#MetalMonday: “Head of a Pin” by Overkill
Every element of the song is driving, loud, aggressive...what more do you want from classic thrash in 2019?
Record Store Day 2019: A Guided Tour
MusicTAP’s vinyl aficionados present their top 3 platter picks for April 13’s Record Store Day.
Big Big Train Will Take Listeners on the Grand Tour
having mined the treasures of the English countryside and industry for well over a decade, Big Big Train will now further explore the legacy of 17th & 18th Century European…
#MetalMonday: “The Thin Line Between Love and Hate” by Iron Maiden
it’s all here in an extended track that reflects philosophically on the meaning, not only of death—as we’d come to expect from Maiden—but of life.
What Bill and Ted 3 Means For Those Who Face The Music
Cynicism and despair come so easily. Yet we know, whenever we revisit these characters, that at their heart they represent joy.
#MetalMonday: “Demons In You” by Tarja (featuring Alissa White-Gluz)
Alissa White-Gluz (Arch-Enemy) plays the demonic shadow shelf to Tarja Turunen’s radiant goddesshood...
Singled Out: “Evermore” by Devin Townsend
“Evermore” picks up the gauntlet thrown by “Genesis,” smacks its listeners across the cheek Bugs Bunny style, then slams the gauntlet back down on the concrete.
Singled Out: “Roof” (b/w “Walk Through”) by Sucrè
The digital b-side, “Walk Through,” falls somewhere between an unreleased 1967 Beatles experiment and the best of St. Vincent’s recent work.
#MetalMonday: “Stargazer” by Rainbow
“Stargazer” is epic, complex, heavy, dark, majestic—everything that power metal would later claim as job #1.
Interview: Carl Westholm & Niclas Flinck of Carptree
The duo comprising Carptree talk collaborative composition, the profoundly human mayfly, and the future of physical music media. Carl, Niclas, thanks for taking the time to chat tonight. Niclas: Happy…
#MetalMonday: “Our Most Desperate Hour” by Nita Strauss
There’s riffage galore and soaring melodic hooks—grab your blackest t-shirt and refill your lighter for this reminder of the joy of metal.
Vinyl Review: Proxy by The Tangent
The Tangent just keep doing it—every new release is the new best album of their 15 year career. In a 2018 that’s already provided fans with Tangekanic’s live Hotel Cantaffordit…