Yeah we know, we know – there’s no such thing as a cassette store.
Still, since Record Store Day has (for better or for worse, depending on who you ask) helped popularize the vinyl format once more, it makes sense that a group of tape addicts should at least try and stand resolutely for their format of choice.
Clearly the wider world out there cares too, as the yearly
Cassette Store Day is back for its second year and is being held on both sides of the Atlantic. It’s set for September 27, and we can now have a peek at what the American side of the equation is offering their participating stores.
As expected, the list is varied to say the least – next to a hefty showing of black metal reissues from Nuclear Blast (
Immortal,
Enslaved,
Testament etc) there’s an under-the-radar new record from
Dntel entitled
Human Voice Outtakes (which we’re guessing is outtakes from his Leaving Records full-length
Human Voice), a reissue of the third
Vivian Girls LP
Share the Joy, a collaboration album from
Peter Broderick and Yellow Swans’
Gabriel Saloman, a metric shit ton of compilation tapes, and a whole lot more.
Have a look at the
entire list over at the Cassette Store Day site, and marvel at the fact that the humble tape still actually exists. If you fancy a more pruned selection, check out
Brad Rose’s monthly tape column, where he listens to a mountain of tapes so the rest of us don’t have to.



