It’s been a long weekend of birthday parties and booze. This new Baby Dayliner track, You Push I’ll Go, seems an appropriate way to wrap up the festivities. The low-end beat, wrapped in warm synths, seems both excited and weary, the highs and lows of working a weekend out. I’ve made no bones about being … Continue reading New Baby Dayliner: You Push I’ll Go
Every once in awhile, MySpace bulletins can actually be good for something, like finding out Baby Dayliner has made a new track available for download. I’m sure you already know I’m a fan of Baby Dayliner. So to see not one but two new songs up there hopefully is an indication that a new album … Continue reading Baby Dayliner: Are You Looking at the Same Stars?
Look, I think we should talk. Me and you. I just don’t want you to be surprised or alarmed if Baby Dayliner’s Critics Pass Away LP ends up on my best-of list for the year, OK? I know all the anonymous commenters will hate it. But I think you, you will understand. Have you heard … Continue reading New Baby Dayliner: “Dolemite”
Ah, Baby Dayliner. He’s threatening to become the most-posted-about artist at this here site if he’s not careful. That’s a good sign, though, because it means his 2006 release, Critics Pass Away (Brassland), is enduring as one of my favorites this year. It also means I’ve outgrown my very initial impression that his stylish loungey … Continue reading Baby Dayliner: “The Morning Sun” video
You know, Baby Dayliner’s Critics Pass Away (Brassland) is one of my favorite albums of the year. It’s not like anything you’ll hear this year, and maybe next. A friend at Brassland tells me Baby Dayliner, who has a loyal following in New York, will be heading out on dates with Mobius Band, including opening … Continue reading Baby Dayliner “Silent Places” video
My first impressions of Baby Dayliner probably were not unlike those of most first-timers. We saw him open for the National in Los Angeles a few months ago. As fans slowly filtered in, Baby Dayliner coolly took the stage in a button-down shirt and his styled pompadour, drawing inquisitive looks across the venue. If I … Continue reading 10 questions (via e-mail) with Baby Dayliner
And now, the post you’ve all been waiting for … well, at least one of you. Allow me to backtrack to the National show in LA last week. Annie and I are having a splendid time at the bar with Justin and his wife, Melissa (two of the nicest people you’ll meet). Then the house … Continue reading Baby Dayliner
Brassland, the label founded by Alec Hanley Bemis and twin National guitarists Aaron and Bryce Dessner, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month by giving away a song a day in November. Now, I’m only about 19 days late on this, but there’s still time to get free goodies – and you can easily find … Continue reading The National: High Beams (demo)
I’ve gone on and on and on already about Neko Case’s new one, Middle Cyclone. So why stop now? Neko took her act to The Interface over at Spinner for an interview and a few songs. Below is the first single, People Got a Lotta Nerve. And I don’t mean to offend, but does Neko … Continue reading Neko Case performs on The Interface
With My Left Hand I Raise the Dead cover art. The fine folks at Brassland, home to So Much Silence favorite Baby Dayliner and former home of the National, have offered me (to share with you) the new Doveman video for Castles, from his forthcoming album With My Left Hand I Raise the Dead. Startling … Continue reading Doveman: Castles video debut