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Urian Hackney: Punk in The Box

by Sam Retzer

A little over a decade ago, the A Band Called Death documentary brought cheers and tears to music fans worldwide, telling the fantastic tale of proto-punk band Death’s rediscovery. Having been...

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March 21, 2025

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Fort George Brewery and Tape Op Overdub IPA

by Geoff Stanfield

Brian Bovinizer is the Marketing and Sales Director at Fort George Brewery in Astoria, Oregon. Being a Tape Op reader, some 11 years ago he spotted Tape Op’s founder/editor Larry Crane enjoying a few pints at the brewery’s Lovell Tap...

March 4, 2025

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Mdou Moctar Releases Tears of Injustice

by Geoff Stanfield

Released in 2024, Mdou Moctar's Funeral for Justice is a raucous, distorted guitar-driven album that, along with bands such as Tinariwen, turns the idea of "world music" on its head. The heavy tones of Moctar's guitar plus driving and trancey...

March 4, 2025

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Panda Bear Releases Sinister Grift

by Geoff Stanfield

It's always a good day when I discover that there is new music from Panda Bear. It hits all the marks for me; nods to the classics, modern concepts, sounds and presentations, and exceptional vocals and vocal harmonies.  Panda Bear's (aka Noah...

Feb. 25, 2025

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New Music From Rafiq Bhatia

by Geoff Stanfield

We had Rafiq Bhatia as a guest on our DISCussion podcast in June of 2023. His new release, a collaboration with pianist Chris Pattishall, Each Dream, A Melting Door, is a mind-melting work that pushes the boundaries of "jazz". It takes me back...

Feb. 10, 2025

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The Weeknd Releases Hurry Up Tomorrow

by Geoff Stanfield

The Weeknd has a special knack for making catchy and accessible pop music that is also sonically interesting, dark, and melancholy. It's hard to believe that his first release, Beauty Behind the Madness, was released almost a decade ago, but if...

Feb. 8, 2025

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Wilco’s A Ghost is Born Expanded Edition

by Geoff Stanfield

With hindsight, you could look at Wilco’s A Ghost is Born as a transitional album. Much has been written about their previous LP, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and a documentary film, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, chronicles how during the making...

Feb. 3, 2025

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New SASAMI Track and Video feat. Clairo Out Now

by Geoff Stanfield

We interviewed SASAMI back in Tape Op #157 and now she has a new single and video, “In Love with a Memory". The song was co-produced with Rostam, and features lo-fi songstress Clairo. The full album, Blood on the Silver Screen is out March 7...

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DIY Diffusors

by Brad Williams

While hardly a glamorous concept, room acoustics represent a critical link in the recording or playback chain. While comprehensive room design is a complex cocktail of science, math and chance...

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Build Your Own Spring Reverb

by Scott Hampton

I have been a big fan of spring and plate reverbs for decades, and over the past three years I have spent a significant amount of time diving into the wormhole of designing and building them,...

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DIY Reverb

by Nicolas Collins

In the disembodied world of today's computer-based multitrack mixing, one can spend a lot of time crafting a unifying sense of "space." Despite the dozens of reverb plug-ins and rack devices...

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