From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #2165 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, December 29 2017 Volume 16 : Number 2165 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Year-end list with a sigh [Jason Gordon ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:28:05 -0500 From: Jason Gordon Subject: Re: Year-end list with a sigh I've also bought much less music than I have in any of the past twenty years (having a one year old to go along with my five year old has cut down on lots of things, music discovery notwithstanding) There were 8 albums that made a lasting impression (others like the xx, jesca hoop, austra, Bjork and others need more listens) In no particular order, I adored these 8: Out Lines - conflats Kelly Lee Owens - s/t Mammut - kinder versions JFDR - Brazil Juana Molina - halo Aldous Harding - party Deerful - Peach Emilia - down to the sadness river Cheers Jason On Monday, December 18, 2017, Tim Jones-Yelvington wrote: > (& I forgot to list Security Project w/ Happy Rhodes for November... EEP) > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Tim Jones-Yelvington < > timjy@sbcglobal.net> > 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 #2165 ****************************