From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V1 #354 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Tuesday, December 25 2001 Volume 01 : Number 354 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] Ana's email address ["Ian Runeckles & Angela Bennett" ] [loud-fans] ...and here's another one to go with the three I menitioned before ["Andrew Hamlin" ] [loud-fans] A few CD queries [Michael Zwirn ] Re: [loud-fans] A few CD queries [Aaron Mandel ] Re: [loud-fans] A few CD queries [Stewart Mason ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 08:40:35 -0000 From: "Ian Runeckles & Angela Bennett" Subject: [loud-fans] Ana's email address Does anyone have Ana Luisa Morales current email address? I tried anam3@slip.net which bounced. Thanks, happy Christmas all, Ian ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 07:46:46 -0500 From: Michael Bowen Subject: [loud-fans] Counting Out Time / First Purchase Of 2002 I was listening to the Go-Betweens "Cattle & Cane" the other day, and was trying to figure out the rhythm. Sometimes I can count these things out ("Solsbury Hill" seems to be in 7/4, for instance, and Fairport Convention's "Tam Lin" I think is in 13/8), but for some reason the Go-Betweens song just sort of slips past me. Any of you more musically inclined folks know this? According to the latest Pulse (Tower Records' freebie magazine), an outfit called Wounded Bird Records ( http://www.woundedbird.com )will be re-releasing Holly & The Italians' THE RIGHT TO BE ITALIAN and the confusingly titled solo album from Holly Beth Vincent, HOLLY & THE ITALIANS. Both will contain bonus tracks. As the young Darth Vader said on more than one occasion, "Yippee!" Merry, Happy, what have you, MB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 09:24:55 -0500 From: dana-boy@juno.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Counting Out Time / First Purchase Of 2002 > According to the latest Pulse (Tower Records' freebie magazine), an > outfit > called Wounded Bird Records ( http://www.woundedbird.com )will be > re-releasing Holly & The Italians' THE RIGHT TO BE ITALIAN and the > confusingly titled solo album from Holly Beth Vincent, HOLLY & THE > ITALIANS. Both will contain bonus tracks. As the young Darth Vader > said on > more than one occasion, "Yippee!" >>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the same outfit that made me very happy by reissuing Earth Opera. Their (his?) taste seems to be very eclectic. - --dana ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 09:59:18 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: [loud-fans] this is not the fall mailing list ...and i know that, but still. among other things yesterday i picked up the gorillaz CD because i thought i should hear it before i made my year-end best-of list, (nah...it has a quite a few high points, but i like de la soul's _3 feet high and rising_ better because it had denser ideas & less obvious filler) ...but for something that's a big hit record, i am freaking AMAZED at how very very much the track M1A1 sounds like the fall. i am really. more like the fall than like the velvet's "sister ray" check it out, i can be the only one who hears this, can i? In other related news, the new fall album has the confusing title _Are You Are Missing Winner_. no band holdovers from _The Unutterable_, back to a small rock band with sht production format -- distorto vox, thin scratchy guitars, nary a keyboard heard. Smith sounds at least as vital as he did on _The Unutterable_, and at first blush I liked some of the songs quite a lot -- one sounded like it could have fit on _Frenz Experiment_. I may have done this before, but I think more of you should have Kevin Salem's _Ecstatic_. (He's on Future Farmer, so you may have to search a little bit, but it makes him label-mates with Yuji Oniki and Tim Quirk -- if some label (ha!) were to want to do a P&D deal with Feckless Beast, FF would be our numero uno choice). You might know Kevin's name from his tenure in Dumptruck, his guitar credits with Freedy Johnston and about thirty other artists, his production work with Madder Rose, Scarce, and others, or his two previous solo albums, which were energetic, untamed band live-in-a-room records with some strong songs. The new one is a different thing entirely. It's a roots rock record, of sorts, that was made in a deliberately artificial way. (Kevin told me, when I interviewed him, that no two people on the record were ever in the same room on the same day). But it's not a record ambushed by modern digital recording technology; it's a record that makes an extremely *musical* use of the technology. Salem has a really good ear for details, drum sounds, guitar sounds, piano sounds -- he steers clear of audio cliches and comes up with something that's really fresh and invigorating. And oh yeah -- his singing is streets above what he managed before, some of the vocal performances are really compelling, and it's a solid batch of songs. Is in my top 5 no question. I think #1 still goes to Cry Baby Cry, a very outside choice, I know. 2-5 are almost too close to call. Late today I will play _Love and Theft_, so everything could change; I guess. - -- d. np fall _the unutterable_ - ------------------------------------------------- Mayo-Wells Media Workshop dmw@ http://www.mwmw.com mwmw.com Web Development * Multimedia Consulting * Hosting ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 09:24:53 -0800 From: "Andrew Hamlin" Subject: [loud-fans] ...and here's another one to go with the three I menitioned before http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/12/26/year_end_music/index.html Andy "Down went McGinty to the bottom of the bay He must be very wet, for he hasn't come up yet, But they say his ghost comes round the dock before the break of day, Dressed in his best suit of clothes." - --Joseph Flynn ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 18:12:50 -0500 From: Dan McCarthy Subject: [loud-fans] recent musical discoveries Just thought I'd share: Departure Lounge "Out of Here" - Saw this whilst browsing the shelves at a large bookstore/CD store chain and the cover was interesting enough that I popped it in for a listen. And it followed me home. Reminds me a small bit of Trembling Blue Stars (another band whose most recent album is threatening to make my yearly top ten), only without the electronics. And less Australian sounding. Jean-Jacques Goldman "Chansons pour les Pieds" - I have no idea what this man is singing, as the album is all in french. Whilst in the international section looking for Serge Gainsbourg (thanks for the recommendation, Stewart), I came across this disk. The marketing boys did their jobs properly, because it's packaged in a white metal box and weighs about a ton and curiosity demanded that I purchase it immediately so I could see what was inside. It turned out to be a big thick lyric book, and of course a CD. Which is fantastic. It's contemporary French pop, and each song adopts a different music style (techno, canon, ballad, etc.). If it sounds Magnetic Fields'y, it ain't. Sometimes it borders on cheesiness, but what saves it is its unerring sense of melody. If you get the chance, just take a listen to the first track (the canon), "Ensemble". If that doesn't convince you to buy the album, the rest of it won't be your cup of tea. Kevin Tihista's Red Terror "Don't Breathe a Word" - Thanks, Dana. Great recommendation. I direct everyone to Dana's comments, as I second them completely. Happy (Holi/Unholi)days to all. - -T'other Dan ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 16:42:36 -0800 From: Michael Zwirn Subject: [loud-fans] A few CD queries In looking over some year-end lists, there are some names of artists and albums that I'm not too familiar with. Can anyone offer guidance on: Sparklehorse, It's a Wonderful Life Everything but the Girl, Back to Mine (which I had never even heard of!) Bebel Gilberto, Tanto Tempo (which I read articles about but never heard) Shins, Oh Inverted World Kings of Convenience, Quiet is the New Loud Michael, writing from a city that is no longer enjoying 34+ consecutive days with measurable rainfall. - ------------------------------------------------------- Michael Zwirn, Environmental Policy Analyst michael@zwirn.com http://zwirn.com Home 503/232-8919 Cell 503/887-9800 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 20:10:10 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: [loud-fans] A few CD queries On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Michael Zwirn wrote: > Sparklehorse, It's a Wonderful Life This was the first Sparklehorse record I "got", but after I heard it, liked it and bought it, I went back to the first two, which I had gotten from dollar bins years ago, and found that I preferred them. So... don't know. If you don't know Sparklehorse at all, think Wilco + GBV + AMC. (Except it was descriptions like that which got me to check them out in the first place, so perhaps that creates expectations different from what the band does. Still seems like a good description to me, though. Funny.) > Everything but the Girl, Back to Mine (which I had never even heard of!) As I discovered (fortunately before buying the disc), the 'Back To Mine' series is a thing where different people pick tracks for a mix CD. This is not an album of EBTG material. > Shins, Oh Inverted World They had a few 7"s (or maybe only one?) with sort of garage-rock They Might Be Giants-esque pop. I really liked them then, and the album is not nearly as energetic or zesty. However, a lot of people seem to like it on its own account, and one of them would do a better job of describing it than I could. aaron ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 20:23:35 -0700 From: Stewart Mason Subject: Re: [loud-fans] A few CD queries At 04:42 PM 12/24/01 -0800, Michael Zwirn wrote: >Sparklehorse, It's a Wonderful Life Aaron pretty much nailed this, although I would add a little Grandaddy/Mercury Rev action on the fringes, and I would put American Music Club over Wilco in the equation. >Bebel Gilberto, Tanto Tempo (which I read articles about but never heard) Lovely electro-Brazilian pop with a fairly strong dance beat. St. Etienne, Stereolab's poppier moments, Pizzicato 5 and Bebel's dad's ex-wife Astrud are all touchstones. S ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V1 #354 *******************************