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BLOG | JUL. 24, 2026 Over the weekend, I stumbled on the new single and video “Apocalypse” by Porcelain and noticed that it was produced, recorded, and mixed by Tape Op contributor Scott Evans. The song sounds awesome; big, heavy, and riff driven. Scott did some skillful work capturing it. Guitar, bass, and drum sounds are all super solid, but not at all stock sounding. Check out the video for "Apocalypse" below.

BLOG | JUL. 21, 2026 Jonathan Meiburg is busy person. He’s an author and musician who has written for Tape Op, and who we interviewed in issue #148 on his work with his group Loma. Meiburg is also the principal songwriter in Shearwater along with Emily Lee and Dan Duszynski. Dan is also in Loma, and they have a new LP, The New World, out July 31st.

What first got you into songwriting? I've always been into it, I guess. It feels funny, because I'm in my childhood bedroom right now, and this is where I would write all my songs on Reason and [Apple] Logic. That's how I got into producing and engineering; just doing it with my own songs as a teenager. Then, I went to university, interned at studios, and did the more official sound courses. The old school route: Work at studios, engineer, and work your way up.

People always ask me what’s behind a song. How I captured the instruments. Why I arranged it that way. For "Don’t Dude Me," the answer starts in my home studio here on the “Island of Magic,” Florianópolis, Brazil. I recorded the whole track from Nerthus at home. It opens with a gritty blues acoustic. I used open tuning and a slide.

How are you, man? Yeah, I'm good. I'm good. Where are you? I'm at home in Gothenburg, Sweden. Born here and I've been living here all my life. What got you excited about music when you were young? There are some pictures of me with the big headphones listening to my parents' albums. Apparently I was into music pretty early. But it wasn't like a musical family only. There were some records my dad used to sing when he was younger and my mom liked music, but she was not that good at taking notes.

You’ve had two different studios: One in the Poconos and now one in upstate New York. What was the catalyst for having a recording setup at home? I love the process of recording. I like to paint the picture, and having my own setup allows me to do that while inviting others to join in. I enjoy the connected effort of working with others. That's something you can have on stage within its chemistry, but certainly in the studio it's very collaborative.

Philadelphia’s Poison Ruïn emerged from the shadows in 2021, with two demo tapes of nervy and angular “dungeon punk” crudely recorded on budget gear. The brainchild of Mac Kennedy, the sole recording member of the band, they soon found a home at Relapse Records, and followed up with 2023’s acclaimed Härvest. Now Mac is back with Hymns From the Hills, bringing a newfound fidelity to the band’s sound while retaining the rough edges that brought so many fans into the fold.

Boy from Ohio goes to Guinea to study djembe drumming, boy meets girl in Chicago who studied in Mali, couple moves to New York for boy to follow Sxip Shirey in the Bindlestiff Family Circus, and couple builds a beautiful, world-class studio in a Hasidic neighborhood next door to a shul. We’ve all been there, right?

Columns » Gear Geeking » Issue #174 With online shopping being the norm for most of us, it's easy to forget that knowledgeable salespeople exist in the pro audio industry. Meanwhile, our recording rigs are composed of computers, interfaces, and software that interoperate using a dizzying array of technologies and protocols with cryptic names and acronyms.

In recent months, I did a bunch of mixing, including: An album for a hypnotic electronic duo, songs for a psychedelic band from Mexico, tracks for a local queer country singer, and a full record for a catchy punk band from Toronto. I was lucky to produce/engineer/mix a song for a kick-ass group described as "hardcore-adjacent" that have been on tour all over the U.S. I spent a day producing a song with a loveable artist with Down syndrome.