On this episode of Tape Swap Radio, we premiere the Shards Session from Bethlehem weirdo experimental rockers Rubix Pube, recorded in November 2025. We also wrap up 2025 by looking back at the year in the Lehigh Valley DIY/punk/indie scene. We feature some of our favorite new releases that came out this past year, memorable shows in the area, and we pay respect to bands and people we lost.
This show premiered on WDIY 88.1 FM on January 2, 2026. Due to time constraints, not all songs were able to be aired on the rado broadcast. All the tracks are included here, uncensored.
Stream the whole show on this page — or listen to a playlist of the songs from the broadcast in the Spotify and Tidal playlists below.
Complete song list:
Fictional Name - Alibi - Overall Now I Want to Destroy This Place
The Lo-Fi's - 90 Days - Basement Rock [EP]
Sun Bus - Rolling Waves - Tune In, Turn Up, Paddle Out [EP]
Catatonic Suns - Revelator - Shallow Water Blackout [EP]
The Living Things - Feel It - Reverie
Toxiq Chameleon - Polyurethane - So Not It! [EP]
Hello, Operator? - Foggy Nightmare - Foggy Nightmare [Single]
Bren - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper [Online Video]
William H. Travis - Unfuck My Mind - Ruby
—RUBIX PUBE: A SHARDS SESSION—
Cheatin’ Bitch (I Was in a Coma)
Bug Thunderdome
Bad Juju
Rat in a Redbull
BAND PICK: Beer and Pretzels - Spatchcocked - Continuous Funeral
Shypit - Heavy Song - Blesser
Co. Spirals - Wade In - Hear Me Callin' / Wade In [Single]
DD Moon - Tongues - Tongues [EP]
Spoil - Two Faces - Fall Promo [EP]
MDC - American Achievements - Millions of Dead Cops (Millennium Edition, Remastered)
World Breaker - Bite the Hand That Feeds - Dead-End Path
Pucker Up! - Creole - I Hardly Know Her
Sin Bin - My Fist - Fight Dirty [EP]
Ultra Death Cult - All Eyes on Our Blight - End Times Are Good Times
1-800 BITCH - TRACKSTAR - Demo 2025
Pipe Snake - Duster Bottle Blues - Tools of the Trade [EP]
Radlands - Cryptic Logic - All Alone [EP]
Party Nerves - Coffee and Muffins with Anton - Go Broke or Go Home [EP]
The Dracu-Las - Walking with a Vampire - Walking with a Vampire [Single]
Higbee - Rejected - It All Falls Apart [EP]
Food Truck - Food Truck v. Reality - Pure Gold
Pale Fang - Badlands - Badlands [Single]
Nate Marks - I Was Here, Now I Ain’t - I Was Here, Now I Ain’t [Single]
Live shows mentioned in this episode:
Rubix Pube: A Shards Session