ALBUM REVIEW: BLAK HAND RECORDS – HIDE AND PSYCH

It’s great that we live in an age where indie labels are running supreme. The majors will always be there, ready to entice the unsuspecting but to the core of it, underground music and the DIY aesthetic seems to be a fiercer proposition more than ever at the moment. Blak Hand Records are a cassette based […]
Blak Hand Records are participating in their third Cassette Store Day with a brand new sizzlin’ release called Hide and Psych. Limited to 50 fire engine red tapes and featuring 13 tracks, the album gives some of the brightest and newest Blak Hand bands a chance to shine with their own hand picked covers of […]

BLAK HAND RECORDS SHARE NEW TRACK + CASSETTE

ANTELOPES ANNOUNCE NEW EP ‘WRESTLEMANIA’

Liverpool independent label Blak Hand Records are happy to announce Wrestlemania, the new & final EP from Antelopes. Although it’s been around nine months since the Warrington trio called it quits, Antelopes and Blak Hand Records have teamed up one last time to bring their fans a big going away present. Wrestlemania features nine songs that were intended for release with […]
Cassette Store Day comes but once a year, and for its third installment on 17 October 2015 Blak Hand Records are delighted to present Blak Rainbow, a collection of the North-West’s best garage rackets and psych kaleidoscopic gems. Side A kicks off with the lo-fi pop-playfulness of Antelopes’ Oh Caroline. Rumbling bass bounces with choppy jangles of guitar and […]

BLAK HAND RECORDS PRESENT ‘BLAK RAINBOW’ FOR CASSETTE STORE DAY

FIRST LISTEN: MANCHESTER’S ANTELOPES PRESENT NEW SINGLE ‘IT’S YOU’ ON CASSETTE

The DIY philosophy reigns true with Manchester’s no-frills trio Antelopes. Teaming up with the fiercely independent Blak Hand Records, a scouse label that released sold-out limited edition cassettes for Purple Heart Parade and The Watchmakers last year, Antelopes are thrilled to present their two self-recorded tracks It’s You and Girl. The new songs are a […]