Lost Sound Tapes and Candles

09/25/2025

About two weeks until Best Friends Forever Festival 2! ❤️✨

Last year was incredible so I knew I had to go again this year. Will you be there? If so, let’s meet up. I’ll either be at the fest or the Golden Nugget swimming pool. 🩳🦈

Here’s a playlist with some of my favorite songs from bands that are playing Best Friends Forever Fest 2025 🌟🤘🙂‍↕️🤘

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrfPEM5ytIj0Du9j2cjybfnuUTsxJvTZA

Bands I’m excited about:

Day 1 - Snowing, Superchunk, Cursive, Knapsack, and Mineral.

Day 2 - Awakebutstillinbed, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Hey Mercedes, Texas is the Reason, and Jawbreaker.

Day 3 - Ozma, Empire! Empire!, Appleseed Cast, Elliott, Mates of State, Cursive, Rilo Kiley, and Jimmy Eat World.

Who am I sleeping on in this lineup?

I’ll be trying to get as much video as my overheating iPhone 15 can handle 😄

Just say, “Hey, Jon Manning!” and I’ll turn around and look lol

09/12/2025

Time Thief debut EP out now on Lost Sound Tapes and Musical Fanzine Records ❤️✨

Cassette tape still available, lathe cut 10” record sold out. Comes with a Time Thief mini zine!

Time Thief is James Walsh (Dump Him) and Zoë Wyner (Halfsour, Zowy) based in Providence, RI. They will be touring the west coast soon and playing with some of their (and our) favorite bands!

1. Tape cover artwork
2. Time Thief west coast tour dates
3. Time Thief cassette tape
4. James and Zoë
5. Live photo of Time Thief
6. Square artwork
7. Lathe cut 10” record front
8. Lathe cut 10” record back
9. Time Thief collage from included zine
10. Still frame from “A Brief History of Ordinary Letdowns” music video

Recorded and mixed by James Walsh (with assistance from Zoë), mastered by Caufield Schnug of Sweeping Promises.

09/05/2025

Lost Sound Tapes newsletter September 2025 - https://mailchi.mp/b2a17b923eb1/lost-sound-tapes-newsletter-september-2025

08/01/2025

New band alert!
TIME THIEF debut release announcement!

Time Thief is the new collaborative music project of Providence, Rhode Island DIY pop icons James Walsh and Zoë Wyner.

They have previously collaborated together in the bands Dump Him and Zowy. Zoë is also an occasional member of Slumberland Records band The Jeanines.

The self titled debut mini-LP is available to preorder on either 10” HIFI lathe cut record (only 30 made!) or limited edition cassette tape.

Comes with a Bandcamp digital download code and a zine made by the band.

Co-release with the band’s label Musical Fanzine Records ❤️

Thank you to and for premiering the first single “Bus Stop”. Follow them for thoughtful music coverage of DIY pop music 👏

Time Thief will be touring the west coast in September and October. Follow the band for details!

September
12 Providence, RI
29 Tacoma, WA
30 Olympia, WA

October
1 Portland, OR
2 Corvalis, OR
4 Davis, CA
5 San Francisco, CA
7 Los Angeles, CA

07/25/2025

Happy release day to Rebecca Schiffman "Before the Future"

This is the fourth album for LA based, NYC born, Rebecca Schiffman ✨

Edition of 50 solid blue cassette shells with black printing, full color, double-sided artwork, in a clear norelco case.

Comes with a Bandcamp digital download code.

07/22/2025

Last chance to pre-order Rebecca Schiffman "Before the Future" prior to the release date, which is this Friday, July 26th!

Includes an exclusive version of "Beach Vacation" with the original ending that doesn't conform to streaming services restrictions.

https://lostsoundtapes.com/beforethefuture

07/18/2025

Mutual aid request! Our wonderful friend Vito Valera (Tender Forever, K Records) has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Not only that, they have had Long Covid for 10 months and have been unable to work since fall 2024. Please send them money to make an incredibly difficult time a little less burdensome.

Vito has been an influential presence since the early days of Lost Sound Tapes and I'm forever grateful for that. Over the years Vito has again and again proven to be such a light in this world. Let us all support as we are able ❤️🫰

TENDER FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!

07/12/2025

Check out MAGNET Magazine's feature of Rebecca Schiffman!

The album "Before the Future" out on July 25th, available on cassette from us, Lost Sound Tapes :)

: Premiere of Rebecca Schiffman’s “Bubble Of Love” (Lost Sound Tapes and Candles). “When I wrote the song, I was thinking about Teenage Fanclub, The Stone Roses, Pretenders and Robyn Hitchcock. I’m not sure if any of that comes across sonically, but the spirit is in there somewhere.” Check it out: https://magnetmagazine.com/2025/06/10/magnet-exclusive-premiere-of-rebecca-schiffmans-bubble-of-love/

06/30/2025

Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins are absolutely class performers and have such musical chemistry.

Saw Jo Jo last night with a lot of friends new and old ❤️✨

I took these photos with the Project Indigo camera app. They turned out pretty amazing using my iPhone 15 and really little to no configuring before using.

.larkins

05/02/2025

It’s Bandcamp Friday and we have a bunch of recent releases that are ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Check out these tapes that look as good as they sound! https://lostsoundtapes.bandcamp.com

Iji “The 4-track automatically demos” cappuccino swirl cassette tape (2024)
26 song demos and outtakes, only $7!!!

SOAR “Doorways” red sparkle cassette tape (2025)
3 song EP $10

Shermy “Friends 2020” semi translucent yellow cassette tape (2025)
12 song debut album $10

Olivia’s World “Greedy & Gorgeous” solid red cassette tape (2025)
Debut album after 2 EPs $10

All proceeds go back into the label and our artists ❤️✨

Thank you for your support, truly!
Jon Manning / Lost Sound Tapes

03/14/2025

✨❤️ HAPPY RELEASE DAY ❤️✨

OLIVIA’S WORLD “GREEDY & GORGEOUS” is out now 🤩💅

Let this album be a rock and roll balm for *gestures wildly* 🫠💄

Tapes ship in April due to coup 🏦🥾
lostsoundtapes.bandcamp.com/album/greedy-gorgeous

Up on streaming at midnight (which has already come for those in AUS!) 🦘

PS: SOAR and Shermy tapes will also be arriving at the same time. Thank you for you patience

9 track album