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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
TYCHO – Dive (Pts 1-4)
Zach Evans and André Salas dig into Tycho’s album Dive, an electronic nostalgia trip that takes a while for either of these guys to get into, but soon finds them “meditating” with lotion and referencing something called Emmanuelle 8, which…um…I don’t know.
TYCHO – Dive (Part 4)
Q: Dude, seriously. WTF is Emmanuelle 8? A: “Hot scene sicak sexy seksi.” oh.
TYCHO – Dive (Part 3)
André returns from a brief hiatus (locked in his bedroom with a bottle of lotion, perhaps?) to level a final verdict on the most difficult album we’ve asked him to tackle this year. Tycho occasionally strays from the expected, and that’s where Dive really shines. There’s also a reference in here to Emmanuelle 8, which, … Continue reading
TYCHO – Dive (Part 2)
Zach takes Tycho apart piece by piece like a fine clock maker, examining what exactly makes the album tick and struggling with whether or not what he’s doing is really worth the time it’s taking to do it. Like his graphic design work as ISO50, Zach says Tycho’s music is pretty and interesting but hardly … Continue reading
TYCHO – Dive (Part 1)
Looking for music to make whoopee to? Ghostly International’s Scott Hansen has you covered with his second LP, Dive, under the Tycho moniker. André Salas rushes to avoid the Wrath of Brandon in analyzing Dive’s nostalgic allusions to Boards of Canada and Tangerine Dream in this letter to Zach Evans.
THE STROKES – Is This It (Pts 1-2)
Here at AudioVole, we hope that one of the discs taking up residence in your old Case Logic CD book is The Strokes’ first studio album Is This It. Let’s go crate-digging and revisit the year 2001 with Zach Evans and Marites Velasquez as they dissect and celebrate the 10th anniversary of Is This It.
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