Tapes N’ Tapes — victims of the blogosphere — bring underrated gems to the Jackpot tonight

Minneapolis quartet Tapes ‘n Tapes have had a hard time of it. In the last several years, the fledgling indie band has fallen prey to bloggers that first hailed the band’s talent. Tapes ‘n Tapes shot out of Pitchfork‘s Best New Music cannon with its 2005 debut, The Loon. Its affable, meandering energy and sprightly off-kilter melodies mesmerized fans, but the buzz was overheated. By 2008, when the band’s Dave Fridmann-produced Walk It Off emerged, the infatuation had passed.