Label of love: ROIR

Founded in 1981, the same year as the Walkman, this NYC underground label put out cassette-only releases that helped shape the US hardcore punk sceneTapes have always been the lo-fi ruffians of the stereo age. But in the 1980s, the only way you could hear some of the most essential dub reggae, no wave, new wave, punk and industrial sounds was on cassette. These underground missives were dispersed worldwide from a tiny New York indie label, Reach Out International Records, better known as ROIR (s...

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