Brassland
Brassland records available from CD Baby.
Brassland is an artist-operated label run by writer Alec Hanley Bemis (LA Weekly, The New York Times, etc.) and twin brothers/musicians Aaron Dessner (The National) and Bryce Dessner (Clogs; The National; guitarist for Sufjan Stevens & Bang on a Can All-Stars). We encourage collaboration and creation among an evolving assortment of creative folks. We like music that transcends genre. At the same time we try not to make transcending genre a cliche by applying labels to what we do: funk-metal, progressive punk, Afro-Cuban jazz, underground hip-hop, intelligent dance music, whateva! We like musicians who play well and possess the elusive tonic of personality. Please visit us at www.brassland.org
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BABY DAYLINER: High Heart & Low Estate
A potpourri of diverse influences: hip-hop, neo-70s disco, lo-fi rock, Eurodisco.
CD price: $13.00
BABY DAYLINER: Critics Pass Away
"A retro romo romp through a New York ghost world that is neither the drainpipe-and-denim sweat pile of CBGBs nor the mirrorball glitz of Studio 54 but somewhere in between."-Uncut
CD price: $13.00
CLOGS: Thom's Night Out
A quartet from the US and Australia. Viola + guitar + bassoon + percussion. Wailing and forceful yet full of grace and tiny notes, they'll bring to mind minimalism, ambient music, and "post-rock." Think:Kronos Quartet, Rachel's, Godspeed You Black Emperor
CD price: $13.00
CLOGS: Lullaby for Sue
Impossible to describe Aussie-American classical quartet will change how you hear music: Eerie, looping folk melodies & delicately bowed and struck strings create a beautiful, lost at sea effect.
CD price: $13.00
CLOGS: Stick Music
A deep exploration of strings that are bowed, struck, plucked, and treated. The result is intimate, melodic, gorgeous.
CD price: $13.00
CLOGS: Lantern
Lovely and unique combination of electric guitar, strings, percussion, and bassoon -- now with melodica, mandola, and ukulele. Circular, complex.
CD price: $13.00
DEVASTATIONS: Coal
Full of slow-burning songs that are black, broody and seductive. The dark imagery of drowning men and the redemptive power of love are leavened by a dry humor and a sexy swagger.
CD price: $13.00
ERIK FRIEDLANDER: Maldoror
Ten cello improvisations inspired by the surrealist poems of Lautreamont; intense, mystical and beautiful -- it is a journey into music's darkest heart.
Recommended if you like John Coltrane, John Zorn.CD price: $13.00
PELA: All in Time
One writer opined that this quartet from the Red Hook section of Brooklyn "recalls what might happen if Modest Mouse hitched a ride on U2's wide-horizon rock'n'roll tour bus." Yup.
CD price: $8.00
THE NATIONAL: The National
Whiskeyed, wearied alt-rock intellectuals with a penchant for wistful melodies and existential angst. Water serves as an extended metaphor for loving, losing, and growing up. Think: Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Tindersticks, and Guided By Voices.
THE NATIONAL: Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers CD
Smart, bracing, and beautiful rock music.
CD price: $13.00
THE NATIONAL: Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers vinyl LP
Smart, beautiful and bracing rock music; from ghostly to brooding with dark, resonant male vocals, it's moody and mesmerizing.
