Tape Log

My vinyl copy of the Grateful Dead's classic Workingman's Dead is a little hammered. I think I bought it at a garage sale about 30 years ago. It has someone else's name written on it....

1956 was a pivotal year in the music of Miles Davis. It consolidated his "First Great Quintet" which included Red Garland, Philly Joe Jones, Paul Chambers, and John Coltrane. To make good...

Moses Sumney, interviewed in Tape Op#125, has new music out in the form of a collaboration with composer Joseph Shirley (The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Creed III) for the soundtrack to...

Wait, what??? The Ramones first album just turned 50! A record made by four young men from the Forest Hills neighborhood in Queens, NY, has gone on to be one of the greatest punk rock records of...

Linda Perry’s last solo album came out in 1999. In the 27 years since then she has become one of the most successful producers for other artists, writing and recording hits for P!NK, Christina...

We interviewed engineer/producer/artist Maryam Qudus about her Spacemoth project back in Tape Op#148. Spacemoth has a new LP that is releasing on June 26, but in the meantime you can check out...

Tape Op publisher John Baccigaluppi came across this beautifully shot, long-form video of Harry Styles live in session at Berlin's Funkhaus studio. Performing orchestral versions of songs from...

By Mitchell Sigman's own description: "Memory Banks is an all-original love letter celebrating the futuristic musical visions of ELO, Kraftwerk, The Alan Parsons Project, et al. No AI, no...

Although the opening moments of The Black Keys' (Dan Auerbach [Tape Op#127] and Patrick Carney [#136]) new release, Peaches!, sounds like a Tinariwen record, it quickly settles in to a familiar...

Visit this recent Reddit thread to follow an interesting conversation about YouTube recording influencers and Tape Op shout out. OMG. Larry has written a LOT of gear reviews over the years, by the...

I went to see I'm With Her [Podcast Ep. #106] at The Moore theater here in Seattle on their 2025 tour, and it was among the best performances I have seen in years. The trio of Sarah Jarosz [Tape...