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2011 Crate Digging Retrospective (Part 2)

Natalie breaks down her top five 2011 finds. FWIW, this list is awesome.

2011 Crate Digging Retrospective (Part 1)

Well, it’s close enough to December, I suppose. I was going to do another album, but nothing really sparked my interest, so I figured it’d be nice to go ahead and jump into the retrospective list-type substance. In the next couple weeks, we’ll discuss the best songs and the best albums of the year. But … Continue reading

KATE BUSH – Hounds of Love (Pts 1-4)

Kate Bush just released her tenth studio album and first in six years, 50 Words for Snow. So are we covering it? Hell no! That would be too easy. Instead, we’re going back into the crate to dust off our copy of her seminal, groundbreaking masterpiece Hounds of Love. And man does that sucker hold … Continue reading

KATE BUSH – Hounds of Love (Part 4)

Sarah was procrastinating her post by having drinks at The Toasted Oak in Novi, MI, so Brandon called the joint and had them play some Kate Bush because there’s nothing Brandon likes more than a little passive-aggressive omniscient motivation. Also, Sarah now understands the power and genius of “The Ninth Wave” side of Bush’s Hounds … Continue reading

KATE BUSH – Hounds of Love (Part 3)

Brandon takes us through Hounds of Love’s B-side, “The Ninth Wave” and comes out the other side with an even deeper appreciation for the album as a whole, which plays like a fully realized horror film, something Jean Cocteau or David Lynch would have been proud to have made.

KATE BUSH – Hounds of Love (Part 2)

So Sarah takes a stab at the double-platinum Hounds of Love, one of the most important, highly regarded albums in the history of pop music and goes, “meh.” That’s not totally fair. Brandon is a little overly excited and his enthusiasm is tough to match. Sarah does throw together a list of contemporary male artists … Continue reading

KATE BUSH – Hounds of Love (Part 1)

This week, Kate Bush is releasing her tenth studio album and first in six years, 50 Words for Snow. So are we covering it? Hell no! That would be too easy. Instead, we’re going back into the crate to dust off our copy of her seminal, groundbreaking masterpiece Hounds of Love. And man does that … Continue reading

TYCHO – Dive (Pts 1-4)

Zach Evans and André Salas dig into Tycho’s album Dive, an electronic nostalgia trip that takes a while for either of these guys to get into, but soon finds them “meditating” with lotion and referencing something called Emmanuelle 8, which…um…I don’t know.

TYCHO – Dive (Part 4)

Q: Dude, seriously. WTF is Emmanuelle 8? A: “Hot scene sicak sexy seksi.” oh.

TYCHO – Dive (Part 3)

André returns from a brief hiatus (locked in his bedroom with a bottle of lotion, perhaps?) to level a final verdict on the most difficult album we’ve asked him to tackle this year. Tycho occasionally strays from the expected, and that’s where Dive really shines. There’s also a reference in here to Emmanuelle 8, which, … Continue reading