After The Loft's single "Campvervan", we're continuing our motorist-centric string of spring singles: Everyone, please meet Starter Car! Their single "Throwing Down" is out now and there's a music video as well – follow singer Oisean through the Classic Car Boot Sale at London's Coal Drops Yard.. 

Photo credit: Robyn Black

The Monochrome Set’s new album “Lotus Bridge” is out today! The album prods the unconscious, allegorical  and spectral by way of a dream recollected by lead singer Bid. 

“It seemed to me, as I wrote these lyrics, that this whole story was a metaphor for a crumbling civilization. The other side of the bridge represents what seems to be an unknown future that I’m being asked to accept without explanation, and the other songs represent a journey back through the past and are a sometimes allegorical re-evaluation of it.” (Bid)
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LIVE IN THE UK between April and November 2026 – find all dates here.

„A witty, offbeat English treasure […] Vintage drum machines, playful brass, chamber-pop acoustics and folky psychedelia for a warm cultural exchange between the U.K. and Western Europe. It’s organic and eclectic, with an undeniable sense of place—the sort of place you want to visit.“ (Magnet Magazine)

After narrowly missing classic status in 1991 with his Britpop album „Jolie“, Bill perfected his approach to indie pop: unhurried, delicate and perceptive to the poetic shimmering amid everyday life. Haunted is a collaborative work that flourished among Bill and a group of musicians from Hamburg. 

Bill Pritchard will be playing live at Hanse Song FestivalApril 18th!

Comet Gain are all things post-punk, DIY, Indie POP, international pop underground, lo fi, garagebeat and folk & rock. Boy/Girl vocals, scratchy guitars, sweet noise and rough melodies, enthusiasm and pain. It's all right here. Put it on, turn it up and feel alive again. 

City Fallen Leaves’ was first released in 2005 by Track & Field in the UK and Kill Rock Stars in the USA and is now being reissued worldwide by Tapete Records. 

You can order the album here and find out more about its genesis here.

We're very pleased that Lande Hekt's third solo album is out in the world! Consensus seems to be: this is Lande's best album yet. Follow Lande on her Instagram  and find your local record distribution and streaming services here. 

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“Lucky Now” sounds quintessentially British — as unmistakable as a Ben Sherman shirt with the iconic target logo. (Rolling Stone)

Lande Hekt’s third solo album reaches for optimism, both lyrically and musically. Brimming with shimmering, arpeggiated chords, it conjures the golden days of jangle pop, evoking the spirits of The Pastels and The Bats. (VISIONS)

“Lucky Now,” the third solo work by the former singer of UK indie punks Muncie Girls, comes across as a little more grown-up and analytical, emerging from a place of inner balance. Once again, the young artist serves up her technically assured, gently melancholic yet optimistic mix of twee, jangle, and indie rock. (plattentests.de)

In their true eclectic tradition, Objects, Beings & Parrots ventures further into diverse genre territories—always exploratory, never losing its thread. Multi-instrumentalist Georg Brenner and drummer Jan Philipp Janzen blaze a trail through a dense web of references (see also the cover collage merging tile selections, retro interior suggestions, and archaeology textbook cutouts), evoking a warm feeling of being taken along for the ride—even as the band refuses to be pinned down to any clear musical category. You can order the album here.

Big recommendation to all fans in Germany: don't miss out on Urlaub in Polen live this May. See dates below!

Eine der allerersten Veröffentlichungen auf Tapete Records (und eine Lieblingsplatte von Labelgründer Gunther Buskies und dem damaligen Fast-Labelmitgründer Niels Frevert) ist nun erstmals in einer limitierten Auflage von 100 LPs lieferbar!

Dieses Album (erstmals erschienen in 2003) bringt einiges zusammen, was die Musik der Paul Dimmer Band auszeichnet: Sie ist gewichtig. Sie ist melancholisch. Sie ist intelligent. Und sie ist einmalig. 

Anders als viele deutschsprachige Songwriter schafft diese Gruppe es außerdem, weder pathetisch noch peinlich zu sein. Dabei sind die Texte alle sehr intim, handeln vom Verlassenwerden, vom Alleinsein, von Erinnerungen, von Zwischenmenschlichem. Thematisch wird das Rad also nicht neu erfunden. Es ist die Art, wie die Zeilen und Strophen formuliert sind. Die Wörter sind konkret, aber die Aussage bleibt immer vage genug, um sich selbst zu erkennen. 

December - the perfect time for Christmas presents and good music. For that reason, Tapete’s doing a festive winter sale!

There's a discount of 15% on all records, CDs and merch* – In addition, our team has selected a few publications that we think are particularly suitable for the Christmas season. You can get a 25% discount on these staff picks. Just use the code HOHO25 at the checkout and the correct discount will be subtracted. Have fun!

* This does not apply to pre-orders and books. Offer starts December 6th 0:00 and ends December 12th 23:55 (CET)

"A bleak suite of songs written at the height of Thatcherism is reborn, and they sound suddenly contemporary, because tough times are tough times." (Alastair McKay) 

“I felt liberated: my songwriting took on an entirely different tone. There was no one telling me what I should be writing any more, so I wrote about what was around me, stuff I knew about - drugs, home-ownership, bankruptcy and bridal wear; being from somewhere, keeping up appearances, delusion, failure…” 

That's how Eric described his new album and exactly this kind of liberty that he describes you can hear on “ENGLAND SCREAMING”. So if you haven't heard the album yet, do it right here! 

“If this is the last song you can hear, would you sing along and love someone?” asks Oliver Welter, singer of Naked Lunch, in the song “If this is the last song you can hear” from the new album. It's a good question, and for us, the answer is definitely clear, we would! Intense questions… and also the music isn’t less intense and impulsive.

But even with ballads, such as the song „To All And Everyone I Love“ the album is filled. You see, an album bursting with contrasts, as the title LIGHTS AND A SLIGHT TASTE OF DEATH suggests, but what could be more exciting than diving into a listening experience full of surprises? If you haven't done so yet, do it now!