Tape Op Magazine Feb/Mar '26 No. 171

In the February/March 2026 Issue:

• Jim-E Stack: Bon Iver, Lorde, Charli XCX, Aminé
• Emily A. Sprauge: synths & ambient music, Florist
• Liz Pelly: music streaming, artists, & recording
• Jeff Ziegler: Kurt Vile, The War on Drugs, Laraaji
• Will Killingsworth: Dead Air Studios, Orchid, Bucket Full of Teeth
• Pete Min: Lucy's Meat Market, Colorfield Records
• Outer Marker Records: DSD recording with D.W. Feam & the Hazelriggs
• Protecting Your Ear
• ...plus gear reviews!

The Creative Music Recording Magazine. Tape Op is about learning how to make great recordings with whatever tools you have access to. They interview engineers, producers, and musicians who are making great recordings. Interviewers sit down and talk with them at length and then run long, in-depth interviews. The reader becomes, in essence, the "tape op" hanging out in the studio and learning the trade from the seasoned vets working in the studio.