#cassette label

Indira Valey
Indira Valey’s new album of alternate-world adventures, Yemas, was recently featured as Album of the Day on Bandcamp Daily. Such an honor! Read kind words about it (from the one-and-only Jacob An Kittenplan) on Cassette Gods and also find it through WaltzandK Records.

Reighnbeau remix
Thefirst in a series of remixes from Reighnbeau’s Antiquated Future release Slight (which is on the verge of its one-year anniversary!) just came out. From Montreal producer Thomas White, his ILWYW remix brings Colleen Johnson’s vocals to the forefront and pulses with such force. We can’t wait for more remixes to come!

David Thomas Broughton
We always love having some news about the great David Thomas Broughton (whose wild UnAbleTo we released back in 2013). Our very favorite DTB album, The Complete Guide to Insufficiency, is coming out on vinyl for the very first time! And on one of our favorite labels, Songs, by Toad. We’re so thrilled. Also, while you’re at it, pick up one of the few remaining copies of Crippling Lack, his triple-LP 2015 masterpiece. Soooo good.

Kickball restock
We just picked up the remaining physical albums from one of the greatest Olympia bands of all time (standing by this statement, forever and ever), Kickball. We’ve been working on releasing their final recordings as a cassingle for ages, and we’re hopefully inching closer toward that. In the meantime, get caught up on their brilliant back catalog. The Everything is a Miracle Nothing is a Miracle Everything is 10" is the brightest gem, but we’ve really been loving the hidden depths of ABCDEFGHIJKickball this week. 

Guidon Bear (now in other formats)
I keep saying that if Guidon Bear’s years-in-the-making debut, Downwardly Mobile: Steel Accelerator, doesn’t make it onto a year-end list I’ll flip out. It’s such a perfect piece of lyrically-dense indie-pop from some folks who have been at for it decades. Luckily, it’s slowly but surely getting some much-deserved love, including recent kind words from Various Small FlamesandCassette Gods. It’s also now available on CD, as well as cassette.

Antiquated Future: The First Seven Years
And if you haven’t picked up a copy(orfreely downloaded) our new compilation, you should! 19 songs from our first seven years. The A-side is more bands and pop songs, the B-side is more solo projects and ethereal dreams. Read about it on Various Small FlamesandCassette Gods and it’s also available through our pals at the Jigsaw RecordsandK Recordsdistro. 

New Distro
Adam Lipman- The Slouch (Shrimper Records)- An absolute gem of low-key indie rock. A casual croon over warm tones, a rhythm section moseying sweetly along, feeling good. Musical contributions from David-Ivar Herman Düne and Franklin Bruno (Nothing Painted Blue, The Extra Lens). For fans of Jason Molina, Kath Bloom, Spenking, Thanksgiving. (cassette) ($8)

Dorothy Carter- Troubador (Why the Tapes Play Records)- Otherworldly hammered dulcimer lushness. Surprising, largely instrumental, with splashes of Dorothy Carter’s mystical Malvina Reynolds-esque vocals. (cassette) ($6)

Nicomo- Views (self-released)- A smart six-song EP of breezy pop songs soaked in an ethereal haze. An early-morning hangout album meets complex after-dark mood music. For fans of Mega Bog, City Center, Shaggy Sample, Karl Blau, and Stephen Steinbrink. (CD) ($10)

And thanks to everybody who came to our anniversary party at the end of August! What a dreamy dream.