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THE STROKES – Is This It (Part 2 of 2)
Zach and Marites wrap up the crate-digging dialectic celebrating the ten-year anniversary of The Strokes’ album Is This It. As a bonus, we’ll hook you up with all the tracks on the tribute album STROKED including covers from some AudioVole favorites like Chelsea Wolfe and Real Estate. Come on, it’s Monday. Let’s get sentimental.
REAL ESTATE – Days (Pts 1-4)
Chris and Sarah fill their ears with Real Estate’s Days and find the band’s sophomore release to be tighter, catchier, and decidedly less beachy than their earlier work. They come to this conclusion after eating fish tacos, insulting each other (in the mild-mannered way that AudioVolers do), and then coming to their senses.
REAL ESTATE – Days (Part 4)
In Part 4, Sarah daydreams about what shape Days might take in human form. Then she gets a grip and discusses the highlights of the album and has an epiphany that Real Estate sounds kind of like Beulah if Beulah chilled out a little bit.
REAL ESTATE – Days (Part 3)
In Part 3, Chris comes around to Days and admits Sarah might have made a good point or two although not without attempts to distract readers by name-dropping fancy French filmakers first (you’ve been warned). And despite finding some common ground, Chris still manages to sign off with a not-so-veiled threat to “clockwork orange” Sarah. We’re … Continue reading
REAL ESTATE – Days (Part 2)
AudioVole is talking about Real Estate’s sophomore album Days and in Part 2, Sarah uses “them fightin’ words” to tell Chris that he’s not a good listener and it’s one reason he might not have taken to the album. Then again, Sarah can’t really talk because she did the same thing back in 2009 with Real … Continue reading
REAL ESTATE – Days (Part 1)
Real Estate’s sophomore album Days comes out today and AudioVole is taking the album and doing what we do best: listening, making fish tacos (if you are Chris Mollica), digesting (both the album and the tacos), and conversing. Read on to see what Chris writes to Sarah about the New Jersey quartet’s second full-length effort in … Continue reading
THE STROKES – Is This It (Part 1 of 2)
It’s ten years ago. You have that god-awful haircut and suffered frequent mild panic attacks whenever you accidentally touched the lens of your discman? That’s right, discman, because you probably won’t get your first iPod for at least another handful of months (if you’re really lucky). Here at AudioVole, we hope that one of the … Continue reading
ZOLA JESUS – Conatus (Pts 1-4)
Sarah Braunstein and Rchl Brwn discuss Zola Jesus’s latest release, Conatus, for AudioVole this week. The conversation digresses and regains focus. Sarah and Rchl like some of the same songs but also different ones. They both want to witness Zola’s freaky acid-trip opera when she gets around to writing it. Oh! And both Sarah and Rchl … Continue reading
ZOLA JESUS – Conatus (Part 4)
Rchl drops some harsh language on the fact that Sarah is at the Zola Jesus concert while Rchl writes her response. Sarah shrugs her shoulders and says “hey, sometimes artists travel from west to east.” ZJ will be in NYC next week.
ZOLA JESUS – Conatus (Part 3)
Sarah starts out strong in Part 3 but gets distracted by talking about Darwin-inspired operas. She could’ve put a stop to this; after all, she is the editor and has no problem getting out the red pen. But if she cut out that digression she wouldn’t get to mention Coldplay, a move that should boost … Continue reading
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