Tape Log

The sunshine memories of a long-lost Laurel Canyon have continued to seep into Beck Hansen's bones and reflect back through a reverb-soaked pool, morphing into the shape of song forms and sheets...

This new release from Adrian Younge [Tape Op#119] is a modern day Afrobeat offering that has some modern sensibilities, but a foot firmly planted in the era of the genre's classics from Fela...

Our new book, Making Music: Conversations With Record Producers, is out now and you can find it at your favorite book store and online! If you want to buy a copy online, we’d appreciate it if you buy...

We did an article on Daniele Luppi back in Tape Op#40, and since then he’s released quite a bit of music including the very cool 2011 Rome collaboration with Danger Mouse, Jack White [Tape...

In April of this year, Sam Shepherd, aka Floating Points, was in San Francisco for 11 performances of his piece for the San Francisco Ballet, Mere Mortals. I caught one of the shows and it was...

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...