Last fall, Muxtape, everyone’s favorite minimalist mixtape sharing site, announced that it was being reborn for bands-only after tangling with the RIAA (TMT News). This week, the new version of Muxtape officially launched, with help from Dan Deacon, of Montreal, and Girl Talk, among others.
Basically, Muxtape is a lot like MySpace’s music section, except with a filter. Instead of every sensitive jackass with an acoustic guitar and a penchant for covering Maroon 5 songs trying to friend you, Muxtape CEO and Founder Justin Ouellette has made the following promise:
Muxtape strives for simplicity and believes that music needs a clean, unobstrusive context. Artist pages will never be forced to display ads. The functionality of Muxtape will expand over time; in addition to streaming music, we will enable bands to easily sell downloads, issue tickets, create and sell merchandise, network with other bands and listeners, and track the way their music is being heard across the system. An API will be available to expand the platform even further.
Take that, MySpace Tom!
