Modern Tapes

TAPE DELAY!!!

psomeguy — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:12:14 +0000

Hey everyone, the next batch of releases have been delayed by two things. 1. A back up at the manufacturing plant (i can’t keep dubbing tapes myself, my deck is almost broken at this point, plus i can print on them too!) and 2. I’ve been on tour pretty consistently since January. so it looks like JUNE will be when you can expect four new releases from Modern Tapes.

here’s what’s coming!

MT005- MomentForm “Four Days” fantastic French coldwave in the tradition of all the greats but with a voice all its own.

MT006- Unur “anyone” four new songs from chicago’s Unur. The “Anywhere / Anyone” 12″ on Genetic Music is a collection of these songs with the now out of print “Anywhere” cassette from last year.

MT007- Gel Set “Cell Jets” awesome EP of hazy minimal synth spaceouts by this awesome Chicagoan.

MT008- YOU. “Bricks” cassette companion to this Brooklyn synth outfit’s upcoming Lp on Blind Prophet.

the new UNUR 12″ titled “Anywhere / Anyone” will be available in June from the wonderful people at Genetic Music.

There will be a series of record release shows in May and June.

May 20, 2012 Berlin, Germany @ Magnet w/ Agent Side Grinder
June 7, 2012 Brussels, Belgium @ Le Café Central w/ Bonjour Tristesse
June 27, 2012 Chicago, Illinois @ The Burlington w/ Hot Guts (philly, Blind Prophet Recs), Bootblack (brooklyn), and Running (chicago, permenant recs)

Unur will tour europe again in September 2012, contact unurism (at) gmail (dot) com if you are interested in helping out!

NEWS and RELEASES FOR 2012!

psomeguy — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:14:37 +0000

Just a little teaser to let all you folks know that there is a bunch of activity in the Modern Tapes stable.

Staring Problem has new vinyl coming soon from a friend’s label.
as does Unur, from a different friend’s label.

we’ve got three new releases coming in the next few months as well. Some Chicago, some Brooklyn and some France. If we’re lucky, perhaps a little Carbondale as well…

Unur/patrick is doing the sound design for an independent feature film to be released in April. Mit Gas will be on the soundtrack as will others.

Staring Problem on tour in the spring
Unur too
same with some of the new artists.

can i be more vague or cryptic?

Unur European Tour!

psomeguy — Sat, 21 May 2011 10:05:26 +0000

Alright, so Unur is hitting the road or actually, the rails and is taking “Anywhere” well…anywhere. Evolved versions of songs from the Ep as well as a bunch of new songs will be pushed through speakers toward the ears of the (somewhat) innocent. I’ve also got some copies of the Modern Tapes Mix Tape as well as some other goodies that i’ll be (delicately) stuffing into a bag and dragging around europe. Come say “hello”.

may 30- Barcelona, Spain @ La cova de les cultures
may 31- Montpellier, France @ Up & Down
June 1- Montaigu, France @ Foyer Des Jeunes
June 2- TRAIN to other side of Europe
June 3- Zabok, Croatia @ Zelena Dvorana
June 4- Koprivnice, Czech Republic @ Cajovna Mandala
June 5- Krakow, Poland @ Klub Re
June 6- Prague, Czech Republic @ 007
June 7- Brno, Czech Republic @ Vegalita
June 8- Vienna, Austria @ Fluc
June 9- Berlin, Germany @ King Kong Klub
June 10- Leipzig, Germany @ Zoro
June 11- Metz, France @ Bar Le Rubis
June 12- Mannheim, Germany @ Abbruch & Demontage
June 13- day off in Berlin
June 14- Potsdam, Germany @ Kuze
June 15- Dresden, Germany @ Ostpol
June 16- Wurzburg, Germany @ Cairo
June 17- day off in Paris
June 18- Paris, France @ mecanique ondulatoire

Modern Tapes Mix Tape available for download!

psomeguy — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:56:12 +0000

After a wonderful Staring Problem show/Third Wave DJ set/Modern Tapes giveaway last night we’re making the compilation available for download off the label’s bandcamp site. It will be put up via itunes and stuff like that in a few weeks, but for now go grab it from us!

HERE

Tracklist:

Catholics And The Pill “Cool Dick”
Unur “Pillows”
Prom Concussion “Cicada Swell”
Staring Problem “Tegnology”
Locks “Segments”
All Men Of Lidice “5×5″
Radar Eyes “Gonna Make You Cry”
Portable Morla “The Condos” (Iron Curtain cover)
Guitar Party “Robot Worms”
Mit Gas “Divorce”
Jesus Heels “Talking Priest”

Modern Tapes Mix Tape available today!

psomeguy — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:22:54 +0000

Hey Friends,

So the Staring Problem, Unur and Guitar Party tapes are flying through their first pressings warranting a second for each, that’s cool, should be available in the next few weeks.

In the meantime, the wonderful Chicago beverage establishment, The Whistler, does a weekly “50 free records” giveaway so we put together a tape comp with bands from the label, coming to the label or just friends of the label. The result is an 11 song 30+ minute collection of cool post-punk, minimal synth, dirge folk, and other weirdness.

We’re giving 50 of them away for free today at the Whistler, but will make the comp available in the near future for pay what you can download and have physical copies for sale for a meager price on the release page. Keep your eyes peeled.

Tracklist:

enjoy!

Modern Tapes in the Onion Av Club

psomeguy — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:10:54 +0000

So the kind folks at Chicago’s branch of the Onion AV club are doing a video series on cassette labels in the city. I was interviewed for episode number 10.

you can watch it here

Guitar Party available for download! Cassettes in days! New artist pages!

psomeguy — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:01:07 +0000

Yup, the Guitar Party “birthday” full length is available from most digital outlets (itunes, emusic, amazon, etc.) The tapes look awesome and the band copies will be sent out early this week.

and check out the new “artists” page with links to band websites and fbook pages so you can “like” to your heart’s content. you can find us on there too.

Unur “anywhere” Ep available for download today!

psomeguy — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:27:53 +0000

Hey all,

The debut release from Unur is available today via iTunes, Emusic, Thrill Jockey/Fina, Amazon etc. We think that’s pretty cool. Staring Problem’s debut is as well and the Guitar Party release should be up by the end of the month!
here are links to their releases on itunes-
Unur
Staring Problem

ALSO- there will be a giveaway coming soon for Chicagoans, details to come!

Guitar Party “birthday” available from us today! Tapes and other digital outlets soon.

psomeguy — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:50:12 +0000

Hey Everyone,

The greatest band to collect some of my favorite people in the world have given us their debut recording to unleash to the drooling public! It is the 8 person 4 guitar whirlwind of serene drones and sweet tunes and jagged riffage known as Guitar Party. Featuring Jeremy (alpha consumer, andrew bird, fog) and Mijah (age 6) Ylvisaker with a list of Minneapolis’ finer musicians- Michael Larsen (eyedea-RIP), Andrew Broder (fog, heatdeath, the cloak ox), Haley Bonar (haley bonar), Michael Lewis (fat kid wednesdays, andrew bird, gayngs) and Jacob Hansen.

and one last thing, ModernTapes has a facebook page, join the gang to get updates and junk.

Track previews for Staring Problem and Unur are up now!

psomeguy — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:05:42 +0000

Hey All,

We’re inching closer to our release dates. You can stream both the Staring Problem and Unur releases now.

Downloads will be available dec 21, cassettes will be ready just before the new year and they’ll hit itunes, emusic, etc. the first or second week of january 2011. Excitement abounds!