From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V14 #294 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, October 27 2009 Volume 14 : Number 294 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- New musical crush: Marina & the Diamonds ["Joshua" ] Recommendation Request [Neile Graham ] Re: Recommendation Request [Aly Fields ] Re: Recommendation Request ["Yngve Hauge" ] Re: Recommendation Request [Sarah Morayati ] Re: Recommendation Request ["Robert Field" ] Speaking of things electronic--that is, if we were [Neile Graham Subject: New musical crush: Marina & the Diamonds My newest musical crush is a Welsh/Greek gal named Marina Diamandis, the spitfire behind Marina & the Diamonds. Her sense of adventure, theatrics, and ... well ... Kate Bush'ness (I use the term with all due respect) has completely lured me in--especially after hearing/watching the video for Mowgli's Road. She should be your musical crush, too! Mowgli's Road (next single, drops Nov. 17)http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=zwfCjYv7gVQ I Am Not a Robothttp://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=S_oMD6-6q5Y Obsessionshttp://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=np3QLrHJmRA Site/blog:http://marinaandthediamonds.com/< /a> Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/Marinas Diamandis ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:05:28 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Lita Ford? Hey, all-- We recently received a promo ep for Lita Ford's new album Wicked Wonderland for review for The Ectophiles' Guide. Any Lita fans want it in exchange for comments for The Guide? Contact me at ectoguide@zipcon.com - --Neile - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@zipcon.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/ semaines Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:39:11 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Recommendation Request Hey, all-- This request came in to The Ectophiles' Guide. Can anyone make any suggestions for this listener? > I really like songs like: > Teardrop - Portishead > hide and seak - Imogen Heap > Songs by Enigma > I can only describe these songs as spiritual, intense and somewhat > epic. Do you know any bands similar and could point me in the right > direction? Thanks in advance. - --Neile - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@zipcon.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/ semaines Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:10:25 -0400 From: Aly Fields Subject: Re: Recommendation Request Mmm... 'When I Was a Boy' by Jane Siberry is a good one. Maybe PJ Harvey's 'Is This Desire'? Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, 'Hounds'/'Sensual'-era Kate Bush... Will ponder it some more... On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Neile Graham wrote: > Hey, all-- > > This request came in to The Ectophiles' Guide. Can anyone make any > suggestions for this listener? > >> I really like songs like: >> Teardrop - Portishead >> hide and seak - Imogen Heap >> Songs by Enigma >> I can only describe these songs as spiritual, intense and somewhat >> epic. Do you know any bands similar and could point me in the right >> direction? > > > Thanks in advance. > > --Neile > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@zipcon.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile > Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/ > semaines > Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... > www.ectoguide.org > Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ > www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:28:14 +0100 From: "Yngve Hauge" Subject: Re: Recommendation Request PC% Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:39:11 +0100, skrev Neile Graham : > Hey, all-- > > This request came in to The Ectophiles' Guide. Can anyone make any > suggestions for this listener? > >> I really like songs like: >> Teardrop - Portishead >> hide and seak - Imogen Heap >> Songs by Enigma >> I can only describe these songs as spiritual, intense and somewhat >> epic. Do you know any bands similar and could point me in the right >> direction? Hmmm, I'll have to recommend some norwegian stuff then: Anything by Kristin AsbjC8rnsen would fit that description: Her solo work, her band KrC8yt and side project Dadafon Kari RueslC%tten's later albums. - -- Yngve - -- Sendt med Operas revolusjonerende e-postprogram: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:46:42 -0400 From: Sarah Morayati Subject: Re: Recommendation Request Well, since Teardrop is by Massive Attack and not Portishead, Massive Attack. I'll break up my other recommendations now (I can't really triangulate Imogen Heap into this, so I won't, except to recommend Frou Frou): If you like Massive Attack: - - Fever Ray - - Mandalay - - Autamata - - Lakuna If you like Enigma: - - Schiller - - Ruth-Ann Boyle - - Gregorian - - The McCarricks - - EARLY Sarah Brightman (i.e. Fly, Eden and La Luna) - - Fever Ray (yes, I'm recommending it twice; she is that good and this person should be aware of her) - -Sarah On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:39:11 -0700, Neile Graham wrote: > Hey, all-- > > This request came in to The Ectophiles' Guide. Can anyone make any > suggestions for this listener? > >> I really like songs like: >> Teardrop - Portishead >> hide and seak - Imogen Heap >> Songs by Enigma >> I can only describe these songs as spiritual, intense and somewhat >> epic. Do you know any bands similar and could point me in the right >> direction? > > > Thanks in advance. > > --Neile > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@zipcon.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile > Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/ > semaines > Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... > www.ectoguide.org > Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ > www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:11:42 -0400 From: "Robert Field" Subject: Re: Recommendation Request Try Beverly Klass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=637yh5uej4M&feature=PlayList&p=D24BF677CD6D95C3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7 - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neile Graham" To: "ecto" Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 6:39 PM Subject: Recommendation Request > Hey, all-- > > This request came in to The Ectophiles' Guide. Can anyone make any > suggestions for this listener? > >> I really like songs like: >> Teardrop - Portishead >> hide and seak - Imogen Heap >> Songs by Enigma >> I can only describe these songs as spiritual, intense and somewhat >> epic. Do you know any bands similar and could point me in the right >> direction? > > > Thanks in advance. > > --Neile > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@zipcon.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile > Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/ > semaines > Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... > www.ectoguide.org > Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ > www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:05:39 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Speaking of things electronic--that is, if we were I highly recommend Glasser--an artist we ran across through Stereogum: http://www.myspace.com/glasssser http://glassery.blogspot.com She only has one downloadable ep available (and it's mostly remixes), but I really love it. She's got a strong voice (and can use it beautifully). The backgrounds are really creative and intriguing, which is kind of amazing, because apparently she does it all on Garageband. There are several moments where she really sounds like Heather Duby, if you want a point of reference. - --Neile - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@zipcon.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/ semaines Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:31:32 -0700 From: birdie Subject: Re: Speaking of things electronic--that is, if we were And Kate Havnevik's guy sigsworth produced ( frou frou, imogen heap, bjork, madonna, etc) new EP 'me' is out directly from Kate http://katehavnevik.tumblr.com or from her for $10.00 at her merch tables on tour. She heads out on tour again on November 15th. If anyone wants to write a review - hit me up for a promo Birdie On Oct 26, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Neile Graham wrote: > I highly recommend Glasser--an artist we ran across through Stereogum: > http://www.myspace.com/glasssser > http://glassery.blogspot.com > > She only has one downloadable ep available (and it's mostly remixes), > but I really love it. She's got a strong voice (and can use it > beautifully). The backgrounds are really creative and intriguing, > which is kind of amazing, because apparently she does it all on > Garageband. > > There are several moments where she really sounds like Heather Duby, > if you want a point of reference. > > --Neile > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - > Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@zipcon.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile > Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/ > semaines > Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... > www.ectoguide.org > Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ > www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:59:16 -0400 From: Paul Blair Subject: Clare and the Reasons, Bowery Ballroom 10/26 ... not to be long-winded or anything (don't worry, I'm not going to their show tomorrow night). I went tonight to see if I'd get to hear some of the songs they had to cut from their set list last week owing to time constraints. There were two they didn't play last week: "Pluton/Pluto" and their cover of Genesis' "That's All." The first featured Olivier on musical saw. (I also forgot to mention in last week's list of instruments the ukelele, which they say they rescued from the garbage.) I came away from the show with a copy of the new album, *Arrow,* and an official Clare and the Reasons kazoo. I'm happy I went. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V14 #294 ***************************