10.08.2012

AMOUR & DISCIPLINE


In case you weren't already aware, this webzine does a much better job of articulating the legal and moral issues related to the culture of file-sharing and copyright in the digital age.


Also, this:

10.04.2012

EDITOR'S NOTE



Dear Readers,

For long-time followers and newcomers alike, let me assure you that all is well. HT took an extended break these past few months for reasons both personal and practical.

If you are a frequent consumer of music blogs like this one, then you're surely aware that, in the wake of the Megaupload take-down, Mediafire has been pruning itself of accounts that host copyrighted material. Many excellent blogs have suffered as a consequence. We hoped that by laying low and not adding new material, HT could avoid such a fate. Alas, this strategy proved naïve; Mediafire eventually suspended the account.

We are currently exploring alternative file-hosting sites, with an eye for something more secure, discreet and stable - if that is at all possible. It may take some time, but this site will eventually be back up, furnished with new links for old posts, and of course many new posts as well. In the meanwhile, let us refer you to the blog roll to the right of this column, and to the Boston Hassle.

We live in an exciting yet precarious time. Operating in a legal (and perhaps moral) grey area, we charter paths through unknown terrain amidst a dense fog generated by the meeting of new, evolving and revolutionary social media and unclear, often outmoded conceptions of personal property and copyright. SOPA was ill-formed and so deserved its fate, but it was conceived for real, weighty reasons. Digital technology and the internet have rendered our historical conception of copyright obsolete, and we must define a new version for our new age, together - or else we may lose everything.

Each time you download a file, we implore you to take a moment to consider the weight of your actions. Consider how amazing, how bold, and yet also how precarious this phenomenon truly is. If you care at all about what we do here, 'sharing' files and such, you have a responsibility and a duty to dwell on the principles operating behind these actions, and to form an opinion about this big, anomalous thing in which we all participate.

Until next time,

c

6.09.2012

CANKUN

Cankun
collaged tropfuzz dance-drones



tumblr  discog

Jaguar Dance (2011)

Ethiopian Dreams (2011)

Cankun / Holy Strays (2011)

Isalo Waterfalls (2012)




Vincent Caylet of Archers by the Sea

5.28.2012

BITCHIN BAJAS

Bitchin Bajas
resonant space-drone tranquility


site  discog

Tones / Zones (2010)
Water Wrackets (2011)

Bitchin Bajas / Faceplant (2011)

Vibraquatic (2012)
(w/ Olivia Wyatt)



5.26.2012

OS MUTANTES

Os Mutantes
fuzzy sweet tropicalia 


site  wiki  discog 

Os Mutantes (1968)

Mutantes (1969)

A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado (1970)

Jardim Electro (1971)

Mutantes E Seus Cometas No Pais Do Baurets (1972)

Everything is Possible! (1999)*

Technicolor (2005)





*compilation - a good place to start for the uninitiated


5.13.2012

BEAT HAPPENING

Beat Happening
sunny bedroom angst-pop

site  wiki  discog

Beat Happening (1985)*

Jamboree (1988)

Black Candy (1989)
Dreamy (1991)

Recorded Live in London (1991)
(split w/ The Vaselines)

You Turn Me On (1992)




*Reissue / expanded compilation of early and unreleased material 

4.22.2012

OOIOO

OOIOO
majestic chanted tribal frenzy

site  wiki

∞8∞ (1997)

Feather Float (1999)

Gold & Green (2000)

Kila Kila Kila (2004)

Taiga (2006)

OOEYEOO - EYE Remix (2007)

Armonico Hewa (2009) 




includes members of Boredoms.