CAKES AND TAPES

bolachasgratis: Plastic Flowers’ calm and beautiful new EP,...

Wed, 30 May 2012 21:57:23 +0100

Plastic Flowers’ calm and beautiful new EP, Natural Conspiracy, was already available for free streaming and download via Bandcamp. Today we’re releasing it on cassette, via Cakes and Tapes; you can see some pics of 3 of the 33 (!) cassettes available for purchase via Bandcamp and stream it all below. If you live in either Portugal, Greece or Ireland, Cakes and Tapes will refund you the shipping costs after you place your order. No more austerity for you! Grab Natural Conspiracy below, follow the band on Facebook and watch the video for “Fake Leaves” here.

<a href=”http://cakesandtapes.bandcamp.com/album/natural-conspiracy” data-mce-href=”http://cakesandtapes.bandcamp.com/album/natural-conspiracy”>Natural Conspiracy by Plastic Flowers</a>

Dear tumblr followers, please follow the website that started it...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:28:01 +0100

Dear tumblr followers, please follow the website that started it all: bolachas.org!

bolachasgratis:

Horrible present, haunted past.

If you run a somewhat high profile site/blog you surely receive dozens of emails per week. Some you don’t even bother to read and throw them in the garbage bin just after reading the headline (sorry), you might find others slightly interesting but not enough to post or there’s not enough time to do it, others contain some great, perfectly bloggable music inside and then there’s this rare sight: a sincere email where only a ten word sentence is written, alongside with a Soundcloud/Bandcamp link pointing to an awesome song performed by some perfectly unknown unsigned artist. This is the kind of email that made me want to start my own label, and this was the case with Horrible Present. “Classics at Night” was instantly gone into repeat mode and a couple of months later his exquisitely titled EP 54, I love you but it’s time to get off - which consists of his old EP 54 plus some new songs and b-sides - was released on our label Cakes and Tapes. Stream, download for free and buy one of the 15 remaining limited edition cassettes by clicking on the widget below.

&amp;lt;a href=”http://cakesandtapes.bandcamp.com/album/54-i-love-you-but-its-time-to-get-off” data-mce-href=”http://cakesandtapes.bandcamp.com/album/54-i-love-you-but-its-time-to-get-off”&amp;gt;54, I love you but it’s time to get off by Horrible Present&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;

DSS

Under the Quiet Sky

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:41:05 +0100

Under the Quiet Sky

Malhão:

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:27:40 +0100

Malhão:

Malha:

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:27:13 +0100

Malha:

Plastic Flowers <3 yvynyl: Plastic Flowers - Fake...

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:22:43 +0100

Plastic Flowers <3

yvynyl:

Plastic Flowers - Fake Leaves

Here’s an atmospheric tune to soundtrack a summer love affair of a video directed by Micah Van Hove and Mishone Feigin. Two young n’ beautiful people romping around sunshine cities and sweat filled nights as they navigate through a tumultuous affair. The song seems to fill the void between them that neither has eyes to see - until it’s too late.

Get the Grecian band’s new Natural Conspiracy EP that they released this week on Bndcmp.

POINT REYES debut LP, WARSZAWA, is officially OUT. Album of the...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:41:52 +0000

POINT REYES debut LP, WARSZAWA, is officially OUT. Album of the year. No kidding. And I know it’s January 12th, but 2012 won’t get much better than this.

POINT REYES. BUILDINGS.

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:41:32 +0000

POINT REYES. BUILDINGS.

I’ve been away for so long. A Jigsaw’s new EP is...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:20:48 +0000

I’ve been away for so long.

A Jigsaw’s new EP is our 18th release in a bit over a year. It’s been a beautiful thing to see Cakes and Tapes coming of age; to celebrate, have a listen to the title track of this EP by the best Americana band in Europe right now. They’ve been my favorite Portuguese band for quite a while now and it’s a pleasure to get to work with them again, after they played at our birthday party at Mercado Negro last September. There are 50 limited edition cassettes (well, it came out today and now there are only 30 pieces left) for sale on our Bandcamp. It contains this track and five beautiful renditions of songs by other Portuguese acts, including fellow Coimbra bands Bunnyranch and Tiguana Bibles. A “how to” on doing cover songs - like they say, now they “carry the heart of those songs” with them. And they surely deserve it.

mounthope: Easily one of my favorite songs of the year. It’s...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:13:19 +0000

mounthope:

Easily one of my favorite songs of the year. It’s soothing, it’s comforting, it feels like home.

listenseefeel:

Lizard Kisses - Pinch (by Jessica Amaya)

Crystal Shipsss - Uh Huh | cakesandtapes My new sounds

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:13:40 +0000

Crystal Shipsss - Uh Huh | cakesandtapes

My new sounds

Crystal Shipsss • Uh Huh

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:42:58 +0000

Crystal Shipsss • Uh Huh

Crystal Shipsss is a project by Danish songwriter Jacob...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:40:48 +0000

Crystal Shipsss is a project by Danish songwriter Jacob Faurholt. Yay is Crystal Shipsss’ debut album. Out now on Cakes and Tapes!

lizardkisses: We are happy to announce that we are doing a 7”...

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:28:54 +0100

lizardkisses:

We are happy to announce that we are doing a 7” split with Vancouver’s My Friend Wallis. It will be pressed in a limited edition of 30, with each side containing a separate collage that each band made - handmade, each one unique and one of a kind. This has been in the works for a bit and we’re aiming to have it out before the year’s end. Above is a scan of one of our collages.

We’ve also got a book/CD coming out soon. Details soon!! We’ve been busy.

Hot Lunch: Album Review: Blessed Feathers-"From The Mouths Of The Middle Class"

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:57:16 +0100

Hot Lunch: Album Review: Blessed Feathers-"From The Mouths Of The Middle Class" :

out tomorrow on C&T (cassette), Listening Party (vinyl) and selfreleased (CD)!

hotlunchcollective:

Imagine a calm sunny day road tripping through the country with a few close friends, your best friend focused and driving while your other buddy is in the back watching the trees go by and entertaining himself by visualizing that his hand is a small person skate boarding along side of the…

some nice words about Birds are Indie ouvidoafinado: Wake up to...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:48:59 +0100

some nice words about Birds are Indie

ouvidoafinado:

Wake up to the sound of the birds

Birds are Indie are a portuguese couple who found themselves through music. They play a lovely and smooth pop folk. Their songs are simple but beautiful. Check their webpage if you want to know more about this couple or listen to them on bandcamp. I really love the sound of these birds!

“Before there was a Before”, by Birds are Indie

You know a label is excited about a certain release when it...

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:09:26 +0100

You know a label is excited about a certain release when it chooses to anticipate a release (well, only for a few hours, but that doesn’t matter). We couldn’t wait until tomorrow to unleash Lizard Kisses‘ Tiny Island Teeth, so you can have it starting now. Head to our Bandcamp page right now to stream, download (pay what you want!) and buy the tape (reduced price until 6th September at 11:59pm UTC). We’re really proud to have Cory and Marc release this tape with us, they’re so talented I’m pretty sure this will be their last release on a small label like C&T. So… be sure to grab this while it’s cheap! Some early press:

Brooklyn-based duo Cory Siegler and Marc Merza’s newest single comes out just in time to slip into fall weather, sweaters and falling leaves even tho it was recorded in their Bed-Stuy apartment during the sweltering days of summer. It’s a quiet number, innocent and full of yearning and changes and bowing saws. - yvynyl
Think Au Revoir Simone with a bit of a Beach Boys meets Emily Haines-y vocals (or maybe more just Metric’s Gimme Sympathy) vibe. If Swell and Runoff are any indication of all of Tiny Island Teeth well we’re in for major delightful as fuck times! - danceyrselfclean

Blessed Feathers - Stinging Nettle, Honeysuckle | cakesandtapes...

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:48:53 +0100

Blessed Feathers - Stinging Nettle, Honeysuckle | cakesandtapes

Blessed Feathers’ “From the Mouths of the Middle Class” LP/CS, out next September 20th. Here’s a song off it.

Lizard Kisses - Runoff (with Mutual Benefit) | cakesandtapes...

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:27:35 +0100

Lizard Kisses - Runoff (with Mutual Benefit) | cakesandtapes

Lizard Kisses’ new song ‘Runoff’, off the “Tiny Island Teeth” EP. Out 9/6 on Cakes and Tapes.

and.. it’s pre-orderable on our...

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:47:20 +0100

and.. it’s pre-orderable on our BC!

danceyrselfclean:

Lizard Kisses, Runoff (from the album “Tiny Island Teeth”)

Tiny Island Teeth from fuck yes Brooklyn representing based duo Cory Siegler and Marc Merza aka Lizard Kisses doesn’t drop until 9/6 but you can stream two of the great jams from it now over at Bandcamp! I’m posting Runoff which is just pretty damn adorable. Think Au Revoir Simone with a bit of a Beach Boys meets Emily Haines-y vocals (or maybe more just Metric’s Gimme Sympathy) vibe. If Swell and Runoff are any indication of all of Tiny Island Teeth well we’re in for major delightful as fuck times!