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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 Radio was started to spotlight DIY and independent music in the Lehigh Valley.

Over the past 10 years, a dedicated group in the Valley's DIY 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: 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.

Show #69
Show #69

Listen to the music that aired during Tape Swap Radio's broadcast on WDIY 88.1 FM on May 27, 2022. Featuring the Shards Session with Catatonic Suns, a tribute to Seminal Austrailian punk band The Saints in honor of band co-founder Chris Bailey (RIP), other Australian punk favorites, and bands who recently performed in and near the Lehigh Valley.

Catatonic Suns
Catatonic Suns

Watch video from the Shards Session by Allentown psych rock band Catatonic Suns recorded in March 2022.

Show #68
Show #68

A Shards Session with Allentown grunge band Laurel Canyon recorded in March 2022. Plus, a Spotify playlist of music from the radio broadcast.

Laurel Canyon
Laurel Canyon

Watch video from the Shards Session by Allentown grunge band Laurel Canyon recorded in March 2022.

Photos: Brother JT, This Way to the Egress at the Bethlehem Rose Garden
Photos: Brother JT, This Way to the Egress at the Bethlehem Rose Garden

Tape Swap Radio returned to the Bethlehem Rose Garden for our second show in the city’s Live in the Garden concert series on Saturday, with Easton psych rocker Brother JT and Bethlehem vaudeville artpunk collective This Way to the Egress. Check out photos and more details.

Tape Swap Radio Is Bringing Live Music to Bethlehem's Rose Garden
Tape Swap Radio Is Bringing Live Music to Bethlehem's Rose Garden

Tape Swap Radio has partnered with Bethlehem to curate some of the dates in the city’s new Live in the Garden concert series, taking place in the Rose Garden Park.

REVERB/ERATIONS Documentary Featuring Tape Swap Radio and Shards Premiering at SouthSide Film Festival
REVERB/ERATIONS Documentary Featuring Tape Swap Radio and Shards Premiering at SouthSide Film Festival

A documentary that filmed Tape Swap Radio and Shards in 2019 is premiering at the 2021 SouthSide Film Festival in Bethlehem.

Show #67
Show #67

A Rooftop Session with Allentown punks The Jawnstowne Standard recorded in August 2020 on the Flatiron Building on Bethlehem’s southside. Plus, a Spotify playlist of music from the radio broadcast.

We're excited to announce the line-up for the third year of Live in the Garden! Tape Swap Radio x Bethlehem Chamber Shows are 5:30 - 8:30 PM. A food truck and adult beverages will be available at each show. We'll see you there! . . . . . . . . . #l
The fun doesn't stop just because the LV Punk Rock Flea Market is over. Tape Swap sponsors monthly shows thrown by @icehouse.punkdiy — and the next one is coming up on Friday, April 26th. @r_a_i_d_m_u_s_i_c_ (LV) Post-punk, goth rock @purplel
The 2024 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market is happening today until 4 PM. Stop by @icehousetonight and browse our 40+ vendors!
The 2024 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market is only 3 days away! Join us this Saturday at @icehousetonight in Bethlehem from 10 AM to 4 PM for over 40 vendors offering music, clothes, art, unique gifts, and other weird curiosities to satisfy your pu
We are little over a week away from the return of the LV Punk Rock Flea Market to @icehousetonight in Bethlehem! Featuring vendors of all kinds to satisfy your punk and DIY needs — music, instruments, clothing, art, weird curiosities, and more
We're excited to sponsor the next @icehouse.punkdiy show coming up at the end of the month. Featuring Scranton noisemakers @channel65pa, Allentown indie newcomers @big_blue_band which includes former live series performer @matt_korwan, and a solo el
Save the date! On Saturday, March 30th, we're psyched to bring the Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market back to the Ice House in Bethlehem for our 2024 event. Vendor applications are open now through February 29th...or until we run out of space. Tab
Thanks to everyone who came out to the @icehouse.punkdiy show on Saturday with @pale_fang, @gothgothphilly, and @partynerves that we sponsored. You pushed it to capacity for the Ice House's upper level! Enjoy some photos. . . . . . . . #lehighvalley
The next @icehouse.punkdiy show we are sponsoring is sure to be a banger. Featuring: • New LV post-punk favorites @pale_fang, who just released a music video for the title track off their EP Contortion. • Weird post-surf band @partynerves
The final @icehouse.punkdiy show we're sponsoring this year is a free Open Mic on the Ice House stage! The week between Christmas and New Years is a hectic time, so come out on Thursday night and have fun.
Our next sponsored @icehouse.punkdiy show is coming up next week on Oct. 19th with @christinagiacoletti, @wyattdavidick, and @t.omasino!