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Listen to the full episode that debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM on June 12, 2026 featuring the live sets recorded at the 2026 Lehigh Valley Punk Rock Flea Market from Wealth Gap, Problem Addict, and Rubix Pube. Plus, an interview with Julie Steiner of Chicago indie rock band Ratboys.

Julia Steiner, guitarist and singer for the Chicago-based band Ratboys, reflects on the band’s 16-year history; making their latest album, Singin’ to an Empty Chair; and more as they prepare to play at Archer Music Hall in Allentown on June 22.

A Shards Session with Lehigh Valley garage rock band The Further; live sets recorded at Homebase Skateshop from Leadpetal, Headzo, and Wipes; an interview with Chris Devlin of Headzo.

A Shards Session from Lehigh Valley surf rock band Sun Bus; live sets recorded at the IceHouse Punk & DIY live show from January 20, 2026 with Radlands, Cassie Ramone, and Colleen Green; an interview with The Menzingers singer-guitarist Tom May.

A Shards Session from Lehigh Valley garage-psych rock band The Living Things; live sets recorded at the IceHouse Punk & DIY show from January 10, 2026 from Lunar Pools, Concourse, and Public Beach; an interview with Frank FOE, who has been supporting punk rock in the Lehigh Valley for 40+ years.

On this episode of Tape Swap Radio, we premiere the Shards Session from Bethlehem weirdo experimental rockers Rubix Pube, recorded in November 2025. We also wrap up 2025 by looking back at the year in the Lehigh Valley DIY/punk/indie scene. We feature some of our favorite new releases that came out this past year, memorable shows in the area, and we pay respect to bands and people we lost. This show premiered on WDIY 88.1 FM on January 2, 2026.

We premiere the Shards Session from Lehigh Valley alt-metal band Leadpetal, recorded at Shards in November 2025. Plus, we dig into the IceHouse Punk & DIY archive for live sets recorded at the Ice House in Bethlehem in January 2025 from Spoing, Party Nerves, and Fictional Name — during the Fictional Name album release show for their album Overall Now I Want To Destroy This Place. Finally, we talk with Bethlehem indie folk artist William H. Travis about his new album Ruby and his show at the Gap Theatre in Wind Gap that was coming up the day after this show premiered on WDIY 88.1 FM on November 29, 2025.

Hear a mixtape from Derick Fiedler aka @tumbleweed_photographer, a Lehigh Valley-based photographer who has shot a number of live music shows over the past few years. His work includes DIY shows — like Tape Swap Radio’s Live in the Garden sponsored shows in Bethlehem this past summer — as well as larger concerts at places like Archer Music Hall in Allentown. Derick has become a fixture at shows in the area for his willingness to help the local DIY music scene and his impressive high quality photographs. Photographing many different shows has given Derick a wealth of knowledge when it comes to lesser-known bands, and his mixtape that he put together for Tape Swap showcases some of his favorite music.

Mindie Riley (Ultra Death Cult, ex-Grieving Eucalyptus) brings a mixtape to play featuring her favorite songs from the '90s to the modern day — indie rock, alternative rock, shoegaze, surf rock, metal, and more.

A Rooftop Session with Allentown psych-punk band Pale Fang. Recorded in October 2024 on the Flatiron Building in Bethlehem, PA shortly before the band announced they were breaking up.

Bethlehem, PA indie rock band Food Truck join Tape Swap Radio on the roof of the Flatiron Building in their hometown in August 2024, one week after the release of their sophomore album 'Pure Gold'.

Brooklyn’s Matte Black have been making swirling, heavy rock since 2012. Their time together has been anything but musically stagnant, though. From the the doom metal feel of 2015’s Dust of This Planet to the psychedelic touches in 2019’s Psyche to the addition of synthesizers on their new album, 2013’s Portrait, Matte Black has never been afraid to evolve wherever the music takes them. The three members of the band — Matt (guitar, vocals), Fidel (drums), and Steve (bass) — joined us at Shards in Bethlehem, PA in July of 2023 after wrapping up a set at the well-known dive bar and late night musical oasis, The Funhouse. The band had just released a pair of albums that are a companion to one another, the aforementioned Portrait and the ambient soundscape-filled Landscape.

This show features the Shards Session from Allentown, PA-based psych rock band Catatonic Suns recorded in March 2022. The band is made up of Jakob Christman, Patrick Shields, Caleb Strobl, and LJ Llaguri. They’ve been refining their their lush and noisy sonic template since beginning in 2018. They performed wo songs from the band's latest album, 2022's Saudade, and two songs from their first album, 2019's Aphelion. 1. Melted Mind (0:03) 2. Acid Wash (2:53) 3. Electric Plain (6:36) 4. Tangerine Dayglo (10:28) 5. Interview (15:34) 6. BAND PICK: Laurel Canyon - Daddy's Honey (22:40)

Tape Swap’s first show of 2022 premiered in April on WDIY 88.1 FM and featured the Shards Session with Laurel Canyon. The four-piece band is a new addition to the Lehigh Valley music scene, having recently releasing their debut EP, Victim, in January 2022. Laurel Canyon is made up of guitarists Nicholas Gillespie and Serg Cereja, bassist Dylan Loccarini, and drummer Egan Miller. The band joined us in March 2022, fresh off a recording session with famed producer Steve Albini in Chicago.

The Jawnstowne Standard may be one of the Lehigh Valley’s newest punk bands, but the four members all have long histories playing loud and raucous DIY music. After the break-up of Valley punk band Twin 55, Bruce, Brock, and Matt regrouped under the banner As Years Pass, whose name they would eventually change to the Jawnstowne Standard in 2019 with the addition of former Road Sodas drummer A.C.. The Jawnstowne Standard delivers an earnest style of straightforward, melodic punk rock whose songs deal with “real life, real situations, the good times, and the bad times,” according to the band’s bio. The Jawnstowne Standard released their debut EP 'Punxsutawney' in October 2019, recorded by Matt Molchany at Shards. The four members of the band joined us on the roof of the Flatiron Building on Bethlehem’s south side on a hot day in August 2020 for this Rooftop Session. This session debuted on WDIY 88.1 FM in September 2020. HE JAWNSTOWNE STANDARD ROOFTOP SESSION 1. Silver Linings (0:04) 2. As Years Pass (3:54) 3. Matty and Me (6:53) 4. Something Better (10:04) 5. Interview (12:33) 6. BAND PICK: Bad-Ups - South Philly Bop (21:21) ------------------ Watch videos from the Hairdo Rooftop Session: www.tapeswapradio.com/news/the-jawnstowne-standard Special Thanks: - Lab Two Twelve - www.labtwotwelve.com/ - Stone House Group - www.theshg.com/