From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #2159 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, December 19 2017 Volume 16 : Number 2159 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, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Re: Year-end list with a sigh [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] Re: Year-end list with a sigh [Tim Jones-Yelvington ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 03:00:00 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ******************** Tracy Benbrook (no Email address) ******************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Tracy Benbrook Tue December 18 1973 Sagittarius Mark Lowry Mon December 22 1969 Capricarius Kay Cleaves Wed December 22 1976 Prancing Pony Uli Grepel Wed December 25 1968 Steinbock Joseph Wasicek Sat December 25 1976 Brown Eagle Stuart Castergine Mon December 30 1963 You Are Here Marvin Camras Sat January 01 1916 Tapehead Jeanne Schreiter Tue January 03 1967 Capricorn John Sandoval Wed January 04 1967 Capricorn Aly Fields Thu January 04 1990 Yield Paul Cohen Tue January 05 1954 Capricorn Tony Garrity Mon January 08 1962 Pool of Life Greg Bossert Tue January 09 1962 OfTheTimes Troy J. Shadbolt Thu January 14 1971 Capricorn Chris Sampson Wed January 15 1964 Void where prohibited Alex Bertran Fri January 15 1971 Capricorn Denis G Parslow Fri January 17 1964 ...of the Saint Ross Alford Thu January 17 1957 Positive Sarah Morayati Tue January 17 1989 Capricorn - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:25:36 -0600 From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Year-end list with a sigh Yay, it's year end list time! lol As many of you know, I made a mix for each month this year, so stayed more on top of new releases than I have in years (I fell off on sharing these here sometime in July or August, but never stopped, and will plan to reshare the full year as soon as I finish November and December). Here are my favoritest favorites by month: JANUARY Gabriel GarzC3n-Montano, JardC-n Allison Crutchfield, Tourist in this Town (Austra and the xx would also be HMs) FEBRUARY Sampha, Process Rhiannon Giddens, Freedom Highway (HMs: Jesca Hoop, Thundercat) MARCH (This was an amazing month, one of the two best along w/ September) Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Navigator Samantha Crain, You Had me at Goodbye Ibidio Sound Machine, Give me a Reason (HMs: Lydia Ainsworth, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Devon Sproule, Nadia Reed) APRIL Annie Hardy, Rules MAY Perfume Genius, No Shape (album of the year contender for me) BAMBOO, The Dragon Flies Away (w/ some caveats abt the weird artist-hipster racism of its central conceit) Aldous Harding, Party La Santa Cecilia, Amar Y Vivir JUNE Pixx, The Age of Anxiety Alison Moyet, Other JULY (None of these are favorites for the year, but JM to Sarah Jaffe and This is the Kit) AUGUST Nadine Shah, Holiday Destination (HM: EMA) SEPTEMBER (this month was so amazing I had to make two mixes) Hercules and Love Affair, Omnion Benjamin Clementine, I Tell a Fly TORRES, Three Futures Madeline Kenney, Night Night at the First Landing Susanne SundfC8r, Music for People in Trouble Zola Jesus, Okovi Moses Sumney, Aromanticism Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton, Choir of the Mind OCTOBER St Vincent, MASSEDUCTION Camille, Oui Fever Ray, Plunge Circuit de Yeux, Reaching for Indigo (HM: Willow (this is Willow Smith but it sounds like a 90s alt rocker), Elizabeth & the Catapult, Kelela) NOVEMBER Shamir, Revelations DECEMBER (still in progress) On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Neile Graham wrote: > Hi, all-- > > I look back at my year, and I didn't buy much music and wasn't so focused > on listening except when I was. > > I spent time obsessed with: > > * Torres, Three Futures > * Fever Ray, Plunge > * Austra, Future Politics > * Camille, Oui > * Lisa Knapp, Till April is Dead -- A Garland of May > > I found good things here but was overall not totally on board with: > > * Jessica Hoop, Memories are now (a couple of great songs) > * Feist, Pleasure (a couple of brilliant tracks, especially the title > track) > * Aldus Harding, Party (couple of great tracks) > * Saltland, A Common Truth (enjoy it when I listen to it, but it's not > compelling) > * This is the Kit, Moonshine Freeze (adore the title track but haven't yet > found another song in there to care much about) > * The XX, I See You (loved it at first but it wore out its welcome with me > too quickly) > > My love is still lasting for several 2016 things, in particular: > > * Emma Ruth Rundle, Marked for Death > * The Natural History Museum, Attenborough > * The Natural History Museum, Manmade EP > * Veda Hille, Love Waves > * Agnes Obel, Citizen of Glass > > The new Bjork seems to have some good things in it, but I don't have it > yet. > > I did hear Happy live this year, and hearing her sing "Games Without > Frontiers" gave me shivers. > > Cheers, and happy Solstice to all! > > --Neile ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:03:53 -0600 From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Year-end list with a sigh (& I forgot to list Security Project w/ Happy Rhodes for November... EEP) On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Tim Jones-Yelvington wrote: > Yay, it's year end list time! lol > > As many of you know, I made a mix for each month this year, so stayed more > on top of new releases than I have in years (I fell off on sharing these > here sometime in July or August, but never stopped, and will plan to > reshare the full year as soon as I finish November and December). > > Here are my favoritest favorites by month: > > JANUARY > Gabriel GarzC3n-Montano, JardC-n > Allison Crutchfield, Tourist in this Town > > (Austra and the xx would also be HMs) > > FEBRUARY > Sampha, Process > Rhiannon Giddens, Freedom Highway > > (HMs: Jesca Hoop, Thundercat) > > MARCH > (This was an amazing month, one of the two best along w/ September) > Hurray for the Riff Raff, The Navigator > Samantha Crain, You Had me at Goodbye > Ibidio Sound Machine, Give me a Reason > > (HMs: Lydia Ainsworth, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Devon Sproule, Nadia Reed) > > APRIL > Annie Hardy, Rules > > MAY > Perfume Genius, No Shape (album of the year contender for me) > BAMBOO, The Dragon Flies Away (w/ some caveats abt the weird artist-hipster > racism of its central conceit) > Aldous Harding, Party > La Santa Cecilia, Amar Y Vivir > > JUNE > Pixx, The Age of Anxiety > Alison Moyet, Other > > JULY > (None of these are favorites for the year, but JM to Sarah Jaffe and This > is the Kit) > > AUGUST > Nadine Shah, Holiday Destination > > (HM: EMA) > > SEPTEMBER > (this month was so amazing I had to make two mixes) > Hercules and Love Affair, Omnion > Benjamin Clementine, I Tell a Fly > TORRES, Three Futures > Madeline Kenney, Night Night at the First Landing > Susanne SundfC8r, Music for People in Trouble > Zola Jesus, Okovi > Moses Sumney, Aromanticism > Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton, Choir of the Mind > > OCTOBER > St Vincent, MASSEDUCTION > Camille, Oui > Fever Ray, Plunge > Circuit de Yeux, Reaching for Indigo > > (HM: Willow (this is Willow Smith but it sounds like a 90s alt rocker), > Elizabeth & the Catapult, Kelela) > > NOVEMBER > Shamir, Revelations > > DECEMBER > (still in progress) > > > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 5:50 PM, Neile Graham wrote: > > > Hi, all-- > > > > I look back at my year, and I didn't buy much music and wasn't so focused > > on listening except when I was. > > > > I spent time obsessed with: > > > > * Torres, Three Futures > > * Fever Ray, Plunge > > * Austra, Future Politics > > * Camille, Oui > > * Lisa Knapp, Till April is Dead -- A Garland of May > > > > I found good things here but was overall not totally on board with: > > > > * Jessica Hoop, Memories are now (a couple of great songs) > > * Feist, Pleasure (a couple of brilliant tracks, especially the title > > track) > > * Aldus Harding, Party (couple of great tracks) > > * Saltland, A Common Truth (enjoy it when I listen to it, but it's not > > compelling) > > * This is the Kit, Moonshine Freeze (adore the title track but haven't > yet > > found another song in there to care much about) > > * The XX, I See You (loved it at first but it wore out its welcome with > me > > too quickly) > > > > My love is still lasting for several 2016 things, in particular: > > > > * Emma Ruth Rundle, Marked for Death > > * The Natural History Museum, Attenborough > > * The Natural History Museum, Manmade EP > > * Veda Hille, Love Waves > > * Agnes Obel, Citizen of Glass > > > > The new Bjork seems to have some good things in it, but I don't have it > > yet. > > > > I did hear Happy live this year, and hearing her sing "Games Without > > Frontiers" gave me shivers. > > > > Cheers, and happy Solstice to all! > > > > --Neile ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #2159 ****************************