"Love To Break Your Heart"
by The Memories
Portland, Oregon, USA

GNAR135 / RAD 8
"Ripple" by The Memories
Portland, OR, USA / Malibu, CA, USA

Cassette on Gnar Tapes & Shit / Rad Records
Available 11/26/13
www.gnartapes.com
www.kyledraws.com

The Memories could be called silly, goofy, or even straight up dumb, but anyone who cares will tell you that underneath all that stupid sugar-coated frosting there is a real vein of love and affection streaking through their songs. So far these songs have only given hints at real heartbreak (because who wants all that soppy sad stuff?) and kept a generally playful distance away from getting too sentimental. Maybe that's why this new tape is called RIPPLE. It's a small drop in the pond in the much larger lake of The Memories steadily growing catalog (this is the 8th cassette)of their very own brand of sometimes soft, sometimes silly stoner pop romance. RIPPLE takes on a much more breezy, folk-inflected tone with acoustic guitars, Traveling Wilburys inspired rhythms, and a genuinely homespun feel. The lyrics showcase a more serious reflective side of The Memories. The tape opens and closes with the image of a broken heart as a doorway; do you step outside to see the world so new, yet so familiar? Or do you ignore the knocks of love from inside your closed-off heart-house? These are songs of heartbreak but also of healing, and ultimately choice. Would you knock on that door?

"Love To Break Your Heart" by The Memories

"Share Your Woman With Me"
by Phil Thomas Katt
Pensacola, FL

GNAR139
"Nine Lives" by Phil Thomas Katt
Pensacola, FL / Portland, OR

Cassette on Gnar Tapes available 1/6/14
www.gnartapes.com
www.philthomaskatt.com

Phil Thomas Katt is a Pensacola, FL based songwriter, musician, radio DJ, TV host, music video director, and all around American original. Internet famous as the host of The Uncharted Zone, a public access show / YouTube channel that showcases independent, obscure, and sometimes absurd musicians and bands (including the absolutely essential genius of Mark Gormley), PTK has also acquired a cult-like following of weirdo pop fanatics in recent years due to both his songs and his eye-popping green-screen music videos. "Nine Lives" collects the earliest recordings by PTK, from late-night-boogie-rock to soulful-country to super-70s-ballads and straight-up rock and roll. A true lost classic sure to put a smile on the face of anyone who loves weird and wonderful pop. Sometimes sleazy, sometimes cute, sometimes utterly beautiful and haunting. Gnar Tapes could not be happier to reissue this perfect pop piece; it is a real pleasure to share Phil Thomas Katt with you.

CHECK OUT OUR FAN PAGE WE MADE FOR PTK!!! 
http://gnartapes.com/ptk.html

"Share Your Woman With Me" by Phil Thomas Katt

"My Candy Girl"
by The Lemons
Chicago, IL

GNAR138
"Hello, We're The Lemons!"
Chicago, IL / Portland, OR / Los Angeles, CA

Cassette on Gnar Tapes available 1/30/13
www.gnartapes.com

The Lemons are flat out one of our favorite new pop bands we've heard, with all the elements of fun and pop goodness we've come to love and seek out over the years. The Lemons joyous sunshine pop is a hazy, smile-eyed, blissful, and beautiful breath of fresh air! Like a lot of our favorite contemporary pop bands, The Lemons casually select certain elements of pop wealth from the past and rewrite the recipe. They come off like a joy-cult family band in a candy store; overjoyed, rapturous, sugar-fueled. Like a hot and happy day in Chicago, The Lemons feel so new, yet so lived in and carefree. Bands this special are the reason we started putting out tapes! Catch them on tour with The Memories this Spring!

"My Candy Girl" by The Lemons

"Comes In Loudly"
by Fat Creeps
Boston, MA

Boston burner trio Fat Creeps, fronted by the photogenic duo of Mariam Saleh and Gracie Jackson, plays grungy, slacker rock with girl-group harmonies and songs about dudes, dad weed, and parties. Both the same age and both born in Massachusetts, Saleh and Jackson's personality and attitude propel the already driving music, lending the band a clear character and feel. Expect a full length cassette on Gnar Tapes in early Spring!

"Comes In Loudly" by Fat Creeps

The incredibly talented and awe inspiring Fungi Girls have been melting minds for years now with their absurdly proficient delivery of ultimate top-grade psychedelic rock. Hailing from the deserts near Fort Worth, Texas, Fungi Girls made a name for themselves in the garage/psych/surf/lo-fi scene with releases on famed specialty label HoZac as well as early accolades from the likes of Psychedelic Horseshit and other like-minded freaks of that era. Unlike a lot of the early lo-fi ("shitgaze" remember that?) bands that blossomed and burned away like beer cans in a fire pit, with only their damaged, beautiful artifacts left for us to ponder over, Fungi Girls championed on and developed their sound even further; heavy garage psychedelia with tracers of OG surf, kraut, and shoegaze; The 13th Floor Elevators, The Stooges, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Sonics, and Steppenwolf trippin' deeply in the desert at night. Essential.

"Old Foamy" by Fungi Girls

Gnar Tapes founder, singer of both legendary chunk rock band White Fang and beloved merry pranksters The Memories, traveler of the world, lover of many, stoner of the century Rikky Gage aka Free Weed returns with his most anticipated cassette maybe ever. While Free Weed has released many albums under many concepts with many styles including heavy sample use and found instrumentals, there has been a few tapes that focus on original guitar pop songs. "Bong Pop" is a direct sequel to "Free", which was a sequel to "Beer On The Drugs" which was a sequel to the self-titled debut. Unlike those two other releases though, "Bong Pop" is pure guitar pop songs - beginning to end. Destined to be the definitive Free Weed classic. Mellow melodies and weed worship. Fans rejoice!

Cassette available from Burger Records and Gnar Tapes 4/22/14

"Marijuana (w/ Colleen Green)" by Free Weed

BOOM! is one of the best rock bands in the world right now. Izak Arida and Chris Scott grew up in the Inland Empire of Southern California and relocated to Portland in 2008. Since then they have been key figures in the Portland rock and party scenes, known for their good vibes and bratty attitudes, on top of being an all out killer live band and champion drinkers. Izak, who is also a core member of The Memories, is a pop songwriter on the level with some of today's best musical minds. His solo projects, including bedroom pop persona Totally You and rap act Skinny Jesus, all shine with the bright light of Izak, but BOOM! is an animal unto itself. Drummer Chris Scott also drums full time in surf punk party hellraisers Guantanamo Baywatch and is one of the most powerful drummers in the game right now. BOOM! has released a handful of excellent lo-fi pop punk cassette and vinyl but this new nugget is right up front with the best of them. This excellent new EP also features Mikey Hodges (aka Pop Zeus) which makes this an all out supergroup. Grab a couple cases of beer and kick this late night basement stoner drunk party right. 

"I Been Around" by BOOM!

A collection of 12 rare and unreleased songs, released in conjunction with International Cassette Store Day 2014. The Memories are the princes of janky homemade pop perfection and this little compilation reveals 12 mostly-unheard ditties from the span of their whole career so far. But it plays like an album!!! Everything you love about The Memories! 100% satisfaction gurantee.


"Do You (2011)" by The Memories

Everyone's favorite lo-fi lovers and prolific purveyors of pothead pop offer up something new for you. At this point we can all agree that The Memories have their own, signature homespun sound, or sounds rather, that fit into a spectrum between dirty and delightful. Percussion pulled from everyday objects such as kitchenware and art supplies, guitars played through broken practice amps and karaoke machines, keyboards drifted through dusty inputs; all to create an atmosphere that recalls elements of AM radio, garage sale mixtapes, and sentient lo-fi intention. For the first time ever The Memories boldly take this intention into the final frontier; instrumental music. Every song on this album is new and entirely vocal-free. From breezy lost-country to meditative folk psychedelia to weirdo outsider fuzz to sun-tinged palm tree soft rock, this one is sure to be a fan favorite. Use this one. Pre-order now! Limited to 100 copies!!!


"Infatuation Song" by The Memories

The long-awaited sophomore release and depth-defying sequel to his cult-status 2012 debut, Totally You's "Chilltown USA" is now ready for pre-order! Izak Arida, who is a full-time member of legendary lo-fi pop princes The Memories as well as singer/songwriter/guitarist of garage pop punk duo BOOM! (with longtime friend Chris Scott of Guantanamo Baywatch), is a quintessential member of the Gnar Tapes collective, a group whose individual members are renowned for their prolific and high-quality output of music and art. Everything you liked about the first one, but more. And if you like his other bands (or even his rapping alter-ego Skinny Jesus) this one is essential. Split release with Chicago's Tripp Tapes, run by like-minded maestro, peer, and fan James Swanberg of Today's Hits and The Lemons.

"If You Loved Me" by Totally You

For the first time on cassette and the first time released in the USA, White Fang's 4th full length album "Full Time Freaks" is now available fro pre-order! Originally released on vinyl in Europe by Hong Kong based label Metal Postcard in March 2014, "FTF" quickly gained attention (both positive and negative) for its unique lo-fi sound and aggressively weirdo vibe. You can only get this from us. Limited to 100 copies. GRIP QUICK!!!!!

"Shut Up" by White Fang

If you're here then you probably already know who Unkle Funkle is. If not, then how the fuck did you end up here??? You better get on this! This is the ultimate Funkle cassette; a collection of pretty much everything he's done up until now. This tape pretty much speaks for itself. 

Unkle Funkle - Baby To Lean On

"Songs Over The Telephone" is the debut cassette album by Brendan Sepe, a 21 year old construction worker and surfer from Mission Viejo who moonlights as the bassist for SoCal surf-rat freak-folk pop outfit The Pesos. According to Sepe, this is a love songs album about, like, seven girls. Sad songs both slow and upbeat litter the album but with such a youthful thirst for life that this fella has, the sense of adventure and kindness shine through the songs. For fans of Lee Hazelwood, Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen, The Memories, Magnetic Fields, Little Wings, Thanksgiving, White Fence, etc. This is a great lo-fi folk-pop debut by a youngster to keep your ear open for. Limited edition of 100 gold cassettes. GNAR186

Songs Over The Telephone

"Can't You See" by Brendan Sepe

The long awaited follow up to 2014's lo-fi pop classic "Coconut Heaven" is finally here! Six new songs recorded over the last few years at Studio G in Los Angeles, "Smog City" is Totally You's open love letter to Los Angeles. It's a personal and real statement about Izak's life. The smog in the city can be thick and, even when there's good times, there can be times where it's hard to see the sun; other times it can be blinding. A mini-album about Friday nights, hangovers, death, and taking it one step at a time. Dedicated to Mikey "Pop Zeus" Hodges. For fans of Happy Mondays, Tom Petty, The Memories, Big Star, Ariel Pink, Sublime, etc.

"One Step At A Time" by Totally You

The Stoners are a new band featuring core members of the Gnar Tapes camp. Centered around the trio of Free Weed, Jerry Rogers, and Totally You, The Stoners "On Gnar Tapes" is a lo-fi psych freak beat tape inspired by "The Pod"-era Ween, Butthole Surfers' song "Pepper", early 90's Memphis rap, and Madchester. First edition of cassette already sold out. 2nd edition coming soon. 

"Don't Give A Fuck About You" by The Stoners

The Stoners’ “Brazil Jam ’16” is the product of one night’s deep trips on keyboards, drum machines, pedals, and guitars; all recorded in a Sao Paulo, Brazil basement in the middle of the night April 21st, 2016. The Stoners is a freeform Gnar Tapes band comprised of various lineups being led by Free Weed, Jerry Rogers, and Totally You. This recording features Free Weed and Jerry Rogers with Brazilian illustrator D.W. Ribatski, and Brazilian producer Emil Stresser of Curitiba-based noise-rap duo Subburbia. Recorded while on the Free Weed Brazil Tour ’16.

Brazil Jam '16

"Welcome To São Paulo" by The Stoners

The legendary R. Stevie Moore returns to Gnar Tapes with one of his newest cassette releases in years!

Recorded originally in New Jersey in 1983, “Amateur Hour, by the Card Charts” finds our hero R. Stevie Moore on acoustic guitar, with overdubbed claps and bongos, etc., singing a few familar RSM tracks anda lot songs we haven’t heard, mixed with covers of The Beatles, The Doors, and Public Image Ltd.! Incredibly beautiful, while also being charming and playful; this is one of our favorite tapes we’ve had the chance to share.

New R. Stevie Moore tapes in the shop! Reissue of 1983 lo-fi acoustic bedroom tape with originals and familiar RSM songs like "We're In Vietnam", as well as covers of The Beatles, The Doors, The Beach Boys, Public Image Ltd., and a song about his dad's former bandmate Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a song about his dad Bob Moore who, as a Nashville A-Team bassist, performed with Elvis, Roy Orbison, and many others, turning 52. Stevie really is a musical genius with so many, many albums and songs - and this one is a must-grip for all RSM heads. Get it sent to your home by ordering at GnarTapes.com - or pick one up in person at our record store GnarBurger here in LA!

Limited edition of 100.

Tracklisting below.
SIDE A

1. The Longing
2. Caffeine Boy
3. Acapulco
4. Around The Corner
5. The Long Haul
6. We’re In Vietnam
7. Can’t Buy Me A Love
8. One Night
9. The Words Are Still There
10. A Tank!
11. Spontania
12. Even Me
13. Amateurs
14. Plastic Noise
15.. Somtimes I’m Happy
16. The Garbageman

SIDE B
1. Light My Fire
2. This Wednesday
3. We Can Work It Out
4. Thankful
5. Whole Lotta Shakin’
6. I Never Know
7. Wolverton Mountain
8. New Girl
9. Surfer Girl
10. Another Girl
11. The Song Is You
12. Fireman Joe
13. Public Image

Amateur Hour, by the Card Charts

"Around The Corner" by R. Stevie Moore

"Sweet Things" by Free Weed 

From the cassette "Sweet Things" by Free Weed out Tuesday January 3rd, 2017 on Gnar Tapes.

Free Weed (aka Rikky Gage of Gnar Tapes, The Memories, White Fang, The Stoners, and more) returns with a long awaited and in-demand collection of new bedroom guitar pop songs - made by Rikky for the fans. You'll find that dreamy Free Weed blissed-out lo-fi pop that you know and love in the form of 6 all-new songs that will quench your Rikky thirst.

Order at GnarTapes.com starting January 3rd, 2017

Sweet Things

"Sweet Things" by Free Weed

Eeeks are a 6-piece psychedelic pop band from Asunción, Paraguay (that's in South America, folks) who came to our attention via our associate Austin Owen (brother of Phoenix-based Jordan "Jo Jo" Owen of Petty Things and Guantanamo Baywatch) who recorded this band while serving in the Peace Corps. He heard them in a small town and discovered that they were huge fans of Burger Records / Gnar Tapes / Lolipop Records. After hearing that their dream was to record an album and have it released on one of those labels, he had his gear shipped to him in Paraguay in order to record it at their house. 

Thanks to Austin, who called Gnar out of the blue and sent us the music, we immediately noticed the weirdo pop fringe element of their sound (the kind we like) and a big, big candy-factory psychedelic pop sound that brings to mind memories of the Phantom Of The Paradise. Sounds like a graveyard beach party where Devo and The Beach Boys are going to headline later tonight after midnight, and all the tropical drinks are free and glow in the dark.

The vocals also really rule hard, going between different singers (and all the singers) throughout the 9 songs contained on this retro-futuristic bubblegum tripper album.

Here's what the band had to say about themselves:

"The band was formed in mid 2012 by Aharon Emery on guitar and Ana Diaz on drums, both sharing vocals. Rogelio Sanabria joined shortly after on keyboards, and the trio played surf-oriented pop songs. A year later, Luca Milessi and Joaquin Abente joined the trio on guitar and bass. The band adopted the name Eeeks and shifted to a power pop and psychedelic pop sound. This was followed by a self released EP and two tours in Argentina."

For fans of Burt Bacharach, Paul Williams, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, ELO, Magnetic Fields, The Free Design, The Replacements, Foxygen, The Beatles, Elvis Costello, jukebox/maltshop classics collections; you'll be feelin' it for sure!

Order starting January 3rd, 2017 at GnarTapes.com

"Let Me Be Your Pet" by Eeeks

“Raspberry Radio” signals the long-awaited return Jerry Rogers and serves as his first proper album since 2014’s “Point Of Contact” CD (why hasn’t that been a cassette yet???) and first Gnar Tape since “2012” which came out during the beginning of the Gnarnia-era before we all left Portland for LA. If you’ve been a fan of Jerry in the past then that this souped-up, fizzy soda-pop, sugar-high bedroom album has all the Toy Story-meets-The Strokes energy-gum buzz that made you a fan in the first place. It’s a triumphant return, to say the least. 3 years and 2 laptops later, Gnar Tapes is proud to present “Raspberry Radio” by our one and only Jerry Rogers!

"Last Time" by Jerry Rogers

An acoustic cover of The Memories' song "Clueless" by Rikky Gage AKA Free Weed.

"Clueless" by Free Weed

"Double R, G"
by Street Gnar

GNAR107
"Kenwicked" by Street Gnar
Lexington, KY

Available on cassette 2/8/13
www.gnartapes.com
Portland, OR

"Double R, G" by Street Gnar

"Excited" 
by Totally You

GNAR108
"Chilltown USA" by Totally You
Portland, OR

Available on cassette 2/12/13 (Mardi Gras!)
www.gnartapes.com
Portland, OR
2013

"Excited" by Totally You

"Bong Rip" 
by White Fang
Portland, OR

From GNAR111 "Bong Rip" EP Cassette
PRE-ORDER = http://www.gnartapesandshit.com/shop/bongrip.html

"Bong Rip" by White Fang

"Untitle Ukraine"
by Dao De Noize
Kharkiv, Ukraine

from GNAR119 "Ukrainoise" by V/A
available 4/29/13 on Gnar Tapes (www.gnartapes)

Dao De Noize is one of the 12 dark and mysterious noise projects compiled on this very rare and exciting compilation of Ukraine-based noise. From what we can gather, Dao De Noize is the responsible party for creating this idea, as well as general liaison between Gnar Tapes and the shadowy figures involved in making these cold, dark sounds. From beyond the ghost of the Iron Curtain come the sounds of new generations of Ukraine citizens; translating the feelings of their environment through art and sound. Ukraine is a large country and most of the artists included on this haunting and beautiful collection are enveloped in mystery, elusive to any clear story as to how and where their noise was recorded. Embrace the ghost and feel the noise of Ukraine.

"Untitled Ukraine" by Dao De Noize

"Cat Power"
by Sam Gas Can
Northampton, MA

From "Why Can't I Be Normal?"
GNAR118 / FAX #40
available on Gnar Tapes and Faux-Pas Recordings
Released 4/28/13

www.gnartapes.com
www.fauxpasrecs.blogspot.com

"Cat Power" by Sam Gas Can

"New Crimes"
by Jib Kidder
New York City, New York

from GNAR120 "IV" by Jib Kidder
available 5/4/13 on Gnar Tapes and Burger Records
www.gnartapes.com
www.burgerrecords.com

TOP SHELF PSYCHIC POP
www.jibkidder.bandcamp.com

VIDEO = http://vimeo.com/64872559

Jib Kidder has been one of our favorite artists since before Gnar Tapes was ever a label. In high school we used to hotbox in the graveyard to CD-R mixes of his music and just listen. We would blaze through his "All On Y'all: Da Mixtape", with it's perfect blend of funk and southern rap samples composed into grand symphonies of trippy pop-culture bliss, while blazing through dub sacks we bought after school. Throughout the years after he would continue to shatter our minds with releases like the official album version of "All On Y'all", a psychedelic rap-beat LP of sample heavy orchestral stoner wonder, "Music For Hypnotized Minds", a gorgeous work of ambient beats sampled from the entire catalog of Asthmatic Kitty Records by request of the label, and the more recent "Steal Guitars", in which he took classic and rare country songs and turned them into an epic hip-hop influenced southern-shoegaze LP. He is also adored by many for posting the most mind-bending videos for his songs on YouTube. The videos are created using downloaded YouTube videos, which fit the sample based music to an almost serendipitous effect. He's collaborated musically with like-minded composers, such as Julia Holter, as well as making videos for many artists, such as White Rainbow, White Fang, Rob Walmart, and more, all of which can be seen on his YouTube channel. He also retains an extensive knowledge of rap music, particularly southern rap, and ran an amazing blog called Twankle & Glisten through which he released insane mixtapes of rarities under the name DJ Kid Slizzard (we recently repressed his 5th cassette in the series with Burger Records). While he's often associated with rap beats, and hip-hop sounds in general, his equally prolific catalog of guitar and pop songs showcases his knack for songcraft in ways only pop music can. In the past we released the classic freak pop masterpiece "Cold Hands", a bedroom pop album that sounded like it was made in a studio with Ween on the mixers. "IV" could be seen as its sequel, or at least an evolution of an aspect of a multifaceted and prolific artist genius, but either way this tape is the next level. "IV" is no regular bedroom pop music; if it is a bedroom, there is a secret door into a world you have never been to and will never want to leave. Succulent fruits drip with psychedelic nectar onto rippling ponds of rainbow smoke; a place where the digital melds into the terrestrial, where the guitars and computers live together in freak pop heaven. Stoner country ballads, 60s inspired riff-outs, and genuine pop will pour out of your speakers and into the air, intoxicating the listener. Grip this soon-to-be-classic and let these sexy sweet sounds be yours.

"New Crimes" by Jib Kidder

"Did I Just Throw You A Kiss" 
by The Future Dead
Ghent, Belgium 2013

GNAR122
"The Future Dead" by The Future Dead
Ghent, Belgium / Portland, OR

Cassette released 5/27/13 on Gnar Tapes
www.gnartapes.com

Ghent, Belgium's The Future Dead makes the kind of sunny bright yummy happy pop that will make you smile. Led by charming singer Pieter Desmyter, the bubbly bright sounds of The Future Dead are perfect for the Summer that's just around the corner. We couldn't think of a better way to spend an afternoon than pouring a nice drink, kickin' back on the porch or backyard, and placing that nice drink on a chill boombox bumpin' the GNEW debut by The Future Dead. Deliciously folky and fun, and brimming with truly catchy pop, pop, POP! Don't miss out on this bright ray of sunshine :-) !

"Did I Just Throw You A Kiss" by The Future Dead

"Burto Fernl"
by Jovontaes
Lexington, KY, USA 2013

GNAR126 / BRGR507
"Roll The Dice" by Jovontaes
Lexington, KY / Portland, OR / Fullerton, CA

Cassette released 6/18/13 on Gnar Tapes / Burger Records
www.gnartapes.com
www.burgerrecords.com

Mysterious and prolific psychedelic skate burner unit from the minty hot streets of Lexington, KY return with their 2nd cassette for Gnar Tapes, and first with Burger Records. Easily one of their most breezy but hardest hitting releases in their wide and varied catalog. Made by skater stoner weirdos for skater stoner weirdos. This tape is like the feeling right before the mushrooms come on, as you stand on a dusty cliff overlooking an eternal sunset over a flat and wide cityscape. Spend your Summer cruising with your eyes half closed in that eternal sunset, your shirt flapping in the wind, as the trippy cool sounds of Jovontaes whip you clean. Enter the desert of the mind, roll the dice, and seek the oasis. 

"Burto Fernl" by Jovontaes

"I Wish For God's Sake"
by The Boys Age
Saitama, Japan 2013

GNAR123 / BRGR510
"Fake Gold" by The Boys Age
Saitama, Japan / Portland, OR / Fullerton, CA

Cassette release 6/18/13 on Gnar Tapes / Burger Records
www.gnartapes.com
www.burgerrecords.com

Gnar Tapes and Burger Records have teamed up once again to offer up another heavenly slice of delicious weirdo pop! This time we are pleased to offer you a Japanese duo so uniquely weird and cute that you won't know what to do with yourself. Combining a full palette of strange and tasty pop, rock, psych, and twee elements with the bizarre and entrancing accent of singer / multi-instrumentalist Kaznary Mutoh, The Boys Age of Saitama, Japan are truly something unlike anything we've heard before. "Fake Gold" is a full, full, full length album; a long player with as varied of sounds as you'd find anywhere. Think Magnetic Fields meets The Pixies meets Beat Happening. Then think of Japan and the two Japanese boys responsible for the strangely catchy and hauntingly beautiful music of The Boys Age. Keep your Summer wild.

"I Wish For God's Sake" by The Boys Age

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