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Record Dialectic
ZOLA JESUS – Conatus (Part 1)
Brandon’s been doing too much of the talking so AudioVole becomes a girls’ club this week (hurray!). Sarah Braunstein and Rchl Brwn “sit down” to discuss Zola Jesus’ latest release, Conatus. Sarah and Rchl have never actually met so reading this dialectic should be kind of like witnessing a blind date unfold (that is, if … Continue reading
TWIN SISTER – In Heaven (Pts 1-4)
Brandon and Natalie discuss Twin Sister’s debut LP, In Heaven, which just came out on Domino Records. It’s a confidently playful album that may or may not be sequenced in pairs, and one that covers a broad tableaux, from Blondie’s nu-wave, to loungey R&B, to spaghetti-western. Or is it James Bond? Can that be a … Continue reading
TWIN SISTER – In Heaven (Part 4)
The dramatic and incredibly brief conclusion to the In Heaven dialectic.
TWIN SISTER – In Heaven (Part 3)
In Heaven is an album by a band still figuring out what it wants to sound like. Brandon would like to suggest “awesome.” They should go for “awesome.”
TWIN SISTER – In Heaven (Part 2)
On the song “Saturday Sunday,” lead singer Andrea Estella and guitarist Eric Cardona trade back and forth in the refrain, “Saturday.” “No, Sunday.” Natalie would like to offer a third option: “Not on this album.” She then wonders if she’s narrow-minded because she can’t totally get into the album’s nu-wave spaghetti-western dance tracks.
TWIN SISTER – In Heaven (Part 1)
Brandon writes to Natalie about Long Island quintent, Twin Sister’s debut LP, In Heaven, which just came out on Domino Records. It’s a confidently playful album that may or may not be sequenced in pairs, and one that covers a broad tableaux, from Blondie’s nu-wave, to loungey R&B, to spaghetti-western. That’s right, you heard me. … Continue reading
WILCO – The Whole Love (Pts 1-4)
In this corner, we have Chris Mollica, devoted Wilco fan, lover of their eighth album, The Whole Love. And in the other corner we have Brandon Hall, lover of sports analogies, fan of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, like just about everyone else, who calls The Whole Love “country rock on Prozac,” before proceeding to say much … Continue reading
WILCO – The Whole Love (Part 4)
“MOR meh.” Not Brandon’s most articulate phrase, but one we’re sticking with, apparently. Brandon goes to great lengths to refute the charges that he A.) needs to listen more carefully and B.) needs to spend more time with the album. To paraphrase: Spending more time with boring people doesn’t always or even often make them … Continue reading
WILCO – The Whole Love (Part 3)
“This is art, man,” Chris says of Wilco’s The Whole Love in part 3 of his discussion with Brandon. He also starts bandying about quotes from the film, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, and implies that Brandon doesn’t have a “careful ear.” The cad.
WILCO – The Whole Love (Parts 1 and 2)
Chris Mollica doesn’t talk about this in his dialectics, but he sees these discussions as battles to the death. He sends little violent text messages saying things like, “I’m coming for your throat.” I want you to know this because we should hold him to it. He kicks off this round by declaring his love … Continue reading
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