top 50 of the 00's
Jason Gordon
1. My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me the Workhorse
2. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
3. Inga Liljestrom - Elk
4. Carina Round - The First Blood Mystery
5. Florence and The Machine - Lungs
6. Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline
7. Over the Rhine - Drunkard's Prayer
8. Rachel Smith - The Clearing
9. Efterklang - Parades
10. Jesca Hoop - Kismet
11. Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold
12. Martina Topley-Bird - Quixotic
13. The Knife - The Knife
14. Stina Nordenstam - The World Is Saved
15. Camille - Le fil
16. Portishead - Third
17. Tunng - Good Arrows
18. Emiliana Torrini - Me and Armini
19. Thea Gilmore - Avalanche
20. Vienna Teng - Waking Hour
21. Lau Nau - Kuutarha
22. Kristy Thirsk - Souvenir
23. Juliet Turner - Season of the Hurricane
24. Rachel Unthank & the Winterset - The Bairns
25. Emilie Simon - Emilie Simon
26. Tanya Donelly - Whiskey Tango Ghosts
27. Feist - Let It Die
28. The Shortwave Set - The Debt Collection
29. Eisley - Room Noises
30. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
31. Hanne Hukkelberg - Little Things
32. Azure Ray - Hold on Love
33. Jenny Wilson - Love and Youth
34. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
35. Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
36. Poe - Haunted
37. The Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse
38. Candie Payne - I Wish I Could Have Loved You More
39. Amy Annelle - A School of Secret Dangers
40. Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
41. Paul The Girl - Electro-Magnetic Blues
42. Johnny Hollow - Dirty Hands
43. Nitin Sawhney - Prophesy
44. Margo - The Catnap
45. Under Byen - Siamesisk
46. Terami Hirsch - A Broke Machine
47. The Knife - Silent Shout
48. Hem - Rabbit Songs
49. Helicopter Girl - Voodoo Chic
50. Willow - Sweet Dark Demon
Yngve Hauge
<gor...@optonline.net>:
> my top 50 of 00's
>
Interesting concept ... gonna have to think about that one
-- Yngve
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Doug
I have to disagree with this one. FBM sounds just like an entry-level
release (IMO it s*cks), at least in comparison to either TD or SMA.
If I were you I'd replace FBM with SMA, both of which would qualify to
be in the top 50 (top 10 even). (Can't get into TYSH though...dunno
what she's trying to do with that.)
> 10. Jesca Hoop - Kismet
I agree with this one completely! I just discovered Jesca (thanks to
someone on this list) and this is an amazing CD. However, I'd add
Hunting My Dress to the list as well...it's just almost as good as
Kismet, and deserves to be in the top 50.
> 27. Feist - Let It Die
Um, hello? The Reminder? Heard that one? (heh) I could get into
only a few songs on LID, but nearly all of TR made it into my playlist
repeatedly.
> 36. Poe - Haunted
Excellent choice here, though I'd rate it higher.
> 50. Willow - Sweet Dark Demon
Ah, another fan! I thought I was the only one. I keep waiting for a
new full CD (and for her to tour outside her home state) but I'm not
holding my breath.
Here's one I'd add to the list however:
Susan Robkin - How To Say Goodbye
It's an oldie, released on 08-15-2000, but I couldn't stop listening
to it when it came out.
http://www.amazon.com/How-Say-Goodbye-Susan-Robkin/dp/B00004WZT8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1261052152&sr=1-1-spell
--Doug
Leonora Christina Skov
Looking at the list I realize that most of the artists I would have named as
favourites ten years ago haven t made a decent album since then. I.e. Tori
Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Fiona Apple, Natalie Merchant, and Tanita Tikaram. I m
so glad Suzanne Vega, Kate Bush, Aimee Mann, and Sinead O Connor are still
going strong:-)
1. Amanda Palmer: Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (2008)
2. P.J. Harvey : Stories from the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)
3. Suzanna Vega: Songs in Red and Gray (2001)
4. Sia: Some People Have REAL Problems (2008)
5. Rosie Thomas: When We Were Small (2002)
6. Feist: Let it Die (2005)
7. The Dresden Dolls: Yes, Virginia (2006)
8. Joan as Police Woman: Real Life (2006)
9. Regina Spektor: Begin to Hope (2006)
10. Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree (2008)
11. Vienna Teng: Waking Hour (2002)
12. Noe Venable: The World Is Bound By Secret Knots (2003)
13. Keren Ann: Keren Ann (2007)
14. Over the Rhine: Drunkard s Prayer (2005)
15. Kate Bush: Aerial (2005)
16. Rachel Smith: The Clearing (2001)
17. Bat for Lashes: Two Suns (2009)
18. Cat Power: The Greatest (2006)
19. The Dresden Dolls: The Dresden Dolls (2003)
20. Racheal Yamagata: Elephants .. (2008)
21. Suzanne Vega: Beauty & Crime (2007)
22. Leonard Cohen: Dear Heather (2004)
23. A Girl Called Eddy: A Girl Called Eddy, 2004)
24. Camera Obscura: Underachievers Please Try Harder (2003)
25. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man: Out of Season (2002)
26. Sinead O Connor: Faith and Courage (2000)
27. Patty Griffin: 1,000 Kisses (2002)
28. Sol Seppy: The Bells of 1 2 (2006)
29. Martina Topley-Bird: The Blue God (2008)
30. Clare & the Reasons: The Movie (2007)
31. Hem: Eveningland (2004)
32. Tina Dickow: Notes (2003)
33. Coralie Climent: Salle des pas-perdus (2001)
34. Marianne Faithfull: Before the Poison (2005)
35. Lavender Diamond: Imagine Our Love (2007)
36. Pink Martini: Hey Eugene! (2007)
37. Leona Naess: Comatised ( 2000)
38. Aimee Mann: Lost in Space (2002)
39. Black Box Recorder: Passionoia (2003)
40. Dido: Safe Trip Home (2008)
41. Bitter:Sweet: The Mating Game (2006)
42. An Pierli: Helium Sunset (2004)
43. Kathryn Williams: Little Black Numbers (2000)
44. My Brightest Diamond: Bring Me the Workhorse (2006)
45. Aura: Columbine (2008)
46. Soap & Skin: Lovetune for Vacuum (2009)
47. Lucky Soul: The Great Unwanted (2007)
48. Lauren Hoffman: Choreography (2006)
49. Alice Smith: For Lovers, Dreamers & Me (2006)
50. Blonde Redhead: Misery is a Butterfly (2004)
Other albums I have really enjoyed:
Beth Orton: Comfort of Strangers (2006)
Charlotte Martin: On Your Shore (2004)
Camille: Le Fil (2006)
Band Ane: Anish Music (2007)
Colleen: Everyone Alive Wants Answers (2003)
Jolie Holland: Escondida (2004)
Jesca Hoop: Kismet (2007)
Charlotte Gainsbourg: 5:55 (2006)
Bird York: The Velvet Hour (2003)
Emiliana Torrini: Fisherman's Woman (2004)
Tara MacLean: Passenger (2000)
Nina Nastasia: The Blackened Air (2002)
Imogen Heap: Speak for Yourself (2005)
CocoRosie: Noah's Ark (2005)
Lori Carson: Stolen Beauty (2003)
Amanda Ghost: Ghost Stories (2000)
Imogen Heap: Speak for Yourself (2005)
Amy Seeley: The Trees Are Glad You're Back (2006)
Fever Ray: Fever Ray (2009)
Maria Taylor: 11:11 (2005)
Laura Tsaggaris: Proof (2005)
The Bird & the Bee: The Bird & the Bee (2007)
Emily Haines and the Soft Skeletons: Knives.., (2006)
Lisa Hannigan: Sea Sew (2009)
Kate Havnevik: Melankton (2007)
Laura Veirs: Year of Meteors (2005)
Tracey Thorn: Out of the Woods (2007)
Jane Birkin: Fictions (2006)
The Innocence Mission: Befriended (2003)
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neile
> > 4. Carina Round - The First Blood Mystery
>
> I have to disagree with this one. FBM sounds just like an entry-level
> release (IMO it s*cks), at least in comparison to either TD or SMA.
> If I were you I'd replace FBM with SMA, both of which would qualify to
> be in the top 50 (top 10 even). (Can't get into TYSH though...dunno
> what she's trying to do with that.)
Wow. Just so show our mileage varies, I would say my favourite Carina is
TYSH followed by TD then FBM, with SMA a very distant fourth.
> > 10. Jesca Hoop - Kismet
>
> I agree with this one completely! I just discovered Jesca (thanks to
> someone on this list) and this is an amazing CD. However, I'd add
> Hunting My Dress to the list as well...it's just almost as good as
> Kismet, and deserves to be in the top 50.
Okay, we agree here.
> > 36. Poe - Haunted
>
> Excellent choice here, though I'd rate it higher.
Not even on my list.
> > 50. Willow - Sweet Dark Demon
>
> Ah, another fan! I thought I was the only one. I keep waiting for a
> new full CD (and for her to tour outside her home state) but I'm not
> holding my breath.
Willow released a full-length CD (well, CDR) and a tape before Sweet Dark
Demon. They're nearly as good as it. See The Ectophiles Guide for info:
http://www.ectoguide.org/artists/willow . She hasn't even been playing out
here recently. Nothing since the (sorry, I was disappointed) Lovely Love
ep.
I'm a huge fan of Willow's work and even mention "Four Corners" in my (as
yet unpublished) novel and thank her in the acknowledgements.
And no list of favourite artists is complete without Veda Hille. None.
--Neile
Doug
Funny...Central Reservation is the only Orton release I can tolerate,
but IMO it'd be on the top 50 list if she'd waited until 2000 to
release it. Marvelous piece of work...every song on it is a keeper.
--Doug
robert bristow-johnson
> 12. Noe Venable: The World Is Bound By Secret Knots (2003)
have you heard Noe's "The Summer Storm Journals"?
i'll have to admit that i'm sorta partial to that because that has
the song in it that i heard the night in 2005 that i first heard Noe
for the first time ever at the Rockwood. Todd Sickafoose was doing
bass and they did Into the Wild and during that little voice/bass/
violin interlude in the middle, my chin hit the floor. and, not
knowing what the title of the song really was (even though it sure
seemed to be that it would be "into the wild"), i started buying Noe
CDs, not ever getting the song. then i went back to hear her play
since, and she didn't do that song (until the Zipper Factory concert
where Todd was present). i never heard it again until the CD came
out in 2007.
but i really like Secret Knots. i really like the sorta high voiced
descant she does in Juniper. it's really hot. but there are many
other songs in there that are good. (i *don't* necessarily like
every song Noe puts in each CD, but i will never say, lest Noe find
out, what they are.) i like Boots, too.
--
r b-j r...@audioimagination.com
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Karen Hester
> Wow. Just so show our mileage varies, I would say my favourite Carina is
> TYSH followed by TD then FBM, with SMA a very distant fourth.
My ranking would be similar but I've seen her live so many times this
year and the 'Slow motion addict' songs solo with gloss removed sound
more like 'Things you should know'. She's dropped them from her
set-lists now though. Carina refers to 'First blood mystery'
disparagingly but she plays a couple songs from it now and then.
(do you write in non-American English? - 'u' in favorite. It's nice to see :)
Jeff -
> I'll also have to put LIsa Gerrard's Black Opal on the list once I track down a copy.
Has anyone got this? I completely forgot about it.
K
birdie
Will get pictures..
Birdie
On Jan 13, 2010, at 7:48 AM, Jason Gordon wrote:
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> i dont recall seeing much discussion of asobi seksu on ecto...i
> really like their first three albums (lovely shoegazey dream pop)
> but they just released Rewolf, a collection of songs from their
> first albums redone acoustically...I think this would appeal to a
> lot of people (more cocteau twin-ish and dream poppy, and less wall
> of sound shoegaze). plus they cover hope sandoval's suzanne (see
> below clip)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXhkWmTNGgE
>
> -jason
Tim Jones-Yelvington
We've also got:
Kelly Clarkson
Sarah McLachlan
La Roux (this is the one that might flip my maybe to a yes, because I was sad to have missed her when she was last in town and I don't know how often she makes it across the pond)
Kate Nash (meh)
Cat Power (I always feel like I'm expected to love her but kinda get bored after a few tracks)
Mary J Blige
Heart (probably would be great??? I mean hi, iconic... But not sure how much I like their new music?)
~Tim
----- Original Message ----
From: Jason Gordon <gor...@optonline.net>
To: ec...@smoe.org
Sent: Mon, March 22, 2010 9:39:03 AM
Subject: lilith presales starting up...
I just noticed that the lilith fair presales are starting up...the local show here in west palm has announced the line-up and it is a toss up whether it is even worth taking a day off work on a tuesday to go:
Corinne Bailey Rae
The Rescues
Katzenjammer
Court Yard Hounds
Gossip
Ceci Bastida
Winning OurStage Artist
Sarah McLachlan
Martina McBride
Sia
Norah Jones
i'd reallllly like to see katzenjammer, would like to see sia, corrine bailey rae, sarah (for the umpteenth time), am ambivalent over the rescues, norah jones, and gossip, and really would be clawing my ears out having to listen to the dixie chicks and martina mcbride. i've not heard of ceci bastida.
if the lineup included two or three of: a fine frenzy, jesca hoop, meaghan smith, metric, tegan and sara, brandi carlile, beth orton, kate nash, marina and the diamonds, nneka, rosie thomas, or a few others, i'd be there in a heartbeat.
seriously underwhelmed.
oh well
jason
np wild strawberries - quiver
Valerie Nozick
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From: Jason Gordon <gor...@optonline.net>
To: tr...@interbridge.com
Cc: ec...@smoe.org
Sent: Saturday, May 7, 2011 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: Bands you broke up with
I've broken up hardest with Sarah McLachlan...dont even want to hear anything new by her now...and dont get me started on those damn animal abuse commercials...
Also on the list Dar Williams and Ani Difranco...
Leonora Christina Skov
McKenna sound really promising. Here's my latest obsessions:
Keren
Ann: My Name is Trouble http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-0Qx8HwlW4 - the whole
album is fabulous
Julia
Stone: Maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avke-UqzEWo
Agnes
Obel (she's Danish):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjncyiuwwXQ&feature=relmfu
Warpaint:
Undertow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMkqbY0oGKQ
Rumer:
Aretha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERzNIzrEnLg
Caro
Emerald: Back It Up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo1cyl0QbWo
Fallulah:
I Lay My Head (another Dane)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6hIh2wuJ0&feature=related
Tara
King th.: Extravagant, Grotesque and Nonchalant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yo95FmOwFE
Oh Land:
Wolf and I (yet another Dane) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4wHMORwlHY
All best from Copenhagen,Leonora
> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 09:44:49 -0400
> From: gor...@optonline.net
> Subject: things i've been obsessing over recently...(youtube version)
> To: ec...@smoe.org
>
> Oy - Trolls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrJ6X9RYPtA
> Emma McKenna - Run With It www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVNA_7FLCX0
> Washington - How To Tame Lions www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBSqgCZWavc
> Kira Kira - Bless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c-7mhFySIs
> Lulacruza & MJ Greenmountain -
> Soloinahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9MFx2FdHeY
> tUnE-yArDs - bizness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ1LI-NTa2s
>
> what can you add?
>
> -jason
>
> np Lamb - 5
Neile Graham
Love the sound and her use of childhood stories--that's an intriguing match-up.
--Neile