Part of the appeal? New tape releases are cheaper than new releases on vinyl. Phoebe Bridgers’ 2020 album “Punisher” sells for $23 on vinyl, said Pat Feeney, owner of Manayunk’s Main Street Music, ...

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If it weren't for my love for music and the arts, this column would not exist. Over the years, I’ve shared countless testimonies of its power. Music is a healer and unifier. I learned how to love a ...

When Minneapolis drummer and music fanatic Michael Reiter went to the merch stand to buy a CD by Los Angeles buzz band Wand after a local gig last week, he was out of luck. The band had only vinyl ...

Cassettes were my gateway into hi-fi. In my early years, this was my format of choice. Cheap, portable and robust, cassettes were way more accessible to eight-year-old me than vinyl records. I write ...

As artists ditch Spotify and nostalgia reigns supreme, Punch Tab Tapes offers an easy and affordable entrance to physical ...

My first car was a silver 1990 Buick Park Avenue handed down from my grandmother, and like all early '90s cars, it came equipped with a tape deck. It always had a cassette loaded. Most were homemade: ...

Cassette tapes brought Veronika Cloutier to Pittsburgh. Vinyl LPs have kept her here. Before moving to Pittsburgh from North Carolina in 2021, the former vocalist and guitarist for the band Attack Cat ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On the second day of this year’s South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival, Philadelphia-based Free Energy, like other buzzed-about acts, played the Levi’s Fader Fort, a ...

What to do with your old vinyl records and cassettes? I know they are tucked away in closets, basements and garages, but there’s still reason to bring them out and enjoy them, what with the resurgence ...

PHILADELPHIA — The vinyl resurgence has been keeping independent record stores alive for years, and it hit a milestone in 2020: Music fans spent more money on LPs than CDs last year for the first time ...