From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #1922 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, January 31 2017 Volume 16 : Number 1922 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: looking back and ahead: 2016/7 [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] 2017 playlist project - january [Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: looking back and ahead: 2016/7 I keep finding I want to love Austra but have a hard time connectingbKatie Stelmanis's voice is incredible but the delivery is so mannered and remote. It's hard for me to not compare her work unfavorably to someone w/ the drama/passion of Kate. ~Tim On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Neile Graham wrote: > Yes, we are loving and playing and PLAYING the new Austra at our house, > and the new The XX as well--and planning to acquire physical copies of both. > > Looking forward to the new Saltland, Jesca Hoop (wasn't wild about her duo > project, but this is promising), and Lydia Ainsworth. > > Finally got a physical copy of Emma Ruth Rundle's Marked for Death after > having bought the files from bandcamp. Such a great album! And traded for > Bat For Lashes' The Bride. I like about half of it a lot, but the other > half leaves me cold, sadly. > > Cheers, all. > > --Neile > > > On Jan 28, 2017, at 9:16 PM, JoAnn Whetsell > wrote: > > > > Recently discovered two 2016 releases that I'd missed. > > > > > > Jonatha Brooke - Midnight. Hallelujah > > > > Excellent return to form for her. > > > > > > Frida Hyvonen - Kvinnor och barn > > > > Her first album in Swedish. Doesn't seem available to buy in the US, > but I'm > > really enjoying listening to it on Spotify. So far I like it better > than her > > last album. > > > > > > Also wanted to note Emeli Sande's excellent Long Live the Angels, which > should > > have been on my best of the year list. > > > > > > As for 2017... > > > > > > Saltland will release their second album, A Common Truth, on March 31. > Hear > > the first single at http://www.saltland.ca/. > > > > > > First Goldfrapp single, Anymore, is up on Spotify. Suggests the band is > going > > back to a more electronic and dancey sound. > > > > > > New Aimee Mann and Laura Marling singles are also promising. > > > > > > Of course, the new Austra (Future Politics) is out and very good. > Arcade Fire > > released The Reflektor Tapes 2 disc DVD yesterday; haven't gotten a > chance to > > watch all of it yet, but I've enjoyed what I've seen so far. > > > > > > JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:55:55 -0500 From: Doug Subject: Re: looking back and ahead: 2016/7 I love Austra's first two releases, but this last one doesn't appeal. Well, I like Future Politics, but I'd rather go back to putting the first two on auto-replay. On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Tim Jones-Yelvington wrote: > I keep finding I want to love Austra but have a hard time connectingb Katie > Stelmanis's voice is incredible but the delivery is so mannered and remote. > It's hard for me to not compare her work unfavorably to someone w/ the > drama/passion of Kate. > > ~Tim > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Neile Graham wrote: > > > Yes, we are loving and playing and PLAYING the new Austra at our house, > > and the new The XX as well--and planning to acquire physical copies of > both. > > > > Looking forward to the new Saltland, Jesca Hoop (wasn't wild about her > duo > > project, but this is promising), and Lydia Ainsworth. > > > > Finally got a physical copy of Emma Ruth Rundle's Marked for Death after > > having bought the files from bandcamp. Such a great album! And traded for > > Bat For Lashes' The Bride. I like about half of it a lot, but the other > > half leaves me cold, sadly. > > > > Cheers, all. > > > > --Neile > > > > > On Jan 28, 2017, at 9:16 PM, JoAnn Whetsell > > wrote: > > > > > > Recently discovered two 2016 releases that I'd missed. > > > > > > > > > Jonatha Brooke - Midnight. Hallelujah > > > > > > Excellent return to form for her. > > > > > > > > > Frida Hyvonen - Kvinnor och barn > > > > > > Her first album in Swedish. Doesn't seem available to buy in the US, > > but I'm > > > really enjoying listening to it on Spotify. So far I like it better > > than her > > > last album. > > > > > > > > > Also wanted to note Emeli Sande's excellent Long Live the Angels, which > > should > > > have been on my best of the year list. > > > > > > > > > As for 2017... > > > > > > > > > Saltland will release their second album, A Common Truth, on March 31. > > Hear > > > the first single at http://www.saltland.ca/. > > > > > > > > > First Goldfrapp single, Anymore, is up on Spotify. Suggests the band > is > > going > > > back to a more electronic and dancey sound. > > > > > > > > > New Aimee Mann and Laura Marling singles are also promising. > > > > > > > > > Of course, the new Austra (Future Politics) is out and very good. > > Arcade Fire > > > released The Reflektor Tapes 2 disc DVD yesterday; haven't gotten a > > chance to > > > watch all of it yet, but I've enjoyed what I've seen so far. > > > > > > > > > JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:14:03 -0600 From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: 2017 playlist project - january I've decided that for 2017, I want to challenge myself to create a playlist for each month. here is january, all tracks are from albums released this past month. If you are on spotify, you can listen at https://open.spotify.com/user/timmyjy/playlist/7D6b2ZAQhIxmJWkHd6F5dS or on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9PIbpFh4KXVD2_om-vd_O3JS1w5knamD. The youtube version is missing the Allison Crutchfield track. TRACKS follow my voice, julie byrne take yourself with you, rose elinor dougall performance, the xx icarus, tift merritt human being, stef chura salt, lady lamb fruitflies, gabriel garzC3n-montano gangsta, kehlani i love you more than you love yourself, austra collapser, kid koala & emiliana torrini sightseeing, allison crutchfield ~Tim ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #1922 ****************************