In this edition of Staff Picks: the Simmerkane II Bundle from songwriter and founding member of Dispatch and State Radio, Chadwick Stokes.  Originally released in 2011, Simmerkane II is a collection of songs inspired by Stokes’ time spent hopping freight trains through the backwoods and small towns of the United States.  Stokes assumes the ever…

Friday Download is dedicated to curating the best download-able objects on the web, courtesy of BitTorrent Bundle Publishers. In this edition of Friday Download: Wild Ones, a five-piece dream pop outfit from Portland, OR who have recently signed with Topshelf Records, a seemingly ideal label for the band that has operated themselves as a DIY…

In which we go behind the scenes of the first installment of FORM, a new live performance platform curated by Hundred Waters. Download and listen. We fall in love with songs because they’re more than audio. They are experience, and they are intention. The Internet is the world’s wall of sound. It’s also reduced recording…

Ryan Holiday BitTorrent Bundle puts a lens on the art and craft of persistence. “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” — Marcus Aurelius They call us The Obstacle Is the Way, the new book from media strategist and growth hacker Ryan Holiday, is a practical guide to…

In this edition of Staff Picks: a “past futuristic rhyme animal”. French rapper Mattic blends touches of jazz and classic soul to create a hip hop aesthetic that is just as much a throwback as it is a step forward. The Intro to Dr. Outer bundle provides a taste of what can be found on…