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Sarah Braunstein
KATE BUSH – Hounds of Love (Part 1)
This week, Kate Bush is releasing 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 … 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
SURFER BLOOD – Tarot Classics (Part 3)
Sarah explains the disappearance of Katie (don’t worry, she’ll come back around) and proposes a road trip to check out Surfer Blood opening for the Pixies in Asbury Park. Who’s in? The AudioVole caravan has room for more and, believe you me, it’ll be legendary.
SURFER BLOOD – Tarot Classics (Part 2)
Marites continues the conversation on Surfer Blood’s new EP Tarot Classics and confesses to walking out on the band a couple of years ago when they played in Vegas. She was really only there to see her friends play in the opening act so no hard feelings guys, right???
SURFER BLOOD – Tarot Classics (Part 1)
Sarah, Marites, and AudioVole newcomer Katie Gallegos indulge in a 3-way conversation about Surfer Blood’s new EP Tarot Classics. Sarah kicks off the conversation but lobs the hard questions over to Marites and Katie because, as acting editor, she can do that. These three ladies also play in a band together and want you to … 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
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