From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #1211 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, September 13 2014 Volume 16 : Number 1211 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Call for favourite new artists [Jon Wesley Huff Subject: Re: Call for favourite new artists I'll put in another plug for FKA Twigs. Got her album on vinyl the other day, and it's really amazing. Such a great intersection of ecto-ness with some R&B and electronic stuff. On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Andrew wrote: > Yup, I've been keeping an eye on Kelela since she appeared on Kingdom's EP. > SZA's album 'Z' is more of the spacey R&B goodness (perhaps with a little > more pop sheen) and I think Jessy Lanza, BANKS and Kill J could also be > considered part of this trend although they all put a different spin on it. > > V V's album shows incredible growth. It's much darker and more experimental > than what she did previously but still full of hooks.. perhaps even > catchier than her debut (for me, at least). She has also drastically > re-arranged "Shark in the Water" from the debut, it's included on the > (sadly digital-only) deluxe edition, though I'd say it's the only track I > tend to skip. > > > I also forgot to add Polly Scattergood to my list, she should have been > placed before Owl Eyes. Alice Boman is another one who I need a full album > from first. So far, her debut EP of actual demos has floored me. > > --Andrew > > > 2014-05-02 17:02 GMT+02:00 Tim Jones-Yelvington >: > > > Andrew, I had no idea V V Brown had released a second record that was a > > huge stylistic departure from the first -- it sounds fascinating and > > intense, I cant wait to hear it. I thought her first one was pleasant but > > not as compelling as peers like Janelle Monae and Solange. > > > > Saw FKA Twigs on your list -- have you listened to Kelela's mixtape from > > last year? So good. I'm into the spacey r & b trend. > > > > ~Tim > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Andrew wrote: > > > >> My list as of today: > >> 1. Diane Birch > >> 2. V V Brown > >> 3. Bow to Each Other > >> 4. Sky Ferreira > >> 5. Owl Eyes > >> 6. M/O (aka Karen Marie /Orsted) > >> 7. SZA (aka Solana Rowe) > >> 8. SOHN (aka Christopher Taylor) [if we ignore his albums as Trouble > Over > >> Tokyo] > >> 9. Azar Swan > >> 10. Fear of Men > >> > >> > >> The following don't have an album out yet and are likely to make the > list > >> once they do (some of them later this year): > >> BANKS (aka Jilian Banks) [1 EP, 3 singles] > >> FKA twigs [2 EPs] > >> HAERTS [1 EP] > >> Indiana (aka Lauren Henson) [1 EP, 4+ singles] > >> Kitten (aka Chloe Chaidez) [3 EPs] > >> Meg Myers [2 EPs] > >> > >> Kyla La Grange has also released very promising singles from her > upcoming > >> second album which might put her on the list as well. > >> > >> > >> --Andrew ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #1211 ****************************