: Hot Shit
reviewed by Larry Crane
Hell yes, the first Quasi record in years that I had absolutely no hand in recording. I can put on this record and enjoy it 100% - never recalling the recording process or having heard the songs "a...
Music Reviews
by Larry Crane
: Lead Us Not Into Temptation
reviewed by Larry Crane
Several things are significant about this release. It is the soundtrack to a film called Young Adam. David Byrne releases a CD on an independent label. It was recorded at CaVa Sound Workshops,...
: Magnetic Learning Center
reviewed by Larry Crane
We get way too many CDs sent to Tape Op - making it impossible to listen to the all or sift through them even. One day I randomly picked up this CD and decided to listen to it. It's great instrumental...
: Garbageheads On Endless Stun
reviewed by Larry Crane
Fred Cornog is East River Pipe, and we interviewed him years ago in Tape Op #1. Since then he hasn't changed hardly any of his recording gear, still happy to use his Tascam 388 1/4" 8-track in his...
: Transatlanticism
reviewed by Larry Crane
Every week someone emails Tape Op to remind us that Chris Walla is a total genius. We know. Chris is in DCFC, and runs the Hall of Justice recording studio in Seattle (the space that used to be...
: Built on Squares
reviewed by Larry Crane
In 1997 we ran a great interview with Trent Bell of Bell Labs in Norman, Oklahoma. He's been running that studio for years now, and mostly is working on "regional" acts when we catch up on one of our...
: Sometimes Up is the Only Direction
reviewed by Larry Crane
Classic-style indie rock recorded on 1" 16-track decks at Interval Music (Wow & Flutter's space in Milwaukie, OR) and at Type Foundry (a veritable institution in Portland). It has that basement-...
: Do You Party?
reviewed by Larry Crane
The product of Drew Daniel, one half of the electronic duo Matmos. It's more like a Kraftwerk dance party than Matmos, based on a dare to make a "house" record. Turntable destruction and chopped up...
: Original Living Dub Vol. 1
reviewed by Larry Crane
Winston Rodney is Burning Spear, a roots reggae legend who's still touring. This CD, a dub version of Marcus' Children a.k.a. Social Living, was engineered by Sylvan Morris (king of Studio One and...
: World Peace
reviewed by Larry Crane
I've been digging through many of the recent Studio One and Trojan reissues, listening to all kinds of reggae from the sixties through the seventies. I really dig the sounds, but as reggae eased into...
: Hate
reviewed by Larry Crane
Dave Fridmann is mostly known for his work with Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev, but other projects he works on have similar traits. He mixed the new Delgados CD at Tarbox Road Studios (his second with...
: Edgy Not Antsy
reviewed by Larry Crane
Jonathan was/is one of the core members of Camper Van Beethoven, playing violin, keyboards, guitar and more on their records. He's also one of those kind of guys who knows just a little bit too much...