I get a warm feeling from seeing activity here. The old Audities was a bright spot in a relatively dark period in my life and reignited my love for music just when I needed it. Can't say why, but the FB group approach doesn't do it for me. What does do it for me is the new Brendan Benson album, particularly this track: https://brendanbenson.bandcamp.com/track/babys-eyes Drew MacDonald On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 7:58 AM Jordan Sovereign wrote: > A fairly recent release I've been digging lately is the new one by Aloud. > Very good, energetic, mixes elements of rock, pop, soul, a lot of > influences adding up to something pretty great! > https://open.spotify.com/album/6Vgf8LD0srTe2NFZTJ2hwU > > I think an online SOTT was attempted on Facebook, but I'm not sure how it > went. With Spotify playlists, they are cool, but is not quite the same as > having a physical artifact handcrafted by someone from across the world! > But if you want to check out some of my playlists feel free!! Here's my > best of 2020 for you > https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3jnPEo41jXNcoGSfzr4iVh?si=g3Ouo9lAQomMmHd5rujORg > > Jordan Sovereign > > > On Jun 24, 2020, at 9:35 AM, Jeffrey Walker wrote: > > > > For what it’s worth, I’ll echo Rick McCall's and Craig’s sentiments > about the old EM list approach. I don’t do Facebook at all, so I’ve > obviously only gotten snippets of Audities comms when there have been the > occasional emails from a handful of members. In the few years after I > signed on and it was still just operated as a list, I can’t begin to > properly describe the amazing impact it had on my knowledge and > appreciation of the incredible music of this type that existed and > continues to be made in so many low visibility corners of the music world. > I remember to this day getting turned on to Sugarbomb’s fantastically > underappreciated LP, “Bully" by Rick—still one of my favorites of all time. > And my music collection is chock full of the things that came in those > little boxes of ecstasy that would arrive during one of the several SOTT > rounds I participated in. Does anyone still do those? > > > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > > >> On Jun 23, 2020, at 7:15 PM, Rick McCall > wrote: > >> > >> Totally agree with Craig re Facebook group. What we had via email for > years was so fun and informative. And we got to know a little about the > people on the list in it’s heyday. > >> > >> So...what’s the best record for our kind of music that you’ve > experienced in the past 12 months? > >> > >> I’ve got two nominees but I’ll start with one: > >> > >> Donnie Vie - Beautiful Things > >> > >> Friends, this is one of my favorite records of the past several years. > A little different the ENuff Z Nuff but just about every song has a > beatleish hook that won’t let you go. But plenty crunchy enough guitars to > put the power in power pop. I love it. > >> > >> Any other entries? > >> > >> Best, > >> Rick > >> > >> > >> ======================================================================= > >> Detailed Audities-List information: > >> To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: > >> > > > > >