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Tape Swap Radio


Welcome to Shards

Recording studio and home to Tape Swap Radio

 

Tape Swap Radio is an original live music series that grew out of the Shards Recording Studio in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tape Swap was started to spotlight the DIY, punk, and independent music in the Lehigh Valley region.

Since 2013, a dedicated group in the Valley's music community has helped create Tape Swap's many parts: radio broadcasts, podcasts, online videos, a bi-annual punk rock flea market, and live shows.

 
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Listen to our radio broadcasts on:
WDIY 88.1 FM - Lehigh Valley Public Radio
Last Friday of the month, 11 pm - 1 am (Eastern)

LAtest Features

Featured
Show #74
Show #74

Listen to an interview and mixtape made by Lehigh Valley bassist Mindie Riley (Ultra Death Cult, ex-Grieving Eucalyptus) that aired during Tape Swap Radio’s broadcast on WDIY 88.1 FM on October 31, 2025. Plus, hear recent live sets recorded at the Ice House in Bethlehem from Toxiq Chameleon, Humilitarian, and Bren.

Show #73
Show #73

Listen to a Spotify and Tidal playlist of the music that aired during Tape Swap Radio's broadcast on WDIY 88.1 FM on November 1, 2024. Featuring the premiere of the Rooftop Session from Allentown psych-punk band Pale Fang; plus a Halloween mix of punk, garage rock, indie, and other DIY music.

Photos: 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market: Part Two
Photos: 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market: Part Two

The Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market returned to the Ice House in Bethlehem on Saturday, September 6 for the second and final time in 2025 . Check out some photos from the event.

Photos: 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market
Photos: 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market

Tape Swap Radio brought the Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market back to the Ice House in Bethlehem on Saturday. Check out some photos from the event.

Vendor, Band Line-Up Revealed for 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market
Vendor, Band Line-Up Revealed for 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market

Over 50 community vendors and four bands will pack the Ice House House in Bethlehem on Saturday, April 19th for Tape Swap Radio’s 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market. See the full line-up.

Pale Fang
Pale Fang

Watch video from our first nighttime Rooftop Session featuring Allentown psych-punk band Pale Fang recorded in October, 2024.

Food Truck
Food Truck

Watch video from the Rooftop Session featuring Bethlehem indie rock band Food Truck recorded in August, 2024.

Show #72
Show #72

Listen to a Spotify and Tidal playlist of the music that aired during Tape Swap Radio's broadcast on WDIY 88.1 FM on August 30, 2024. Featuring the premiere of the Rooftop Session from Bethlehem indie rock band Food Truck; plus a mix of bands playing DIY shows coming up in the Lehigh Valley, Philly, and NEPA areas.

Photos: 2024 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market, Part Two
Photos: 2024 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market, Part Two

Tape Swap Radio's second Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market of 2024 took over the Ice House in Bethlehem on Sunday. Check out some photos from the event.

Show #71
Show #71

Listen to a Spotify and Tidal playlist of the music that aired during Tape Swap Radio's broadcast on WDIY 88.1 FM on June 28, 2024. Featuring the Shards Session with Brooklyn post-punk band Matte Black along with an all-Lehigh Valley local mix of bands who have shows coming up in the area or new releases.

📢 BACK ON THE RADIO TONIGHT 📻📡 Rising like a zombie from the grave on Halloween night, catch a new episode on @wdiyfm tonight, Friday, October 31st, 11 PM - 1 AM! Hear a mixtape from @mindie_riley, current bassist for LV sludgers @ultradeathcult
@ultradeathcult at the Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market earlier this month. Music in conjunction with @icehouse.punkdiy, who host monthly shows at the Ice House all throughout the year.
@1800bitchhhhh from Kingston, PA, at the Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market earlier this month. Music in conjunction with @icehouse.punkdiy, who host monthly shows at the Ice House all throughout the year.
@pipesnake610 ripped through a set to close out the Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market earlier this month. Music in conjunction with @icehouse.punkdiy, who host monthly shows at the Ice House all throughout the year.
MORE photos of the vendors at the Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea earlier this month!!! Plus, @djwarlockpinball777, who was spinning records, and his Iron Maiden pinball machine.
Thanks again to everyone who came to the Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market earlier this month!!! Check out some photos of our vendors. More to come!
MUSIC UPDATE FOR THE LVPRFM @headzo_band can no longer play the show on Saturday at the end of the flea. In their place, the LV's newest doom/sludgers, @ultradeathcult, will be stepping in. Full line-up is now: • @ultradeathcult • @1800b
🔥🔥🔥 VENDOR LINE-UP REVEAL🔥🔥🔥 We've got 50+ vendors setting up at the Ice House this Saturday for our final Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market of the year! Check our everything from vinyl records and zines to occult artwork and vintage cloth
✔️ SAVE THE DATE ✔️ We've got one more Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market before the end of the year. Come out to the Ice House in Bethlehem on Saturday, September 6th for community vendors of all kinds. Plus, a free show after vendor sales end i
We'll be hosting a night of wild music at @pabapl on Tuesday, June 24th, with a pair of touring bands and one of the Valley's newest noisemakers. • @hartleroadband - @krecs, experimental rock from Columbus, MO • Death Panels - @echodelick
🚨 SATURDAY 🚨 Come out to our final sponsored show in this year's Live in the Garden series, featuring New Jersey's finest garage surf band @thedracu_las along with Lehigh Valley indie newcomers @higbeemusic. Free as always. Food trucks: Greek St
Thanks to everyone who came out to the kickoff to Live in the Garden on Saturday, where we presented @radlandsmusic and @partynerves! Yes, that's Tape Swap's Matt, aka @shards_recording_studio, who jumped behind the kit for Radlands' set. Live in th