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Tiny Mix Tapes

Tiny Mix Tapes(alsoTMTortinymixtapes) is an onlinemusicandfilmwebzinethat focuses primarily on new music and related news. In addition to its reviews, it is noted for its subversive, political, and sometimes surreal news, as well as a podcast and itsmixtapegenerator.

Tiny Mix Tapes
Type of site
Musicwebzine
OwnerMr. P
Created byMr. P
URLtinymixtapes
RegistrationNo
Launched2001-04-16
Current statusOn Hiatus[1]

History

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Originally calledTiny Mixtapes Gone to Heaven[2]and hosted onGeoCities,the webzine moved to its current domain in 2001.Tiny Mix Tapesis a featured reviewer onMetacritic.[3]

The writing staff is composed of volunteers who often usepen names(such as "Wolfman," "Mango Starr," "Chizzly St. Claw," and "Filmore Mescalito Holmes" ). Some contributors, like Rebecca Armendariz[4]and Alex Brown,[5]go by their real names. Its cofounder andeditor-in-chiefisMinneapolis-resident Marvin Lin[6](who writes as "Mr. P" ). The music reviews, features, news, film, comics, and the "DeLorean", "Cerberus", and "Automatic Mix Tapes" columns are edited by "Jay," "Gumshoe," "Dan Smart," Benjamin Pearson, "Keith Kawaii," "JSpicer," "Trillian," and "Pliny the Elder," respectively.[7]

They have been cited byThe Guardian,among other publications.[8]

On January 6, 2020,Tiny Mix Tapesannounced it was taking a "much-needed hiatus".[9]

Content

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Tiny Mix Tapesoffers news, music reviews, movie reviews, and columns. The "DeLorean"[10]section reviews music released beforeTiny Mix Tapesbegan that may no longer be popular, albums that the writer believes are "classic" or influential, or older music that is significant to the writer.

Similarly, "Eureka"[11]consists of reviews highlighted by the site as particularly noteworthy or exciting.

There is also a features section devoted to interviews, articles, festival reviews, as well as a "Live Blog," in which writers reviewlive musicshows. In 2009,Tiny Mix Tapesadded a "columns" section.

As of 2008,Tiny Mix Tapesstarted reviewing films and now has a section devoted to it. This section also includes features on filmmakers and other numerous subjects within the medium.

The Automatic Mix Tape Generator

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The Automatic Mix Tape Generator,[12][13]or AMG, was created to offer two-way communication with the website. Started in 2002, readers may submit a title or the theme for amixtape,and a group of volunteers (called the "Mix Robots" ) will compile a track list. Due to the large volume of requests as well as request redundancy, not all requests are filled. The "Mix Robots" produce and submit track lists fulfilling the request as they interpret it. Mixtape track lists are then available on the website. Most of the songs on the mix tapes come from indie or underground bands/musicians. In 2008, Trillian, the AMG editor, was onTalk of the Nationtalk radioprogram to discussValentine's Daymixes.[14]

Chocolate Grinder

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At the beginning of 2009,Tiny Mix Tapesbegan a feature podcast calledChocolate Grinder.Published approximately twice a month, each installment sees a writer collecting ten brand new tracks they want to shed light on and mix it as a continuous stream or download.[15]The tracks are posted for stream or download in a single continuous file with a unique name. Currently,Chocolate Grinderremains a staple ofTiny Mix Tapes'daily media content, which includes videos, music streams, Internet premieres, interactive websites, and the like.

Benefit Compilation

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In April 2009, the site began selling a benefit compilationCD/LPto benefit the victims of theWar in Darfur.It featured 11 exclusive songs.

Humor and politics

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On March 30, 2007,Tiny Mix Tapesannounced it was hosting a festival inMinnesota.At this festival, long-since dissolved indie bandNeutral Milk Hotelwere billed to be "reuniting all over yourCheerios"as the headlining act. Amidst a blog flurry,[16]and articles disputing the legitimacy of the event inBillboard[17]and Prefix,[18]the festival was revealed as an earlyApril Fool's Dayjoke later the same day.[19]

Album of the Year

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Year Artist Album Top 5 Albums Source
2007 Panda Bear Person Pitch [20]
2008 Deerhunter Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.(tie) [21]
2009 Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion [22]
2010 Zs New Slaves [23]
2011 Oneohtrix Point Never Replica [24]
2012 Scott Walker Bish Bosch [25]
2013 Oneohtrix Point Never R Plus Seven [26]
2014 Dean Blunt Black Metal
  1. Grouper-Ruins
  2. GFOTY- Secret Mix
  3. Scott Walker&Sunn O)))-Soused
  4. 5.Kevin Drumm& Jason Lescalleet - The Abyss
 		[27]
2015 Arca Mutant [28]
2016 Babyfather BBF Hosted By DJ Escrow [29]
2017 Mount Eerie A Crow Looked at Me
  1. Yves Tumor- Experiencing the Deposit of Faith
  2. Arca-Arca
  3. Charli XCX-Number 1 Angel
  4. Klein-Tommy
 		[30]
2018 Sophie Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides [31]
Decade Artist Album Top 5 Albums Source
2000s Radiohead Kid A [32]
2010s Chuck Person Chuck Person's Eccojams Vol. 1 [33]

References

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  1. ^Tiny Mix Tapes [@tinymixtapes](2020-01-06)."Thanks for reading Tiny Mix Tapes. After nearly two decades of publishing, we have decided this is the ideal time to take a much-needed hiatus. TMT has always essentially been a passion project, made possible only through your readership. Big thank you for everything. <3 https://t.co/R1U21qmQQ0"(Tweet).Archivedfrom the original on 2022-11-11.Retrieved2022-12-05– viaTwitter.
  2. ^"Tiny Mix Tapes Homepage".RetrievedAugust 6,2018.[dead link‍]
  3. ^"About Metascores".metacritic.Retrieved2009-05-05.
  4. ^"Rebecca Armendariz | the Guardian".TheGuardian.
  5. ^"TMT Writer".
  6. ^"The mix has been nixed!".
  7. ^"Tiny Mix Tapes: About".tinymixtapes.Retrieved2012-01-30.
  8. ^"Riot GRRRL legend Kathleen Hanna tells Miley Cyrus she wants to collaborate".TheGuardian.4 August 2014.
  9. ^"Tiny Mix Tapes Goes on Hiatus".Pitchfork.6 January 2020.
  10. ^"Tiny Mix Tapes: Delorean Reviews".tinymixtapes.Retrieved2009-05-05.
  11. ^"Tiny Mix Tapes: Eureka! Reviews".tinymixtapes.Retrieved2009-05-05.
  12. ^"The Automatic Mix Tapes Generator".tinymixtapes.Retrieved2009-05-05.
  13. ^Salda, Matt (2007-05-21)."How to Make the Perfect Mix Tape".esquire.Retrieved2009-11-13.
  14. ^"A Valentine's Mix Tape from 'Talk Of The Nation'".NPR.org.NPR.Retrieved2009-05-05.
  15. ^"Tiny Mix Tapes: Chocolate Grinder".tinymixtapes. Archived fromthe originalon May 1, 2009.Retrieved2009-05-05.
  16. ^Vegan, Brooklyn."Neutral Milk Hotel reuniting for Tiny Mix Tapes fest?".brooklynvegan.Retrieved2009-05-05.
  17. ^Cohen, Jonathan (2007-03-30)."Neutral Milk Hotel Not Reuniting For Festival".Billboard.Retrieved2009-05-05.
  18. ^Zeiss, John (2007-03-30)."Let the musical April Fools jokes begin".prefixmag.Retrieved2009-05-05.
  19. ^"Tiny Mix Fest 2007 Cancelled!".tinymixtapes. 2007-03-30. Archived fromthe originalon 2009-12-08.Retrieved2009-05-05.
  20. ^"2007: Tiny Mix Tapes Favorite Albums of 2007".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  21. ^"2008: Tiny Mix Tapes Favorite Albums of 2008".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  22. ^"2009: Favorite 50 Albums of 2009 (10-01)".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  23. ^"2010: Favorite 50 Albums of 2010 (10-01)".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  24. ^"2011: Favorite 50 Albums of 2011".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  25. ^"2012: Favorite 50 Albums of 2012".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  26. ^"2013: Favorite 50 Albums of 2013".Tinymixtapes.
  27. ^"2014: Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  28. ^"2015: Favorite 50 Music Releases".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  29. ^"2016: Favorite 50 Music Releases".Tiny Mix Tapes.2016-12-03.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  30. ^"2017: Favorite 50 Music Releases".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  31. ^"2018: Favorite 50 Music Releases".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-03.
  32. ^"Favorite 100 Albums of 2000-2009: 20-01".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-26.
  33. ^"2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade".Tiny Mix Tapes.Retrieved2024-04-26.
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  • Tiny Mix Tapes website
  • The Guardian:"The Guide: tinymixtapes /amg", by Johnny Dee, June 4, 2005
  • Herald-Journal(Spartanburg, SC):"The mix has been nixed!",by Alexander Morrison, February 13, 2005
  • Concord Monitor (NH):"Mixtape madness", by Vanessa Valdes, June 16, 2006
  • Malay Mail(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia): "Playlist", September 21, 2005
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