From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V7 #299 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 Friday, January 4 2008 Volume 07 : Number 299 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] RE: loud-fans-digest V7 #296 [Scout82667@aol.com] [loud-fans] My top ten list [PunkRok ] [loud-fans] Poll deadline: 1/10 ["glenn mcdonald" ] [loud-fans] poll 2008 + things [Chris Prew ] [loud-fans] where they inter people they don't know very well ["outbound-] Re: [loud-fans] My top ten list ["Dennis Sacks" ] Re: [loud-fans] poll 2008 + things [zoom@muppetlabs.com] Re: [loud-fans] My top ten list ["Joseph M. Mallon" ] Re: [loud-fans] poll 2008 + things ["Steve Holtebeck" Subject: [loud-fans] My top ten list I want to preface this by saying a few things: 1) I have never posted before (unless it was a reply) - so my cherry is POPPED! - 2) I did this list before reading anyone else's (for good reason, I did not want to feel swayed) - that includes any itunes, rolling stone, pitchfork or spin lists :) 3) I saw most of these bands live this year BECAUSE of the release being so strong. In most cases, I traveled long distances (NOLA - Voodoo Music Fest, Seattle - Bumbershoot, Indio - Coachella) to see them. (this was my year of festivals, apparently) here goes! 1) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81 2) The Shins - Wincing the Night Away 3) Wilco - Sky Blue Sky 4) Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 5) White Stripes - Icky Thump 6) Moonbabies - Moonbabies at the Ballroom 7) Gay Blades - Ghosts 8) Louden Wainwright III - Strange Wierdos 9) Peter, Bjorn and John - Writer's Block 10) Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor Honorable Mentions: Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank; LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver; Blonde Redhead - 23. Albums that would probably be on the list but I haven't purchased yet: Allison Krause and Robert Plant :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:01:50 -0500 From: "glenn mcdonald" Subject: [loud-fans] Poll deadline: 1/10 Anyone who wishes to participate in the LoudFans 2007 Poll, please get your top 10s done (email them to the list or to me directly, your choice) by January 10! glenn ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:40:29 -0600 From: Chris Prew Subject: [loud-fans] poll 2008 + things Top 10, sort of in order Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, are you the Destroyer Editors - An End Has a Start Parts & Labor - Mapmaker Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity Menomena - Friend and Foe Mitch Easter - Dynamico Apologies, but I can't guarantee these are all 2008 releases. Honorable Mention, and stuff not in rotation enough to nominate: Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Panda Bear - Person Pitch Gil Ray - I am Atomic Man Do Make Say Think - You, You're a History in Rust Dinosaur Jr - Beyond Blonde Redhead - 23 Pela - Anytown Graffiti New Pornographers - Challengers Battles - Mirrored Thing that probably would have been top 10 but I haven't heard yet -- The new FIery Furnaces Thing everybody else liked, but everytime I put it on I wanted to turn it off and put on the first Tindersticks record instead - National - Boxer Thing a lot of other people liked, but everytime I put it on I had to look to make sure I wasn't listening to Barry Manilow - Jens Lenkman Thing I would have liked if the production were better -- and still may, given time A Place to Bury Strangers - s/t Thing I keep trying to like, but can never get more than lukewarm for -- Radiohead Chris ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:30:03 -0500 From: "outbound-only email address" Subject: [loud-fans] where they inter people they don't know very well Chris mentioned >>Thing I would have liked if the production were better -- and still may, given time A Place to Bury Strangers - s/t << It seems like a bunch of people have recently mentioned this record favorably. If you like it you might want to look for recordings by Ackermann's old band, Skywave, which was very much of a piece. But if the production of "strangers" bugs you, don't expect to like Echodrone or Synthstatic any better. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:02:03 -0700 From: "Dennis Sacks" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] My top ten list What happened to Rogue Wave? On Jan 3, 2008 10:26 AM, PunkRok wrote: > > > 1) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81 > 2) The Shins - Wincing the Night Away > 3) Wilco - Sky Blue Sky > 4) Arcade Fire - Neon Bible > 5) White Stripes - Icky Thump > 6) Moonbabies - Moonbabies at the Ballroom > 7) Gay Blades - Ghosts > 8) Louden Wainwright III - Strange Wierdos > 9) Peter, Bjorn and John - Writer's Block > 10) Earlimart - Mentor Tormentor > > Honorable Mentions: Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank; > LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver; Blonde Redhead - 23. > > Albums that would probably be on the list but I haven't purchased yet: > Allison Krause and Robert Plant :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 15:21:57 -0800 (PST) From: zoom@muppetlabs.com Subject: Re: [loud-fans] poll 2008 + things > Besnard Lakes - Are the Dark Horse > Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone > Black Moth Super Rainbow - Dandelion Gum > Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns, Fifteen Winters > Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, are you the Destroyer > Editors - An End Has a Start > Parts & Labor - Mapmaker > Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity > Menomena - Friend and Foe > Mitch Easter - Dynamico > > Apologies, but I can't guarantee these are all 2008 releases. I'd be willing to bet they were all released no later than December 31, 2007. You are old, father time... Andy Two-Thirds Of The Jam Reuniting For Tour From The Jam February 19, 2007, 9:00 AM ET Greg Prato, N.Y. The Jam bassist Bruce Foxton and drummer Rick Buckler are reuniting for a tour, minus the group's most famous member, Paul Weller, under the moniker "From the Jam: Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler." The duo, who will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Jam's debut, "In the City," will be joined by singer/guitarist Russell Hastings and guitarist/keyboardist Dave Moore on a U.K. that runs through May. "I had been away from the live scene for about twelve years prior to 2005," Buckler tells Billboard.com. "And at that point, I felt that I wanted to play live again, along with a longstanding desire to revisit the songs of the Jam. It all made good sense for me to team up with Russell Hastings and Dave Moore, whom I had seen on several occasions in the band Maximum High. We went into rehearsals for a few months and as the Gift organized about six shows at the end of 2005. I was unsure at first, as to the reception we would get, but after speaking to some of the fans, I quickly realized that this was not only a gift to me but to all the fans of the Jam." The first thought on many fans' minds will be why Weller is not involved, which Buckler offers to explain. "Paul had cut all lines of communication with myself and Bruce after 1982 for reasons of his own," he says. "I do know that he was aware of the Gift and what I was doing, and that he was not interested in any way in reforming the Jam. For my part, there seemed little point even putting the question to him, or even if he was open for any dialog on the subject." Foxton, however, bumped into Weller not long ago during a Who concert at London's Hyde Park. "It was very brief but fantastic to be on speaking terms again. At that time [the tour] was not even thought of. I haven't got a contact number for Paul, but even if I did, I don't think he'd be interested, given what he's supposedly said in the press, but it would be nice to get his blessing, though. Then again, Sting's just got the Police back together!" Weller could not be reached for comment about the upcoming tour. Since leaving the group in 1982, he has repeatedly told journalists he will never reform the Jam. However, he saluted the band's past during a run of shows earlier this month in New York and Los Angeles, performing a number of Jam songs not usually featured in his set lists. Despite Weller's absence, From the Jam will be offering a set list comprised of all the classics. "Difficult to choose which songs we would leave out," Buckler says. "As we have chosen the set from what are our own personal favorites, there is so much to draw from - 'Strangetown,' 'When You're Young,' 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight,' 'A Bomb in Wardour Street' and 'Start!' are all in the set. The covers were always fun to play and maybe we could add some of these -- 'Midnight Hour,' 'War,' 'So Sad About Us,' 'Get Yourself Together,' etc." Only U.K. dates are planned for the time being, but Foxton doesn't rule out the possibility of playing on American soil as well. "Let's see how the U.K. tour goes," he says. "All being well, tomorrow's the world." - --from http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003547305 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 17:07:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Joseph M. Mallon" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] My top ten list On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Dennis Sacks wrote: > What happened to Rogue Wave? They made a boring album. Joe Mallon jmmallon@joescafe.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 19:05:03 -0800 From: "Steve Holtebeck" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] My top ten list On 1/3/08, Joseph M. Mallon wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Dennis Sacks wrote: > > > What happened to Rogue Wave? > > They made a boring album. And their former bass player died of smoke inhalation last week. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/01/evan_farrell_ri.html I don't know why Evan left RW (was he fired or did he quit?) but I was saddened by that news. Their drummer Pat Spurgeon also had a kidney transplant last year. Making a boring album is the least of RW's worries at this point. And I thought ASLEEP AT HEAVENS GATE was okay. At least the first half. I filed it next to Fountains of Wayne and the New Pornographers in "albums I like but don't like as much as I thought I would". - -Steve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 19:17:49 -0800 From: "Steve Holtebeck" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] poll 2008 + things On 1/3/08, zoom@muppetlabs.com wrote: > I'd be willing to bet they were all released no later than December 31, 2007. > > You are old, father time... > > Two-Thirds Of The Jam Reuniting For Tour > From The Jam > > February 19, 2007, 9:00 AM ET ^^^^ And you're spreading news that's eleven months old! The "From The Jam" tour has already come and gone. - -Steve ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:18:39 -0500 From: Jenny Grover Subject: Re: [loud-fans] My top ten list Steve Holtebeck wrote: > And their former bass player died of smoke inhalation last week. > http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/01/evan_farrell_ri.html > That is very sad news, indeed. Thanks for posting that. I had not heard about it. Jen ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V7 #299 *******************************