How a New Orleans hip hop crew reinvented mixtape culture. It’s been said that the history of hip hop is told by the tape. It was cassettes, not records, that moved rap from a localized movement to music’s mainstream: traveling from parties, to trunks, to radio stations; crossing borders and sonic barriers as they exchanged…

Last month, we opened up BitTorrent Bundle to our first wave of Alpha publishers. (Welcome, guys!) Our goal is to build a durable (digital) platform for artists: a file format that becomes more valuable, each time it’s shared; a publishing architecture that lets you tell better stories. With BitTorrent Bundle, you can promote an album…

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. Noah T This Oklahoma alternative artist released three of his albums, including his first full-length Is Anybody Home?, free as a BitTorrent Bundle. It’s indie, ambient and sounds…

Plain White T’s hit Hey There Delilah became the soundtrack to a generation’s relationships. Their new single, The Giving Tree, will take its place on our playlists. The Giving Tree is a love song about love lost; an evolution of the band’s heartfelt sound. And today, the video debuts direct to fans as a BitTorrent…

On September 30th, Moby released innocents: his 11th studio album, and maybe, his most personal. A lo-fi, melodic meditation on vulnerability, it’s the record that he wanted to make. What you make of it is up to you. Today, we’re sharing the entire stem catalog from innocents as a BitTorrent Bundle. Download the Bundle, and…