: I Know by Heart
reviewed by Larry Crane
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...
Music Reviews
from issue no. 32
: Free Beer Tomorrow
reviewed by Larry Crane
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...
: Anneu’ed
reviewed by Larry Crane
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...
: Deathsentences of the Polished and Structurally Weak
reviewed by Larry Crane
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...
: Up
reviewed by Larry Crane
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...