: True Dirt
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
A nice disc of jazz inflected pop. Well written with tasty covers of Bruce Springsteen and M. Ward songs. Recorded in Brooklyn, NY, by Bryce Goggin (Tape Op #40) and Adam Sachs at Trout Studios and by...
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: Be Kind, Rewind
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
I know this isn't a CD, but it has the same shape as a CD. Seriously though, this DVD by one of my favorite directors, Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind), has a theme that is very...
: Auditorium
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
Jim Putnam Mt. Wilson Repeater I always like to get a new Radar Brothers album, they're comfort music to me, like mac and cheese on a cold winter evening. So when I finally got around to getting a...
: The Inbetween
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
This was recorded on a portable Pro Tools TDM system in various studios and the bands homes in the San Francisco bay area. I'm intrigued by recordings like this and I think this is a great way to make...
: Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
I'm super sick of the retro NYC new wave/punk revival trend and would rather just listen to Television, et. al. But dammed if this Elefant CD, which kinda fits that genre, doesn't just completely rise...
: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
OK, so this isn't a CD, but rather a documentary film about making a CD, this year's excellent Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Chicago's Wilco. About a third of the film is studio scenes in the band's loft...
: The Golden State
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
Are you curious about what Mitchell Froom's been up to since he split with Suzanne Vega, and Tchad Blake moved to England? (Ms. Vega's last disc sure was great, reeking of heartbreak and betrayal.)...
: S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
This is one of those albums that took years to make, but in the end was worth all the trouble involved. In the ensuing time the band (the sister/brother band to !!!) mostly moved from Sacramento, CA...
: Halogen Sons
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
I get handed a lot of CDs at trade shows from 'industry' types and I wish I could say good things about them, but it's usually pretty hard. I was pleasantly surprised by this disc of surprisingly good...
: Rabbit Songs
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
I've been seeing occasional Tape Op contributor Geoff Sanoff's name pop up on quite a few cool CDs lately (Boys Vs. Girls, etc) and this is the latest to grab my attention. Sparse, lonely and lovely,...
: We Are In This Alone
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
This band is fronted by Shaun Lopez who used to play guitar in Far. I never would have guessed he could sing and write as well as he does on this CD, which has become one of my hard rock faves of...
: And The Surrounding Mountains
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
On a recent vist to LA, I visited with Jim Putnam and saw his small home/garage studio where all the Radar Brothers albums have been recorded. Even though I've now seen where the magic is made I'm...