We ran part one of this interview in Tape Op #8. In case you missed it, Don discussed all the events in his life that led him into the recording studio and left us hanging at the point where he was...
Papas Fritas are a young pop trio based out of Boston, Massachusetts. After putting a single out on Sunday Driver Records in 1994, they were discovered by Minty Fresh, who released 1994's...
Whether they know it or not, anyone roaming the streets of Victoria, BC, will have brushed by Scott Henderson at some point. He is easily spotted, usually clad in his ubiquitous green...
Rob and Tom have been recording records together for 10 years or so. Some of them, like Beck's Mellow Gold or the Foo Fighters debut (which they mixed) have done very well. Others, like...
On a recent visit to Detroit, my friend Chad Gilchrist (a member of His Name is Alive, Outrageous Cherry, and his own Symphony of Science & Sound) played me a cassette under the name E.S.P....
Brian Teasley, better known to most of the civilized world as either Man or Astroman?'s "Birdstuff" or Servotron's "Z4OBX", has bandied the idea back and forth with me of doing an interview with...
Welcome to Cassette Corner #2. So far it's been very rewarding talking with people about how they record their music. I guess that's what Tape Op is all about. Last time around I...
Since I often record alone, I've developed a few techniques to compensate for the lack of extra eyes, ears and hands (until cloning is available to the masses) that I work without. Not all these...
Highly reminiscent of a Teo Macero or Manfred Eicher production, these recordings posses an antiseptic cleanness that is both beautiful and eerie. The music too lies somewhere between 60's soul jazz...
California Backwoods is a more or less family affair that counts mother, sister, and brother among its five members. They call their music "American Eclectic" as it incorporates several down-home...
Using no more than 8 tracks (songs 1 & 3 were recorded on 4), Virginia Creeper doles out competent jangly pop with increasing/decreasing dynamics to liven it up a bit. A deadpan vocal style cuts...
I'll make no bones about it, Big Star's one of my favorite bands ever. It sounds like Matt Devine, the main Ventilator, is a big fan too. One of the charms of the Big Star records is that they were...
If you remember last months editorial, one of the things I was going on about was that you can do great sounding records on eight tracks. Here's an example of one. Eltro are a dreamy, spacey,...
This fine record was recorded by the esteemed Robert Poss, who used to be in the sublime Band of Susans and has also produced Tone and Skeleton Key. Here, he aids this quirky trio in capturing some...
There's a lot of great bands in Portland, and some of them go quite unnoticed while doing great work and influencing others. Sugarboom are one of those bands, dutifully playing hypnotic sets to loyal...
The sum total of bio information on this artist takes up precious little space on the sleeve--"The Lonesome Organist plays: keyboard instruments, percussion, harmonica, guitar, and vocals at the same...
Once again, Robert from the Apples in Stereo proves his pop worth with a couple of super-well crafted gems that he recorded and performed on his own. I swear these sound like Beach Boys or Association...
As much as I like certain carbonated beverages, I'm not much of a fan of sodas, and especially not Coke or Pepsi. Negativland should be required listening for all you home-recordists out there as...
This CD has seen the inside of my player quite a bit since arriving - the music is alarm-ingly unique, emotional and quirky. Guitar, cello, keyboards and drums are used to create mini-epic...
Solidly recorded, exquisitely lyrical folk music from Jeff Mangum, produced in Denver by Robert Schneider (of the Apples in Stereo). Although Jeff still writes all the songs, the arrangements here...
If the name Chris Butler sounds familiar, it's likely because you still listen to your Waitresses' records. As guitarist/songwriter for that band, Butler claimed a place in the annals of New Wave as a...
