With the once well-intended Record Store Day becoming increasingly overrun by pointless rereleases and repackaging of already available music it somehow got even more ridiculous with the advent of Cassette Store Day a couple of years ago. Like many others, I probed the valid question of whether a “cassette store” was an actual thing. Despite my mockery, it appears as though an actual cassette store has opened in Toronto. Named Dupe Shop, the store sells music exclusively in the cassette format, while also offering recording and duplication services, plus allowing customers to make and purchase their own mixtapes in store. While the feasibility of such a venture is uncertain in an industry of increased reliance on digital services and a lull approaching the vinyl revival of the early to mid 2000s, I guess it’s kind of cool that an actual cassette store is finally a thing.
Metallic hardcore noisemakers Nails and Full of Hell have announced a split 7” due out this December. Although Nails recently cancelled all shows and announced an indefinite hiatus, it appears as though they’ll still be releasing music. It’s unknown if the material recorded on this split was recorded before or after the band’s breakup. The split is out Friday December 2 via Closed Casket Activities.
Former Punch vocalist Meghan O’Neill’s new band Super Unison have released their debut Auto album via Deathwish Records. A strong departure from the thrashcore of Punch, the band explores new territory and vocal style for O’Neill, strongly reminiscent of their Drive Like Jehu namesake track. Auto is available now via Deathwish.
Only a year after the release of his well-received second album We Cool?, former Bomb the Music Industry frontman Jeff Rosenstock has released a new full length LP. Entitled Worry, the record is available now from SideOneDummy records
Canadian noise-rock metallers KEN Mode have released a new single from their upcoming EP Nerve. Entitled Let’s Get Divorced, the track sees the band continue in the Shellac influenced noise/math rock vein of their last effort, 2015’s Success.
