Category: Cassette Culture

Throwing Muses’ ‘Purgatory/Paradise’ to receive vinyl, cassette releases next month

Throwing Muses’ ‘Purgatory/Paradise’ to receive vinyl, cassette releases next month

Released last October as part of a 64-page album/book combo, Throwing Muses’ first new album in a decade — the 32-track Purgatory/Paradise — will be issued next month on both double LP and cassette by HHBTM Records, the label announced this morning.

Pixies release new album ‘Indie Cindy’ on cassette in cassingle-style sleeve

Pixies release new album ‘Indie Cindy’ on cassette in cassingle-style sleeve

The Pixies already have released their first new album in 23 years on CD and vinyl (both on 12-inch and across three separate 10-inch EPs), and as a digital download, but now comes the most retro format of all: an ultra limited-edition cassette release of Indie Cindy.

Cassette Store Day to feature exclusives from Flaming Lips, Birthday Party and more

Cassette Store Day to feature exclusives from Flaming Lips, Birthday Party and more

Move over, vinyl: Taking their cue from the wildly successful Record Store Day, some lovers of the lowly but resurgent cassette tape format have launched International Cassette Store Day, which will take place Sept. 7 and feature limited-edition cassette releases from The Flaming Lips, The Birthday Party and more.

Dinosaur Jr to reissue 1st three albums in cassette box set — plus bonus Sebadoh tape

Dinosaur Jr to reissue 1st three albums in cassette box set — plus bonus Sebadoh tape

Following its purple-tape reissue of 1988′s ‘Bug’ this past summer, Dinosaur Jr now will pair that album with cassette reissues of its first two records — 1985′s ‘Dinosaur’ and 1987′s ‘You’re Living All Over Me’ — in a limited-edition, wooden box set.

Stream 3 tracks from Railcars’ noise-rock cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds of Love’

Stream 3 tracks from Railcars’ noise-rock cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds of Love’

San Francisco noise-rock act Railcars this summer will release a cover of the classic first side of Kate Bush’s 1985 album ‘Hounds of Love’ on limited-edition cassette and one-sided vinyl formats — and you can hear three of the genre-bending tracks here.

Dinosaur Jr reissuing 1988’s ‘Bug’ on purple cassette for upcoming full-album tour

Dinosaur Jr reissuing 1988’s ‘Bug’ on purple cassette for upcoming full-album tour

Indie-rock powerhouse Dinosaur Jr will reissue its 1988 album ‘Bug’ for the second time in six years later this month — but rather than a tricked-out CD, this edition will be pressed on a super-limited, hand-numbered purple cassette, the band announced today.

Robyn Hitchcock releasing ‘Propellor Time’ on ultra-limited, ‘hand-assembled’ cassette

Robyn Hitchcock releasing ‘Propellor Time’ on ultra-limited, ‘hand-assembled’ cassette

Attention tapeheads: The ever-iconoclastic Robyn Hitchcock is releasing an ultra-limited run of his new album ‘Propellor Time’ — on which he’s backed by members of R.E.M. and The Smiths — on ‘hand-assembled’ cassette.

Alternate take of The Smiths’ ‘Girl Afraid’ surfaces on rare ‘Hatful of Hollow’ cassette

Alternate take of The Smiths’ ‘Girl Afraid’ surfaces on rare ‘Hatful of Hollow’ cassette

Tweet A previously unheard alternate take of The Smiths’ 1984 B-side “Girl Afraid” has surfaced on a just-discovered Rough Trade Records reference cassette of the […]

Cassette art: Turning old tapes into Robert Smith, Ian Curtis, Ian Brown

Cassette art: Turning old tapes into Robert Smith, Ian Curtis, Ian Brown

The alleged vinyl resurgence may be all the rage in the media right now, but for many of us who came of musical age in […]