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Northfield, Minnesota, United States (2003 – present)

Tapes ‘n Tapes are an indie rock band which formed in 2003 at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, United States. The band consists of Josh Grier (vocals, guitar), Eric Appelwick (bass), Matt Kretzman (keyboards) and Jeremy Hanson (drums).

After a year spent honing their musical stylings, the collective developed a sound that Splendid calls “a hybrid that resembles Low fighting it out with My Bloody Valentine…eclectic, style-defying stuff.” Tapes ‘N Tapes unleashed their self-recorded, selfreleased EP in 2004, on unsuspecting music lovers far and wide.

The Minneapolis Star Tribune said “these recordings are homemade dementia sessions…fun stuff, really.” Armed with more hits than a heavyweight fight, the brothers hit the road to spread their message of goodwill from coast to coast, playing shows with the likes of The Futureheads, The Streets, Metric, Calvin Johnson, and I Am the World Trade Center, just to name a few. They also put on a great show at Chicago’s music festival, Lollapalooza, this past summer. They blew the crowd away, made a name for themselves, and gained a bunch of fans who will find it hard to forget the show.

After some moves and shakes, the family has adopted a new brother and expanded their brood to four.
Now Tapes ‘N Tapes bring you their long play record debut, The Loon, which The Onion A.V. Club touts as “one of the best locally produced discs of the year.” The Loon was recorded at Darren Jackson’s (Kid Dakota, The Hopefuls) Short Man Studios in June 2005 with Erik Appelwick (Vicious Vicious, The Hopefuls). Appelwick worked overtime; recording, mixing and producing the album.

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bit_core wrote:
last month

Lo-fi... brilliant!

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surpriselips wrote:
last month

tapes n tapes has been one of my favorite bands for a long time <3

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belito_03 wrote:
September 2009

mmm... madre me retó porque salgo mucho vio (?), entonces me dijo: ñañañá, mañana no salis nada, ñañañá, y me cagó pues el sabado. asi que bueno, quedare mirando saturday night live en solitario... que seas feliz hoy deminios (L)

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dying-is-fine wrote:
September 2009

i actually happen to think this band is quite talented.

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Aesthete24 wrote:
September 2009

last.fm wrong again, did not enjoy these guys at all, other than the song Just Drums

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KimiHendrix wrote:
September 2009

great group and great music. i reckon you guys with taste like yours might like The Lady Sails, they've actually just released their new album for free, they're slightly alternative/folk/rocky, and definetly worth checking out at least, http://theladysails.blogspot.com/

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planetstoney wrote:
September 2009

I'm interested to hear what these guys bring 2 albums from now. I enjoy the Loon for what it is, but I'd love to hear some extra layers and a more varied instrument mix.

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twinkle_toes20 wrote:
August 2009

well I don't know what it is but I'm not in love with these guys yet

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theRSL wrote:
August 2009

The Loon (first record) is a definite best of the decade level bit of work. Tremendous.

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Filmzitatguru wrote:
August 2009

1000 scrobbles now and still addicted. I never get sick of these guys. :)

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battleaxed wrote:
July 2009

Do yourself and everyone else a favor by clicking here... and listening to '10 Gallon Ascots' more often

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ruimacedo wrote:
June 2009

these guys have it all!

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craziness2 wrote:
May 2009

So... I prefer Walk It Off.

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Oterro wrote:
May 2009

kinda remind me of the veils

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kitchenmike wrote:
May 2009

same... and loving it.

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he-war wrote:
May 2009

got The Loon a year ago and only just starting to like it hahah

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LaBelleVie wrote:
May 2009

Free Show! Monday May 18th at Spaceland (it's Gangi's Residency) Here's who playing: LANDy (Adam Goldberg's band backed by members of THE FLAMING LIPS and EARLIMART), GANGI, & The Life and Times. LANDy opens at 9PM. See you in space! http://www.last.fm/event/1027973

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whatsunderthere wrote:
May 2009

i still can't believe these shows with wild light

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riigo wrote:
May 2009

more indie tripe

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coldow91 wrote:
April 2009

The loon as awesome. I love it Review about Tapes 'n Tapes is on http://anamorphousblog.blogspot.com/ as well as other music info.

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