From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #528 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, August 25 2012 Volume 16 : Number 528 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: ecto-digest V16 #527 [Jeffrey Hanson ] New releases [Jeffrey Hanson ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:14:53 -0600 From: Jeffrey Hanson Subject: Re: ecto-digest V16 #527 I'd been hearing the same comparisons--it seems an oft-compared thing and I don't really hear it. I see more of a Florence and the Machine influence in their sound, and also a bit of Fever Ray. I like them, but I don't think they are the next Kate Bush. On Aug 24, 2012, at 1:16 AM, Stig W Jxrgensen wrote: > I saw Niki & the Dove when they played here in Copenhagen, Denmark, earlier > this year after their 'Drummer' EP was released last autumn. I think > they're definitely one to watch for the future. The Kate comparisons are > obvious - 'The Fox' sounds like a deliberate homage or almost some kind of > medley - but they'are also part of a Swedish trend or wave, if you like, > along the lines of The Knife, Fever Ray, etc. > > Their album 'Instinct' was released in May in Europe; CD/LP editions should > be out in the U.S. by now, as they were set to release in August. I think > the album compares well to Purity Ring's 'Shrines', but without PR's > occasional lapses into funkiness ;-) > > --Stig > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2f6UbMnlq4 > > > Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:09:51 -0700 >> From: Sue Trowbridge >> Subject: Niki and the Dove >> >> Anyone heard Niki and the Dove? They are a Swedish group, and it seems >> like every reviewer has been comparing them to Kate Bush. Listen to >> the track "Tomorrow" and it definitely sounds like the singer has been >> influenced by Kate. >> http://soundcloud.com/nikiandthedove >> >> - --Sue ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:53:22 -0600 From: Jeffrey Hanson Subject: New releases Just downloaded the new Eivor album Room--its much more stripped back than the latest Larva, but still more on the pop/rock side than world/folk. Really like it though. Maria Doyle Kennedy's latest, Sing, is also now available--really some nice stuff. And really looking forward to the upcoming release of Renaissance's new one - Grandine il Vento and Bat for Lashes The Haunted Man. I know Beth Orton, Aimee Mann have upcoming releases, any other good things coming up? Jeff ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #528 ***************************