From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V14 #274 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, October 6 2009 Volume 14 : Number 274 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friends... [Mike Matthews ] Stellamara, The Golden Thread [Craig Gidney ] new stuff [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Re: new stuff [birdie ] Paper Raincoat record release next week in la (was - Re: Review of a concert I did not attend) [] Fw: Elaine Lachica October and November Shows and New Press [Tim Jones-Ye] Re: Paper Raincoat record release next week in la (was - Re: Review of a concert I did not attend) [] Oops [Neile Graham ] Re: Paper Raincoat record release next week in la (was - Re: Review of a concert I did not attend) [Pa] The Paper Raincoat deets [birdie ] Re: The Paper Raincoat deets [robert bristow-johnson ] Re: The Paper Raincoat deets [birdie ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 03:00:04 -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********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* William Gill (no Email address) ********************* ****************** Birdie Breeze (birdies@ix.netcom.com) ****************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Gill Wed October 05 1960 A wide-eyed wanderer Birdie Breeze Mon October 05 1959 OooOoooWheeee Dan Riley Sun October 08 1961 Libra Neile Graham Wed October 08 1958 pen Quenby M. Chunco Tue October 08 1968 Crunchy Frog Mike Garland Wed October 08 1952 Creature_of_the_Night Irvin Lin Tue October 09 1973 Libra Michael C. Berch Wed October 10 1956 No parking Chris Gagnon Sat October 10 1970 Libra Wolfgang Drotschmann Thu October 13 1966 Waage Gracescape Fri October 13 1967 unbalanced Brian Bloom Tue October 14 1969 Libra Erik N. Johnson Tue October 16 1962 Handle with Care Kim Klouda Tue October 17 1967 Libra Anthony Amato Sat October 20 1973 Libra Suzanne DeCory Tue October 22 1968 Balancing Libra Dave Steiner Sat October 24 1959 Scorpio Tara MacLean Thu October 25 1973 Scorpio Elin Sjoelie Fri October 25 1974 Scorpio Jessica Koeppel Wed October 29 1969 Scorpio Kat Crowder Sat November 01 1969 Bunnies Katie Dougiamas Sat November 02 1974 Scorpio Anthony Horan Fri November 04 1966 Positive Michael Sullivan Mon November 05 1962 Scorpio Anna Pryde Wed November 05 1975 Scorpio Sun; Sagittarius Moon; Pisces Rising Hope Wed November 05 2008 Scorpio - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 08:52:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Gidney Subject: Stellamara, The Golden Thread Stellamara, 'The Golden Thread' The third album by the SF-based Balkan-Turkish folk band meanders a little. This time, they've ditched the electronics of past recordings, The singer-producer Sonja Drakulich gives the musicians 'jam' more, adding her sinuous vocals at key moments, rather than dominating the recordings. Echoes of Dead Can Dance and Niyaz are still there, but Stellamara stick to Turkish and Slavic music, rather than adding other world cultural influences. The album is also less New Age-y than previous releases. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/stellamara11http://craiglaurancegidney.wordpress.com Author, SEA, SWALLOW ME & OTHER STORIES ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:18:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: new stuff I've been way behind the curve on music this year b/c I've been spending most of my free time reading and writing fiction. But I did some catch up this past week and am incredibly impressed by -- Imogen Heap, Ellipse -- we've probably already discussed this here, but I found this a lot more complex and unpredictable and surprising than I expected. Seems a lot less formula than her past work. Florence and the Machines -- She's getting Kate Bush comparisons, but it feels to me like Kate Bush filtered through the 60's girl group soul sound that's been popular of late. Not sure how much the album coheres as a whole and it feels overlong, but she sounds like one of those really special, singular voices who will be around for a while making risky, engaging music. Taken by Trees, East of Eden -- Swedish songwriter Victoria Bergsman traveled to Lahore, Pakistan to record this. It's incredibly gorgeous. Fever Ray -- I had no idea this album existed, and am ashamed of myself, it's really amazing. It's the woman from the Knife doing a more downtempo solo project. I've seen the album compared to Homogenic, my favorite Bjork album, which is a totally fair and well-earned comparison. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 12:08:28 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: new stuff and if you like those you'll likely enjoy... Kate Havnevik's new EP 'me' is now shipping Available only in a direct from master 1x speed pressed CD format True audiophile quality http://katehavnevik.tumblr.com Now shipping... Birdie On Oct 5, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Tim Jones-Yelvington wrote: > I've been way behind the curve on music this year b/c I've been > spending most of my free time reading and writing fiction. But I did > some catch up this past week and am incredibly impressed by -- > > Imogen Heap, Ellipse -- we've probably already discussed this here, > but I found this a lot more complex and unpredictable and surprising > than I expected. Seems a lot less formula than her past work. > > Florence and the Machines -- She's getting Kate Bush comparisons, > but it feels to me like Kate Bush filtered through the 60's girl > group soul sound that's been popular of late. Not sure how much the > album coheres as a whole and it feels overlong, but she sounds like > one of those really special, singular voices who will be around for > a while making risky, engaging music. > > Taken by Trees, East of Eden -- Swedish songwriter Victoria Bergsman > traveled to Lahore, Pakistan to record this. It's incredibly gorgeous. > > Fever Ray -- I had no idea this album existed, and am ashamed of > myself, it's really amazing. It's the woman from the Knife doing a > more downtempo solo project. I've seen the album compared to > Homogenic, my favorite Bjork album, which is a totally fair and well- > earned comparison. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:27:11 +0000 (GMT) From: gordodo@optonline.net Subject: Paper Raincoat record release next week in la (was - Re: Review of a concert I did not attend) PURE GENIUS => i guess i would be a moron if i didnt go to their record release next week in LA while I am out there anyone else out in LA going to be in attendance? - -jason - ----- Original Message ----- From: meredith Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009 1:48 am Subject: Re: Review of a concert I did not attend To: ecto > Hi, > > Karen Hester wrote: > > On Wednesday night all the stupid sucky NY region ectophiles (i.e. > > those not me) went to hear stupid sucky horrible Noe Venable > who had > > scheduled her last stupid sucky horrible dreadful show in a while > > (she's studio-bound) for a night on which I already had > tickets to the > > Met's Die Zauberflote. By all accounts the Noe show was hideous(ly > > beautiful). > > Yeah, really you didn't miss anything. And Vienna Teng wasn't > sitting at the table next to us, either. ;) > > Speaking of Ms. Teng, saw her up at the Iron Horse last night, > with The Paper Raincoat opening. We all know about Vienna and > how awesome she > is, but I just need to make sure y'all are utterly clear on this > point: The Paper Raincoat is PURE GENIUS. Their first full- > length album is > just about out, and it's required ecto listening. Srsly. > > I bow down to Alex Wong, truly the boy can do no wrong as far as > I'm concerned. Anything he touches turns to musical gold. > > Meredith :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:52:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Fw: Elaine Lachica October and November Shows and New Press I love Elaine Lachica -- the NY people should make it a point to go. ~tim - ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Elaine Lachica To: Elaine Lachica Sent: Monday, October 5, 2009 4:39:21 PM Subject: October and November Shows and New Press Hi Everyone, Loving this weather. I have an update for you. Touring has been going well. I take a little break from traveling and have my first show at Rockwood Music Hall. This should be a great show at a great venue. Come out if you can:) Here are the details: Monday, October 19, 7pm sharp Rockwood Music Hall 196 Allen Street New York, New York 21 and over, no cover, Full Band Show http://www.rockwoodmusichall.com/ And here is what we have so far for the rest of October and November--if you miss Rockwood, come to the Living Room show on November 19 Thursday, October 29, 7pm Spike Hill 184 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 With Will Stratton, no cover, Full Band Show http://www.spikehill.com// Friday, October 30, 8pm Coffee Club 214 West State Street Media, PA Acoustic Show Sunday, November 8, 9pm The Galaxy Hut 2711 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA Band Show http://www.galaxyhut.com/contact/ Thursday, November 19, 9pm The Living Room 154 Ludlow St New York, NY no cover, 21 and over, Full Band Show http://www.livingroomny.com// Saturday, November 21 2009 7:30 PM Milkboy Acoustic 824 W Lancaster Ave Bryn Mawr, PA Acoustic Set http://milkboycoffee.com/home/ Also, we've also gotten some great press from The Baltimore City Paper and The Mercurial in Connecticut. You can read them below: The Mercurial Press and Interview 'Elaine Lachica to Make Danbury See the Ocean' Friday, 25 September 2009 by Patrick Dalton When listening to Elaine Lachicabs songs, one feels a sense of being given a direct line to her subconscious - and itbs a lovely place in which to float around for awhile. On her first label-backed studio album, I Think I Can See The Ocean, the songs introduce spare, dream-like fragments which gradually intertwine until, often, they grow into something splendorous and epic. bBehind My Mindb introduces the record with a bright, unassuming little left-hand piano riff reminiscent of Sufjan Stevensb deceptively simple style(fitting, since this album was recorded at the same Astoria, Queens studio where Stevens recorded his Illinois opus). Lachicabs affinity for dreamy, stream-of-consciousness lyrics is made clear right off the bat with lines like blost/ woven/ clouds are cloaked/ same/ story/ impossible.b These lines are sung in a relatively low register, which makes it all the more thrilling when soaring three-part harmonies fill the spaces between verses. bTumbleweedb veers in a drastically different direction, jumping from the gate with crunching chords ascending in staggered leaps while hands clap the Latin rhythm. The complex time signature here affords Lachica a chance to show off her skillful voice control, which she has exhibited in performances with renowned groups such as the New York Collegium, the Waverly Consort, and the Rebel Baroque Orchestra. Elsewhere, on tracks like bApril Train,b Lachica settles into a more mellow groove, but even the more placid Ocean songs are driven by her compelling voice, which works with competent arrangements of brass lines and a string quartet to great effect. Though Lachica has been playing music since the age of three, she first began writing songs at around 16. After writing with a partner for a time, she eventually went on to self-record and produce a solo album, which she says was bsomething I did for myself". If her songs exhibit a dream-like quality, it may have something to do with the fact that she writes most of her lyrics shortly after waking up in the morning. This allows for some of her more abstract thoughts to make it to the page without being bsuper-criticalb of their content. Crediting artists such as the Cocteau Twins, Radiohead, Joni Mitchell, Laura Veirs, Nick Drake, and Grizzly Bear as influences along with the likes of Bach and Debussy, Lachica demonstrates a wide and deep appreciation of music that shows through in her own work. She will be appearing in Danbury with a full band at Cousin Larrybs(1 Elm Street) on Saturday, September 26. http://themercurial.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44:elain e-lachica-to-make-danbury-see-the-ocean&catid=17:preview&Itemid=4 The Baltimore City Paper review of 'I think I can see the ocean': By Bret McCabe, 9/2/09 When New York-based classical soprano Elaine Lachica wears her singer/songwriter gown, she cuts a serpentine path between the dream-like shrouds of the Cocteau Twins and the jazzy, rhythmic delicacy of Stina Nordenstam. The Baltimore-born, Peabody-trained Lachica soars through the same sort of genre-less ether: On her third album, I Think I Can See the Ocean, Lachica steers her arresting, haunting voice into underground tunnels of nervous beauty and down-tempo meditations. Sometimes a martial beat and jagged guitar chime provide the coiled tapestry backing her soothingly conflicted vocals ("Keep forward the dream/ Slow down everything" from "Jinx the Line"); elsewhere gentle brushes on a snare suggest a smoky, blue bayou that Lachica turns to desolate overcast by gorgeously soothing, "Oceans will swallow you whole in this downpour/ far away a sea of sand, an open hand" in "Imperfect." And a twangy guitar rustle backs the gentle locomotive thrust of "April Train," over which Lachica sings about coming into clarity. Snuggling something pretty cheek-by-jowl to something enigmatic is the alchemy Lachica works here, and while it's probably dream-pop at heart, it's a well-crafted, at times quite elegant version of it. The album's best moments, though, are when she lets her music and lyrics equally surrender their tenuous grasp on recognizable meaning. Her skywriting voice carries "Wild Wielding" through its violin and piano reverie, while in "Rapture," she rushes along with sheets of percussion and guitar. Best of all is "Tumbleweed," where a piano leaping sparrow-like between notes and violins skittish as kittens suggest a broken-mirror melody and Lachica breathily coos "Sometimes she crawls out of herself/ moving out of her way" as if it's the most sensible observation she's made all day. http://www.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=15205 That's all for now. Thanks for your support! As always, please check my website for updates and more info: http://www.elainelachica.com/ http://www.myspace.com/elainelachica http://www.stunningmodelsondisplay.com// Love, Elaine P.S. If you'd like to be removed from this list, please e-mail me back with the subject header: 'Unsubscribe' ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:00:34 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: Paper Raincoat record release next week in la (was - Re: Review of a concert I did not attend) Hi, gordodo@optonline.net wrote: > PURE GENIUS => i guess i would be a moron if i didnt go to their record release next week in LA while I am out there Just don't be a moron like me and woj, and put off getting tickets until the show is sold out. :P So much for seeing them with Elizabeth & The Catapult at Joe's Pub tomorrow night, sigh... (I've been listening to their new record on endless repeat, it's soooooo good.) Meredith :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:53:10 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Oops Dug a message out of the depths of my email that I thought I'd sent to ecto, but had not. So here it is, cutting out my complaints about a few slightly disappointing things and adding a bonus update about some more things I'm enthusiastic about. * Still madly in love with the strange and over-the-top tUnE-yArDs _BiRdBrAiNs_. I play it ALL the time. (This will have a U.S. release in November) Downloads & samples at http://www.amazon.com/Bird-Brains/dp/B001W9GTVM/ref=sr_1_2? ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1254789425&sr=8-2 * Ditto Carina Round's _Things You Should Know_ ep, which is so far only available by download http://www.carinaround.com * Great new discovery: Smoke Fairies. Kinda like if 16 horsepower and Loreena McKennitt had a child who mostly took after the father. They're a female duo, only have one ep out and an electronic-only single, with another 7" due out in a few weeks. Especially check out "Frozen Heart" at http://www.myspace.com/ smokefairies * Pleased with Aisth's new electronic single from CDBaby (thanks for pointing it out, Anna Maria!), as I've loved them since mp3.com actually offered good indie music. http://www.aisth.com/ * Since then we also discovered The XX, a male/female duo who have a kind of moody new wave sound, and whose album will be available shortly in the U.S. (we decided we couldn't wait and bought it from the U.K) but there are a lot of samples on their MySpace page http:// www.myspace.com/thexx * For those looking for something raucous and odd, I recommend Micachu's Jewellery http://www.myspace.com/micayomusic * And for something very quiet, Nancy Elizaabeth's Wrought Iron http://www.myspace.com/nancyelizabethcunliffe Really hoping the birthday fairy brings me the new Unthanks album. Or maybe the new Hanne Hukkelberg. - --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:10:45 -0400 From: Paul Blair Subject: Re: Paper Raincoat record release next week in la (was - Re: Review of a concert I did not attend) Arrgh. Ahem. Date: Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:09 PM Subject: Review of a concert I will not attend On Tuesday night all the stupid sucky NY region Paper Raincoat fans (i.e. those not me) will go to hear the stupid sucky horrible Paper Raincoat... On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 6:00 PM, meredith wrote: > Hi, > > gordodo@optonline.net wrote: > >> PURE GENIUS => i guess i would be a moron if i didnt go to their record >> release next week in LA while I am out there >> > > Just don't be a moron like me and woj, and put off getting tickets until > the show is sold out. :P So much for seeing them with Elizabeth & The > Catapult at Joe's Pub tomorrow night, sigh... > > (I've been listening to their new record on endless repeat, it's soooooo > good.) > > Meredith :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:46:47 -0700 From: birdie Subject: The Paper Raincoat deets Hello from sunny Cambridge!! First, THANK YOU SO MUCH to all of you who have support us these first few nights of our CD Release tour!!! The concerts have been amazing, and we've met some beautiful new friends in new places. We even played in a Chocolate Church! Who knew something so delicious could have such great acoustics... We wanted to send a quick note from the road (actually the Jiffy Lube in Somerville MA to be exact) to remind you that the record officially goes online tomorrow EXCLUSIVELY AT http://amiestreetrecords.com/thepaperraincoat --> so you have THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING to pre-order the CD and get all the special goodies along with it... Here is your pre-order link: http://thepaperraincoat.com/preorder HUGE THANKS to everyone who has ordered, you are absolutely incredible and we literally couldn't have afforded to print the record without you. Here are the remaining shows of our October tour... TUESDAY, OCT 6, 9:00PM JOE'S PUB, NYC WITH ELIZABETH AND THE CATAPULT ** This show is SOLD OUT (sorry!!!), but FOLLOW OUR TWITTER (@Paper_Raincoat) over the next couple days for a SECRET FREE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT for everyone who couldn't get a ticket!!! :) And keep the night of the 8th open in your calendar around midnight. Just sayin. WEDNESDAY OCT 10, 8PM THE PSALM SALON http://www.psalmsalon.com/ O/F THE WHITETOP MOUNTAINEERS WEDNESDAY OCT 14, 10PM THE HOTEL CAFE http://HotelCafe.com 1623 CAHUENGA BLVD, LA CA CD RELEASE SHOW! THURSDAY OCT 15, 9PM HOTEL UTAH http://HotelUtahSaloon.com SAN FRANCISCO CA WITH ADAM LEVY AND DEREK EVANS!! FRIDAY OCT 16, 8 PM MARILYN'S ON K http://MarilynsOnK.com SACRAMENTO CA O/F VIENNA TENG SEE YOU TOMORROW, NEW YORK CITY!!!! Much love, ambeR Rubarth and Alex Wong The Paper Raincoat http://ThePaperRaincoat.com http://MySpace.com/ThePaperRaincoat http://Twitter.com/Paper_Raincoat ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 23:19:32 -0400 From: robert bristow-johnson Subject: Re: The Paper Raincoat deets On Oct 5, 2009, at 9:46 PM, birdie wrote: > > Here are the remaining shows of our October tour... > > TUESDAY, OCT 6, 9:00PM > JOE'S PUB, NYC > WITH ELIZABETH AND THE CATAPULT > > ** This show is SOLD OUT (sorry!!!), but FOLLOW OUR TWITTER > (@Paper_Raincoat) over the next couple days for a SECRET FREE SHOW > ANNOUNCEMENT for everyone who couldn't get a ticket!!! :) And keep the > night of the 8th open in your calendar around midnight. Just sayin. is this secret show on the 8th in NYC somewhere?? i will be arriving in NYC on the 8th, and would *love* to see these folks. i don't twitter, i just don't know how it's done and i am tired of having to always react to a new technology (i guess there's a little of my grandma's Amish in me). can someone fill me in on the secret show for Paper Raincoat Thursday night when they find out? if it's in NYC or close, i can make it. i really appreciate it. - -- r b-j rbj@audioimagination.com "Imagination is more important than knowledge." ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:02:22 -0400 From: meredith Subject: Re: The Paper Raincoat deets Hi, robert bristow-johnson wrote: > can someone fill me in on the secret show for Paper Raincoat Thursday > night when they find out? I'm 99.999999% sure it'll be at the Rockwood Music Hall on Allen Street. I figured it'd probably be there, but I just checked the Rockwood's calendar and they have "The Cardboard Bikini" listed for that time ... hmmmm. Meredith :) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:04:17 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: The Paper Raincoat deets Ha ha!! The cardboard BIKINI???? ROTFLMAO On Oct 5, 2009, at 9:02 PM, meredith wrote: > Hi, > > robert bristow-johnson wrote: >> can someone fill me in on the secret show for Paper Raincoat >> Thursday night when they find out? > > I'm 99.999999% sure it'll be at the Rockwood Music Hall on Allen > Street. I figured it'd probably be there, but I just checked the > Rockwood's calendar and they have "The Cardboard Bikini" listed for > that time ... hmmmm. > > Meredith :) ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V14 #274 ***************************