Secure messaging client Bleep now allows for asynchronous chat. Communicating privately with your friends, coworkers and family isn’t easy as you may think. While sending a “private” message may seem secure, the reality is that message still lives on a server somewhere, remaining vulnerable to third-party infiltration. In the past year alone, we have seen…

Net neutrality is the way to keep independent artists on a level playing field with corporate music. The most remarkable thing about music in 2014 is its diversity. To follow the Top 40 is to just barely scratch the surface of what it means to listen. As Steve Albini noted in his keynote speech at…

The UK metal act’s new BitTorrent Bundle features hours of live concert video, behind-the-scenes footage, music videos and extras. After a year of touring around the globe, Asking Alexandria is wrapping up 2014 with their debut live DVD release Live From Brixton and Beyond, available today on Sumerian Records on BitTorrent Bundle. Filmed at the…

The team behind the upcoming Internet freedom doc share the new film in an open discussion with Techdirt, EFF, Engine, and more. The last days of 2014 also, in some ways, feel like the last days of the Internet. Our network is under attack. Basic human rights online have been threatened by surveillance and censorship….

A first look at the Asking Alexandria BitTorrent Bundle out December 15th. Too much of rock follows a formula. But bands like Asking Alexandria have made their mark, on their own terms: with a furious brand of heavy metal that would have made the 80s Sunset Strip proud. To cap off a year of touring…