Little Boots on Muxtape.
With internet music startups crumbling all around us, we at Muxtape feel the only way not to lose the game is not to play at all. Instead, we’ve decided to leverage our brand in a completely tangential market where the content can’t be shackled by bothersome copyrights or complicated patents, which is why we’re introducing Musktape—the new scent from the creators of Muxtape. Limited to 12 sprays and available in every possible color, each bottle of Musktape is slightly different from the last. Available exclusively at fine retail outlets today. (Note: may evaporate mysteriously in 6 months.)
New on Muxtape: Anamanaguchi - So Bored (Wavves Cover)
“Striking (Live at the White Room 2006)”
francisandthelights.muxtape.com
Every Monday for the next 11 weeks, a new “alternate version” will be added to the Francis and the Lights Muxtape. Once there, scroll down to see/stream.
Muxtape launched one year ago this morning.
The opposite of Muxtape
We’re very excited to announce two more additions to the Muxtape test group:
DM Stith has an album called Heavy Ghost coming next Tuesday on Asthmatic Kitty Records (Sufjan Stevens, I Heart Lung, My Brightest Diamond…) His music is unique, haunting modern folk; simultaneously intimate and huge, bitter and sweet. AK is streaming the whole album from Muxtape for a limited time.
Black Lips just released 200 Million Thousand on Vice Records. Hailing from Atlanta and having a reputation for live shows that include “vomiting, urination, nudity, band members kissing, Power Wheels races, fireworks, a chicken, and flaming guitars”, they recently fled the city of Chennai on fear of arrest during their tour of India.
We’re getting closer and closer to rolling out the next phase of Muxtape, during which we’ll be inviting hundreds of bands we don’t know and asking them to invite their friends, too. In the meantime we’ve got a few more test group artists up our sleeve, look for those in the coming weeks.
Normative.com has a new store! We are committed to innovation: now, you can buy our products!
- Pre-order Anamanaguchi’s new album, DAWN METROPOLIS!
- Buy new 7” vinyl singles from Reggie Watts and Vulture Realty!
- See our artists up-close in a new video!
- Read about how cool we think Francis is!
Designed and built by Mr. Muxtape, we hope it immerses the shit out of you.
(via francisandthelights)
Actual screenshot from MySpace taken yesterday. That’s an ad asking whether or not you are “dumb”, covering up someone’s music.
Muxtape will never run ads on your band’s profile.
The Black Lips
…have a new album coming out on the 24th called 200 Million Thousand and will be participating in the next round of Muxtape beta artists with a mix of new and old stuff. They’re also holding a contest to design their Muxtape profile page. Simply submit your best design (use 300px squares!) to the Black Lips Flickr group and the best one will be chosen on February 20th. Good luck!
Tape Cassette Inserts, incredible set on Flickr
Seriously, there’s not a single gamelan player who reads this blog?
The next person to email us who is a real gamelan player gets a spot in the next round of 12 beta artists (must be gamelan music!)
