As the web’s most vigilant and outspoken piracy hub, The Pirate Bay is still going strong despite deliberate copyright flouting, jail sentences and fines. The site has vigilantly resisted opposition for so long now that…
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Band of Blogs: Oliver Tank, Trust, Fun & Chromatics
The best music culled from the music blogosphere this week. Oliver Tank Daydreaming folk songs played with modern instruments is 21 year-old Sydney musician Oliver Tank’s modus operandi. His emotive rasp is reason enough to…
Band of Blogs: Sophia Knapp, SpaceGhostPurrp, Hundred Waters & Burial
Sophia Knapp Soft acoustics and the gentle timbre introduce the music of Sophia Knapp on Close To Me, a singer with New York band Cliffie Swan who has gone solo. Bright key notes and funky…
Outsourcing music videos to India and the most successful Kickstarter campaign yet?
We’re all familiar with the concept of multi-national corporations outsourcing to India but artists? That’s what Ontario singer-songwriter Drew Smith decided to do for his latest music video. After a English language student of his,…
Band of Blogs: THEESatisfaction, Julia Holter, John Talabot & NCAD Girl
THEESatisfaction Swagged out Seattle duo Stasia Irons and Catherine Harris-Whit bring some old school soul and funk vibes to their futuristic hip-hop grooves on QueenS. The duo will be on a European tour in May…
How to fix the SOPA problem – one solution
If there’s one good thing about the potential threats of SOPA and ACTA, it’s that their appearances have prompted searches for solutions to the problems that they may bring. A potential solution that caught my…
Irish SOPA, ACTA & Sherlock: innovation is real the loser
While last week’s protest over Minister Sean Sherlock’s proposed copyright amendments to law which may lead to court injunctions that force ISPs to block websites suspected of copyright infringement gathered over 75,000 signatures in a…
Band of Blogs: Chairlift, Tennis, Miike Snow & No Ceremony
Chairlift The big blog buzz of the week (besides Lana Del Rey think pieces of course) is for Chairlift’s second album Something, a gratifying collection of ’80s synth and new wave sounds paired with Caroline…
