The store stocks many independent cassette releases, but, Horrocks says, “People buying cassettes are too young to remember why we got burned out on cassette labels in the first place.” He predicts ...

The label’s first cassette was an acoustic version of some of Teflon Dave’s songs; while this isn’t common for punk or rock, it tames down the abrasiveness that is typical with the genres.

Label cassettes as shown. Use ONLY a sharp No. 2 lead pencil or a ShurMark or similar histology marker.Don't use a Sharpie or similar marker, even if it is supposed to be solvent-resistant.The ...

Since many of these labels are putting out music by artists with either tiny cult followings or no followings at all, as it’s often their first release, the low risk of a cassette run in the ...

Browsing cassette labels on Bandcamp is like taking a virtual tour of independent artist galleries. Why, exactly, do tapes inspire such visual creativity? One answer is simple economics.

From its last major manufacturer to its indie label champion, here's how the jewel of 1980s audio kept its grip on the American music scene Why the Cassette Tape Is Still Not Dead ...

From DIY cassette labels to celestial hip-hop collaborators, the best way to understand what's going on in Seattle is to get to know the groups organizing it all behind the scenes.

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 ...

There was a time when Parlour Tapes — cassette label, event planners, and sound-experiment extraordinaires — came precariously close to breaking into the nut butter business. Deidre Huckabay ...

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After music cassettes died in the late ’90s, National Audio kept busy with cassettes for instructional materials, spoken-word bibles and Library of Congress work until indie bands and labels ...

Although cassette tapes may seem like a thing of the past, local recording label 61HATE is trying to keep physical media alive — one artist at a time. Clayton Osborne, 26, and Carter Schmith, 19 ...