From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V5 #32 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, February 1 2005 Volume 05 : Number 032 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] Scott question (please disregard if you find this email distracting) ["Paul King" ] Re: [loud-fans] Scott question (please disregard if you find this email distracting) [Michael Mitton ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 05:48:30 -0500 From: "Paul King" Subject: [loud-fans] Scott question (please disregard if you find this email distracting) Hallo: Just visited the LoudFamily.com website for the first time in a while. Ask Scott is still inactive since May due to his work on his CD. Anyone know how the CD is progressing? Paul ========================================================= Paul King http://alimentarus.net "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are captains of our fate and masters of our soul" -- Unknown ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:34:11 -0500 From: "Larry Tucker" Subject: [loud-fans] dB's reunion news! The below article was in the Raleigh, NC News and Observer. Looks like it's really happening. Larry +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Published: Jan 28, 2005 Modified: Jan 28, 2005 8:08 AM dB's record together By DAVID MENCONI, Staff Writer Don't call it a reunion just yet, but a new album is in the works by the dB's, one of the cornerstones of North Carolina rock. If it comes together, it will be the first album in more than 20 years by the Winston-Salem power-pop band's original lineup. "We haven't used the 'r-word' yet," says singer-songwriter-guitarist Chris Stamey. "We're still trying to figure out what to call this, exactly. But we've been recording, and we did seven songs in Hoboken the first week of January. So now we'll see if someone might give us the funding to do a record." The original quartet of Stamey, Peter Holsapple, Gene Holder and Will Rigby came together in the late 1970s. The dB's never progressed beyond the level of cult favorites, but they made an important contribution to the budding new-wave movement in the early 1980s -- the wave that later yielded R.E.M. Since leaving the group in the early '80s, Stamey has worked with major figures including Alejandro Escovedo, Cream bassist Jack Bruce and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe. Since the dB's dissolved in 1988, members have worked together in various combinations. But the original foursome has not been heard from since 1982's "Repercussions." The restart adds another iron to the fire of Stamey, the only dB who still lives in North Carolina (in Chapel Hill). He just released his second album in less than a year, "A Question of Temperature" (Yep Roc Records), and he's already deep into another album, tentatively titled "November." Stamey and Holsapple also have a children's album in the works and possibly another duo record. As for when the dB's album might emerge, the main issue is Steve Earle's schedule. DB's drummer Rigby plays in Earle's band, so they'll have to fit recording sessions around Earle's touring schedule. Details should be on www.thedbsonline.net as they emerge. In the meantime, Stamey marks the release of "A Question of Temperature" with a show Sunday at the Pour House in Raleigh. Show time is 7 p.m., and tickets are $10 at the door. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:09:33 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: [loud-fans] final poll reminder Okay, I lied; I'm sending this one more reminder because turnout for this year's poll has been slightly lower than usual (higher than 2003, lower than 2002) and that just won't do. http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~aaron/poll/lf04 Vote now! Be part of history! Tomorrow morning I will take the poll down and start compiling results. aaron ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:37:28 -0800 From: Michael Mitton Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Scott question (please disregard if you find this email distracting) Here's what Anton had to say in his email update of Jan 20: the Ant/Scott record is rolling along well. we've got a couple cover tunes, some wonderful scott miller songs, a couple dusty tracks from me and a tune that scott started and i helped finish. really goodly vibe to the whole thing so far, and word on the street so far says "watch it!" 125 records is aiming for a sometime-this-year release. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:15:29 -0500 From: "Paul King" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Scott question (please disregard if you find this email distracting) Thanks. I didn't see that elsewhere on the list. I am glad to hear all is going well. Paul On 31 Jan 2005 at 10:37, Michael Mitton wrote: > Here's what Anton had to say in his email update of Jan 20: > > the Ant/Scott record is rolling along well. we've got a couple cover > tunes, some wonderful scott miller songs, a couple dusty tracks from > me and a tune that scott started and i helped finish. really goodly > vibe to the whole thing so far, and word on the street so far says > "watch it!" 125 records is aiming for a sometime-this-year release. ========================================================= Paul King http://alimentarus.net "Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are captains of our fate and masters of our soul" -- Unknown ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 16:28:34 EST From: DOUDIE@aol.com Subject: [loud-fans] Critics Poll http://trismccall.net/critics_poll_2004_results.htm Some/Most of you may find this interesting. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:25:21 -0800 From: "Bradley Skaught" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Critics Poll Thanks for that link--well written and thoughtful stuff there. I particularily liked his bits about Robyn Hitchcock. I was really disappointed by Spooked, shelved it rather quickly and only went back to it after reading a few good interviews with him. Now I absolutely love it and can't remember why I was disappointed! This is a common experience I have with Hitchcock. Somehow, I always have a particular expectation of how I want him to work in certain circumstances and how I want him to respond to the particular players/producers involved. And he almost never does what I want him to, so then it's a matter of me coming around to his way, and it usually turns out that i'm on his side in the end. This isn't true with all the artists I love. I never came around to the Stamey album or the The Libertines or some others. There's something about Hitchcock that continues to challenge me, though, and, once again, I find myself fully in his camp. I'm not going to re-do my year end poll entries, but I can say that Spooked has probably rocketed up towards the top in my reckoning! I always think I know better what he should do, but once again I think he's right. best, B - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.1 - Release Date: 1/27/2005 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:17:21 EST From: DOUDIE@aol.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Critics Poll I had the same experience with SPOOKED. Not only did I get into it very late, but I think it is Robyn Hithcock best record since either RESPECT or even possibly EYE. I haven't really gotten into anything since RESPECT. Here was my top 25 (and I could easily have listed 35 because it was such a great year....) 1. Joanna Newsom- The Milk Eyed Mender 2. Diana Krall- The Girl in the Other Room 3. The Fiery Furnaces- Blueberry Boat 4. The Arcade Fire- Funeral 5. Interpol- Antics 6. Mos Def- The New Danger 7. Camper Van Beethoven- New Roman Times 8. Kanye West- College Dropout 9. De La Soul- Grind Date 10. The Streets- A Grand Don't Come for Free 11. Camera Obscura- Underacheivers Please Try Harder 12. Robyn Hitchcock- Spooked 13. Iron and Wine- Our Endless Numbered Days 14. The Magnetic Fields- I 15. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds- Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus 16. Sufjan Stevens- Seven Swans 17. AC Newman- The Slow Wonder 18. Tilly and the Wall- Wild Like Children 19. Devendra Banhart- Rejoicing in the Hands 20. Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter- Oh My Girl 21. Now It's Overhead- Fall Back Open 22. Roadside Graves- Is Shacking Up Is All You Want To Do 23. Phoenix- Alphabetical 24. Castanets- Cathedral 25. The Bees- Free the Bees Steve Matrick ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:49:30 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: [loud-fans] the uneducated voter at some length more than ever, i feel the futility of tyring to come up with a "best" list -- i didn't know until i saw them poking up on other folks' lists that bill frisell, giant sand, or the delgados even had records last year, and i've only heard one of those three since. so more or less i tired to balance what i thought was best with the amount of time i spent listening to things. there are records that i heard once or twice but not enough to form a clear impression of them, and there are many more records that i never heard at all. i'm really curious about joanna newsom and tift merrit, f'rinstance. my farovite discoveries of the year who have recording careers -- andrew bird and wolves -- didn't really have proper records out in 2004. (i'm tempted to include the transistor transistor/wolves split anyway, but i don't think it represents wolves all that well) anyway. i wrote about several of these; some need no introduction, the rest have brief notes for anyone who might be interested in exploring further. 5 pts Beauty Pill: The Unsustainable Lifestyle http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/music/b/beauty_pill.html 4 pts Ted Leo and the Pharmacists: Shake the Sheets Slow Jets: Remain in Ether http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/music/s/slow_jets.html 3 pts Channels: Open (the lastest project of j. robbins, formerly of jawbox/burning airlines. sounds nothing like jawbox or burning airlines; contains absolutely killer john cale cover.) Engine Down: Engine Down http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/music/e/engine_down.html Kathy Cashel: The Question Is Yes http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/music/c/kathy_cashel.html 2 Minus the Bear: Bands Like it When You Yell "Yar" at Them (this band was one of my favorite discoveries of last year. mathy indie rock with often very clean bell-like interlocking guitar lines -- a tiny tiny bit like king crimson gone emo. the had two eps last year, but i got "they make beer commercials like this" later) Chris Stamey/Yo La Tengo - V.O.T.E. Mission of Burma - OnOFFOn Magnetic Fields - i (boosted a little bit by a phenomenal live performance; i much preferred the live arrangements and like the songs better after hearing them live; otherwise this likely would have been an hon. mention) 1 Josh Lederman Y Los Diablos - The Town's Old Fair (this is a local somerville band, kinda mellow alt country, tuneful, well-produced. this spot could easily have gone to old ghost's "light remains" whcih had a similar vibe.) Doug Gillard - Salamander (could have been Doug Powell too) Hope Alane - Pink Sky Blue http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/music/s/slow_jets.html#hope_alane Breather Resist - Charmer (one of the distinguishing things about 2004 for me is that it was a year in which i could scarcely get enough pummelling dissonant mathy hardcore. this slot could easily have gone to hot snakes or these arms are snakes. they should get together and form a supergroup: these arms are hot snake charmer.) Tim Walters (et al) - Tim Walters (et al) http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/music/c/kathy_cashel.html#tim_walters honorable mention and/or not enough clock time: capstan shafts http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/music/c/capstanshafts.html the fall bill frisell fugazi live CDs hot snakes low (box set) medications (disChord) old ghost old 97s pedro the lion doug powell shalini john sharples (http://www.pathetic-caverns.com/music/c/kathy_cashel.html#john_sharples) elliott smith songs of august (this is a side project of nick from 1905) sonic youth these arms are snakes tres chicas vinyl skyway (http://www.thenoise-boston.com/live_reviews/248.asp) wilco *** disappointment of the year: q and not u - power ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V5 #32 ******************************