Today was one of those “wait… this might actually become something real” kind of days.

Tape House kept growing a little more tonight. I worked on new zine layouts, cleaned up designs, messed around with Ko-fi, and finally started putting actual Tape House releases online instead of just keeping ideas trapped in my notes app and sleep-deprived brain.

I added the first Tape House zines to the Ko-fi shop and started building a place where people can eventually find:

• zines
• playlists
• cassette releases
• blog posts
• band features
• radio/show updates
• weird late-night music thoughts
• underground artists that deserve more attention

A lot of this project started because music means so much to me. Certain albums honestly carried me through rough days, long drives, anxiety, work burnout, growing up, becoming a dad, and trying to figure life out in Seymour, Indiana. Tape House is basically me trying to give some of that feeling back into the world.

Current inspirations spinning around Tape House lately:

• Real Friends
• New Found Glory
• The Aquabats
• Hawthorne Heights
• Mustard Plug
• Catbite
• MxPx
• Teenage Bottlerocket
• Incubus
• Circle Jerks
• Noah Kahan

I’m still figuring everything out as I go. The designs are messy. The zines are evolving. The coffee count is dangerous. But honestly… that’s kind of the point.

DIY stuff should feel human.

Big plans ahead:

• more zines
• artist interviews
• cassette ideas
• live online radio nights
• Bandcamp updates
• physical copies eventually
• more community stuff around underground music

If you’ve been following along, thanks for hanging around while Tape House slowly turns from a random idea into a real thing. ☕📼

Ko-fi:
https://ko-fi.com/tapehouserecords

There’s something weirdly terrifying about making your own zine.

Not because of the printing.
Not because of the folding.
Not even because you suddenly realize half your photos are blurry screenshots from 2AM.

It’s terrifying because eventually you hit upload.

And once it’s out there, it’s real.

Lately I’ve been working on the first real Tape House zine. A mix of underground music, late-night thoughts, coffee stains, cassette tape energy, and whatever else ends up scattered across the pages. Kind of like digging through a backpack after a long road trip and finding receipts, stickers, band flyers, and a notebook full of half-finished ideas.

Honestly? I kept overthinking everything.

Should it look cleaner?
Should I wait until it’s “better”?
Should I know what I’m doing first?

But every zine I’ve ever loved felt human.
Not perfect. Human.

That’s the part I keep coming back to.

Tape House was never supposed to feel corporate. I want it to feel like somebody handed you something photocopied at a local show and said:

“Hey, you might like this.”

That’s the magic.

Right now the zine is turning into this strange little snapshot of everything Tape House is becoming:

• underground bands
• Midwest stories
• coffee-fueled music obsession
• autism advocacy and real life
• late-night playlists
• weird nostalgia
• local inspiration
• cassette culture
• trying anyway even when you feel lost

Bands like Real Friends, Catbite, MxPx, and other artists floating around the Tape House orbit keep inspiring the vibe. Loud songs for quiet drives. Music that sounds like summer ending in a grocery store parking lot.

And honestly, this whole thing reminds me that DIY culture isn’t about waiting for permission.

It’s about starting messy.

The coolest labels, blogs, and zines usually didn’t begin with giant budgets or professional studios. They started with somebody sitting on the floor editing pages at midnight thinking:

“I hope somebody out there gets this.”

So that’s where Tape House is right now.

Learning. Building. Folding pages one at a time.

More updates soon. Maybe physical copies too 👀

📼 Tape House Records
🌐 tapehouserecords.home.blog
🎵 Bandcamp coming together slowly but surely
✉️ tapehouserecords2026@gmail.com

TAPE HOUSE UPDATE 📼

Searching for a New Place to Broadcast the Chaos

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the future of Tape House Radio and where these shows should actually live.

Some apps feel too corporate.
Some feel too limited.
Some make me feel like I accidentally walked into a business meeting instead of a DIY music community.

So right now I’m experimenting.

Podbean.
Mixlr.
Stationhead.
Maybe something completely different.

The goal has never been perfection anyway.

I want Tape House shows to feel like:

• late night college radio
• finding a weird cassette at a thrift store
• somebody handing you a burned CD after a local show
• underground bands finally getting heard

No fake radio voice.
No algorithm sludge.
Just real music and real people.

I’ve also been realizing I want one main “home base” for everything:

• the live shows
• the blog
• playlists
• featured bands
• Bandcamp releases
• sampler tapes
• chaos
• emotional damage

Speaking of Bandcamp…

THIS WEEKEND = BANDCAMP WEEKEND.

The plan:

• work on the Tape House Bandcamp page
• organize releases better
• start figuring out the sampler
• maybe finally lock in the first cassette run
• connect more bands to the label
• make everything feel more like an actual DIY community

Tiny steps still count.

Tape House is still growing one weird little piece at a time and honestly… that’s probably the best part.

Thanks to everybody supporting the blog, sending bands, listening to the shows, or just hanging around while I figure this thing out.

More updates soon.

-Jake
Tape House Records

Tiny transmitter in the Indiana night energy 🌙📻

from Tape House Records

The weekend tape is officially rolling.

This week has basically been powered by coffee, late-night scrolling, half-working apps, underground bands, and the stubborn belief that DIY music still matters. Somehow… that’s enough.

Tape House keeps growing a little more every week.
More bands.
More playlists.
More late-night ideas written in notebooks that look like they survived a flood.

And honestly? That’s the goal.

Not trying to be some giant polished corporate thing.
I want Tape House Records to feel like:

• finding a burned CD in somebody’s car
• hearing a band with 37 monthly listeners that changes your life
• cassette hiss before the first song starts
• college radio at 1:13 AM
• stickers on street signs
• songs that sound better driving home tired

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CURRENT TAPE HOUSE OBJECTIVES 📼

• Build the first Tape House sampler
• Feature more unsigned bands
• Keep the live show/radio growing
• Launch more playlists weekly
• Eventually do small cassette runs
• Keep building a real DIY community around music

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WHAT’S SPINNING LATELY 🎧

Recently stuck on bands like:

• American Football
• Joyce Manor
• The All-American Rejects
• Swiss Army Wife
• Giant Inflatable Dog
• 1984x

The playlist pile keeps mutating daily like a raccoon digging through a record store dumpster in the rain.

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BANDS / ARTISTS 📼

If you’re in a band and want your music featured:

• blog features
• playlists
• radio/show play
• future sampler possibilities
• future cassette ideas

send stuff over.

DIY doesn’t survive from algorithms.
It survives because people keep sharing music with each other.

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Until next time:

Keep supporting local bands.
Keep making weird art.
Keep recording demos that peak in the red.
And keep the tape rolling.

📼 Tape House Records

TAPE HOUSE STATIC 📼

Keep The Tape Rolling

There’s something comforting about imperfect things.

Cassette hiss.
Late-night radio static.
Flyers hanging crooked on a gas station window.
A band playing too loud in a room too small.

That’s the energy Tape House keeps chasing.

Not polished.
Not corporate.
Not designed by twelve marketing interns in a glowing office somewhere.

Just real people making real noise.

Lately I’ve been trying to remind myself that Tape House doesn’t need to become a giant empire overnight. It’s easy to look online and feel like everybody else already has everything figured out:

• perfect branding
• giant followings
• expensive gear
• nonstop content

Meanwhile I’m over here building playlists at midnight, running shows from my phone, drinking too much coffee, and trying to keep twenty tabs open in my brain at once.

But maybe that’s what makes this whole thing feel alive.

Tape House was never supposed to feel corporate.
It was supposed to feel human.

A little messy.
A little emotional.
A little sleep-deprived.

This week I’ve been digging:

• Saturdays At Your Place
• Giant Inflatable Dog
• Swiss Army Wife
• Equipment
• 1984x

All bands that remind me why underground music still matters.

There’s still magic in finding a song from a tiny band with 200 listeners that somehow understands your entire life better than a stadium act ever could.

That’s the goal here:
finding those bands, supporting them, and building a weird little DIY community around all of it.

So if you’re reading this:

• thanks for hanging around
• thanks for listening
• thanks for believing in small art

And if you’re in a band making music in a basement, bedroom, garage, or parked car somewhere tonight…

Tape House sees you 📼

More playlists, radio chaos, and late-night static soon.

There are bands you casually listen to…

…and then there are bands that feel like they were recorded in somebody’s garage with the windows open during a storm.

That’s the vibe lately.

Been listening to a lot of fuzzy, emotional, loud-but-human music lately… stuff that feels messy in the best way possible.

Bands like Joyce Manor, Tigers Jaw, Strawberry Fuzz, American Football, Surf Curse… music that sounds like summer nights, old parking lots, worn-out shoes, and driving with no destination.

Tape House has always been about that feeling more than perfection.

Still building this thing one post, one playlist, one show at a time.

Also really appreciate the bands reaching back lately. 1984X sent music through, TRSH has been down, and I’m still digging for more underground bands and demo tapes.

This week’s Tape House Radio set leans into that fuzzy basement energy.

🎙️ Tape House Radio
[PASTE YOUR PODBEAN LINK]

🎧 Playlist
[PASTE YOUR SPOTIFY PLAYLIST LINK]

📬 Bands / demo tapes:
tapehouserecords2026@gmail.com

📼 Tape House Records

Some music doesn’t sound polished.

It sounds like it was made at 2AM…
wires everywhere…
coffee going cold…
and nobody telling you what it’s supposed to be.

That’s the energy behind Tape House right now.

🎧 The Sound

A mix of punk, indie, and whatever hits.

From MC Chris to bands sending demos in, this isn’t about perfection.

It’s about real music.

🧠 What’s Happening

This is where it starts.

Bands are reaching out.
Music is coming in.
Things are building.

1984X sent music through.
TRSH has been down.

That’s the foundation.

💔 Tape House Take

Tape House isn’t about chasing what’s popular.

It’s about finding what feels real before anyone else does.

📡 Submit Your Sound

📧 tapehouserecords2026@gmail.com

I’d love to listen to your demo tapes. Send them my way.

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🎙️ Listen Live

Tape House Radio — live & replays

🎧 https://www.podbean.com/lsi/oJOqMs0purw?lsid=3LApMIMoSJx&invite_id=ic-3LApMIMoSJx&invite_signature=688ce69e30c2a5093f051de2d2529d72

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📀 Tape House on Bandcamp

Releases + future sampler coming soon

📼 https://tapehouserecords.bandcamp.com

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– Tape House Records 📼

Tape House Records is officially live.

Built for indie, punk, emo, and anything that feels real — the kind of music that sticks with you after the song ends.

Right now we’re building out our Bandcamp and connecting with artists. First conversations are already happening, and we’ll be featuring music soon.

Lately, we’ve been listening to TRSH — loud, raw, and exactly the kind of energy Tape House is about.
If you’re into DIY punk/emo, keep them on your radar:
👉 https://trsh3.bandcamp.com

This isn’t about numbers. It’s about finding good music and giving it a home.

If you’re a band and want to be part of it, reach out.

More soon.

Tape decks are spinning again.

Tape House Radio is going LIVE this Wednesday at 7PM (EST).

This week’s show is all about building something from the ground up…
DIY bands, underground sounds, and the kind of music that feels like it was recorded in a basement at 2AM with coffee going cold on the table.

Expect:

• A mix of punk, indie, and whatever hits right
• Bands I’ve been reaching out to (and ones I believe in)
• That raw, late-night radio feel

If you’re a band and want to be featured on Tape House Records or the show, hit me up:
📧 tapehouserecords2026@gmail.com

I’m always looking for new music to spin and new people to build this with.

Listen live here:
(Drop your Stationhead link right here)

Let’s see where this goes.

– Tape House Records 🎧

Tape House Records is about more than just finding artists — it’s about sharing the music that keeps the underground alive.

Lately I’ve been spinning bands that keep things raw and real.

New Found Glory continues to bring that mix of emotion and energy that made pop punk what it is.

Teenage Bottlerocket keeps things fast, fun, and straight to the point — no filler, just solid punk.

Tape House is about music that feels real, not perfect.

More features and artists coming soon.

Rewind the static. 📼