Episode 90 / NNA Tapes
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
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