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Tapes 'n Tapes
Band Minneapolis United States Formed 2003
Tapes 'n Tapes formed in 2003 in Minneapolis, United States. Tapes 'n Tapes has 6 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2011–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Freak Out”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #38. The station that charted Tapes 'n Tapes most often is The Current (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Tapes 'n Tapes started at Carleton College in the winter of 2003 and grew into a Minneapolis indie rock band with a wiry, lopsided charm. Their 2005 debut, The Loon, is their calling card: nervy guitars, herky-jerky rhythms and hooks that lurch in sideways, the sort of record that had people reaching for the Pixies and Pavement, and for comparisons with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, who were riding the same buzz at the time.
"Insistor" and "Cowbell" were the singles, and both sound like a band barely keeping the wheels on in the best possible way. Josh Grier and Jeremy Hanson were among the members. Outside, in 2011, brought "Freak Out", and after three studio albums they quietly called it a day in 2012, then reunited briefly between 2019 and 2020.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Tapes 'n Tapes on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 541 | Cowbell | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now |
| 2025 | 579 | Freak Out | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now |
| 2025 | 698 | Insistor | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now |
| 2024 | 865 | The Iliad | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century |
| 2023 | 792 | Insistor | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time |
| 2011 | 38 | Freak Out | WLCA Top 89 of 2011 |
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