The lineup for this year’s Riot Fest in Chicago looks amazing (better than any Coachella, if you ask me). It has inspired me to start looking for tapes from bands playing this year.
Here is a quick pull of the first batch:
Foo Fighters
Their first album and I was hella surprised to see that (at the moment of writing this) it’s $55.05 on Amazon. I am going to assume there are not many copies around.
Turnstile
At the moment I have not found any Turnstile tapes to buy. I am going to assume they pop up on Discogs and Ebay from time to time, but that is it. All I know is I would love to find the tape above someday. You can at least check it out on Discogs – it looks freaking magical.
Pennywise: About Time
Another one I wasn’t expecting to have such a pricey cassette. Running $24.90 right now on Amazon. It’s hard to find on eBay so finding one on Amazon is a little surprising.
Bowling For Soup: Let’s Do It For Johnny
Of course, a rare find, “Let’s Do It For Johnny” a sampler. At the moment of posting, it is on eBay for around $20.
This one is the only Bowling For Soup cassette I could find. The Great Burrito Extortion Case – Indonesia Cassette. It’s currently on EBay for around $29 bucks. This looks to be something only a completest would be interested in though.
Tegan & Sara: Hey, I’m Just Like You
Oh, this is kind of exciting. On eBay I discovered a rare cassette by Tegan & Sara, “Hey I’m Just Like You” – Tape Sire PURPLE Tape SEALED. Going for $100 bucks, if it’s still there. Seems like it would be a must-have for a Tegan & Sara fan.
There are so many good bands. I won’t be going but I will be posting more of these all Summer. Plenty more tape finds to pull.