There’s something about tangible music that the digital world simply can’t touch. Whether that’s putting a new record on the turntable, popping a shiny CD out of its jewel case or clicking a tape into ...

If you grew up making mixtapes, you probably remember the unique experience of carefully choosing songs and recording them just right. It was more than just sharing music—it was about expressing ...

As any beleaguered All Songs Considered intern will tell you, we get a ton of mail, from bushels of CDs and press releases to the occasional care package from listeners. A guy once sent us a shoebox ...

Mixtape is a lot of things. It’s energetic, it’s nostalgic, it’s outrageously itself, it’s big in small ways and small in big ways. It’s punk rock. It’s a synth ballad. It’s a piano melody and an ...

When you’re feeling depressed, sometimes there’s nothing better than listening to a sad song to validate your current state of misery. For many of us who were drawn into the late ‘90s and ‘00s emo ...

Portland is full to her hilt with incredibly talented queer musicians and artists! This here mixtape is a love letter to all the queer creators of Portland past, present, and future. This obviously ...