Tape Log

How low can you go? Few bands today (too few?) can wear black cloaks, tune their instruments so low that the strings are in a state just above completely slack, turn the amps up as loud as they will...

In 2018 I was hired to record a Pathway to Paris event at The Masonic in San Francisco that featured Patti Smith, Bob Weir, and Flea, and was organized by Smith’s daughter, Jesse Paris Smith. Hearing...

Our good friend and frequent contributor to Tape Op, Scott McDowell, was hit by a car last week.  His friends have set up a GoFundMe page to help with his recovery if you are able to...

I always look forward to new music from Courtney Barnett, and her new release, Creature of Habit, delivers more of the fun mix of surfy, punky, sometimes angular and sometimes groovy indie rock...

Gladie’s third LP, No Need to Be Lonely, shows up right on time. With Jeff Rosenstock in [Tape Op #172] this feels like a natural extension of that conversation, offering a look at his work in a...

March 20, 2026, marks the digital release of Hurray For The Riff Raff's new live album, Live Forever. There will be a physical release of the album on May 8, 2026, via Nonesuch Records. Live...

For those familiar with Morris Kolontyrsky’s searing guitar work in the progressive death metal group Blood Incantation, his debut solo album Origination may cause a double take. But a closer look...

I think I’d noticed Brad Cook’s name in the credits of Bon Iver records, but took more notice when I interviewed BJ Burton for Tape Op#137 and he mentioned working with him on the Bon Iver LPs. When...

The Chicago-based band, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, has just released Irreversible, produced by Yves Rothman and Lawrence Rothman [Tape Op#155]. The pairing showcases the premium placed on songwriting...

Out on tour with Wednesday right now, and ahead of tour dates throughout 2026 with Touché Amoré and Ovlov (not to mention two nights in September with Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age), Gouge......

Having familiarized myself with the Jason P. Woodbury oeuvre through the years via his editorial home Aquarium Drunkard (to which I sometimes contribute), his funky A/V project Wastoids, and his...