The mixtape is gone for most intents and purposes, but the idea of assembling a few tunes for one's friends is very much a thing of the present. Muxtape is the latest service we've seen that lets users assemble mixtape-like playlists online, and it might be our favorite.

It doesn't get any easier than this. Register with your email address (no confirmation required), upload up to twelve MP3s, and that's it. An online mixtape containing your songs will appear at the URL "username.muxtape.com" (their example. The only setting to deal with, at this point anyway, is the color of the text, which you specify via hexadecimal code.

Apparently, you're not supposed to upload "multiple songs from thesame album or artist or songs [you] do not have permission to letMuxtape use," but in our test

(a smattering of lesser-heard My Bloody Valentine tracks), copyrightedmaterial was not filtered out by audio fingerprint as it is with someother services.

"Accounts not meeting these restrictions are subject to terminationwithout notice," but if you want to throw together a few songs in thespirit of the mixtapes of yesteryear, Muxtape is an excellent way to doso, from what we've seen so far – aside from the fact that songsappear in the wrong order (the last song you upload ends up at the topof the list).

I put together a little My Bloody Valentine mix in honor of this summer's upcoming reunion tour, consisting of tracks from Isn't Anything and various EPs. If all goes well, I'll be reporting from one of their Glasgow shows this summer, which cannot come soon enough.

listeningpost.muxtape.com

(Thanks, Maggie

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