Review: Adam Fitz – "Can't Pardon Me"
There might be no better way to end 2019, this dog-eared novella of a year, and start the wondrous new Twenties than with ruminations on regret, redemption and hope. So,…
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…
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…
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.…
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 SPECIAL – ALBUM REVIEW: THE MONKEES, "Christmas Party"
Initially released in October, 2018, The Monkees’ first/only “official” Christmas collection is (essentially) a warm continuation of the work they’d begun with 2015’s incredible return, Good Times, except this time…
Review: Risen – Angel
Angel arrived in the mid-’70s with a high-powered debut. From that point of release the band issued four more well-received albums (not including the live set – Live Without A…
Review: Winter Songs and Carols – Mary Fahl
Now that the Christmas season is in full bloom, select radio stations have started 24/7 airing of classic songs for the holidays. With traditional songs popular over this period, a…
Review: Coldplay, “Everyday Life”
Coldplay is pretentious, but that's not always a bad thing.
Review: Alder & Ash – “The Crowneater”
There’s no place to enter The Crowneater – the new LP from Alder & Ash, out Dec. 6 via Mendicant – because the whole record is just that damned incredible.…
Review: Various Artists, “Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits”
Tribute hits the mark for Waits as songwriter, but not Waits as artist.