: Heathen
reviewed by Larry Crane
Here's the record that Tony Visconti was talking about in issue #29. Is it good? Certainly the best I've heard since Outside and my favorite since Scary Monsters, Tony's last previous co-production...
Music Reviews
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: The Worst You Can Do is Harm
reviewed by Larry Crane
John Roderick is an introspective songwriter who is lucky enough to have friends like Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) and Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger) help him record and play on his record. Not to...
: Exit the UXA
reviewed by Larry Crane
Rafter Roberts, who was featured in issue #28, helped record this record in various places and mixed it at his Singing Serpent studio. A great example of an arty rock band making a record on a tight...
: The Private Press
reviewed by Larry Crane
Is there anyone out there that can carefully craft samples, loops and noises as well as Josh Davis? I doubt it. A lesson in what can be done in a home studio given talent and what must have been a lot...
: Tricks for Dawn
reviewed by Larry Crane
Mary Lorson and Saint Low Tricks for Dawn Mary Lorson, once the voice of Madder Rose, steps out with this haunting collection of songs on her second "solo" record. She and partner Billy Coté...
: And The Surrounding Mountains
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
On a recent vist to LA, I visited with Jim Putnam and saw his small home/garage studio where all the Radar Brothers albums have been recorded. Even though I've now seen where the magic is made I'm...
: Another Music in a Different Kitchen, Love Bites, A Different Kind of Tension
reviewed by Larry Crane
The Buzzcocks unleashed these three amazing albums in the span of a couple of years, with Martin Rushent producing. These remain the standard to me by which guitar-driven punk-pop records must be...
: Age of the Sun
reviewed by Larry Crane
Bill Doss must have been the poppier, less experimental, part of the Olivia Tremor Control. That's a good thing here. Wild psych-pop recorded in his home-based A World As Myth Sound. Fun sonics....
: Tilting at Windmills
reviewed by Larry Crane
Hey look, another Tape Op contributor! Eric Tischler fronts and records this band, tracking in his basement. It's good indie rock band action, a bit basement-sounding at times, but poppy and rocking....
: Shining Hours in a Can
reviewed by Larry Crane
The fact that one of the greatest living songwriters lives in a modest home in NJ making records on an old Tascam 388 escapes most people. Fred Cornog is ERP, was featured in the first issue of Tape...
: Volumes 1-3
reviewed by Larry Crane
CDs (or vinyl) of well-recorded drum beats, and that's all. You can dump these on your multitrack and write songs around them, cut them up in your computer and build new beats, or spin them at clubs...
: Future Home of Burbank Elks
reviewed by Larry Crane
How do you get your record mentioned here? If you're a Tape Op contributor (Steven Nereo) it certainly helps - if your record was made at home on a computer and sounds great that helps - if the songs...