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Flop Eared Wireless -- What It Sounds Like By
Amanda
on March 27, 2008 3:43 PM | | Comments (26)

Thanks to Phineas I have leapt aboard the Muxtape bandwagon. Muxtape is bringing the mixtape (with a Kiwi accent, apparently) into the digital age. You can't download the songs -- which is good. Buy the records -- but you can listen. I slapped together a really very random collection of things I've listened to recently. I just got Justin Townes Earle's record today -- yes, that's Steve boy and it is completely wonderful. A non-disappointing Earle album in the '00s! Who'd a thought? More on it later.

My muxtape.

I highly recommend Phineas' muxtape too, particularly the Roosevelt song and the Dengue Fever song. Dengue Fever are a LA band who combine garage/surf rock with Cambodian pop and I've been listening to their album Venus on Earth a lot. It made me hungry for Red Curry Chicken, but I realise that's Thai. Would you believe there are only two Cambodian restaurants in Sydney? I simply don't, but nontheless that's what the innertubes say. That simply can't be right.

26 Comments

By Shaun

on March 27, 2008 11:51 PM

I've never heard of this before but it is very cool. And nice muxtape Amanda. I'll check Phinea's out as well.

I'll be sure to throw one together over the weekend.

Go the Eels!

By Shaun

on March 28, 2008 12:14 AM

And Joe Callicot? Nice. Get a copy of Mississippi Delta Blues Vol 2 if you can. Some great sides from Joe along with RL Burnside (playing acoustic) and Houston Stackhouse.

By Brendan

on March 28, 2008 3:39 AM

Holy crap! that's an awesome site. I'm gonna have to put a Tent Revue tape together this weekend.

I like that Mendoza Line tune a lot more than any of the song samples I've listened to. I might pick that one up. Thanks!

By Amanda

on March 28, 2008 1:13 PM

The Ghost World s/t had Callicot's Fare Thee Well Blues on it which is how I got into him. I got the record "Aint Gonna Lie to You" off eMu which has most of the songs on that Miss Delta collection.

Arhoolie is a bottomless well of treasures.

Full of Light and Fire is my fave Mendoza Line album I think. 30 Year Low from last year was very good too, although a bit close to the bone if you happening to have just turned 30 years old.

Go the Knights!!

By Shaun

on March 28, 2008 4:06 PM

The muxtape site is having a few teething issues. Seems they weren't expecting the increase in traffic.

By Amanda

on March 28, 2008 4:18 PM

Yeah, the muxtape blog is updating with progress
http://muxtape.tumblr.com/

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