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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Release New Album: Flight b741

by Geoff Stanfield

No secret that I am a big fan of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. They first caught my ear in 2017 with their Turkish Psych-Rock flavored album, Flying Microtonal Banana, and I have been a fan ever since. If you asked me what the definitive KGLW...

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New Video Series Episode: Best Place to Spend Money When Starting a Studio

by Geoff Stanfield

Check out the new episode from our Creative Recording With Tape Op series! Larry and Geoff discuss the best place to spend your hard earned cash when starting a studio. This episode made possible with support from our friends at...

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The Rock & Roll Camp for Girls - Portland, OR

by Larry Crane

My friend, sts is the Program Director and an instructor at The Rock ’n’ Roll Camp for Girls. They’re currently building up their recording program, Rock Camp Studio and the "Recording Engineer Track" studies and are looking for...

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New Music From Sarah Jarosz

by Geoff Stanfield

Singer, songwriter, and stringed instrument master, Sarah Jarosz, has just released a deluxe edition version of her criitically-acclaimed album, Polaroid Lovers. This edition features two new songs, "Wildflowers in the Sky" and "Just Like...

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Neal Casal 1968-2019

by Geoff Stanfield

Tape Op lost a good friend last night when our pal Neal Casal left us all behind. Neal was a gifted guitarist, songwriter, singer, photographer, producer, surfer and just an all-around good dude.  I was lucky to work with Neal on some...

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One bright spot in an otherwise rough year

by Garrett Haines

As we close the page on 2010 and its miserable economy, there was one bright spot for music lovers:  VINYL.   That's right, vinyl. That analog medium that just won't die.  According to Rolling Stone* vinyl sales were up in 2010....

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Ruadhri Cushnan (Mumford & Sons, Ed Sheeran) Video Interview

by Dave Middleton

With 3 number one albums in 2012, Grammy winning mix engineer Ruadhri Cushnan is at the top of this game. Shortly after Mumford and Sons' album "Babel" was awarded 'Album of the Year' at the Grammys, Ruahdri made time in his busy schedule to chat...

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Arooj Aftab Releases New Album, Night Reign

by Geoff Stanfield

Arooj Aftab's Night Reign Arooj Aftab is a four time Grammy-nominated artist we featured in Tape Op issue #157. With Pakistani roots, she sings in Urdu and English, and became one of my favorite vocalists the moment I saw her performing on a live...

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Larry was in a band? The Wackness?

by Larry Crane

Yup. From 1985 to 1993 I was in a band with the polite name of Vomit Launch. One of our songs, "Exit Lines" is in a movie called "The Wackness", in theaters now. A pretty damn good movie, and our song fits the scene too well! Most of our back catalog...