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Tape Swap Radio


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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)

LAtest Features

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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
Photos: Trouble City All-Stars at the Bethlehem Rose Garden
Photos: Trouble City All-Stars at the Bethlehem Rose Garden

Tape Swap Radio returned to the Bethlehem Rose Garden on Saturday for our first date in the city’s 2023 Live in the Garden concert series, featuring Lehigh Valley reggae band Trouble City All-Starts. Check out photos and more details.

Photos: Tape Swap Radio Stage at Live on the Greenway
Photos: Tape Swap Radio Stage at Live on the Greenway

Check out photos and a write-up of Tape Swap’s stage from Live on the Greenway in Bethlehem — which included performances from Catatonic Suns, Service Dog, The Living Things, and more.

🚨 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
📢 SAVE THE DATE 📢 We're bringing the Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market back to the Ice House on Saturday, April 19th, from 10 AM to 4 PM! Free admission as always — with bands playing afterward TBA in conjunction with @icehouse.punkdiy.
Tonight is our final radio broadcast of 2024! On tonight's show: • A replay of our recent @pale_fang Rooftop Session. • A road mix from Pale Fang bassist Nick P. @deafgordon that he made for Tape Swap's first radio show in 2013, back when
The new Rooftop Session with Allentown psych punk band @pale_fang is live now! Watch as the band tears through four songs and gives an interview on the Flatiron Building in South Bethlehem. Head to tapeswapradio.com or our YouTube page to check it o
We're back on @wdiyfm tonight, 11pm - 1 am, for a new show! We'll premiere our first night Rooftop Session from Allentown psych-punk band @pale_fang. The video will be coming out in a couple weeks, but here's your chance to hear it early. Plus, some
Lehigh Valley punk and indie radio shows on WMUH mentioned in influential punk zine Chainsaw. 1984 issue, 40 years ago this year.