Comments on: Tally ho!

Tally ho!

snortlebort — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:19:51 -0800

Mixotheque is an mp3 blog that does some work for its readers: two songs posted every day (one "classic", one "rarity"), adding up to two well-planned mixes each month (to fit on 80min CDRs, one for newbies, one for collectors). Every mix has its own theme (and artwork, track description, etc.)

It caught my attention because the first month's theme is New Zealand rock, a sweet, occasionally noisy, rather inbred realm of the music world. Already posted are mp3s from the "big" names (like the Clean and the Verlaines) to the obscure-even-for-New-Zealand. The commentary so far has been both enlightening and personal, and a month of this will probably be both a decent education and a solid chunk of probably-new-to-you music.

By: snortlebort

snortlebort — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:21:53 -0800

oh crap. thought i caught it but didn't. here's the proper main link.

sorry, first post.

By: jonson

jonson — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:11:00 -0800

There had best be some Neil Finn on this New Zealand rock blog or I'm taking my mp3 blog reading business elsewhere!!!

By: gaspode

gaspode — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:15:55 -0800

Aaah the Doublehappys + Gordons + The Bats (north by north was the song that made me love music) + The Clean = my childhood.

By: jack_mo

jack_mo — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:59:57 -0800

There had best be some Dead C on this New Zealand rock blog or I'm taking my mp3 blog reading business elsewhere!!! So yell at me all you want, there won't be any DEAD C. Because I don't like them. Oh well. Good stuff, anyway, and a neat curatorial concept.

By: noizyboy

noizyboy — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:01:34 -0800

There had best be some Neil Finn on this New Zealand rock blog... Have some Split Enz (admittedly, Tim's song, as opposed to Neil's, but as close as you're gonna get, I think).

By: iamck

iamck — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:30:34 -0800

This is good. As a record digger, I've always wanted to share my finds with other people, but found the mp3 blog kind of cumbersome - mixes are where it's at.

By: kittyloop

kittyloop — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:52:22 -0800

best music scene ever...too bad about the lack of dead c, but very nice nonetheless. i'm curious to see where this will go next!

By: kalimac

kalimac — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:15:21 -0800

This is amazing. I'd just been hoping to find new music. Thanks for posting this :)

By: shoepal

shoepal — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:50:40 -0800

Chris Knox 7" from Forced Exposure #18. Rock on!

By: rob511

rob511 — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:00:06 -0800

I'm guessing that some Kiwi tunes are more familiar than many of us realize. For instance, this ad, which I imagine the whole world has seen umpteen times, uses music by Steriogram. (Warning: QT movie, loud volume)

By: tublecain

tublecain — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:26:03 -0800

I've never been big on the Clean, but anyone and everyone needs to check out the Chills. I'll have to keep checking this blog out. Maybe we'll get some Straitjacket Fits or Able Tasmans.

By: nola

nola — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 05:02:01 -0800

nice find snortlebort.

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:05:33 -0800

Great post, thanks...I'll be downloading most of this as soon as I get home from work. Here's a (self-) link for anyone who wants to hear some obscure Canadian music: Five Bucks On By-Tor.

By: klangklangston

klangklangston — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:30:53 -0800

Ha ha, you jerk. I was going to post this today, having seen a link through ILM. Good stuff, innit?

By: Razzle Bathbone

Razzle Bathbone — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:33:38 -0800

Bailter Space. One of those bands who I hated at first (though loved the Gordons) and have really grown to love.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:10:19 -0800

Sticky Filth at the Mushroom Ball '93. "Dinosaur Jr, Napalm Death and a revving chainsaw". You can try, but you'll never top it.

By: snortlebort

snortlebort — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:48:18 -0800

that Bailter Space track is SICK!

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:20:39 -0800

This is great; smart commentary, very cool selection.

By: rodii

rodii — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:57:27 -0800

Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine Verlaine... Thanks, great find. (gaspode, have you heard "At the National Grid"?)