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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, an annual punk rock flea market, and live shows.

 

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

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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.

Show #70
Show #70

Listen to a Spotify and Tidal playlist of the music that aired during Tape Swap Radio's broadcast on WDIY 88.1 FM on May 26, 2023. Featuring a set of '80s punk, a set of '90s punk, recent releases, Lehigh Valley DIY artists, and more.

Matte Black
Matte Black

Watch video from the Shards Session by Brooklyn post-punk band Matte Black recorded in June 2023.

Vendor Applications Now Open for Second 2024 LV Punk Rock Flea Market
Vendor Applications Now Open for Second 2024 LV Punk Rock Flea Market
⚡️ 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market vendor pictures 💀 3/3 Thanks again to everyone who stopped by and made this a rad event. We definitely set an attendance record for our PRFMs with over 1,000 people stopping by throughout the day on Satur
⚡️ 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market vendor pictures 💀 2/3 Thanks again to everyone who stopped by and made this a rad event. We definitely set an attendance record for our PRFMs with over 1,000 people stopping by throughout the day on Satur
⚡️ 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market vendor pictures 💀 1/3 Thanks again to everyone who stopped by and made this a rad event. We definitely set an attendance record for our PRFMs with over 1,000 people stopping by throughout the day on Satur
@valleyyouthhouse left the Punk Rock Flea Market on Saturday with a car full of donations for their Synergy Project Street Outreach Program. These supplies will be going to homeless youth, including those on or around Sand Island in Bethlehem. Thank
All that's left after a devastating set from LV's Sin Bin (@sin_bin_lv). All the bands crushed it at the 2025 LV Punk Rock Flea Market! Look for more photos in the coming days!
The Punk Rock Flea Market featured on @lvnewsdotcom today! Shamus talks about the vendors, the supply drive for homeless youth, and the live music. "Not your grandparents' flea market..." Only one day away... LESSSGO!!!
"We kept hearing about punk rock flea markets in different cities. There is one in Philly, one in Trenton, one in Scranton — it seemed like everywhere but here. And we were like, 'Why not?'" -Matt Molchany Check out an article from @
⚡️Full vendor list drop ⚡️ This Saturday, come out to the Ice House in Bethlehem for the 2025 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market! ✔️ Free admission always 🖤 ✔️ Pet friendly ✔️ 50+ community vendors ✔️ Flash tattoos courtesy of @tattoosbyslink ✔️
📣 SUPPLY DRIVE DURING THE FLEA ⛑️ We'll be collecting items for @valleyyouthhouse's The Synergy Project Street Outreach Program during the Punk Rock Flea Market. The Synergy Project helps runaway, homeless, nomadic, and street youth — includ
🚨 MUSIC TO CLOSE OUT THE FLEA 🚨 We're psyched to work with @icehouse.punkdiy this year to bring you a FREE 4-band show at the end of the 2025 LV Punk Rock Flea Market at the Ice House. Come out to the end of the market, and stick around for 4 band
🚨 Tonight on our @wdiyfm broadcast from 11 PM to 1 AM, we're revisiting some of our favorite Shards and Rooftop Sessions throughout the years. Listen for live sets from @plowunited, Slow Warm Death, @crowbaittheband, @insidiousrays, and @under_the_c
Tonight at 11 PM on our @wdiyfm 88.1 FM broadcast, hear a mix of punk, indie, and DIY bands by Lehigh Valley music photographer Derick Fiedler aka @tumbleweed_photographer. His mix is packed with bands that he's been able to shoot over the years. Plu