Interviews
Jason Cox: Will Produce for Food
by Brian McTear
When Larry first mentioned the possibility of interviewing my friend Jason Cox, former Studio Red producer/engineer for bands like Bardo Pond, Varnaline, Space Needle, and others, ...
Interviews
Oh, Fuck! : A conversation with Kyle Statham of the San Francisco combo known as Fuck.
by Larry Crane
Fuck. Okay, here's the story. I saw Fuck play a show a while before this interview. I was unimpressed, but several people said they loved their records and that the show was great...
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Reading Material
by Larry Crane
WHY I HATE RECORDING & EQ So, there's only really a handful of publications that deal with the wild world of putting music to tape. You all know them I'm...
Tutorials
I'm No Expert...: Capacitors, part 1
by Geoff Farina
Disclaimer #1: Do not open up your amplifier unless you know what you are doing! Tube amps work with lethal voltages that can remain in the amp even after it is unplugged. If you don't know how...
Tutorials
Four Track School (part two)
by Curtis Settino
In the spring of 1983, a friend and I purchased a reel-to-reel four track. Up to that point, we had been doing multi-track recording by bouncing back and forth between a cassette deck and a boom...
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Jason Lytle: Grandaddy
by Larry Crane
Grandaddy is a band I knew very little about until recently. I had heard rumors of a band locked away in their own studio in Modesto, a farming town in California's Central Valley, making...
Don Depew
by Larry Crane
When I moved into Cleveland a little over a year ago, I had a limited knowledge of the current music scene. Most of the local music I picked up was the usual crap you'd find in any other...
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Lastpage
by Larry Crane
From the mouth of Peter Jefferies: "I've devised a method of bouncing down... the original tracks (usually 1 to 3 tracks) are on the 4 track. They go from there, through a graphic equaliser, to...
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Music Reviews
Ten Small Paces
by IDA | reviewed by Adam Selzer
Its always exhilarating to hear a record that actually escorts you on a 45 minute journey- with attention to dynamics, moods, instrumentation, and recording aesthetics from one track to the...
Music Reviews
Spoke
by CALEXICO | reviewed by Adam Selzer
Spoke appears to be more of a sketch pad for musical inspirations rather than a complete project which in turn makes it come across as unassuming and inviting. Calexico is mainly John Convertino...
Music Reviews
Everyone Wants the Honey But Not the Sting
by MY DAD IS DEAD | reviewed by Larry Crane
Mark Edwards is sort of a one man band turned band these days. I've got a slew of MDID releases out from years and years before, many recorded at the Beat Farm (RIP) which was a cool studio run...
Music Reviews
Moonflower Plastic
by TOBIN SPROUT | reviewed by Larry Crane
I know I also reviewed a Tobin Sprout CD just a few issues back but here's a new one. If leaving the Guided By Voices fold means he'll be able to make more of these little masterpieces then I'm...
Music Reviews
The Swerving Corpse
by LENOLA | reviewed by Larry Crane
This is the second Lenola CD to be reviewed in these pages, and there's a reason why. These boys do everything themselves, from recording on their home 8 track and putting out their own records,...
Music Reviews
A Little Something From The Weathervane’s Perspective
by THE MARINERNINE | reviewed by Larry Crane
The Marinernine is a band which contains Brian McTear and Jason Knight, those lovable oafs from the Trip to Athens story from Tape Op #5. I was expecting some sort of rock band thing here but...
Music Reviews
Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
by SONIC YOUTH | reviewed by Larry Crane
Okay, last issue we ran a review of the previous Sonic Youth CD EP, Anagrama. Here's the corrections to that review: Sonic Youth now have their own 16 track studio. It is manned by...
Music Reviews
Bastard
by COLIN NEWMAN | reviewed by Larry Crane
First of all, Colin Newman was in Wire, and if you don't understand their greatness I pity you. Second of all, most of his solo albums are damn good. Third of all, he's into electronics,...
Music Reviews
Tiger
by SUPERETTE | reviewed by Larry Crane
Why is it I always dig these New Zealand bands so much? This is David Mulcahy (from the underrated JPS Experience) with his snazzy power trio. Anyway, you've got to love a band that's not...