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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
OH LAND – “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (The National cover)
If you have 3 minutes today, please download and listen to this cover of The National’s “Bloodbuzz Ohio” by Oh Land. (MP3)
BEIRUT – The Rip Tide (Pts 1-4)
Beirut’s third LP, The Rip Tide, is either Zach Condon’s best effort to date or a minor work that sees a prodigious and incredibly young talent in a holding pattern. Depends on who you ask. Brandon and Cutter had at it and one man emerged victorious.
BEIRUT – The Rip Tide (Part 4)
Cutter lays the smack down and establishes himself as the more mature, level headed reviewer in this final leg of The Rip Tide dialectic. He also informs Brandon that if he may be more “hopeless” than “romantic,” which, I’ll be honest, kind of stung a little bit.
BEIRUT – The Rip Tide (Part 3)
“If the National are a one trick pony, their trick is giving blowjobs.” That’s right. Brandon took the “one trick pony” metaphor a step further and maybe a step too far. That, at the end of an already long-ass post. Dude had a lot to say. Most of it’s interesting though, I promise.
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