Tape men are big fans of Kieran Hebden, so we’re super stoked about this release. Four Tet is releasing There Is Love In You, January 26th on Domino Records. The album features “Love Cry”, a track we’ve heard from his super limited EP that Domino released as well. The track is wonderful, really getting us [...]
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Four Tet Announces New Record
Grizzly Bear- Ready, Able (Video)
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Another great Grizzly Bear video. The video is directed by Allison Schulnik, who after checking out some of her work is fucking awesome. Check some more of her stuff out here. Grizzly Bear- Ready, Able
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Dirty Projectors- “No Intention”, Acoustic Video
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Sirius XMU did a session with Dirty Projectors the other day (or something like that), and have released a video for “No Intention”, which was done acoustically. They did some acoustic renditions at the show I was at a couple of nights ago, and it sounded pretty cool. I’m still a fan of “Useful Chamber” [...]
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Grizzly Bear Re-release Veckatimest
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Q: Is Grizzly Bear’s early 2009 release good enough to warrant a reissue a mere 5 months after it’s release?A: I guess so.Indeed, the brooklyn based bards have re-released their breakout record in a double Lp format. In typical brooklynite fashion, the boys have chosen to give the middle finger to mainstream america, opting to [...]
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The Mantles
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The Mantles are a San Fran band, one which seems to be one of the few lo-fi bands I’m listening to at the moment. The change in direction happened rather dramatically, but I now find myself craving music that has a focus on production, along with experimenting boundaries. The Mantles don’t make the kind of [...]
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Nat Baldwin
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It has taken me entirely too long of a time to make this post. Any who, Nat Baldwin is the amazing bassist for Dirty Projectors, but he also makes some pretty fantastic solo music. It took me a while to actually listen to his records, but I haven’t been able to stop listening since that [...]
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TMTS Contest Reminder
Just a reminder for all of you LAists. Shoot an email to us (thetapeblog@yahoo.com) with the subject TMTS CONTEST for a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Throw Me The Statue and Bishop Allen on the 11th of November.
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New Records: Sole & The Skyrider Band- Plastique
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Stream of consciousness hip-hop can be a bit excessive, when consumed in large quantities. Sole however, is one of those guys that never gets old. The former Anticon dude has a new record out with Fake Four Inc. The single is “Battlefields”, a great track, if you can stand its glum atmosphere. It sounds a [...]
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Brooklyn We Go Hard
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Holy shit, these past couple of days have been amazing for Brooklyn and music in general. Dirty Projectors’ new EP leaked, and the new tracks are amazing. Expectations are always high for a band of their caliber, but as usual, they exceeded them. I don’t want to get in trouble with Mr. Web Sheriff, so [...]
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Real Estate- Basement (Video)
A bunch of CMJ videos have surfaced courtesy of Ray Concepcion, and this may be the best one. “Basement” is a Real Estate track off of their upcoming Mexican Summer 12″, something I’m very excited for. I’m really digging their Woodsist debut, which officially hits stores November 17th. Check out the video, and download the [...]
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luc is Luke. Luke is Luke Wyland. Luke Wyland is lead singer/multi instrumentalist for the wonderful band AU. AU recently opened up for WHY? in Los Angeles, and blew me away. I found a couple of tracks he did solo, and they’re pretty great. Said The Gramophone led me to these tracks, so all [...]
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New Field Music Record
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Double albums are never successful (so says Yoni Wolf in one of WHY?’s latest interview), but that’s only because good acts never try to put them out. This shitty image that comes to mind in relation to a double album may be getting closer to shattering (at least in my mind), because the London quartet [...]
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New Clipse Track
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Some more gangster goodness for y’all. Coke heroes Clipse (or The Clipse if you’re a square), have brought Killa Cam out of retirement for “Popular Demand (Popeyes).” The chorus is led by Clipse, and I’m really digging this track. It’s really catchy, and absolutely hilarious. “I’m outside of Popeyes eating chicken and fries”, a prime [...]
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New Records: Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport
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We’ve been hot on the heels of this release ever since it’s astonishing album cover (above) became a public image. The word trippy, however hackneyed the phrase may be, seems a pretty apt way of describing the alien design, and it left fans in eager anticipation of a release equally as alien and starting. The [...]
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WHY? At The Echoplex- 10/20/2009
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About a week ago, one of my favorite bands in the world, WHY? came to LA. Hitting up the Echoplex, the show was highly anticipated by many people in the city. Before the show, both Yoni and Josiah were seen wandering up and down the streets, really giving off a humble vibe. The doors opened [...]
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Throw Me The Statue/Bishop Allen Contest
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Bishop Allen and Throw Me The Statue will be hitting LA’s own El Rey Theater on November 10th, and we have a pair of tickets to give away. Throw Me The Statue are touring in support of their latest record, Creaturesque, which was put out by the always great Secretly Canadian Records. It should [...]
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Former Ghosts- Hold On (video)
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Stereogum premiered this the other day. A pretty odd video, but the tracks really good. Former Ghosts’ debut album, Fleurs is in stores, and I recommend you pick it up.Here’s what Former Ghosts member Freddie Ruppert said about the track:The “Hold On” music video documents a night of self punishment at the hands of mixing [...]
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New Records: Atlas Sound- Logos
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It’s a bit scary to think that Logos almost never got released. A while back, Bradford Cox posted a track onto his Mediafire, which he didn’t realize had all of his files on it. Some internet douche went into his (should have been) private files, and leaked a whole lot of new Deerhunter and Atlas [...]
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Odd Blood
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Fans of wonderful music rejoice! Yeasayer’s sophomore LP, Odd Blood, will be coming to us February 9th. All Hour Cymbals is an amazing album, and I’m expecting Odd Blood to be just as good, if not better. The band last left us with “Tightrope”, the tremendous Dark Was The Night track. The album was first [...]
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Wavves Does Daytrotter
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Nathan Williams and Zach Hill hit up the Daytrotter studio to record a few tracks. The first is “To The Dregs/Horse Sholes”, with “To The Dregs” coming from his second LP, and “Horse Sholes” being previously unreleased. The second track is “Hula Hoop”, which has been floating around the internet for a minute. Download both [...]
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