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| commercial =| type = Music webzine| language =| registration = No| owner = Mr. P| author = Mr. P| launch_date = 2001-04-16USER=TINYMIXTAPES DATE=2020-01-06 LANGUAGE=EN ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20221111053911/HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/TINYMIXTAPES/STATUS/1214256461330538497 URL-STATUS=LIVE, | revenue = }}Tiny Mix Tapes (also TMT or tinymixtapes) is an online music and film webzine that 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 its mixtape generator.

History

Originally called Tiny Mixtapes Gone to HeavenWEB,www.tinymixtapes.com/, Tiny Mix Tapes Homepage, August 6, 2018, {{dead link|date=August 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and hosted on GeoCities, the webzine moved to its current domain in 2001. Tiny Mix Tapes is a featured reviewer on Metacritic.WEB The writing staff is composed of volunteers who often use pen names (such as “Wolfman,” “Mango Starr,” “Chizzly St. Claw,” and “Filmore Mescalito Holmes“). Some contributors, like Rebecca ArmendarizWEB,www.theguardian.com/profile/rebecca-armendariz, Rebecca Armendariz | the Guardian, TheGuardian.com, and Alex Brown,WEB,www.tinymixtapes.com/writer/alex+brown, TMT Writer, go by their real names. Its cofounder and editor-in-chief is Minneapolis-resident Marvin LinWEB,www.goupstate.com/news/20050213/the-mix-has-been-nixed, The mix has been nixed!, (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.WEB They have been cited by The Guardian, among other publications.WEB,www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/04/kathleen-hanna-miley-cyrus-riot-grrl-collaborate, Riot GRRRL legend Kathleen Hanna tells Miley Cyrus she wants to collaborate, TheGuardian.com, 4 August 2014, On January 6, 2020, Tiny Mix Tapes announced it was taking a “much-needed hiatus”.WEB,pitchfork.com/news/tiny-mix-tapes-goes-on-hiatus/, Tiny Mix Tapes Goes on Hiatus, Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork, 6 January 2020,

Content

Tiny Mix Tapes offers news, music reviews, movie reviews, and columns. The “DeLorean“WEB Similarly, “Eureka“WEB There is also a features section devoted to interviews, articles, festival reviews, as well as a “Live Blog,” in which writers review live music shows. In 2009, Tiny Mix Tapes added a “columns” section.As of 2008, Tiny Mix Tapes started 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

The Automatic Mix Tape Generator,WEB

Chocolate Grinder

At the beginning of 2009, Tiny Mix Tapes began a feature podcast called Chocolate 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.WEB, Tiny Mix Tapes: Chocolate Grinder, tinymixtapes.com,www.tinymixtapes.com/-Chocolate-Grinder-, 2009-05-05, dead,www.tinymixtapes.com/-Chocolate-Grinder-," title="web.archive.org/web/20090501221049www.tinymixtapes.com/-Chocolate-Grinder-,">web.archive.org/web/20090501221049www.tinymixtapes.com/-Chocolate-Grinder-, May 1, 2009, The tracks are posted for stream or download in a single continuous file with a unique name. Currently, Chocolate Grinder remains a staple of Tiny Mix Tapes{{’}} daily media content, which includes videos, music streams, Internet premieres, interactive websites, and the like.

Benefit Compilation

In April 2009, the site began selling a benefit compilation CD/LP to benefit the victims of the War in Darfur. It featured 11 exclusive songs.

Humor and politics

On March 30, 2007, Tiny Mix Tapes announced it was hosting a festival in Minnesota. At this festival, long-since dissolved indie band Neutral Milk Hotel were billed to be “reuniting all over your Cheerios” as the headlining act. Amidst a blog flurry,WEB

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! Year! Artist! Album!Top 5 Albums! SourcePanda Bear (musician)>Panda Bear Person Pitchstart=2 |list_style_type=decimal | Radiohead - In RainbowsBattles (band)>Battles - Mirrored| Animal Collective - Strawberry JamDeerhunter - Cryptograms (album)>Cryptograms}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-03 LANGUAGE=EN, Deerhunter>| Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. (tie)start=2 |list_style_type=decimal Portishead (band)>Portishead - Third| TV on the Radio - Dear ScienceFleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (album)>Fleet Foxes| The Music Tapes - Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-03 LANGUAGE=EN, Animal Collective>Merriweather Post Pavilion (album)>Merriweather Post Pavilion start=2 |list_style_type=decimal | Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca| Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions| Oneohtrix Point Never - Zones Without People| Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-03 LANGUAGE=EN, |2010Zs (band)>Zs|New Slavesstart=2 |list_style_type=decimal | Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Before TodaySwans (band)>Swans - My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky| Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma| Big Boi - (Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty)}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-03 LANGUAGE=EN, Oneohtrix Point Never>Replica (Oneohtrix Point Never album)>Replicastart=2 |list_style_type=decimal James Blake (musician)>James Blake - James Blake| 3. Colin Stetson - (New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges)The Caretaker (musician)>The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World| 5. DJ Diamond - Flight Muzik}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-03 LANGUAGE=EN, Scott Walker (singer)>Scott Walker Bish Boschstart=2 |list_style_type=decimal Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland - Black Is Beautiful (Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland album)>Black Is BeautifulSwans (band)>Swans - The Seer| Mount Eerie - Clear Moon / Ocean Roar (tie)Laurel Halo - Quarantine (Laurel Halo album)>Quarantine}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-03 LANGUAGE=EN, Oneohtrix Point Never>| R Plus Sevenstart=2 |list_style_type=decimal Dean Blunt - The Redeemer (album)>The Redeemer| Julia Holter - Loud City SongPharmakon (music)>Pharmakon - Abandon| Kanye West - Yeezus}}WEBSITE=TINYMIXTAPES, Dean Blunt>Black Metal (Dean Blunt album)>Black Metalstart=2 |list_style_type=decimal Grouper (musician)>Grouper - Ruins| GFOTY - Secret MixScott Walker (singer)>Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused| 5. Kevin Drumm & Jason Lescalleet - The Abyss}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-03 LANGUAGE=EN, Arca (musician)>Arca Mutantstart=2 |list_style_type=decimal | Young Thug - Barter 6James Ferraro - Skid Row (James Ferraro album)>Skid Row| Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly| Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-03 LANGUAGE=EN, Dean Blunt#As_Part_of_Babyfather>Babyfather BBF Hosted By DJ Escrowstart=2 |list_style_type=decimal | Lolina - Live in Paris| Kanye West - The Life of PabloArca (musician)>Arca - EntrañasFrank Ocean - Blonde (Frank Ocean album)>Blonde / Endless (tie)}}URL=HTTPS://WWW.TINYMIXTAPES.COM/FEATURES/2016-FAVORITE-50-MUSIC-RELEASES WEBSITE=TINY MIX TAPES, en, Mount Eerie>| A Crow Looked at Mestart=2 |list_style_type=decimal | Yves Tumor - Experiencing the Deposit of FaithArca (musician)>Arca - Arca| Charli XCX - Number 1 AngelKlein (musician)>Klein - Tommy}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-03 LANGUAGE=EN, Sophie (musician)>Sophie Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insidesstart=2 |list_style_type=decimal | Yves Tumor - Safe in the Hands of Love| Lolina - The SmokeCharli XCX - Pop 2 (mixtape)>Pop 2Tirzah (musician)>Tirzah - Devotion}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-03 LANGUAGE=EN, {| class=“wikitable” style="font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.5em;“|+!Decade!Artist!Album!Top 5 Albums!Source|2000s|Radiohead|Kid Astart=2 |list_style_type=decimal | Animal Collective - Sung TongsLightning Bolt (band)>Lighting Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow| Madvillain - MadvillainyThe Microphones - Mount Eerie (album)>Mount Eerie}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-26 LANGUAGE=EN, |2010sOneohtrix Point Never>Chuck Person|Chuck Person’s Eccojams Vol. 1start=2 |list_style_type=decimal Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland - Black Is Beautiful (Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland album)>Black Is Beautiful| Kanye West - YeezusSophie (musician)>Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides| DJ Rashad - Just a Taste Vol. 1}}ACCESS-DATE=2024-04-26 LANGUAGE=EN,

References

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External links

• Tiny Mix Tapes website
• The Guardian: “The Guide: www.tinymixtapes.com/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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