MusicTAP Top 4 Albums of 2019
Real talk now, folks. You’re going to read a lot of year-end/decade-end listicles this week. People love these kinds of lists, but there’s a fatal flaw to most of them:…
Review: Paranoid Void – "02"
Wow! Just wow. The new Paranoid Void EP – which hides behind the dubiously simple title of 02, out online this week – will knock you right off your feet…
Singles Bar: “Soarele Meu” by Ana Patan
Come for the lithe shuffle and slight swing, stay for the melodic guitar solo.
Review: The Glad Husbands – "Safe Places"
Everything that’s muddy-minded about Safe Places – the new LP from Italian mathcore trio The Glad Husbands, out four days ago on CD and digital via Vollmer Industries – is…
MUSIC TAP NEW TRACK PREMIERE: STEVE BOTTARI, "Amen Blues"
Once again, MusicTAP is proud to present a new track from singer/songwriter/musician/producer Steve Bottari, the highly-infectious “Amen Blues” As Mr. Bottari puts it, “Producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist, Wayne Hood, played the…
MUSIC TAP EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Rotoscope, "All That's Left"
MusicTAP is pleased to bring to you the first track from Rotoscope’s new album, Permanent Daylight. Founded by veteran Charlottesville (and D.C.) musician John Athayde, Rotoscope’s highly-anticipated Permanent Daylight is…
Review: Erik Della Penna – "New York Songs"
It’s been a decade since New York City antique-garde duo Kill Henry Sugar – they of “cinematic gravitas,” quoth the Village Voice — released the beautific folk collection Hot Messiah.…
MUSICTAP EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: DIRTY SNOWMAN SOCIETY, "If Only I Knew"
MusicTAP is pleased to be exclusively premiering the new single from Dirty Snowman Society, a four-piece rock band from Copper Mountain, Colorado. “If Only I Knew,” is a classic tale…
CHRISTMAS SINGLE PLAY: DUSTY WINDS, "I Got High With Santa Claus"
Chicago alt-country raconteur Dusty Winds drifts where the musical breeze blows him. He set out to write the next great Christmas song and came up with “I Got High With…
Review: Wet Fruit – S/T
The songs just skitter away in a delightful pop of Roman candles on Wet Fruit’s self-titled, debut LP, out last week on digital and cassette via Seattle’s Halfshell Records, each…
CHRISTMAS SINGLE PLAY: SOFIA TALVIK, "Christmas Train"
Every year Sofia Talvik releases a free Christmas single as a holiday gift to her fans. Her Christmas songs always portray a darker side of Christmas, not the cheery jingle…
Review: Coldplay, “Everyday Life”
Coldplay is pretentious, but that's not always a bad thing.