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Sarah Braunstein
SHARON VAN ETTEN – Tramp (Part 4)
Zach wraps up this week’s conversation on Tramp with a healthy dose of criticism. AudioVole’s therapist says this is expected behavior and that “sh*t can’t be fun and flowers all the time.” We’re going to have to ask to see his license.
SHARON VAN ETTEN – Tramp (Part 3)
Before Sarah sat down to respond to Zach, she whiled away her second consecutive night at a Jeff Mangum concert. She then proceeded to read Tramp in the light of An Aeroplane Over the Sea, which seems unfair. For those of you keeping track, AudioVole has now compared Sharon Van Etten’s Tramp to Bob Dylan going electric and An … Continue reading
SHARON VAN ETTEN – Tramp (Part 2)
Tramp is the first Sharon Van Etten album that does justice to her strengths as a singer and songwriter, says Zach Evans, before wondering if her new sound is akin to Dylan going electric. Really? We’re comparing Sharon Van Etten to Bob Dylan, now? Congrats, Sharon! AudioVole has just put you in some rarified company!
SHARON VAN ETTEN – Tramp (Part 1)
Long time, no Sarah on AudioVole. That’s changing right…now! She would normally be excited to write a funny little blurb here but all of the listening to Sharon Van Etten has made “excitement” seem like an unworthy emotion available only to those who have never experienced heartbreak. And tweens. Anyway, read what she has to … Continue reading
Best Albums of 2011 (Part 1)
Inhale. Do you smell that? Nutmeg. Pine. Holly. Year-end lists. Or is that reindeer droppings? It’s finally time for AudioVole to bring out our favorite albums of 2011. Of course, easily digestible lists aren’t exactly our bag. That would be too…smart. We’re more of the long-winded, prosaic-musing persuasion. But, to appease the masses, we do … Continue reading
2011 Crate Digging Retrospective (Part 3)
Sarah tells us what she was listening to when she wasn’t listening to Let England Shake. She also takes time to make fun of Brandon for heeding Justin Vernon’s advice. Seriously, though – dude wrote “Skinny Love.” Maybe we should listen. (Just not to Bonnie Raitt, please.)
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
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