Tape Log

Our book reviewed by James Barber on his Substack (subscribe!) Making Music: Conversations With Record Producers Larry Crane established his underground bona fides in ’80s Chico, CA band Vomit Launch...

Although the album title is listed as simply Weezer, it is being referred to as The Gold Album, due to its, well, gold cover. The record has big, loud, and sometimes abrasive guitars...

Vinyl records may not be the most convenient way to listen to music, but I am convinced they are the best way to listen to music. I am more intentional about what I want to listen to, and I sit down...

Over the weekend, I stumbled on the new single and video “Apocalypse” by Porcelain and noticed that it was produced, recorded, and mixed by Tape Op contributor Scott Evans. The song sounds awesome...

Jonathan Meiburg is busy person. He’s an author and musician who has written for Tape Op, and who we interviewed in issue #148 on his work with his group Loma. Meiburg is also the principal...

Laura Veirs has a new LP, Temple Songs, coming out August 14th. Here's a video on the making of the album, the first she has recorded on her own. Here's a video for the song...

Check out the new song, “1+1=0”, and fun video from South Korean artist Kim Jimin, who records as Meaningful Stone. The track is a collaboration with producer Melina Duterte, aka Jay Som, and the...

Nashville based artist Hannah Cole has a new LP, Switchbacks, out September 4th, and has just released the track “MMA”, and the video to go along with it. The track has loud drums, and noisy, sludgy...

Andrew Sa, in and of himself, is an interesting artist, his talents shaped by his childhood performances at his mother’s karaoke joint then honed through relationships forged in the Chicago music...

If I was forced to write four word review of Jack White's new album, Frozen Charlotte, it would go like this: Heavy, grooving, fuzzy, classic. Jack White [Tape Op#82] has a knack for keeping...

We interviewed Bryce Gonzales in Tape Op#165 and did a deep dive into his technique and handmade tube gear he was using to record live jazz records to 1/4” stereo tape at the Los Angeles, CA venue...