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Why Indie Bands Are Releasing Cassettes Again
Indie bands are releasing cassettes in 2025 for more than nostalgia. Tape Lab explains the underground appeal.
The MEGARCHIVE Has Reached Critical Mass
After years of unchecked growth and unregulated chaos, the Tape Lab MEGARCHIVE has finally hit full saturation. That’s 500 tracks deep—no more, no less. We’ve officially capped the playlist. It’s not dead, but it’s done growing.
COUNTERESPONSIVE STEMS Challenge
We're dropping an instrumental demo of Counterattack / Counterresponsive, one of our favorite chaos agents from the Tape Lab catalog.
170 BPM | Submissions due by January 1, 2025
How to Make the Perfect Mixtape (Without Being Cringe)
Learn how to make the perfect romantic mixtape without sounding cheesy. From sequencing tips to must-have Tape Lab tracks, this guide keeps it personal, honest, and totally not cringe.
Why Gen-Z Loves Cassette Tapes
Welcome to 2025, where Gen Z loves cassette tapes, and not ironically. It’s not just nostalgia. It’s rebellion. It’s ritual. And yes — it’s aesthetic. But the aesthetic has teeth.
Recording with Limitations: Making Art When Your Setup Sucks
You don’t need a spaceship studio or a $3,000 mic to make something that matters. In fact, most great art happens because of limitations, not in spite of them. If your gear’s falling apart, your plugins are cracked, and your DAW crashes every 15 minutes — congratulations. You’re in the right headspace.
Cassette Tapes vs Vinyl vs CDs
Cassette tapes, vinyl, and CDs each have pros and cons. Tape Lab breaks down sound, collectibility, and culture.
Only on Tape, Vol. 1
Tape Lab releases a 1-of-1 exclusive mixtape featuring unreleased underground tracks and songs that will never stream anywhere else — a true piece of lost media available only on TapeLab.live.
Why Underground Labels Still Use Cassettes in 2025
It’s 2025. Streaming platforms are algorithmic slot machines. Vinyl is backed up for six months. CDs are a meme. And yet — underground labels are still dropping limited-run cassette tapes, and not as a throwback gimmick. This isn’t nostalgia. It’s strategy.
As the mainstream doubles down on frictionless consumption, tape remains a contrarian ritual. A tactile way to say: “This release matters.” Here’s why.
Best Cassette Players to Buy in 2025
From vintage Walkmans to modern tape decks, here are the best cassette players to buy in 2025. Tape Lab shares its picks.
How to Release Your Album on Cassette (Without Getting Ripped Off)
A step‑by‑step guide for indie artists: planning, vetting duplication vendors, mastering for tape, packaging, quality control, distribution, and promotion of cassette releases.
How to Digitize Cassette Tapes
Preserve your old mixtapes and rare recordings with this simple guide to digitizing cassette tapes. Tape Lab explains how.
‘Tapes on Vinyl’ Coming Soon: Vote Now!
Vote for your favorite new Tape Lab Song
Julian the Apostate: Last Light of the Old Gods
The Apostape, a Tape Lab Wreckoning…. COMING SOON TO A TEMPLE NEAR YOU.
Why Cassette Tapes Sound Different from Vinyl
Cassette tapes and vinyl both offer analog warmth, but the listening experience couldn’t be more different. Tape Lab explains why.
Are Cassette Tapes Coming Back?
Cassette tapes are back—from indie bands to collectors, discover why analog nostalgia is trending again. Featuring Tape Lab’s perspective.
Why Tape Lab Belongs in the Hamptons
Tape Lab in the Hamptons Summer 2025 - exclusive, monetized, quiet and luxurious
Is this the next Great form of Fiction?
Is this the next great form of fiction? Find it here on Tape Lab - NEVER READ THIS
ART WITHOUT AUDIENCE
There is no art more pure than art made without an audience. Does not having an audience for our art make it worse? No, ya goof! It keeps it purse, unadulterated by the pesky striving for appeal and acceptance. But, don’t think we’re making avant-garde stuff, it’s not!
The Tape Lab Method
How does Tape Lab release so much music so quickly? GREAT QUESTION!
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