John Baccigaluppi

Weezer is back with a new album coming soon and they have released the single, “Shine Again,” which was produced by Kenny Blume and Klas Åhlund at Kenny’s Putnam Hill studio in L.A. The song was...

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...

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...

I just found out that Greg Brown, the guitarist for the band CAKE, passed away this weekend. I had not talked to Greg in many years, but knew him fairly well several decades ago. Before he was in...

Harry Styles has a new album, Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, coming out March 6, and has released the first track and an accompanying video for the song “Aperture.” It’s his first LP since...

I’ve been following Moby for several decades now as he’s moved between different styles and phases of his career. I can’t say I love everything he’s done, but I really do like quite a bit of it....

I'm gonna say right off the bat that I'm not a pedal/stompbox collector, but I'm totally digging this Vongon delay. First off...

At the end of December, Marsha Vdovin, who has been working with Tape Op for 14 years, is moving on and leaving the Tape Op team. We’re sad to see her go, but we’re happy that she’s chosen to pursue...

David Byrne and Brian Eno famously collaborated on 1981’s seminal My Life in the Bush of Ghosts LP, which was recorded before Eno produced the Talking Heads' classic LP Remain In Light that came...

I interviewed Logan Farmer for Tape Op back in issue #139 and his debut album, Still No Mother, was one of my top ten LPs for 2020. 

Logan just released a new single that is from his upcoming...

I recently interviewed James Krivchenia from Big Thief about his production work on the last Westerman album, An Inbuilt Fault. Look for that interview in a future issue of Tape Op. I really liked An...

Anyone who feels that contemporary pop music is formulaic, shallow, or not as good as some other era gone by, should give Rosalía’s new album, Lux, a listen. This is a very ambitious and challenging...

We recently interviewed Stella Mozgawa in Tape Op #169, and she talked about working on new music with Courtney Barnett. Here’s the super fun and catchy track, "Stay In Your Lane", from...

Many words have been written over the years in Tape Op about the pros and cons of analog and digital recording. Based on the VU meter pictograph on...

I don’t love dealing with bass amps in the studio, and often prefer to run the bass guitar direct. However, many engineers and artists disagree with...

Yi-Mei Templeman is friend of Tape Op who records under the name Yeemz. She’s a songwriter and composer who plays cello, piano, banjo, guitar, and sings. Back in issue #162 she reviewed DPA’s 4099...