Review: The Ocean Blue, “Kings and Queens, Knaves and Thieves”
It’s been six years since we last heard from The Ocean Blue, but the sound of Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves reveals how not much has changed since this Hershey,…
Review: INUS – “Western Spaghettification”
Cherish this, kids, because records like Western Spaghettification don’t come along often. The trio INUS, whose full-length debut is out Aug. 9 from San Diego’s Three One G, prominently features…
Singled Out: “In The Air Tonight” by The Choir (Phil Collins Cover)
Is Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” a great song without that drum fill? With their latest single, The Choir have taken on the task of answering that question in…
MUSICTAP EXCLUSIVE TRACK PREMIERE: KILL MY COQUETTE, “Put Me In Your Movie, Quentin Tarantino”
MusicTAP is very pleased to present to you, exclusively, the brand new single from Kill My Coquette, one of Los Angeles’ most exciting and energetic bands. Driven and written by…
Lightning Dust Returns With New Album, Spectre
When the Canadian duo, Lightning Dust, released their last album (Fantasy – 2013), the world was a different place. Then, I was a long-time resident of Southern California. Now, I…
Album Review: Bruised Sky by We Are Kin
With Bruised Sky, We Are Kin inhabit this third meaning, taking progressive rock far beyond mere "prog" or even "rock" into neo soul and deliberate soundscapes grounded in compelling synth…
The Replacements Augment Don’t Tell A Soul With 4CD/1LP Collection Of Rare and Live Tracks With Dead Man’s Pop
Throughout The Replacements‘ brief career, which professionally lasted from 1981 through 1990, Westerberg and crew issued a short supply of excellent albums, seven in all. One of those, Don’t Tell…
Review: 18th & Addison – “Leeches”
New Jersey gets a bad wrap, though sometimes it’s for good reason. I was born and raised in the Garden State, and, having spent the better part of 25 or…
40th Anniversary Limited Edition 4CD/2LP Book Set Prepared For Ramones Classic, It’s Alive
Since their eponymous and historic 1976 debut, The Ramones had livened up music with an intended punk flavor indicative of their NYC locale. From that great album and through the…
Review: The Flaming Lips, “King’s Mouth – Music and Songs”
Arriving in 1983, the band The Flaming Lips was already an anachronism, unapologetically psychedelic, and prone to agitating against the mainstream even as it longingly gave it some side-eye. That…
Profile: Scott Morgan’s Loscil gets abstract
Scott Morgan doesn’t listen to his work as Loscil after it’s been released. The Canadian avant-ambient sound-sculptor has little concrete sense of his discography. But, before the recordings are available…
RE:Visit – John Fred and His Playboys, “Judy In Disguise (With Glasses)” (1967)
How one misheard song title led to a hit that sounded nothing like the mistaken song.