From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V14 #194 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, July 15 2009 Volume 14 : Number 194 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: New Sarah Fimm track from forthcoming album [Dan_Stark <2005.carnivor] Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] tori was in oakland [Gregory Bossert ] more - Hope Sandoval [birdie ] new Mazzy Star EP out on iTunes/Amazon [birdie ] Re: New Sarah Fimm track from forthcoming album [Craig Gidney Subject: Re: New Sarah Fimm track from forthcoming album Actually Heather Nova was the first comparison that came to mind for me, no? Dan morayati@email.unc.edu wrote: >I like. Anyone else think it has Mazzy Star underpinnings? Not in >the melody or her vocals, but in the guitar part. It kind of reminds >me of "All Your Sisters." (That's my favorite song by them, so.) > >Quoting Craig Gidney : > >>http://www.redyellowsun.com/ >> >>http://craiglaurancegidney.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:00:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friends... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** *************** Mitch Pravatiner (mapravat@prairienet.org) **************** *********************** R. Rapp (no Email address) ************************ *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mitch Pravatiner Mon July 14 1952 Cancer R. Rapp Wed July 14 1954 On a Gray Eye Sojourn John Zimmer Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Dan Stark Sun July 16 1961 Cancer Kevin D. F. Highnight Thu July 17 1975 Cancer with Pisces Moon Cathy Guetzlaff Mon July 18 1955 Cancer Vlad Sat July 18 1970 Warning: severe tire damage Jani Pinola Thu July 20 1972 Jonquil Alvin Brattli Sun July 27 1969 Lefthanded Christy Eger Smith Thu July 27 1944 Horse Crossing Shirley Ye July 27 Lioness woj Sun July 28 1968 children at play John Relph Sat July 28 1962 Leo Bob Kollmeyer Wed July 28 1971 Leo Steve Lusky Tue July 29 1952 Bike! Kate Bush Wed July 30 1958 God Chuck Smith Wed July 30 1958 Reboot Yves Denneulin Fri July 30 1971 Lion-Heart Joel Kenyon Wed July 31 1963 Leo Allan Anderson Sun August 04 1974 Signifier/Signified Eli Brandt August 05 Leo Amanda Williams Tue August 05 1969 phoenix Martin Bridges Sat August 08 1970 BigGuy Rosana L. de Oliveira Wed August 08 1973 Leo Happy Rhodes Mon August 09 1965 HolyGhost - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:29:20 -0700 From: Gregory Bossert Subject: tori was in oakland and so was i. i think the last time i saw her was something like '93, '94. it's all vague now. Matt Chamberlain is a very very good drummer. the piano player was pretty good too, played the organ as well, which was nice to see, um, hear, well, both. 'tah. - -g - -- www.suddensound.com -- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:14:45 -0700 From: birdie Subject: more - Hope Sandoval www.myspace.com/hopesandoval The delicious dichotomy between darkness and light, the space between inspiration and the manifestation of thought, is where Hope Sandovals music and lyrics catch fire. Through The Devil Softly, her second album with Warm Inventions partner Colm S Cmossig (My Bloody Valentine), is a rich brocade of pastoral meditations that resonate with the kind of restrained yet provocative intimacy that only these two artists can provide. Well known for their reticence in the media, theyve once again chosen to pour out their hearts and minds on record. Its been eight years since the release of the critically acclaimed Bavarian Fruit Bread, but Colm and Hope arent ones to adhere to traditional timetables and conventions. Time is vibrations for us, he says. We didnt feel like [this album] was ready until it was ready. In the meantime, however, neither artist has been creatively idle. Hope has collaborated with Devendra Banhart, Air, Bert Jansch, Death In Vegas, and is due to appear on Massive Attacks forthcoming album. And yes, a new Mazzy Star record is on the horizon. (Its almost finished, says Hope, but when it will be coming out, I dont know.) Meanwhile, 2009 saw the reunion of My Bloody Valentine for a select group of live shows, kicking off with an incendiary performance at this years Coachella Festival. Its like the opposite ends of the spectrum, says S Cmossig of the difference between MBV and his work with Sandoval. I play very held back, but theres a tension to it. Written and recorded over the past two years in both Northern California and the Wicklow Mountains of southeast Ireland, Through The Devil Softly sees Sandoval and S Cmossig sharing production and engineering credits, with Dave Trumfio (Wilco, The Rentals) and Jim Putnam of the Radar Brothers assisting in the mix. Other guests of note include Mazzy Star keyboardist Suki Ewers and cellist Ji Young Moon, who provides the solo on the sublime Thinking Like That. But the albums most broad brush addition comes courtesy of Irelands Dirt Blue Gene, the group who tracked the recordings with Sandoval and S Cmossig, and will accompany them on their upcoming tour. While the simplicity of Lady Jessica and Sam and the bucolic beauty of Fall Aside represent one facet of the record, Dirt Blue Gene help inject an undulating, sultry swagger into songs like Trouble and For The Rest Of Your Life that compliments the albums more delicate passages. Elsewhere, autoharps, vibraphones, slide guitars, and crystalline bell chimes flicker across the tape heads like shadows, used so sparingly at times that their sound is barely audible above Hopes hushed inflection. On Theres A Willow, her verses are carried on the back of a simple, singular cymbal, cresting and falling like ocean waves. Meandering guitar and harmonica parts waltz together like old lovers, while the distant knocking of a solitary woodblock and the tapping of a tom provide the only cadence. I merely standing on holes in the ground. If I fall, well theyll never know Im found, she coos on Banchard. Later she muses, I play death in the space of my life. Thats how I feel, and I never think it twice, and youre left to wonder if shes ruminating on her own taciturn nature. As with the albums title, the words are not there to be explained. Theyre to be felt and interpreted. The mystery is magnetic. We just make music for ourselves, says Colm. We dont really pay attention to whats going on in the big world when it comes to pop music or anything. Anyone whose seen Sandoval perform live, either with Mazzy Star or the Warm Inventions, can attest to that intimacy. Often shrouded in low light, she rarely communicates with the crowd outside the boundaries of a song. I go into myself, close myself off, says Hope of her relationship with audiences. But I do know that theyre there. Rife with lush sonics and textures, Through The Devil Softly is a deliberate body of work that gently solicits your patience, and like the cover photograph, its creators reveal very little so that the art can reveal so much ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:37:34 -0700 From: birdie Subject: new Mazzy Star EP out on iTunes/Amazon iTunes released Mazzy Star: Deep Cuts on June 16, 2009. The EP features four previously released tracks: "Bells Ring" (Acoustic), "I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit", "Under My Car", and "Hair and Skin" [ iTunes / Amazon ]: ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:33:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Gidney Subject: Re: New Sarah Fimm track from forthcoming album Actually, I thought it kind of sounded like Lady Gaga, myself... http://craiglaurancegidney.wordpress.com Author, SEA, SWALLOW ME & OTHER STORIES ________________________________ From: Dan_Stark <2005.carnivore99@verizon.net> To: ecto@smoe.org Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:45:43 AM Subject: Re: New Sarah Fimm track from forthcoming album Actually Heather Nova was the first comparison that came to mind for me, no? Dan morayati@email.unc.edu wrote: >I like. Anyone else think it has Mazzy Star underpinnings? Not in >the melody or her vocals, but in the guitar part. It kind of reminds >me of "All Your Sisters." (That's my favorite song by them, so.) > >Quoting Craig Gidney : > >>http://www.redyellowsun.com/ >> >>http://craiglaurancegidney.wordpress.com ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V14 #194 ***************************