The second release in the series of cassettes for people who make Chrome Donations to Tabs Out will be a Grasshopper + Roped Off collaboration project called Jump Rope. We put up a sample and some info on how you can get it. [Check It Out]
Episode #27 is a go. John Pyle sits in for a four-man session. We announce the next Tabs Out chrome donators release, play a couple of the NES cassettes on Auris Apothecary (Mega Man II & Skate Or Die), and other awesomeness from Pruitt Igoe, Astro Zwo, Paul Hares, Maharadja Sweets, Hostage Pageant/Skin Graft/Plague Mother collaboration, Daniel Higgs, Mr. Matthews, Cadaver in Drag, Shapednoise, Justin Meyers, Rake Kash, PLKZFX, Aaron Dilloway, Robert A.A. Lowe, and Moulttrigger and Hal McGee. [Play] [Download – right click/save]
There are a bunch of amazing cassette labels right now, so we thought we’d take this half-way point of 2013 to talk about nine of our favorites. There’s also a sampler of some of their recent and forthcoming offerings. [Check It Out]
We put up a forum to talk about tapes, the podcast, and related stuff. I’m sure people will just use it to argue and complain about stupid shit, so sign up before it gets taken down!
Hey! 90’s cassette label Union Pole made their entire cassette catalog available for download. For a dollar. [Check It Out]
Cassette label Teflon Beast is starting a podcast dedicated to brand new ha-ha, huh?, and general novelty music on tape. [Check It Out]
Episode #26 all set. We talk a bit about the Auris Apothecary NES cassettes and play cuts from Magic Nanna, Dave Orders a Pizza, Cremator, Ma Turner, 10-20, TVO, Seed Melodies, Iasos, Phork, Radio People, Reviver, Prada and Oregon, Gripgevest and Kling, Cray, and Transfixed Movement. [Play] [Download – right click/save]
Auris Apothecary released NES soundtracks on cassettes because they are obviously geniuses. We had a few words to say about it and want to know what other soundtracks you’d like to see released. [Check It Out]
“Traveling musicians need to eat, promoters need to COOK.” We talked with SicSic Tapes about Recipes – A Kitchen Tape Series. [Check It Out]
Food & Beer themed episode! Tasty treats from Foodman, Soup Purse, Zach Troxell (from a tape on Pizza Night), Edibles, Spinal Honey, Cow, Sugarm (from the tape “Wasted”), Budweiser Sprite, Rambutan, White Meadows (from the tape “A Time For Drunken Horses”), The Nevari Butchers, Sheldon Siegel (from the tape “Three Euro Breakfast”), Elfenbeinturm (from the tape “1982 – Pizza, Beer, and Smokes”), Workin’ Man Noise Unit (from the tape “Drinkin’ Stella To Make Music To Drink Stella To”), Ghostfood, and an interview with Dan Rizer (Budweiser Sprite). Bon appétit! [Play] [Download – right click/save]