02.04.12
The Grapes have a present for you. It's called So Am I. It's the band's all-new 4-song EP. They hope it fits. And you are welcome.
So Am I is the follow up to the band's debut I Think I'll Smoke Cigarettes So I Can Be Skinny. It was awesome too.
Click below to listen/download now.
02.02.12
Doctor is back with some goodness for your eyes and ears. The band's 3-song Magic Genie Chords EP is out now and available for free download. This EP follows up on the band's 2010 release, Carousel Images. The band has also released the official video for the song "Rabbit Hole" from Magic Genie Chords. The video was filmed by Flagship Studios over the span of two days at the bottom of a murky pool in LA with instruments fully submerged and mouths and eyes wide open. It looks like the most fun underwater dance party in history. WATCH NOW.
12.21.11
We've joined forces once again with the awesome folks over at Potluck. This time we're getting in the holiday spirit. Get ready for round 2 of the PTLKvsGRPTPS sampler series Mistletoe Throwdown. Get a free download of 12 holiday tunes from Logan Pate, North Elementary, Juan Huevos, Organos, Old Bricks, Joshua Carpenter, The Grapes & more. Click below to listen/download now.
12.17.11
Gross Ghost are the featured band now on The Bottom String's all-new video series 'You Should Know.' You can watch the band perform "You Tell Me" and "Architect," from the upcoming Brer Rabbit full-length. Plus, check out an in-depth interview with Mike talking about the upcoming record, live shows and more.
Click HERE to read the full write up now at The Bottom String and to watch the video now.
11.09.11
Oh you thought Grip Tapes was all rock these days? C'mon dawg. Let us introduce you to the newest addition to the Grip Tapes roster, LIBRARIES. Libraries is the collective faults of Tommy Kitrick and Justin Chillington, 2 young bros who can Bruce Willis a beat and use it to blow the roof off a skyscraper. Libraries stay hustling hard as possible, but still finding time for what really matters in life: jackets and shoes, cats and dogs, keeping it swag as fuck, and always making bail.
You can stream/download the all-new track "Get Real" from Libraries now courtesy of Get Off The Coast. Click HERE to check out what GOTC calls "Justice and Ratatat in an onstage Beyblade battle."
And you can listen to a few more songs from Libraries' Wilmington Bootlegs at the band's official Bandcamp page.
10.26.11
City Lights, the all-new album from Old Bricks, is available now on 12" vinyl and digital. The vinyl is a limited edition pressing of 300 albums. City Lights is the follow up to the band's 2009 debut full-length Farmers. Order now and get the 9-song Pretty Black & White digital bonus EP for FREE. Click below to stream the full album now and click HERE to order your copy of the LP or digital album now.
10.19.11
The cool kids over at Weed Temple which dedicates it's bandwidth to covering psychedelic, experimental, noise, folk, rock, drone, electronic, ambient and krautrock music put up a nice review of Heads on Sticks' Brutish & Short. They call HOS "sunny, multi-styled psychedelic pop that is so positive in its sound one may not need any drugs to feel better and enjoy life just a teeny tiny bit more." Click below to listen to Brutish & Short now and to dowload the 6-song EP for free.
08.31.11
In celebration of the Hopscotch Festival, Grip Tapes and Potluck have gotten together to make a FREE DOWNLOAD SAMPLER that features several bands who are playing this year's Hopscotch Music Festival!
Check out 13 tracks from Old Bricks, Schooner, Gross Ghost, Heads on Sticks, Organos, Juan Huevos, Joshua Carpenter, Corey Pallon, and lots more!
Click the player below to stream/download now and meet your new favorite bands.
08.31.11
Heads on Sticks are back with the all-new Brutish & Short EP for free download. After releasing Mockingbird last summer, HOS have been busy with a remix of Whatever Brains and a maxi-single for "Bull Horns" with fellow Grip Tapes stud Juan Huevos. Brutish & Short is six new songs that show what Heads on Sticks is made of. Thumping low end, quirky lyrics and haunting syths work their way into your brain and make a mess of things. A beautiful mess, that is.
Click the player below to listen/download Brutish & Short now for FREE.
08.29.11
Grip Tapes is excited to announce that Chapel Hill's Logan Pate has joined the roster. All we can say about this kid is that you just have to listen. And to help make that happen you can download his MOTHS EP now for free over at his Bandcamp Page. Fans of Bon Iver, Acitve Child, James Blake and How To Dress Well will find a lot to love in Logan Pate.
Click the player below to listen/download the MOTHS EP now.
