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CrO2 "Epifanies Ultralocales"

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After a recent Barcelona trip I was introduced to Ultra-Local records, a small shop selling mostly local records and tapes and throwing ev...

MATH "Sponge" (Juniper Tree Songs)

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https://junipertreesongs.bandcamp.com/album/jts014-sponge A phenomenal indie rock lo-fi effort from the band MATH. Some great design aest...

GERMAN ARMY
"Tassili Plateau" (Field Hymns)
"Millerite Masai" (Yerevan Tapes)

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      Yo homies, so there's this GANGSTA duo in California, I think in Oakland, maybe San Bernardinizzle, that is ROC...

GEM JONES "Admiral Frenchkiss" (Goaty Tapes

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Mix funk wah-wah guitar with bubble bobble tone synths, Animal on the drums, Some Mike Watt frantic bass lines, and make sure all the p...

D. Burke Mahoney - "Static Movements" cd-r (Aetheric)

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    Another intense set of drone collages from this Toronto based sound designer. Static Movements lives up to its given name, and also...

MIDNIGHT MINES
"Dancehall Style"

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No, it's not reggae as the album's cover and title may suggest; it's far more avant-garde and not constricted to genre (not to...

THE SWINE LAKES "The Swine Lakes"

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Labyrinthine nest of a work hatched in secrecy by Sophie and Milo.   Sprawling, eerily beautiful, harp/guitar/voice/ synth + tap...

LUXURT ELITE/SAINT PEPSI SPLIT
"LATE NIGHT DELIGHT" +
PALM HAZE - "MIAMI VICE"

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  Sorry for the lack of reviews. Summer stayed around a little later than usual and I made a conscious effort to avoid what is know...

SAMUEL BOAT "Soda Pop Rock"

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Soda Pop Rock by Samuel Boat Catchy pop music with solid arranging from Sam Lisabeth of the Boston band Cult and Leper. I don't think ...

WILD ISLAND "Be Kind"

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  http://doubledotdash.bandcamp.com/album/be-kind Guitar centered freak folk mind expansion played with a refreshing youthful sincerity...

BRAVE RADAR "Message Centre"
(Fixture Records)

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Brave Radar hails from Montreal. This brief, yet full-length cassette marks their first release in five years. I was not previo...

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FANCY LAD - NEW HELL

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Editorial by Jack Turnbull Cassette Gods is reviewing a different type of cassette today; a VHS cassette, Fancy Lad Rollerboards prese...

DAVID B. GREENBERG
"You Are The Greatest"

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Mr. Rogers got laid off from his day job because in the alternative universe where this cassette was created, Mitt Romney DID win the 2012...

BEAN SNACK "II"
(Personal Archives)

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Here's a curveball wackadoo winner! BEAN SNACK delivers! This cassette displays a vast education on the subject of "subversive ...

NEW MOTHER NATURE "2"
(Sophomore Lounge)

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I've stalled on sending in this review for New Mother Nature's "2" because it's very good and there's a lot to w...

CARING BABIES / PLIABLE TONES split tape

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This is a PYMPIN tape! I had never heard of these two artists before but DAMN, they both cool! It seems like they're both from the L...

MORK AIA / GHOIR split tape
(Pikkalma)

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This is a full-length split tape from Russian experimental sound ensembles Mork AiA and Ghoir. Lately, I’ve written a couple of reviews f...

SOFT EYES "Lazy Life"
(Under the Gun Records)

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Soft Eyes (solo project of Lukas Goudreault, ex-Mmoss) almost slipped through my fingers, lost back into the cresting river of cassette sa...

Severed+Said - "Crying In Dreams" (Popnihil)

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  Another winner from Popnihil . Ultra-cinematic horror noir from the dark, dank corners of Florida.      Severed+Said has created a great ...

PINN'D "PINN'D EP"
(Vagueness Records)

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This electronica album covers a lot of territory. Influences from various corners of the world are evident in the singer's vocals an...

Decades/Failures - "February 14th" (popnihil)

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   Sturdy pair of icy downers from Decades/Failures , on Jacksonville's consistently surprising Popnihil label.    Side A jumps right i...

EMACIATOR
"Finality and Contradiction"
(Imminent Frequencies)

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This tape from late last year contains a pair of wonderfully subdued pieces from Jonathan Borges of the long-running Pedestrian Deposit p...
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