Tiny Mix Tapes

November 7, 2009

Staff Page

Melissa Muenz

Writer

Most Recent Writing

RELEASE NEWS: Mirah Will Finally Let Us Know What A Four-Year Album Sounds Like

TOUR NEWS: New New Pornographers LP in the Works, New (AC) Newman Too

RELEASE NEWS: So Many Dynamos Deliver A Label/LP One-Two Punch

TOUR NEWS: Los Campesinos! Bring their New Album’s Fatalistic Glee to the Road! Oh, Man!

TOUR NEWS: of Montreal Pack Up Their Nooses and Shaving Cream Coffins For Overseas Tour

RELEASE NEWS: Colbert’s Next Publicity Plug Helps Contribute To The Growing Problem Of Christmas Festivities Starting Way Too Goddamn Early, Release EP to Coincide with His Christmas Special

TOUR NEWS: Owen Tours in an Effort to Remind Folks That You Don’t Need to Record Albums to Effectively Be A Downer

MISC NEWS: Joe The Plumber Stretches His Irrelevant 15 Minutes in an Effort to Worsen Country Music

TOUR NEWS: Frida Hyv�nen Hopes That Major East Coast Cities Will Love Her New Album

RELEASE NEWS: Justice Releases Live DVD Full of Tour Secrets and Puns

RELEASE NEWS: A Very Ween Christmas: Limited-Edition Coloring Book and Live CD/DVD Combo in Time for the Holidays

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Film

⇒ FILM REVIEWS:

The Yes Men Fix the World

Dir. Andy Bichlbaum & Mike Bonanno

⇒ DVD & DELOREAN:

Live at The Smell

Dir. Bob Bellerue

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• The House Of The Devil

Dir. Gast�n Solnicki

⇒ TMT CERBERUS:

TMT Cerberus 09

The Heart is a Droney Hunter

by Jspicer, Mangoon

⇒ ALL THAT IS SOLID:

All That Is Solid 08: Foundation Myths

What’s So Funny ’Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding?

by Brian Richardson

⇒ JAPAN THE BEATS:

by David Morris

tiny mix tapes cassette

• Fuck you meth head ex-neighbours, I’m moving into a real house with a porch and a backyard!!! Boo-ya!

• It’s raining and quiet, and I really just want to drive my car into this lake right now

• Songs that feel like theme music while walking down the street

• High and Dry: Songs that End too Soon

• Songs to make my parents feel awkward.

News

Friday, 11-06-2009

• Calexico Celebrate Dia de los Muertos on Website, Plan to Pelt Fans with Sugar Skulls on Upcoming Tour

• Grooms Embark On Fall Tour In Celebration Of Positive Tiny Mix Tapes Review

• Help Save Free Music in Good Ol’ Chi-Town

• DOOM EP to Feature Production by Thom Yorke, Dave Sitek, and J Dilla

• The Dutchess and The Duke to Go on Tour For, Like, Ever; Wait, Which One’s The Dutchess and Which One’s the Duke, Again?

Thursday, 11-05-2009

• Secret Copyright Treaty Leaks: Obama’s Reign of Terror Knows No Bounds

• Evangelista Cancels Chunk of U.S. Tour, Keeps Dates with Thrones

• Sonic Youth, WHO WERE ON GOSSIP GIRL, Return to the Stage

• Spoon New LP Is Coming Out in—OH MY GOD, It’s Still Not Out Yet???

• Not Enough Love to Go Around: Copyright Laws Prohibit Sublime’s Former Members from Using Band Name

Wednesday, 11-04-2009

• Grant Hart Is Coming to Your Town to Sing to You Personally! Well, Not Personally, But He’ll Be Singing!

• Radiohead to be Included in New Peter Gabriel Covers Project; Rivers Cuomo Jealous

• B-Rakes-ing Up Is Hard to Do: Brit Band in Split Shocka!

• Leonard Cohen Biography Coming Soon

Tuesday, 11-03-2009

• RJD2 Dons Fake Beard and Red Suit, Gives Away Free Stuff Weekly Until New LP Drops in 2010

• RIP: Norton Buffalo, harmonica player and longtime Steve Miller Band sessions musician

• Weezer Release Their Own Snuggie Blanket Today

• The Clash Set to Reissue London Calling

Monday, 11-02-2009

• Liars Confirm New LP for an Early 2010 Release, Sisterworld

• Q: Why Is Bill Callahan Going on Tour with Lights This December? A: So He Can See Through the (Smog)!

• Four Tet, Clinic, Maps, and Pram Make Guest Appearances on Comp to Benefit Homeless Population

• The Books Set to Premiere New Songs on Fall Tour

Mix Tape

• Chocolate Grinder Mix 21: "How Many Roads Must a Man Is Dust in the Wind"

by Brendan Mahoney

Systems Officer

Various Artists: Strut

Ze 30: Ze Records 1979-2009

by Chizzly St. Claw

⇒ INTERVIEWS:

"It’s pretty great to be able to come up with songs and have OJ’s legal team come play behind them."

by Chizzly St. Claw

Treasure Island 2009: The Adventures of Two TMT Writers at the Treasure Island Music Festival

Julian Lynch: "I kind of just shape what I like best, what sounds right to me at the time."

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⇒ LIVE BLOG:

• The Smith Westerns / Knight School / Fake Male Voice (Tunde from TV on the Radio) / mi-gu + Sean Lennon & Yuka Honda

[Bruar Falls; Brooklyn NY]

• The Almighty Defenders / Neon Indian / Cale Parks

[Root Studios; Brooklyn NY]

• Cymbals Eat Guitars / Real Estate / I Was King / Deastro / Ungdomskulen

[Santos Party House; New York, NY]

DeLorean

Pint Sized Spartacus

Your Naked Ghost Comes Back at Night

by Joe Hemmerling

Eureka!

by Elliott Sharp

Earthly Delights

by Chizzly St. Claw