Tiny Mix Tapes

July 19, 2008

Alejandro Escovedo

The Real Tuesday Weld

The End of the World

Doleful Lions

by Joe Davenport

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Take Refuge in Clean Living

by Split Foster

by LarryFitzmaurice

Archive by Date

DeLorean

Like Flies on Sherbert

by Jason P. Woodbury

Milo Goes to College

by Ryan Sherwood

Eureka!

Friendship Nation

by Joe Davenport

tiny mix tapes cassette

• Songs robots listen to when they’re alone

• Music For The Headphones On My Girlfriend’s Belly. I Want My Kid to Know How Beautiful This World Can Be.

• The Last 12 Songs that Made Phil Elverum Cry (excluding "The Moon")

• I need wedding reception music that doesn’t suck.

• Songs by Sexy Bearded Men

Staff Page

Nick Porter

Film Writer

Most Recent Writing

FILM REVIEWS: WALL-E - Dir. Andrew Stanton

FILM REVIEWS: Mongol - Dir. Sergei Bodrov

FILM REVIEWS: Redbelt - Dir. David Mamet

Film

⇒ FILM REVIEWS:

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Dir. Marina Zenovich

by Carla Pisarro

⇒ FILM REVIEWS:

Full Battle Rattle

Dir. Tony Gerber and Jesse Moss

by The Friz

• FILM REVIEWS:

Gunnin’ for That #1 Spot

Dir. Adam Yauch

• FILM REVIEWS:

Dir. Jay and Mark Duplass

⇒ INTERVIEWS:

"Putting all this pressure on a song to change culture is impossibly big for a song."

by David Harris

⇒ LIVE REVIEWS:

[Mann Center; Philadelphia, PA]

by David Harris

⇒ INTERVIEWS:

"I would like to do it cryogenic style, but people say I’m already too cold-hearted as it is."

by LarryFitzmaurice

• LIVE REVIEWS:

Jonathan Richman Four-Night Album Release Party

[Make-Out Room; San Francisco, CA]

• INTERVIEWS:

"I’d choose an elephant."

News

Friday, 07-18-2008

• Black Dice Schedule Fall Dates, New Album in 2009

• Chris Schlarb to Perform Twilight and Ghost Stories in Its Entirety in San Francisco and Austin

• Best Buy To Sell Albums by Local and Unsigned Artists; The Laughter of a Child Still The “Best Buy” Of All

• They Never Drew First, But They Drew First Blood: Not-So-Young Guns Universal and MasterCard Join Forces in Downloading Initiative

• Swedish Invasion, Round 3: Jose Gonzalez Takes on America — Well, Part of It

• MusicFest NW Music Festival: Tickets are cheap and there are actually bands worth seeing!

Thursday, 07-17-2008

• Scott Walker Produces Concert Cloaked in Mystery/Lack of Information!

• Mobb Deep Sue Former Manager Over Unpaid Royalties; Manager "Shook"

• The Howling Hex Got a Little Earth Junk in the Trunk, Courtesy of Drag City Records

• Beck Announces Vinyl Release, Adds More Tourdates; Danger Mouse Not to be Directly Involved with Either

• Nick Cave Sounds Better in 5.1, Right?

• Ryan Adams Announces Tourdates, Cancels Tourdates to Mope Over Breakup With Mandy Moore, Re-Announces Dates After Record Company Forces Him To

• [UPDATED] My Life in the Bush of Whoa! David Byrne and Brian Eno Confirm First Set of Autumn Tourdates; Byrne to Self-Release New Album with Eno!

Wednesday, 07-16-2008

• Magnetic Fields to Embark on Second U.S. Tour of 2008 in October

• Vision Creation New Shoes: Boredoms (ボアダムス) Team with NIKE (NYSE: NKE) to Present "88BoaDrum"

• Think You’re Tough? Think You Can Stomach Predictable Headlines? Try Some of This: We’re Happy When it Rains Jesus and Mary Chain Box Sets!

• HUSH Records Celebrates 10th Anniversary with a FREE Compilation!

• ACL Fest Hosts Online BOTB; Relive High School, Vote Now, Vote Often

• of Montreal Announce Tourdates; Skeletal Lamping Cover Features a Cartoon of My Hairdresser Naked; Let’s Go Outback Tonight

Tuesday, 07-15-2008

• Hellig Lort! Slottsfjell Festival to Take Place in Two Days!

• Broken Social Scene Whore Themselves Out Once More with Tour

• Comcast Ordered to Stop Interfering with BitTorrent Traffic, Faces FCC Sanctions

• Bodies of Water Considering Changing Name to "Bodies in Motion" to Coincide with Forthcoming Tour; Stubbornly Refuses to Change Name to Zippy "Bodies Release Album"

• Oasis Unfurl a Red Velvet Tapestry Containing Tracklist and Title for New LP Written in Solid Gold Thread; That’s How Fancy, Awesome and British Oasis [Still] Is

• Peanut Butter Wolf to Play 8 Shows in 8 days at 8 Clubs, Me to Eat 8 Peanut Butter Sandwiches

• Gang Gang Dance Set to Release New Album, Saint Dymphna, on The Social Registry and Warp

Monday, 07-14-2008

• The Best Is Ready to Begin, New Growing Album in September!

• Daniel Dove, BitTorrent Extraordinaire, Faces Ten Years of Not Being One (In Jail)

• The Verve to Release Forth; Forth To Apparently Include Ten Tracks That Are Not “Bitter Sweet Symphony”

• Cold War Kids Tour, Announce New Album; TMT Sets You Straight on “Kids” Bands

• Ariel Pink Tours: With or Without Farty Armpit Sounds?

• Team Clermont Announces Summer Camp Festival Lineup, Featuring Music, Kickball, Scavenger Hunt, and Four Square!

• “The City That Knows How”.. to Steal Your Shit: Maria Taylor’s Van Robbed in San Francisco, People Suck