Staff Picks is dedicated to surfacing the best music, film, and art downloads on the Internet; digitally handmade by BitTorrent Publishers. Read on for this week’s finds. BitTorrent was founded to support certain freedoms. The right to speak. The right to connect. The right to create. The right to an open Internet, and a better…
Somewhere Else is also right here. The electronic duo shares unreleased tracks, video, and art back with fans. Zeds Dead is DC and Hooks: a Toronto-based electronic production team who build bass, and drops, and basically, their own scene. What started in free shows — BassMentality, before it was A Thing — is now something…
A new documentary examines the life and work of Aaron Swartz, and the digital freedoms worth fighting for. In partnership with the filmmakers: a first look.
It’s killa season. Almost. It’s been five years since Cam’ron released his last studio album. Not that he’s been gone. His Instagram is required reading. His face is (still) on socks. His work is what’s debated in thinkpieces on The State of Hip Hop: “waxing hyperbolic about Cam’ron’s greatness has become a sport in and…
A short interview with Evan Husney. 2014 started with a referendum on the indie film industry. The New York Times called for an end to overproduction. Salon called independent film America’s next Wal-Mart. The problem with the movies in the digital age, we’re increasingly told, is that there are too many of them. It sounds…
The EST 19XX rapper releases his first official EP, Old Lights New Lights. We go inside the album with a new music Bundle, plus the chance to win tickets to meet Dub-O at EST FEST. The landscape of hip hop is something that we oversimplify; as if Southern rap is a single sound, as if…
The fiercely independent singer-songwriter reveals new live recordings. Listen up. Dallas Green always knew he wanted to write music and sing. He began recording songs under the name City and Colour. Four albums later, he’s a platinum recording artist; playing shows and festivals all over the world. This April, crowds enjoyed his stellar Coachella performance….
Independent filmmaker / guest blogger Bojan Dulabic breaks down BitTorrent Bundle. Herewith, his advice on using BitTorrent in your movie marketing mix. This article was originally posted on May 22, 2014 in Filmmaking Stuff. From Bojan: I’m in the middle of self distributing my feature film, Living Life or Waiting to Die. If you’re in…
New BitTorrent Bundle explores the untold story of the storied hip hop label, in music, art, and film from the new documentary, Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton, out today on iTunes. Stones Throw Records started out as a eulogy; an imprint formed in 1996 by Chris Manak (Peanut Butter Wolf) to posthumously publish the work…
The electronic avant folk outfit reveals upcoming album tracks and art on BitTorrent Bundle. “Make art that is unclassifiable.” Hundred Waters explains their mission to us. And it rings true. In a world where creativity is planned and tagged; where discovery is programmed out, where franchises rule: the avant folk outfit is a beautiful outlier.