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I’ve clearly reached that age where one finds young people and many of their interests confusing, so the idea that I would choose to listen to music on cassette is wildly befuddling to me (Hey, do you miss when you couldn’t really skip songs without a significant hassle? Me neither!), but hey, if you enjoy antiquated methods of listening to music, you’ll be psyched to hear about Cassette Store Day, happening this Saturday, Sept. 27.

Zia Records will have many, many cassettes available for purchase from people you’ve likely heard of, including They Might Be Giants, Karen O (from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Julian Casablancas (of the Strokes), the Circle Jerks, friend of Tucson Robyn Hitchcock, Testament and of course, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees PIZZA and their immediate classic “#funeral”.

However, if you’re trying to keep things a bit more local purchase-wise, Zia will have a compilation called You Heard Us on Cassette Vol. 2 for sale, featuring bands from their three markets – Tucson, Phoenix and Las Vegas, with tracks by Brian Lopez (“Modern Man”), Prom Body (“Money (I Hate You)”) and Chicha Dust (“Como Un Ave”).

If you’d like a preview, you can listen to the cassette comp on Soundcloud now:

More info about Cassette Store Day at the event’s website.

This article appears in Sep 25 – Oct 1, 2014.

The editor of the Tucson Weekly. I have no idea how I got here.

2 replies on “Some Local Bands You Like Are on a New Cassette Tape”

  1. Via PH Craigslist a few years ago,I got HUGE box of Cassettes personally made in the ’60’s of 20’s/30’s/40’s Big Band and Jazz.Play them all the time.

    PS:Have a bunch of R & R/Country Cassettes with out original cover that I wish I can sell to somebody in the Phoenix area.

  2. I amassed a huge collection of cassettes in my younger days. My wife has “encouraged” me to get rid of them and over the past several years I trimmed them down to just under a thousand. Lately events have conspired to where both cars I am driving have cassette decks and it’s been a blast, listening to old friends who journeyed with me from one side of this continent to the other and back again.
    Two lessons I take away from this are that I really need to update my digital collection and that it was a great idea, back then, to spend money on tapes rather than drugs or booze.
    Yeah for Cassette Store Day on my 50th birthday!

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