It’s finally here! Go to thetape.us and start reading our brand new, redesigned, and relaunched website. thetapeisnotsticky.com will be up for a few more days before it forwards permanently. Change your bookmarks accordingly.
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New Site! New Site!
One More Time
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Slight hiccups shall not be the death of us. We’ll be back very, very shortly. If there’s anyone reading this, we’re very sorry about the delay––we’re trying our hardest. We don’t want to spoil all of our hard work, so here are some albums we’re enjoying that won’t be featured on the new site. Beirut- [...]
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We’re still down, but we’ll be back shortly
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The title says it all. To keep those of you still paying attention entertained, here are some of my favorite records from 2011 thus far. This list is in no particular order. TV On The Radio- Nine Types of Light Pat Jordache- Future Songs Luke Temple- Don’t Act Like You Don’t Care Hospital Ships- Lonely [...]
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Tape Update
The Tape is going on hiatus while we re-structure our website. During this break we’re going to be creating new content, so that when we finally return, we’ll return stronger than ever. If you’ve been reading the site recently, you may have noticed a shift towards longer, more analytical articles – as opposed to short [...]
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Cass McCombs & His Slow Music Movement
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The early moments of Cass McCombs’ Catacombs are wholly positive: “All the troubles in my past/that’s just what they are.” While the record wains in positivity (especially from an instrumental standpoint), it’s hard to imagine just what happened between its 2009 release and the release of his 2011 WIT’S END. The new LP is not [...]
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Jesus Fever
These days, the most effective way to become a successful “blog artist” is by releasing Bandcamp EP after Bandcamp EP until one becomes successful enough to grab an indie label’s attention. While Kurt Vile didn’t use Bandcamp as his platform, he took a similar approach, releasing many records over a short period of time. He [...]
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Terra
2011 is officially The Year of the Sexy Sax. Between Destroyer’s smooth rock infused Kaputt; tUnE-yArDs’ “Bizness”; and now Julian Lynch’s “Terra”, 2011 has more saxophone-led tracks than a previous year that also had tons of saxophone. On “Terra”, however, the saxophone doesn’t last long, as its sultry tones give way to an equally seductive [...]
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J Mascis Interview
Another great interview with indie rock’s resident stoic, axe-wielding god of silence, the inimitable J Mascis. And don’t forget to check out his latest album, Several Shades of Why, out on Sub Pop now.
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Bill Callahan’s Apocalypse is Our Apocalypse
It’s hard for me to talk about Bill Callahan’s newest record, Apocalypse, because I’m almost completely unfamiliar with any of his prior work. Aside from a few listens to Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle, I know nothing about his discography, other than that it’s acclaimed throughout the independent spheres. This sort of clean [...]
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Shlohmo and His Neighborhood
His Places EP is as smooth as shit gets. Courtesy of Yours Truly.
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Nat Baldwin- Weights (Terroreyes Video)
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The superfreaks (superfreaks) over at Terroreyes just posted another infinitely watchable clip. This one coming from Tape homie Nat Baldwin, the video finds Baldwin doing his two favorite things – playing b ball and singing baby-making music. Check out the video below, and make sure to visit Terroreyes everyday. It’s a fun website! Nat’s new [...]
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MORE ODD FUTURE. I WOULD LIKE TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THEM. I CAN’T.
Hodgy Beats has released a few new tracks in the past couple of days, maybe in an attempt to get people to start noticing how good of a rapper he is. When I talked about OF for a minute last week, I discussed the way Tyler immediately resorts to shock value – taking away any [...]
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Shirtless in the Field
Like my Raleigh Moncrief post last week, the easy comparison for Nat Baldwin and his newest track titled “Weights”, is his work with Dave Longstreth and Dirty Projectors. I find this analogy to be lazy for a few reasons. First of all, an original recording of “Weights” pre-dates Baldwin’s work with Longstreth and co. They [...]
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Colin Stetson and the Price of Originality
Once in a while a musician or band comes along that’s wholly original. Their sound is previously unheard of and nearly impossible to replicate. Sun Ra’s experiments in incorporating an aura into his musical adventures comes to mind, as does (more recently) Flying Lotus’ Cosmogramma – an album so different than anything previously released in [...]
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Brainfeeder’s Young Black Preacher
Jeremiah Jae is the latest addition to the Brainfeeder family, a label that is making a name for itself as arguably LA’s best collective. Jae’s latest EP, titled Rappayamatantra hit stores yesterday, and has been getting some serious play at The Tape Headquarters (my room). While some of the EP wanders a bit too far [...]
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Raleigh Moncrief Invented Hocketing
The vocal manipulation on Raleigh Moncrief’s new track, “Lament For Morning”, is inevitably going to be compared to Dirty Projectors and their style of vocal delivery. Yes, the females in that band hocket once in a while, and Dave manipulated their vocals on “Useful Chamber”, but the only real similarity between Moncrief and Dirty Projectors, [...]
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A Future Of Hip Hop In Which Odd Future Isn’t The Centerpiece
I’ve recently spent some time thinking about Odd Future and what they’ve done to hip hop, and while I respect the brash cockiness they exhibit, their complete disregard for how society should work is alarming. At SXSW, they left a show after three songs, cursing out the crowd who spent $20 to support them, and [...]
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Little Wings- Black Grass
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Surprise! Kyle Field made another fantastic record that’s barely getting any attention. Portland, Oregon label Marriage Records (run by Adrian Orange) put out the latest Little Wings record with minimal promotion, and unless your ear is constantly rubbing up against the street, you probably had no idea that this was even released. The fact that [...]
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He’s Baaaaaack
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The Official “Ishmael Butler Revival Project” is gaining traction with each track released into the wide margins of the internet world. Butler’s latest project, Shabazz Palaces, is alienating in the way audiences yearn for, with confusing alter egos and 180 degree shifts in song structure during the middle of tracks. However, it’s been so long [...]
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Mos Def x Madlib
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The tracks on The Ecstatic that Madlib produced were too good for the duo to not link up again. Check out the new track courtesy of Stones Throw, and look out for news on a new Mos record sometime soon (hopefully?). Download “Auditorium” from The Ecstatic below. Mos Def- Auditorium
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