Music Reviews

by Larry Crane

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: The Acid Gospel Experience

reviewed by Larry Crane

Bruce Licher and company deliver another fine instrumental album, this time with more electronics and fuzzier guitars in the fore than before. Harold Budd makes a guest appearance with spacey piano on...

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: Log 22

reviewed by Larry Crane

I finished writing all these "reviews" and then realized that one of the CDs I'd been listening to most was this one. Bettie Serveert have been around for years now, and is a great guitar pop band....

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: Say You Will

reviewed by Larry Crane

I admit that I'll buy occasional big budget, major label records just because I am curious about what can happen when lots of time and money (something I never get to see) are spent making a record....

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: Hand Clappin’

reviewed by Larry Crane

Calvin's Dub Narcotic return to form with this EP after a long, dormant recording period. Issue #32 had an interview with him about the studio, and here's a prime example of roomy, groovin' music with...

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: Summer Sun

reviewed by Larry Crane

According to Roger Moutenot, "It was recorded here in Nashville at Alex The Great Studio, mixed in N.Y.C. at Shelter Island Sound. Just the band and myself." Dreamy tunes, cool instrumentation,...

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: Republic of Two

reviewed by Larry Crane

It's funny how I won't let anyone write in Tape Op about CDs I work on, but I'll go on and on about albums our contributors have worked on. Nedelle is a singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter...

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: Ambient Metals

reviewed by Larry Crane

Produced and engineered by J. Robbins, this is Tone's most "rock" record yet. Instrumentals with massive pounding drums (two kits) and more pronounced guitar hooks and riffs (four guitarists) pull it...

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: Feast of Wire

reviewed by Larry Crane

I had to correct the publicist for this record when I received an email telling me that the new Calexico was recorded in "the band's studio, WaveLab." As any astute reader of Tape Op should know,...

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: Bright Yellow Bright Orange

reviewed by Larry Crane

They did their previous record, The Friends of Rachel Worth, at Jackpot! with engineering by yours truly. We all had a great time and when plans for a new record came up I was in the running to...

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: quicksand/cradlesnakes

reviewed by Larry Crane

Recorded and mixed by Graeme Gibson at the band's own Clava Studio in Chicago with additional recording by Mikael Jorgensen and Joe Ferguson. Recorded on 16-track 2" 3M, M79 with an Amek Big28...

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: The Studio One Story

reviewed by Larry Crane

This CD and DVD combo is the size of a two-CD package, plus it has a nifty little booklet. The DVD is four hours of documentary on Studio One, the legendary Jamaican reggae studio run by Clement "Sir...

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: Necessity: The 4-Track Years

reviewed by Larry Crane

This record came out a few years ago but since Spin Art has been totally lame about sending us promo CDs I had to wait 'til I bought it to do a review. Jason is a great pop songwriter (John and Andy...

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