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Tape OpStudios & prosHudson Freeman's new album, Doom Country Hudson Freeman has released a new album, Doom Country , on Mom+Pop Records. Described as the soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic road trip, Doom Country was recorded in part at Brooklyn’s Figure 8...
Tape OpStudios & prosEP 4 - Michelle Branch Episode four of Overdubbed with SASAMI is with Grammy-winning recording artist Michelle Branch. Her next LP, Everywhere and Back Again , will be released in March of 2027, and revisits her 25 years…
Tape OpStudios & prosMachines: A History of Electronic Music (book) Review of Machines: A History of Electronic Music (book) by Jean-Michel Jarre, author. Read the full review in Tape Op Magazine Issue #176.
Tape OpStudios & prosGeorge Martin Orchestra Reissues To commemorate what would have been the 100th birthday of Beatles
Tape OpStudios & prosHana Stretton Terroir is a term often used in the worlds of food and wine to describe the geographical and environmental conditions of a region, and I would argue that i
Tape OpStudios & prosOverdubbed with SASAMI: EP3 - Nate Amos (This is Lorelei) Episode three of Overdubbed with SASAMI is with Nate Amos of Water from Your Eyes and This is Lorelei. His new album, The Singer in My Band, was released on September 11, 2026 on Matador Records.
Tape OpStudios & prosShabazz Palaces Release It's a Style Sport I interviewed Shabazz Palaces' Ishmael Butler and Erik Blood over a decade ago for Tape Op #106 . They were pushing the definitions of hip-hop then, and they have not taken their foot off the gas…
Tape OpStudios & prosNew video series from Tape Op: How to Record a Band at Home This new five-episode video series focuses on using affordable gear to record a full-band performance in the kitchen, living room, and bedrooms of a typical single-family house.
Tape OpStudios & prosNew Podcast series “Overdubbed with SASAMI” from Tape Op and Gold Diggers Studios We interviewed Sasami Ashworth back in Tape Op #157 and she’s also featured in our new book, Making Music: Conversations With Record Producers.
Tape OpStudios & prosEpisode 123: J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. J Mascis [ Tape Op #27 ], guitarist, principal songwriter, and frontman for indie rock legends Dinosaur Jr., has been recording and releasing albums for well over four decades.
Tape OpStudios & prosOverdubbed with SASAMI: EP2 - hemlocke springs Episode two of Overdubbed with SASAMI is with hemlocke springs, originally from North Carolina, she’s now based in Los Angeles.
Tape OpStudios & prosOverdubbed with SASAMI: EP1 - Jack Antonoff Episode one of Overdubbed with SASAMI is with 14-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, and producer, Jack Antonoff, who has collaborated with the Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar…
Tape OpStudios & prosNew Exclusive Live Sylvan Esso EP from Qobuz We have an interview with Sylvan Esso coming up in our November issue [ Tape Op #176], but in the meantime check out this new live session, Live at Sid the Cat Auditorium, June 2026 , exclusively...
Tape OpStudios & prosCar Seat Headrest revisit "Teens of Denial" The "new" Car Seat Headrest album, Teen of Denial (Joe’s Story) , has been out since May 20th, 2026, and (as usual) the web is filled with paranoia, misinformation, and assumptions. I get...
Tape OpStudios & prosGrateful Dead: Merriweather 6/30/85 The Grateful Dead show at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland on June 30th, 1985 has a star next to it on many Deadheads
Tape OpStudios & prosNew Beck Album: Ride Lonesome The sunshine memories of a long-lost Laurel Canyon have continued to seep into Beck Hansen
Tape OpStudios & prosEpisode 122: Ed O'Brien Ed O'Brien needs no introduction. As a founding member and guitarist for Radiohead, he has helped shape a generation of music creators and listeners with his unique style and otherworldly sonics.
Tape OpStudios & prosHidden Musics By 2014, I'd already been transitioning for more than five years from working in traditional studios to almost exclusively doing field recordings overseas.
Tape OpStudios & prosSharon Van Etten Since early in her career, Sharon Van Etten has been refreshingly open about her recording process and the lifelong learning aspect of it.
Tape OpStudios & prosJoe Boles In the mid-1950s, Seattle was host to the little-known music recording legacy of Jay F. "Joe" Boles. A fraction of his discography includes The Ventures, T
Tape OpStudios & prosCatherine Anne Davies: is Still The Anchoress In issue #149 of Tape Op , I was lucky enough to interview Catherine Anne Davies about her musical career as The Anchoress.
Tape OpStudios & prosYves Jarvis Yves Jarvis is the moniker of Canadian musician Jean-Sébastien Yves Jarvis. His latest release, All Cylinders , won Canada’s Polaris Music Prize for best album of 2025, a record on which Jarvis wrote…
Tape OpStudios & prosRostam Batmanglij Ever since Rostam Batmanglij burst onto the scene as a founding member of Vampire Weekend, he’s been known for his penchant for baroque and leftfield sounds in pop-leaning indie music.
Tape OpStudios & prosMelina Duterte Melina Duterte began recording her own music armed with little more than a laptop, a budget mic, and a fascination with how records are made.
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