On the latest WDIY 88.1 FM broadcast, we featured the Rooftop Session from Bethlehem, PA-based indie rock band Food Truck, recorded in August, 2024. With their influences planted firmly in the ‘90s alternative rock era, the trio delve into earnest songwriting about friendship, love loss, and the tribulations of navigating your 20s — all with guitar, bass, and drums leaving a satisfying ringing in your ears. Food Truck’s second and newest album, Pure Gold, was just released a week before the recording of this session, and four out of the five songs they performed are from this latest release. As we found out, the open space of the Flatiron Building roof in southside Bethlehem provided an ideal setting for the band to showcase their sharpened songwriting and performance skills.

1. So Distant
2. Anything for You
3. Prettiest Thief
4. Chemical
5. Friend
6. Interview
BAND PICK: The Redos - Make It Three

Also on the radio broadcast, we featured a mix of bands playing DIY shows coming up in the Lehigh Valley, Philly, and NEPA areas — and in lieu of material from the newly-formed band Now Is Never, who will be performing a couple of upcoming Velvert Underground tribute sets, we include three live songs from VU’s iconic 1993 live album. Listen to the songs played from the broadcast in the Spotify and Tidal playlists below.

Complete list of songs featured on the radio broadcast:

Raavi - Take Me - Take Me [Single] (2024)
Sister. - Colorado - Colorado [Single] (2024)
Small Mess - Feeling Better - New Body (2018)
Christina Giacoletti - 22 (Over Soon) - What’s Left Here for Me (2023)
Snail Mail - Madonna - Valentine (2021)
Glitterer - The Same Ordinary - Rationale (2024)
Giant’s Despair (fka Gypsy) - Sleep Well - Giant’s Despair (2011)
OK Buddy - Third Degree - Strays [EP] (2024)

—FOOD TRUCK ROOFTOP SESSION—
So Distant
Anything for You
Prettiest Thief
Chemical
Friend
Interview
BAND PICK: The Redos - Make It Three

The Velvet Underground - Guess I’m Falling - Live MCMXCIII (1993)
The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs - Live MCMXCIII (1993)
The Velvet Underground - The Gift - Live MCMXCIII (1993)
RA!D - Faceless - Faceless [Single] (2024)
Arklight - Half-Life - Exorcisms (2023)
Advance Base - Little Sable Point Lighthouse - Little Sable Point Lighthouse (2022)
William H. Travis - Vermont - Vermont [Single] (2024)
Time Being - Mantra - Would You Rather Have a Ceiling? (2024)
D. Spaulding - Bulldozer - Jilt Matrimonial Turkey Heartland Desert Classic Jubilee (2024)
Creekwater - Weird Year - Wish & Learn [EP] (2015)
Brother JT - California - Shaky Jet Loner (2023)

On the latest WDIY 88.1 FM broadcast, we featured the Shards Session from Brooklyn-based post-punk band Matte Black recorded in June 2023. From the doom metal feel of their 2015 album Dust of This Planet to the psychedelic touches in 2019’s Psyche to the addition of synthesizers on their new album, 2023’s Portrait, the trio has never been afraid to evolve wherever the music takes them. Listen or download the session below.

1. Beyond the Sun
2. Dead
3. Cage
4. Pontifica
5. Interview
Bank Pick: Goat Wizard - Camp Crystal Lake

Also on the radio broadcast, we featured an all-Lehigh Valley local mix of bands who have shows coming up in the area or new releases. Listen to the songs played from the broadcast in the Spotify and Tidal playlists below.

Complete list of songs featured on the radio broadcast:

Catatonic Suns - Slack
Laurel Canyon - East Side
Dear Misty - Lake Wallenpaupack
Christina Giacoletti - Floral Wallpaper
My Cousin’s Girlfriend’s House - So Bleak
Cedar Green - Million Dollar Question
Slingshot Dakota - Blood Villain

—MATTE BLACK SHARDS SESSION—
Beyond the Sun
Dead
Cage
Pontifica
Interview
BAND PICK: Goat Wizard - Camp Crystal Lake

Wipes - More to This
Controller - Fantasy World
Sunny on the Causeway - Hobo Negronis
Lunch Trucks - Told You So
Pale Fang - Forever My Queen (Pentagram Cover)
Cnidarian - Grapefruit
Food Truck - The Boxer
Bren - Breakup Body
Sun Bus  - Ghost Tsunami
We're From Antarctica - koi boi
The Redos - The Nearest Attraction
Landline - Heist

On the latest WDIY 88.1 FM broadcast, we featured the Shards Session from Allentown, PA-based psych rock band Catatonic Suns recorded in March 2022. The band is made up of Jakob Christman, Patrick Shields, Caleb Strobl, and LJ Llaguri. They’ve been refining their their lush and noisy sonic template since beginning in 2018. They performed wo songs from the band's latest album, 2022's Saudade, and two songs from their first album, 2019's Aphelion. Listen or download the session below.

1. Melted Mind (0:03)
2. Acid Wash (2:53)
3. Electric Plain (6:36)
4. Tangerine Dayglo (10:28)
5. Interview (15:34)
6. BAND PICK: Laurel Canyon - Daddy's Honey (22:40)

Also on the broadcast, we paid tribute to Chris Bailey, co-founder of the seminal Australian punk band The Saints who died earlier this year. We then explored other new and classic Austrialian punk bands along with some DIY, punk, and indie rock bands who have played in and around Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley area recently. Listen to the songs played from the broadcast in the Spotify playlist below.

Tape Swap’s first show of 2022 premiered in April on WDIY 88.1 FM and featured the Shards Session with Laurel Canyon. The four-piece band is a new addition to the Lehigh Valley music scene, having recently releasing their debut EP, Victim, in January 2022. Laurel Canyon is made up of guitarists Nicholas Gillespie and Serg Cereja, bassist Dylan Loccarini, and drummer Egan Miller. The band joined us in March 2022, fresh off a recording session with famed producer Steve Albini in Chicago.

The remainder of the show featured DIY, punk, and indie songs that got us through the pandemic. Listen to the songs selections on Spotify below.

1. Dropout (0:03)
2. Tangiers (3:28)
3. Daddy's Honey (5:44)
4. Victim (9:34)
5. Interview (14:17)
6. BAND PICK: The Paranoyds - Heather Doubtfire (21:57)

We premiere the Rooftop Session with Allentown, PA-based punk band The Jawnestowne Standard. The four members of the band joined us on the Flatiron Building in SouthSide Bethlehem in August 2020. This show premiered on WDIY 88.1 FM in September 2020.

1. Silver Linings (0:04)
2. As Years Pass (3:54)
3. Matty and Me (6:53)
4. Something Better (10:04)
5. Interview (12:33)
6. BAND PICK: Bad-Ups - South Philly Bop (21:21)

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Allentown, PA-based band The Jawnstowne Standard recorded live on the Flatiron Building in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM...

Allentown, PA-based band The Jawnstowne Standard recorded live on the Flatiron Building in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM...

Allentown, PA-based band The Jawnstowne Standard recorded live on the Flatiron Building in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM...

Allentown, PA-based band The Jawnstowne Standard recorded live on the Flatiron Building in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM...

Allentown, PA-based band The Jawnstowne Standard recorded live on the Flatiron Building in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM...

We premiere the Rooftop Session from Hairdo, a three-piece band from Kutztown, PA. The band was recorded in August 2020 and was the first recording Tape Swap has done on the Flatiron Building in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM later that month. Radio hosts Shamus and Maggie also catch up with fellow Tape Swap collaborator Matt Molchany for an interview on how he has been continuing his work at the Shards recording studio in Bethlehem amid the coronavirus precautions.

HAIRDO ROOFTOP SESSION
1. Business Accumen
2. Duplex
3. Vultures
4. Brown Slime
5. Interview
6. BAND PICK: Bleeders - Gates of Steel (Devo Cover)

MATT MOLCHANY INTERVIEW
1. Hugs - Bed
2. Under the Clothesline - 11
3. Poor Luther's Bones - Janky Ass
4. Tile - Swing Away

Music that aired during Tape Swap Radio's broadcast on WDIY 88.1 FM on August 28, 2020. Featuring the Rooftop Session from Hairdo, some favorite DIY band selections, deep dives into our record collections, and a clip of our interview with Matt Molchany about the Shards recording studio.

Kutztown, PA-based band Hairdo recorded live on the Flatiron Buidling in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Pub...

Kutztown, PA-based band Hairdo recorded live on the Flatiron Buidling in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Pub...

Kutztown, PA-based band Hairdo recorded live on the Flatiron Buidling in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Pub...

Kutztown, PA-based band Hairdo recorded live on the Flatiron Buidling in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Pub...

Kutztown, PA-based band Hairdo recorded live on the Flatiron Buidling in Bethlehem, PA in August 2020. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Pub...

Nazareth, PA-based punk band The Mega Yeah perform a Shards Session, recorded in November 2019. This was the final session recorded before the COVID-19 lockdown period. We also have a conversation with Dave Allison, the Creative Director of Custom Made Music, a Virginia Beach-based record label specializing in punk, post-punk, shoegaze, and different flavors of indie rock. Dave picks out some bands from his label’s roster to play. Dave’s interview was recorded at Allentown ArtsFest 2019.

THE MEGA YEAH SHARDS SESSION
---> The Mega Yeah - Pineapple Pie (0:03)
---> The Mega Yeah - Stereo Silence (3:36)
---> The Mega Yeah - North Star (8:17)
---> The Mega Yeah - Moon Face (12:45)
---> The Mega Yeah - Interview (16:11)
---> BAND PICK: Victor Traps - Borderline (27:17)

DAVE ALLISON INTERVIEW + MIXTAPE
---> Dave Allison - Interview Pt. 1 (30:27)
---> Static Daydream - Seconds (32:26)
---> Last Remaining Pinnacle - Lies (35:23)
---> Dave Allison - Interview Pt. 2 (39:12)
---> Matt Kelly - Surpassing Fancy (41:08)
---> Dave Allison - Interview Pt. 3 (43:45)

Listen on Spotify: Music that aired during Tape Swap Radio's broadcast on WDIY 88.1 FM on July 3, 2020. Featuring seminal early black punk bands, current black punk bands, a few selections from influential black musicians, The Mega Yeah's band pick from their Shards Session, Dave Allison's band picks, and more.

Nazareth, PA-based band The Mega Yeah recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio ...

Nazareth, PA-based band The Mega Yeah recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio ...

Nazareth, PA-based band The Mega Yeah recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio ...

Shamus McGroggan and Dave Allison at Allentown ArtsFest 2019

Lehigh Valley-based hip-hop group, The Xenomorph, join us for a Shards Session recorded in November 2019. The two members of the group are Bethlehem rapper NyteXing and Allentown artist and producer Johnny Five. And if all of those names didn’t clue you in, you can expect lots of references from comics, movies, cartoons, and gaming in their music, especially from NyteXing who says he’s a “gamer not a gangster.” It’s important that we mention that since we recorded this session, NyteXing changed the name he makes music under to GR3YS0N, so make sure you follow his new moniker.

For this session, the duo perform a song together and both members perform their own solo material. It’s three sessions in one on this edition of Tape Swap Radio!

---------PART ONE---------

Introduction (0:37)
Great Wave - Garlic & Sage (2:27)
Scruft - Happy Day (5:37)
Service Dog - Looking Up [Demo] (9:14)

---------PART TWO---------

NyteXing - Civil War (14:46)
NyteXing - Player One (17:56)
NyteXing - Playin 4 Keeps (20:35)
The Xenomorph - War Is Raw (23:15)
The Xenomorph - Interview Part 1 (27:41)
Johnny Five - Erron Black (32:35)
Johnny Five - Abigail & The Gravemaker (35:47)
Johnny Five - Trouble with the Devil (40:57)
The Xenomorph - Interview Part 2 (44:50)
GROUP PICK: CapCizza - Real Recognize Real (49:06)
GROUP PICK: Pentley Holmes - Shape Up (52:54)

---------PART THREE---------

Arch of Love - Remain in Light (58:23)
The Joint Chiefs of Math - World Beyond (1:02:44)
The Jawnstowne Standard - As Years Pass (1:06:41)

Bethlehem, PA-based hip-hop artist NyteXing recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public ...

Bethlehem, PA-based hip-hop artist NyteXing recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public ...

Bethlehem, PA-based hip-hop artist NyteXing recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public ...

Bethlehem, PA-based hip-hop artist NyteXing recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public ...

Lehigh Valley hip-hop group The Xenomorph recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Ra...

Allentown, PA-based artist Johnny Five recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio...

Allentown, PA-based artist Johnny Five recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio...

Allentown, PA-based artist Johnny Five recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio...

Lehigh Valley hip-hop group The Xenomorph recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem in November 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Ra...

On this show, we premiere the Shards Session from Philadelphia-based band Booze Radly, recorded in August 2019. The five members of Booze Radly, who are all originally from the Lehigh Valley, have just self-released their debut album Haunted Mind, an energetic mixture of raucous pop-punk and emo whose songwriting explores singer and guitarist Alex Manescu’s personal family struggles.

We also explore the DIY music scene of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Our guest is community organizer Jess Meoni, one of the founders of the Scranton DIY Punk Collective who hosts the annual Weird and Wired Punk Bazaar, a combination punk rock flea market and zinefest for the Scranton area. Jess also keeps herself busy by booking shows, organizing movie screenings, running a screen printing business with her friend, drumming in the (awesomely-named) Wife Swamp, and more. She put together a mixtape of Scranton bands to play and talked to us about the music scene that she calls home.

---------PART ONE---------

Introduction (0:44)
Booze Radly - Empty Rooms (2:01)
Booze Radly - Riptide (4:28)
Booze Radly - Interview Part 1 (9:36)
Booze Radly - Glass (13:34)
Booze Radly - Haunted Mind (17:58)
Booze Radly - Interview Part 2 (23:50)
BAND PICK: Run for the Whales - Sunny Daze (29:13)

---------PART TWO---------

Jess Meoni - Interview Part 1 (32:26)
Standoff - Freedumb (35:32)
Lily Mao - Sour Grapes (37:33)
Jess Meoni - Interview Part 2 (41:30)
Family Animals - Toad Warrior (43:46)
Pity Party - Cold Day in July (45:51)
Jess Meoni - Interview Part 3 (50:38)

Booze Radly recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem, PA in August 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio in September 2019. Watch more videos from this session: https://www.tapeswapradio.com/news/booze-radly Listen to the full podcast featuring this session: https://www.tapeswapradio.com/news/show-63 Booze Radly: https://boozeradly.bandcamp.com/

Booze Radly recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem, PA in August 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio in September 2019. Watch more videos from this session: https://www.tapeswapradio.com/news/booze-radly Listen to the full podcast featuring this session: https://www.tapeswapradio.com/news/show-63 Booze Radly: https://boozeradly.bandcamp.com/

Booze Radly recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem, PA in August 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio in September 2019. Watch more videos from this session: https://www.tapeswapradio.com/news/booze-radly Listen to the full podcast featuring this session: https://www.tapeswapradio.com/news/show-63 Booze Radly: https://boozeradly.bandcamp.com/

Booze Radly recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem, PA in August 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio in September 2019. Watch more videos from this session: https://www.tapeswapradio.com/news/booze-radly Listen to the full podcast featuring this session: https://www.tapeswapradio.com/news/show-63 Booze Radly: https://boozeradly.bandcamp.com/

Booze Radly recorded live at Shards in Bethlehem, PA in August 2019. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio in September 2019. Watch more videos from this session: https://www.tapeswapradio.com/news/booze-radly Listen to the full podcast featuring this session: https://www.tapeswapradio.com/news/show-63 Booze Radly: https://boozeradly.bandcamp.com/

Tape Swap Radio talks with Jess Meoni, a community organizer in Scranton, PA. She is a member of the Scranton DIY Punk Collective whose work include booking live shows, punk rock flea markets, zine fests, movie screenings, and more. That's in addition to playing in a band herself and operating a screen printing business.

---------PART ONE---------
Run from the Radio: An Introduction (0:39)
LV Girls Rock Interview
----> Jen and Felicia introductions (2:06)
----> What is LV Girls Rock? (2:41)
----> Why did they start LV Girls Rock? (4:04)
----> Discussing former campers Space Is Crunchy (5:29)
Space Is Crunchy - Safe Space (6:40)
Small Mess - Feeling Better (10:25)
LV Girls Rock Interview
----> Discussing the workshops (13:11)
----> When is camp this year? (13:56)
----> What they love about the showcase (14:11)
Georgia Foreman - Baby Eyes (16:42)
Cheap Pop - Wrestlemania III (18:56)
LV Girls Rock Interview
----> The future of LV Girls Rock (22:09)
----> The camp theme song (24:04)
Space Is Crunchy - LV Girls Rock Theme Song (25:02)

---------PART TWO---------
Run from the Radio - Afterglow (26:48)
Run from the Radio - Desperate Times (30:34)
Run from the Radio: Interview
----> Bandmember introductions (33:58)
----> History of the band (34:41)
----> What someone can expect coming to a Run from the Radio show (35:16)
----> Is the band influenced by punk music? (35:57)
Run from the Radio - Time Bomb (37:36)
Run from the Radio - At War (40:13)
Run from the Radio: Interview
----> Connection to Easton house venue Live at 13 (44:12)
----> Playing outside of the Lehigh Valley (45:55)
BAND PICK: Food Truck - Saturday (48:57)
BONUS: The band tries out their boy band vocals (53:36)