Already Dead Tapes
@alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social
Genre-free record label & shop focused on cassettes, vinyl, and VHS. Based in Los Angeles, est. 2009. alreadydeadtapes.com
Not accepting demos.
Not accepting demos.
Pinned
We're now offering custom cassette duplication!
Need tapes for your band or project? Reach out at alreadydeadtapes.com for a quote!
Duplicated tapes with and without full color artwork and cases now available.
Drop us a line, we'd love to help out with your next project.
Need tapes for your band or project? Reach out at alreadydeadtapes.com for a quote!
Duplicated tapes with and without full color artwork and cases now available.
Drop us a line, we'd love to help out with your next project.
little run of shows starting next week with my dear friends SH!TOMATO and Peopling
07/30 / Los Angeles / Slipper Clutch
08/01 / Los Angeles / Coaxial Arts
08/02 / San Diego / Bike Del Pueblo
08/06 / San Diego / Bancroft Bar
07/30 / Los Angeles / Slipper Clutch
08/01 / Los Angeles / Coaxial Arts
08/02 / San Diego / Bike Del Pueblo
08/06 / San Diego / Bancroft Bar
July 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
little run of shows starting next week with my dear friends SH!TOMATO and Peopling
07/30 / Los Angeles / Slipper Clutch
08/01 / Los Angeles / Coaxial Arts
08/02 / San Diego / Bike Del Pueblo
08/06 / San Diego / Bancroft Bar
07/30 / Los Angeles / Slipper Clutch
08/01 / Los Angeles / Coaxial Arts
08/02 / San Diego / Bike Del Pueblo
08/06 / San Diego / Bancroft Bar
We're now offering custom cassette duplication!
Need tapes for your band or project? Reach out at alreadydeadtapes.com for a quote!
Duplicated tapes with and without full color artwork and cases now available.
Drop us a line, we'd love to help out with your next project.
Need tapes for your band or project? Reach out at alreadydeadtapes.com for a quote!
Duplicated tapes with and without full color artwork and cases now available.
Drop us a line, we'd love to help out with your next project.
June 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We're now offering custom cassette duplication!
Need tapes for your band or project? Reach out at alreadydeadtapes.com for a quote!
Duplicated tapes with and without full color artwork and cases now available.
Drop us a line, we'd love to help out with your next project.
Need tapes for your band or project? Reach out at alreadydeadtapes.com for a quote!
Duplicated tapes with and without full color artwork and cases now available.
Drop us a line, we'd love to help out with your next project.
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*** TRACK PREMIERE ***
@pubspeak.bsky.social's 'Lapse' - taken from the forthcoming album from the Jason Anthony Harris-led project - out later this year via @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social.
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@pubspeak.bsky.social's 'Lapse' - taken from the forthcoming album from the Jason Anthony Harris-led project - out later this year via @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social.
sun-13.com/2025/05/29/t...
Track Premiere: Public Speaking’s ‘Lapse’
The Brooklyn-based experimentalist releases the first single from his forthcoming LP.
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May 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
*** TRACK PREMIERE ***
@pubspeak.bsky.social's 'Lapse' - taken from the forthcoming album from the Jason Anthony Harris-led project - out later this year via @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social.
sun-13.com/2025/05/29/t...
@pubspeak.bsky.social's 'Lapse' - taken from the forthcoming album from the Jason Anthony Harris-led project - out later this year via @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social.
sun-13.com/2025/05/29/t...
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STR BC Mix 2:
Eating Pizza In The Rain (The Grease Forms An Impermeable Barrier Against Water, So The Pizza Is Totally Fine)
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Eating Pizza In The Rain (The Grease Forms An Impermeable Barrier Against Water, So The Pizza Is Totally Fine)
bandcamp.com/strategictap...
2: Eating pizza in the rain (the… - Playlist by Strategic…
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May 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
STR BC Mix 2:
Eating Pizza In The Rain (The Grease Forms An Impermeable Barrier Against Water, So The Pizza Is Totally Fine)
bandcamp.com/strategictap...
Eating Pizza In The Rain (The Grease Forms An Impermeable Barrier Against Water, So The Pizza Is Totally Fine)
bandcamp.com/strategictap...
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Ian MacPhee // Cycles ( @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social 2025). Love this artist. Ambient soundscapes and field recordings flawlessly stitched together.
April 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ian MacPhee // Cycles ( @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social 2025). Love this artist. Ambient soundscapes and field recordings flawlessly stitched together.
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Sobbing Honey // Melela (true stereo) (@alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social 2024). Creeping musique concrete and ambience. Duo of Grant Capes and Mike Meanstreetz. (More Mike Meanstreetz in our lives, please. Where have you gone Tingo Tongo Tapes??)
March 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Sobbing Honey // Melela (true stereo) (@alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social 2024). Creeping musique concrete and ambience. Duo of Grant Capes and Mike Meanstreetz. (More Mike Meanstreetz in our lives, please. Where have you gone Tingo Tongo Tapes??)
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March 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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My new album Cycles is out today on @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social! Available on cassette and special edition VHS tapes, very happy for it to be out in the world.
ianmacphee.bandcamp.com/album/cycles-2
ianmacphee.bandcamp.com/album/cycles-2
February 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My new album Cycles is out today on @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social! Available on cassette and special edition VHS tapes, very happy for it to be out in the world.
ianmacphee.bandcamp.com/album/cycles-2
ianmacphee.bandcamp.com/album/cycles-2
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From two years ago: wrote about records from Vista House @anything-bagel.bsky.social, Dignan Porch @safesuburban.bsky.social @repeatingcloud.com @hiddenbayrec.bsky.social, Grey Factor @tinyglobalmusic.bsky.social, and The Royal Arctic Institute @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social:
Pressing Concerns: Vista House, Dignan Porch, Grey Factor, The Royal Arctic Institute
Welcome to a new Pressing Concerns! I’m glad you’re here. Today features new albums from Vista House and Dignan Porch, a new EP from The Royal Arctic Institute, and a reissue of the dis…
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February 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
From two years ago: wrote about records from Vista House @anything-bagel.bsky.social, Dignan Porch @safesuburban.bsky.social @repeatingcloud.com @hiddenbayrec.bsky.social, Grey Factor @tinyglobalmusic.bsky.social, and The Royal Arctic Institute @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social:
Incredibly thoughtful review of our 15th anniversary compilation from Richard at @acloserlisten.bsky.social !
Various Artists ~ Now That’s What I Call Already Dead!
We can’t believe Josh Tabbia’s Already Dead Tapes is 15 years old, because we can remember when it was born and now it’s almost old enough to drive! Moving around a bit, from Chi…
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February 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Incredibly thoughtful review of our 15th anniversary compilation from Richard at @acloserlisten.bsky.social !
Chicago’s 96 Cougar are back with 'Forklift Rodeo', a gritty collision of cowpunk and garage rock, layered with psychedelic and alt-country undertones.
Out March 7th on cassette and streaming services.
First single & pre-order are live: alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/forkli...
Out March 7th on cassette and streaming services.
First single & pre-order are live: alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/forkli...
February 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Chicago’s 96 Cougar are back with 'Forklift Rodeo', a gritty collision of cowpunk and garage rock, layered with psychedelic and alt-country undertones.
Out March 7th on cassette and streaming services.
First single & pre-order are live: alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/forkli...
Out March 7th on cassette and streaming services.
First single & pre-order are live: alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/forkli...
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And big thanks to @tbdpresents.bsky.social for premiering the video. My new album has an accompanying VHS full of Hi-8 video collages I made set to the music. This video is a clip from that:
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Ian MacPhee - Days
YouTube video by TBD Presents
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February 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
And big thanks to @tbdpresents.bsky.social for premiering the video. My new album has an accompanying VHS full of Hi-8 video collages I made set to the music. This video is a clip from that:
youtu.be/lTek64pYN58?...
@alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social
youtu.be/lTek64pYN58?...
@alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social
@ianmacphee.bsky.social returns to Already Dead with 'Cycles', an album that merges ambient drone with organic field recordings. Available 2/28 on cassette, VHS, and streaming. Bundles also available.
First single and pre-order are live:
alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/cycles
First single and pre-order are live:
alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/cycles
February 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
@ianmacphee.bsky.social returns to Already Dead with 'Cycles', an album that merges ambient drone with organic field recordings. Available 2/28 on cassette, VHS, and streaming. Bundles also available.
First single and pre-order are live:
alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/cycles
First single and pre-order are live:
alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/cycles
Our 15th anniversary compilation is out today!
A nearly 90 minute mixtape spanning experimental, post-punk, folk, harsh noise, hardcore, electronica, dreampop, drone, sludge, and just about every other genre under the sun.
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A nearly 90 minute mixtape spanning experimental, post-punk, folk, harsh noise, hardcore, electronica, dreampop, drone, sludge, and just about every other genre under the sun.
www.alreadydeadtapes.com/product-page...
January 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Our 15th anniversary compilation is out today!
A nearly 90 minute mixtape spanning experimental, post-punk, folk, harsh noise, hardcore, electronica, dreampop, drone, sludge, and just about every other genre under the sun.
www.alreadydeadtapes.com/product-page...
A nearly 90 minute mixtape spanning experimental, post-punk, folk, harsh noise, hardcore, electronica, dreampop, drone, sludge, and just about every other genre under the sun.
www.alreadydeadtapes.com/product-page...
2018 maybe?
January 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
2018 maybe?
Found two copies of Urine Hell's sold out 'Weight' cassette in a box of distro items, they're now available on the AD site: www.alreadydeadtapes.com/product-page...
January 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Found two copies of Urine Hell's sold out 'Weight' cassette in a box of distro items, they're now available on the AD site: www.alreadydeadtapes.com/product-page...
Already Dead turns 15 this year! Celebrating with a massive 88 minute compilation album featuring a 21 of our favorite artists. Out January 31st on limited edition cassette and Bandcamp, first single and pre-order are live!
alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/now-th...
alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/now-th...
January 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Already Dead turns 15 this year! Celebrating with a massive 88 minute compilation album featuring a 21 of our favorite artists. Out January 31st on limited edition cassette and Bandcamp, first single and pre-order are live!
alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/now-th...
alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/now-th...
It's that time of year again! Join the Already Dead Tape Club and we'll send you new music on cassette tapes all year long, plus members' exclusive club t-shirt, downloads, stickers and more. www.alreadydeadtapes.com/product-page...
January 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It's that time of year again! Join the Already Dead Tape Club and we'll send you new music on cassette tapes all year long, plus members' exclusive club t-shirt, downloads, stickers and more. www.alreadydeadtapes.com/product-page...
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It’s that time of year. Time to update my subscription to @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social
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Already Dead Tape Club Subscription | Already Dead Tapes
What the hell is it?The Already Dead Tape Club is our yearly cassette membership. Imagine a year full of tapes, delivered to your door every other month! (with Free US Shipping!) Register now to recei...
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December 18, 2024 at 1:13 AM
It’s that time of year. Time to update my subscription to @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social
www.alreadydeadtapes.com/product-page...
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I’ve waited for too long to throw this on! Psyched to hear the Royal Arctic Institute on vinyl (I’ve only had tapes before this one). “From Catnap to Coma to Catharsis” (2023) compiles their two @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social EPs into one full-length. Your new favorite late-night road trip band.
November 25, 2023 at 2:28 AM
I’ve waited for too long to throw this on! Psyched to hear the Royal Arctic Institute on vinyl (I’ve only had tapes before this one). “From Catnap to Coma to Catharsis” (2023) compiles their two @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social EPs into one full-length. Your new favorite late-night road trip band.
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#tapetueday
New batch of @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social showed up
ianmacphee.bandcamp.com/album/distan...
New batch of @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social showed up
ianmacphee.bandcamp.com/album/distan...
October 25, 2023 at 1:15 AM
#tapetueday
New batch of @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social showed up
ianmacphee.bandcamp.com/album/distan...
New batch of @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social showed up
ianmacphee.bandcamp.com/album/distan...
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This preorder on @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social is pretty epic alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/hazard...
Hazardous Material, by Material
11 track album
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October 8, 2023 at 5:20 PM
This preorder on @alreadydeadtapes.bsky.social is pretty epic alreadydeadtapes.bandcamp.com/album/hazard...