However, recently cassettes have made a comeback of their own. As with vinyl records, the cassette that is purchased often has a download code attached, to give the customer the best of both worlds, a ...

That perspective usually aligns with the tastes of tape aficionados. As Daniel Castrejón of Mexican imprint Umor Rex points out, most cassette labels are run by hardcore music collectors ...

Sprague runs Sanity Muffin, a modern cassette label that follows the path of vaunted indies like 4AD, Rough Trade, and Factory. In the '80s, those houses explored die-cut, fold-out packages, custom ...

Today's most boundary-pushing music is being released on tape – here are the labels doing it. Skip to Content. Energy Drinks. ... In the early ‘90s, cassette tapes were everywhere.

where music fans are looking to labels and artists to offer a broad spectrum of physical options to complement digital streaming.” Arctic Monkeys had the year’s biggest-selling cassette with ...

2015 was the year when cassette tapes finally entered the mainstream. Well, almost. Actually, not really. But the format did gain more traction thanks to growing interest in the annual Cassette Store ...