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Chris Mollica
Best Albums of 2011 (Part 4)
Their names might both be Chris but beyond that, Atto and Mollica are total oppositsies. In part 4, Chris Mollica unabashedly declares his love for all things Justin Vernon and four other really good albums. Despite the season of good cheer, we’re still not sorry for the “boner iver” joke from Part 1.
The Songs of 2011 (Part 4)
Yeah, bearded white dudes. Let it out. Shit’s not gonna get any better. Oh, we think it will, sure. The grand illusion, don’t you know. A New Year = a new beginning. Hogwash. At first listen, you might think Chris Mollica’s selections for songs of the year portend some idyllic new life, replete with love … Continue reading
2011 Crate Digging Retrospective (Part 4)
Chris blows our cover by listing Laughing Stock and Solo Piano as two of his favorite crate diggers this year, proving beyond all doubt that, yes, we are a small circle of people who share music. But isn’t that what this site is all about? Sharing music? See! Now we’re sharing with you! Don’t you … Continue reading
I knew I was an AudioVole when…
When was the first time you heard music? No, not the first Oldies song that you knew all the lyrics to or the Paula Abdul music video that you studied obsessively. When was the first time you realized music would become as important in your life as, say, three meals a day? When did music … Continue reading
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
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
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