Nope, not recorded on a 4-track. John owns Tiny Telephone Studio in San Francisco, is one hell of a songwriter and an articulate singer. Scott Solter, John Croslin and JV engineered. Paul Stubbelbine...
How is it that a band could not exist for 22 years and then get together and not suck? If you ever enjoyed Robyn Hitchcock or the Soft Boys in the past you will enjoy this. I do. Recorded with Pat...
I've been lucky to work on a few "old time" records and I totally enjoy it. With acoustic instruments in this context it's all about mic'ing skill and capturing the right feel and great performances....
Steve Silverstein has been a Tape Op contributor for ages now, and finally he has a damn record out, by his duo Christmas Decorations, and it's cool. "Recorded with a little help from our friends...
It's always interesting when you do a few albums with someone whose music you really like and then they move on to work at another studio. Maybe it was my tasteless jokes? Anyway, the best thing is...
After 30 years Jim Dickinson releases another solo record. After 7 producer Grammies, Big Star's Third and playing on Rolling Stones and Dylan sessions you'd think he'd be satisfied. But nope, he's...
Shalini Chatterjee is known to many as a power pop icon, having led Vinyl Devotion for years and now playing music with Mitch Easter with Shalini and The Crackpots. But here she replicates the sounds...
So back to independently-released music. Negativland present us with one of the best CD packaging jobs ever, a work of art (I won't even try to explain, just buy this) and one of their most...
I know people perceive Tape Op as being supportive of an "independent music world", but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy listening to records that take ten years to make and have giant budgets! Our...
This band is fronted by Shaun Lopez who used to play guitar in Far. I never would have guessed he could sing and write as well as he does on this CD, which has become one of my hard rock faves of...
Bügsküll has mutated over time from a group into the home- recorded experimental-pop wanderings of Sean Byrne. It's cool stuff, recorded on an 8-track deck I believe, and never getting so...
I know this came out last year and this band is unhip and supposedly long past its prime, but I beg to differ. I enjoy the hell out of this disc. Sure, the lyrics are embarrassing at times, but...
