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Natalie Snoyman
The Songs of 2011 (Part 5)
That’s the stuff. We all took one to the eye this year. Natalie’s here to wrap up AudioVole’s favorite songs of the year and rub our collective temples with jams too cool for your radio or YouTube. You’re lucky to get one video in this bunch. It’s essentially the polar opposite of the songs Brandon … Continue reading
2011 Crate Digging Retrospective (Part 2)
Natalie breaks down her top five 2011 finds. FWIW, this list is awesome.
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
WILD FLAG – Wild Flag (Pts 1-4+)
A five part conversation between Brandon Hall and Natalie Snoyman about Wild Flag’s eponymous debut. Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, two-thirds of honest-to-God super group Sleater-Kinney, have joined forces with Mary Timony of Helium and Rebecca Cole of The Minders to bring back the 90s because they were a better, simpler time. With Zuba pants. … Continue reading
WILD FLAG – Wild Flag (Part 4+)
Natalie refuses to name names. WTF, yo? WTF? What are we doing here if not being snarky critics tearing asunder the hard work of myriad musicians, summing up years of toil and struggle with a shrug and some off-handed remark that uses words like “derivative,” “unfocused,” or “minor?” Huh, Natalie? Huh? Name names! Brandon’s response … Continue reading
WILD FLAG – Wild Flag (Part 3)
Brandon takes back everything he’s said over the past two months. (Not exactly.) But he does realize that with Sleater-Kinney gone, he should be grateful for what he can get. And Wild Flag is no meek substitute.
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