!) > EWS starts here! < http://www.last.fm/user/kalaleq/ ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #689 ***************************