We're Playing a Show (and making a record!)
1. March 2010
Hey you! Long time no see. We hope you’re having a good winter. Our winter has been focused on less talk and more rock. We’ve got a bunch of new rock, a full album’s worth actually. We are going in to the studio to record our third LP. We’re really excited for all of you to hear what we’ve been working on for all this time.
On the eve of entering the studio, Sunday, March 21, we’re going to be playing a rock show at the 7th St. Entry with our good friends Vampire Hands and Minneapolis Dub Ensemble. We’re gonna need to get the kinks out and have some fun playing new songs and old. It’s going to be a rocking good time.
Tickets for the show are on sale now through all First Avenue outlets.
See ya soon,
tapes ‘n tapes
Thanks Twin Cities!!!
7. October 2009
thanks to everybody who came out to the shows this last weekend! best Tour of the Twin Cities EVAH!!! extra special thanks to sonia and all of the killer bands we played with. wowza!
on a related note, if you haven’t downloaded the MPLSTP mix tape yet you better get to it. the mix will only be up til tonight at midnight. then it’s gone for good.
that’s all the news we got for now. see y’all soon!
love,
tnt
mplstp mix tape
28. September 2009
update: the mix is back up! yay! this time, we made sure we have enough bandwidth.
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in celebration of our tour of the twin cities we put together a mixtape of our ‘tourmates’ and some of our favorite bands from minneapolis/st. paul. thanks to all of the bands for giving us permission to give you their songs. grab it fast, cause it’s only gonna be up for a week…then it’s gone, just like tour. enjoy!!!!
mplstp mix tape:
1. chooglin – this demon life
2. red pens – street issue
3. jeremy messersmith – franklin avenue
4. the owls – channel
5. mystery palace – stepchild
6. lookbook – true to form
7. kid dakota – pilgrim
8. vampire hands – safe word
9. fog – your beef is mine
10. gay beast – eeexxxpppaaannndddiiinnnggg
11. dosh – don’t wait for the needle to drop
12. best friends forever – abe lincoln
13. birthday suits – slowly motion
14. the plastic constellations – we came to play
15. skoal kodiak – harpie
16. the blind shake – soft zodiac
you can download the entire mix here:
sorry, the mix is all gone now. but you should still check out all of these radical bands.
Tour of the Twin Cities
30. July 2009
To show our undying love for all things Twin Cities, we, Tapes ‘n Tapes, have planned three very special gigs. We will be playing three shows, three nights in a row with our favorite bands from home at some of our favorite venues. Friday’s show, at the beautiful and recently re-opened Music Box, will be an acoustic set.
Thursday, 10/1…...7th STREET ENTRY…...18+, Doors 8pm
Friday, 10/2…...MUSIC BOX THEATER…...18+, Doors 8pm (ACOUSTIC SHOW)
Saturday, 10/3…...TURF CLUB…...21+, Doors 9pm
ALL SHOWS PRESENTED BY FIRST AVENUE and ALL TICKETS $10
TICKETS ON SALE Saturday, 8/1 through First Avenue Outlets
We’ll be announcing the openers one by one in the coming weeks. Expect many wonderful surprises, lots of new songs and much rocking. These shows are going to be better than Joe Mauer sitting in the spoon at Spoonbridge and Cherry, eating a Juicy Lucy while rocking out to Prince.
Well, maybe not, but we’ll certainly try.
subterranean and twitter
18. June 2009
we are hosting subterranean tonight on MTV2….ch-ch-ch-check it!
we also now have a twitter account. so if you’re into the whole twitter thing, you can follow us at www.twitter.com/tapesntapes
now that’s what we like to call a 2 for 1! happy hour’s on us.
we got to go get back to summertime…til next time!
new song
11. June 2009
check it out…a new song!!! MTV2 came to town and taped it a few weeks ago. it’s an acoustic version and it’s called SWM….hope you like it!
a little change
3. May 2009
hello hello. hope you all are having a lovely spring. we sure are…especially now that the sun has finally decided to start shinning up here in minnesota.
we just wanted to let you know that we’ve made a few updates to the store page on tapesntapes.com. head on over there and check out the new t-shirt designs (you might recognize them if you came out to a show on our last tour) and stylish new layout.
more updates soon. so stay tuned.
play on player
2. April 2009
april fools! there will be no iron tunnel to jupiter…for now. maybe later, but right now we’re just gonna keep on focusing on our non-jazz/metal fusion material. it was fun for a day, though.
in other news, we’ve been back home from tour about a month. thanks to everybody who came out to the shows on tour. it truly was the best tour ever! so thanks for joinin in the fun!
now we’re gonna get back to it. keep your eyes peeled for some show announcements. and we’ll keep on working on new music to share with y’all. it might not be jazz metal, but it will rule!
til then,
tnt