Episode 90 / NNA Tapes

Premiere DateJul 20, 2018
Series Page Download Sponsor: Urban Outfitters
Categories Indie Music Rock
00:00 SubInev on BTR / intro
01:24 “Wonder” Kalbells
05:24 “Sweet Dreams” The Cradle
08:03 NNA Tapes interview
65:56 “Contrails” Tigue
73:44 “A Dance That Empties I” Subtle Degrees
85:04 SubInev on BTR
85:55 “Fire Is The Mouth” Erica Eso
90:36 “They Sell Doomsday” Ryan Power
96:18 “Elephant Thimbles” The Ah
99:27 “Ca C'est Cantare” Tredici Bacci
101:50 SubInev on BTR
102:26 “Phantom Limbs” Tsembla
105:32 “Two squares” Ahnnu
109:00 “Patterns for Alto” Lea Bertucci
115:23 “Swoon” LEYA
119:26 SubInev on BTR
119:59 “Shut Up and Leave Me Alone” Birthing Hips
121:58 “Cell Games and Beyond” The Cradle
126:44 SubInev on BTR / outro
127:34 END

This week we head north to the excellent New England music town of Burlington, VT to chat with Toby Aronson from the 10-year-old label NNA Tapes about formats (they don’t JUST release tapes), aiming for high quality music over getting stuck to a genre, streaming, and the label’s newly-announced Centennial cassette box set!

Toby Aronson / NNA Tapes - illustration by Bryan Bruchman
NNA Tapes
Ahnnu - Special Forces
Lea Bertucci - Metal Aether
Subtle Degrees - A Dance That Empties
Tsembla - The Hole In The Landscape
Erica Eso - 129 Dreamless GMG
Tigue - Strange Paradise
LEYA - The Fool
The Cradle - Bag Of Holding
Bryan has been blogging about, photographing, and making music for the better part of two decades. As a Senior Video Producer on the BTRtv video team, he works closely with artists, labels, and the music industry…

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