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Tapete Records

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Meet: We chat to the living legend Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens and solo) about his renewed lease of creativity, the bands and the good old days, ahead of the release of his new album ‘Strawberries’.

  • May 19, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
Ahead of his new album ‘Strawberries’ due for release on 23 May 2025, I had a thoroughly entertaining chat via Zoom with living legend Robert Forster about the past, the…
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News: What can ordinary be? Living legend Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) feels guilt about what happened to the ‘Strawberries’ as new album is announced with the title track unveiled.

  • March 13, 2025
  • Arun Kendall
‘Strawberries’, the new single from the iconic The Go-Betweens songwriter Robert Forster, features his trademark insouciance and his witty wry delivery, augmented by his wife Karin Bäumler’s vocals. Pondering the…
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Album Review: The Loft – Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same; Timeless jangle-pop perfection.

  • March 11, 2025
  • Jim F
Ok. For those that know, you know. For those that don’t – here’s a quick history lesson. The Loft were one of Creation Records’ great nearly-made-it stories, the first of…
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Track: BMX Bandits mine latest indie pop gem with new single, The World Was Round

  • May 2, 2024
  • Jim F
Whisper it quietly, but over the course of the last three decades or so, BMX Bandits have crafted some of the greatest pop singles of the intervening years. I reckon…
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Track: Hamburg outfit Mint Mind Release the glorious shoegaze shuffle of Glow

  • October 3, 2023
  • Jim F
We love Tapete Records here at Backseat Mafia. Don’t even get me started on the injustice that The Elephants weren’t massive. And they’ve another winner on their hands here in…
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Album Review: The Telescopes focus on a dreamy, gothic sonic landscape in their shimmering and psychedelic new album ‘Of Tomorrow’, with European dates announced

  • May 18, 2023
  • Arun Kendall
The legendary The Telescopes return to the fray with their new album ‘Of Tomorrow’ – their astonishing fifteenth album and the fifth released through Tapete Records. Meeting somewhere in the…
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News: German indie legends Robocop Kraus break 15 year drought with news of an album, new single and tour.

  • February 14, 2023
  • Arun Kendall
It’s been a very long 15 years since Robocop Kraus have released any new material, and they have now announced the album ‘Smile’, through Tapete Records, and the first taste…
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Premiere: BMX Bandits release new video for Long Forgotten Summers

  • January 19, 2023
  • Jim F
News from camp BMX Bandits is that the legendary Scottish indie band, beloved of Kurt Cobain and so many others before ansince, is that their new album, The Dreaded Light,…
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Telescopes – ‘Songs Of Love And Revolution’: sexy, sleazy psych set

  • February 1, 2021
  • Chris Sawle
No Fender Jazzmasters or Vox Teardrops were likely harmed during the course of this record, but many are reported to have emerged bruised, sweat-slicked and smiling. Dirty, sexy and necessary
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SEE: The Telescopes – ‘Strange Waves’: languid, dirty and all the good things

  • January 8, 2021
  • Chris Sawle
STEPHEN LAWRIE’S The Telescopes are old hands at this beautifully dirty, scuzzy psych-rock game – but don’t think for a second that means they’ve lost an ounce of potency, as…
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