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Devine Tue February 03 1970 Aquarius Stephen Thomas Fri February 04 1966 Aquarius Doug Burks Tue February 14 1956 Blank - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:12:18 -0600 From: Tim Jones-Yelvington Subject: Re: Best Albums of 2019 Did you listen to the acoustic reworking of Masseduction, called Masseducation? IMO it's a nice entry point back into St Vincent if you don't like all that bangity clack 'Ive been hanging out with David Byrne' rhythm heavy minimally melodic stuff she was doing for a while. I jokingly call it the best Tori Amos record that Tori Amos didnt release this millennium. ~Tim On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:04 PM Neile Graham wrote: > I didn't like S-K at first, but Jim did so I heard them a lot until their > sound started to make sense to me and I could hear through the noise. The > interplay of the two voices really does it for me. I love it. > > That not-being-able-to-hear thing happened with Throwing Muses, too, and > now Hunkpapa and The Real Ramona (granted, probably the least noisy of > their albums) are among my favourite albums of all time and the rest of > the albums came into focus. > > Sadly, with St Vincent I really liked her first album and the following > ones irritated me until now I can't like the first one anymore. Argh. > > With Aldous Harding I liked about half of Party a LOT but the rest never > grabbed me and I feel the same about the new one. Just not drawn in. > > --Neile > > > On Jan 15, 2020, at 7:35 AM, Tim Jones-Yelvington > wrote: > > > > If we're doing "what didn't work for me," I feel compelled to admit that > my > > biggest disappointment of the year was Designer by Aldous Harding. I > > appreciate that she's versatile, but the reason I got into her was the > > crazy extended vocal techniques and melodramatic delivery, not mellow > > british folk vibes. (....I could never get into Belle and Sebastian > either, > > lol). > > > > ~Tim > > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 9:11 AM Neile Graham wrote: > > > >> Sorry so late. I feel like I must have forgotten something, but here's > >> what I have. Another year where music wasn't my main focus--but I still > >> found some favourites. > >> > >> The albums I obsessed with most: > >> > >> Tusks - Avalanche > >> https://tusksofficial.bandcamp.com/album/avalanche-2 > >> > >> Sudan Archives - Athena > >> https://sudanarchives.bandcamp.com/album/athena > >> > >> Nullifier Yanya - Miss Universe > >> https://niluferyanya.bandcamp.com/album/miss-universe > >> > >> Lemolo - Swansong > >> https://lemolomusic.bandcamp.com/album/swansea > >> > >> Psapp - Tourists > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj8EpLe4xmM > >> > >> Dominique Fils-AimC) - Stay Tuned! > >> https://singwithmi.bandcamp.com/album/stay-tuned > >> > >> Also: > >> > >> Jim Moray - The Outlander > >> Beirut - Gallipoli > >> some of Lana Del Rey's new one (surprise! I've never liked her before) > >> some of Courtney Swain's Between Blood and Ocean > >> https://courtneyswain.bandcamp.com/album/between-blood-and-ocean > >> Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence > >> > >> What surprisingly didn't work for me: > >> > >> Sweater-Kinney I had the opposite experience to Tim. I just didn't like > >> the St. Vincent influence on their sound. St Vincent doesn't work for > me, > >> so I'm not surprised, just sad, as I have liked all of S-K's previous > albums > >> > >> Now I need to go back and check out everyone else's listings. > >> > >> Cheers! > >> > >> --Neile > >> > >>> On Jan 2, 2020, at 9:38 AM, Tim Jones-Yelvington > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> I also thought this year was slow while it was happening, but by the > >> eended > >>> up having quite a few things I likedb > >>> > >>> ~STONECHILD, Jesca Hoop (Shoulder Charge was my favorite song of the > >> year) > >>> ~there is no other, Rhiannon Giddens (the collaboration w/ francesco > >>> turrisi brought an appealing haunted quality to her work) > >>> ~Blood, Kelsey Lu (this is incredible, maybe the best record of the > year > >>> for me) > >>> ~MAGDALENE, fka twigs (she finally let her voice sound as weird and > wild > >> as > >>> the production choices) > >>> ~Lost Girls, Bat for Lashes (you can find my thoughts in a previous > email > >>> to the group) > >>> ~In the End, The Cranberries > >>> ~Pearl, Heather Nova (these two were both welcome throwbacks to their > >> 90s > >>> sounds that still offered more than just nostalgia) > >>> ~While My Father Sleeps, Oh Rose (she's a full throated, big voiced, > >>> singer-songwritery, slightly punky type in the PJ Harvey vein) > >>> ~Anak Jo, Jay Som (she brought a lot of new texture and mood to her > >> work > >>> that made this much more appealing to me than her previous record) > >>> ~The Center Won't Hold, Sleater Kinney (getting the St Vincent synth > pop > >>> treatment made this band whose existence I have always appreciated in > the > >>> abstract much more palatable to me) > >>> ~Crush on Me, Sir Babygirl (DIY pop with a lot of personality, very > >> queer) > >>> ~Out of the Moment, Emily Bezar (DUH) > >>> ~No Words Left, Lucy Rose > >>> ~Quiet Signs, Jessica Pratt (these last two sometimes felt like they > >>> were singing to me in different yet compatible voices and mournful open > >>> tunings from opposite sides of Laurel Canyon, Jessica in a whisper) > >>> ~Birth of Violence, Chelsea Wolfe (someone else hereb was it Neile?b > >>> agreed that like me, they've had trouble penetrating her "gothy noise," > >> so > >>> this dark folk record was a wonderful way to finally connect with her > >> work. > >>> It sounds a lot like Emma Ruth Rundle's SOME DEEP OCEAN, which was one > of > >>> my favorites of the decade > >>> ~Between Blood and Ocean, Courtney Swain (still one of my favorite > >> lesser > >>> known, very ecto friendly and relevant indie artists) > >>> ~Sonocardiogram, DaymC) Arocena (she's an amazing afrocubana > vocalist, > >> and > >>> this record really worked well as a record) > >>> ~Jaime, Brittany Howard (I was surprised by how much I got into this > >>> because I didnt think her voice + rootsy vibe was really my thing) > >>> ~12 Little Spells, Esperanza Spalding (I thought this one might be > *too* > >>> avant garde to connect w/ when it first came out... but Ive since > >>> connected, a lot, lol) > >>> ~Athena, Sudan Archives (builds on and expands the promise of earlier > >> EP, > >>> definitely one of the most talented/interesting people in left of > center > >> R > >>> & B) > >>> ~Mystery, Alice Smith (this is a maxi-EP ... 7 tracks, I think? and > >> about > >>> 30 minutes ... that I almost missed and am so glad I found. One her > >>> previous records she was more of a classic soul revivalist, but this is > >>> something else entirely, really intense + haunting, can't say enough > good > >>> things about it). > >>> ~Fanm d'Ayiti, Natalie Joachim (this is an amazing 'new music / > >>> contemporary classical' project where Natalie who is an immensely > >> talented > >>> flautist/vocalist/composer created new settings w/ the string ensemble > >>> SPEKTRAL for haitian women's music and resistance narratives) > >>> ~MASTER, Mariah the Scientist (the sound here is more straight up > >>> mainstream/pop-aspirant R & B, albeit indie, but I like her voice a lot > >>> more than some of the folks getting more attention) > >>> > >>> HM: > >>> ~All Mirrors, Angel Olsen > >>> ~Remind me Tomorrow, Sharon Van Etten (w/ both these artists, I found > >>> more to connect w/ than I have previously in their choice to use more > >>> electronic and less rock oriented settings that feel like they more > >> heavily > >>> feature their voices) > >>> ~Nicole Kidman/Anne Hathaway, Hana Vu > >>> ~Envejeciendo, Maria Usbeck > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 10:53 AM Jeffrey Hanson > > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> This was a pretty slow year for music for me - having bought much > fewer > >>>> albums than in previous years. However, my favorites of the year: > >>>> > >>>> Ghosteen - Nick Cave and the Bad Seed > >>>> Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep > >>>> Yazoo - 3 Pieces - great remasters + the sublime remix of Winter Kills > >> by > >>>> Minute Taker > >>>> Half-a-Shipwreck - Covers > >>>> The Highwomen - The Hiighwomen > >>>> Mari Boine - See the Woman > >>>> Camille Ob Sullivan - Camille Sings Cave Live > >>>> Joseph - Good Luck, Kid > >>>> Berlin - Transcendence > >>>> Bananarama - In Stereo > >>>> Shakespeareb s Sister - Singles Party (Remastered single collection > >> with a > >>>> few new songs) > >>>> Lucius - Nudes (Came out in 2018) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Albums looking forward to in 2020 > >>>> Maria McKee - La Vita Nuova > >>>> Jewel - not sure if its titled yet, but will be her first album of all > >> new > >>>> material since Pieces of You ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:15:02 -0800 (PST) From: neile Subject: Re: Best Albums of 2019 I *should* try it, but I'm reluctant because it has become a nails-on-chalkboard experience. I can't pinpoint why. - --Neile On Fri, 17 Jan 2020, Tim Jones-Yelvington wrote: > Did you listen to the acousticB reworking of Masseduction, called > Masseducation? IMO it's a nice entry point back into St Vincent if you don't > like all that bangity clackB 'Ive been hanging out with David Byrne' rhythm > heavy minimally melodic stuff she was doing for a while. I jokingly call it > the best Tori Amos record that Tori Amos didnt release this millennium.B > ~TimB > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:04 PM Neile Graham wrote: > I didn't like S-K at first, but Jim did so I heard them a lot > until their > sound started to make sense to me and I could hear through the > noise. The > interplay of the two voices really does it for me. I love it. > > That not-being-able-to-hear thing happened with Throwing Muses, > too, and > now Hunkpapa and The Real Ramona (granted, probably the least > noisy of > their albums) are among my favourite albums of all time and the > rest of > the albums came into focus. > > Sadly, with St Vincent I really liked her first album and the > following > ones irritated me until now I can't like the first one anymore. > Argh. > > With Aldous Harding I liked about half of Party a LOT but the > rest never > grabbed me and I feel the same about the new one. Just not drawn > in. > > --Neile > > > On Jan 15, 2020, at 7:35 AM, Tim Jones-Yelvington > wrote: > > > > If we're doing "what didn't work for me," I feel compelled to > admit that my > > biggest disappointment of the year was Designer by Aldous > Harding. I > > appreciate that she's versatile, but the reason I got into her > was the > > crazy extended vocal techniques and melodramatic delivery, not > mellow > > british folk vibes. (....I could never get into Belle and > Sebastian either, > > lol). > > > > ~Tim > > > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 9:11 AM Neile Graham > wrote: > > > >> Sorry so late. I feel like I must have forgotten something, > but here's > >> what I have. Another year where music wasn't my main > focus--but I still > >> found some favourites. > >> > >> The albums I obsessed with most: > >> > >> Tusks - Avalanche > >> https://tusksofficial.bandcamp.com/album/avalanche-2 > >> > >> Sudan Archives - Athena > >> https://sudanarchives.bandcamp.com/album/athena > >> > >> Nullifier Yanya - Miss Universe > >> https://niluferyanya.bandcamp.com/album/miss-universe > >> > >> Lemolo - Swansong > >> https://lemolomusic.bandcamp.com/album/swansea > >> > >> Psapp - Tourists > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj8EpLe4xmM > >> > >> Dominique Fils-AimC) - Stay Tuned! > >> https://singwithmi.bandcamp.com/album/stay-tuned > >> > >> Also: > >> > >> Jim Moray - The Outlander > >> Beirut - Gallipoli > >> some of Lana Del Rey's new one (surprise! I've never liked > her before) > >> some of Courtney Swain's Between Blood and Ocean > >> > https://courtneyswain.bandcamp.com/album/between-blood-and-ocean > >> Chelsea Wolfe - Birth of Violence > >> > >> What surprisingly didn't work for me: > >> > >> Sweater-KinneyB I had the opposite experience to Tim. I just > didn't like > >> the St. Vincent influence on their sound. St Vincent doesn't > work for me, > >> so I'm not surprised, just sad, as I have liked all of S-K's > previous albums > >> > >> Now I need to go back and check out everyone else's listings. > >> > >> Cheers! > >> > >> --Neile > >> > >>> On Jan 2, 2020, at 9:38 AM, Tim Jones-Yelvington > > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> I also thought this year was slow while it was happening, > but by the > >> eended > >>> up having quite a few things I likedb > >>> > >>> ~STONECHILD, Jesca Hoop (Shoulder Charge was my favorite > song of the > >> year) > >>> ~there is no other, Rhiannon Giddens (the collaboration w/ > francesco > >>> turrisi brought an appealing haunted quality to her work) > >>> ~Blood, Kelsey Lu (this is incredible, maybe the best record > of the year > >>> for me) > >>> ~MAGDALENE, fka twigs (she finally let her voice sound as > weird and wild > >> as > >>> the production choices) > >>> ~Lost Girls, Bat for Lashes (you can find my thoughts in a > previous email > >>> to the group) > >>> ~In the End, The Cranberries > >>> ~Pearl, Heather NovaB (these two were both welcome > throwbacks to their > >> 90s > >>> sounds that still offered more than just nostalgia) > >>> ~While My Father Sleeps, Oh Rose (she's a full throated, big > voiced, > >>> singer-songwritery, slightly punky type in the PJ Harvey > vein) > >>> ~Anak Jo, Jay SomB B (she brought a lot of new texture and > mood to her > >> work > >>> that made this much more appealing to me than her previous > record) > >>> ~The Center Won't Hold, Sleater KinneyB (getting the St > Vincent synth pop > >>> treatment made this band whose existence I have always > appreciated in the > >>> abstract much more palatable to me) > >>> ~Crush on Me, Sir BabygirlB B (DIY pop with a lot of > personality, very > >> queer) > >>> ~Out of the Moment, Emily BezarB B (DUH) > >>> ~No Words Left, Lucy Rose > >>> ~Quiet Signs, Jessica PrattB B (these last two sometimes > felt like they > >>> were singing to me in different yet compatible voices and > mournful open > >>> tunings from opposite sides of Laurel Canyon, Jessica in a > whisper) > >>> ~Birth of Violence, Chelsea WolfeB B (someone else hereb was > it Neile?b > >>> agreed that like me, they've had trouble penetrating her > "gothy noise," > >> so > >>> this dark folk record was a wonderful way to finally connect > with her > >> work. > >>> It sounds a lot like Emma Ruth Rundle's SOME DEEP OCEAN, > which was one of > >>> my favorites of the decade > >>> ~Between Blood and Ocean, Courtney SwainB (still one of my > favorite > >> lesser > >>> known, very ecto friendly and relevant indie artists) > >>> ~Sonocardiogram, DaymC) ArocenaB B (she's an amazing > afrocubana vocalist, > >> and > >>> this record really worked well as a record) > >>> ~Jaime, Brittany HowardB B (I was surprised by how much I got > into this > >>> because I didnt think her voice + rootsy vibe was really my > thing) > >>> ~12 Little Spells, Esperanza SpaldingB (I thought this one > might be *too* > >>> avant garde to connect w/ when it first came out... but Ive > since > >>> connected, a lot, lol) > >>> ~Athena, Sudan ArchivesB B (builds on and expands the promise > of earlier > >> EP, > >>> definitely one of the most talented/interesting people in > left of center > >> R > >>> & B) > >>> ~Mystery, Alice SmithB (this is a maxi-EP ... 7 tracks, I > think? and > >> about > >>> 30 minutes ... that I almost missed and am so glad I found. > One her > >>> previous records she was more of a classic soul revivalist, > but this is > >>> something else entirely, really intense + haunting, can't > say enough good > >>> things about it). > >>> ~Fanm d'Ayiti, Natalie JoachimB B (this is an amazing 'new > music / > >>> contemporary classical' project where Natalie who is an > immensely > >> talented > >>> flautist/vocalist/composer created new settings w/ the > string ensemble > >>> SPEKTRAL for haitian women's music and resistance > narratives) > >>> ~MASTER, Mariah the ScientistB B (the sound here is more > straight up > >>> mainstream/pop-aspirant R & B, albeit indie, but I like her > voice a lot > >>> more than some of the folks getting more attention) > >>> > >>> HM: > >>> ~All Mirrors, Angel Olsen > >>> ~Remind me Tomorrow, Sharon Van EttenB B (w/ both these > artists, I found > >>> more to connect w/ than I have previously in their choice to > use more > >>> electronic and less rock oriented settings that feel like > they more > >> heavily > >>> feature their voices) > >>> ~Nicole Kidman/Anne Hathaway, Hana Vu > >>> ~Envejeciendo, Maria Usbeck > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 10:53 AM Jeffrey Hanson > > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> This was a pretty slow year for music for me - having > bought much fewer > >>>> albums than in previous years.B However, my favorites of > the year: > >>>> > >>>> Ghosteen - Nick Cave and the Bad Seed > >>>> Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep > >>>> Yazoo - 3 Pieces - great remasters + the sublime remix of > Winter Kills > >> by > >>>> Minute Taker > >>>> Half-a-Shipwreck - Covers > >>>> The Highwomen - The Hiighwomen > >>>> Mari Boine - See the Woman > >>>> Camille Ob Sullivan - Camille Sings Cave Live > >>>> Joseph - Good Luck, Kid > >>>> Berlin - Transcendence > >>>> Bananarama - In Stereo > >>>> Shakespeareb s Sister - Singles Party (Remastered single > collection > >> with a > >>>> few new songs) > >>>> Lucius - Nudes (Came out in 2018) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Albums looking forward to in 2020 > >>>> Maria McKee - La Vita Nuova > >>>> Jewel - not sure if its titled yet, but will be her first > album of all > >> new > >>>> material since Pieces of You ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #2697 ****************************