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Three years is a long time for anything, but it is especially long for a torrenting website. Today we've managed to reach that milestone, and yet it still seems to lose significance when compared to other statistics. We are approaching 1 million torrents, have almost 200,000 perfect FLACs, and have managed to fill almost 60,000 requests for music. However, those numbers hide the most important part of the site. We have more users than 40 countries have citizens, and it is that which makes us great. In the end, regardless of user class, we are all here because we love music and because we want to share that love. We have, as a community, put in countless hours into the site, we've slaved over EAC trying to achieve a 100% rip, we've attempted to answer every question in the help forum and most of all we've all had the opportunity to enjoy 3.76 PB of music in almost 44 million snatches.

Our age is a wonderful thing, but it isn't illustrative of the worth of the site. Those numbers are; those numbers show just how much 130,000 people powered by love can do.

Here's to another 3 years, to 1 million torrents, to another 200,000 perfect FLACs and to all the uploaders, downloaders, editors, forumers, artists, coders and others who have made this site into what it is: The largest private torrent site on the web, the best repository of music in history, and an amazing community.



Throughout the next 24 hours we'll be showing our in a variety of ways, so stay tuned to the news page!
Request Bunny

Requests are an awesome way of improving our catalogue of torrents here, and so we decided that it's time to do something with all the tax that we've been taking! We've distributed a good deal of it out and provided each and every active request with an additional 500 MB of bounty!

The public release of Ocelot

As we promised in our earlier news post, the Ocelot source code has been released. For those of you who want to check it out, please bear in mind that it's still alpha software. Get Ocelot here


Time to keep growing!

We're a big site, but by growing further we can continue to find more music and provide yet more people with access to all that we offer! To that end, we're handing out one invite each to all those in the "User" and "Member" user classes whose ratios exceed 0.8, provided they don't have any invites right now (and have invite privileges).

Some more interviews!

We have 5 more interviews for you, with oinkmeup, padutch, Theseus, hoth, and clapton! Stay tuned for more in the coming hours!



Staff Picks!


p*'s pick

Marvins Revolt - Killec

Genre: Math Rock, Indie Rock

Torrents: torrents.php?id=269973

Review - Matt Wolfe, Sputnik Music wrote:

Quirky and fun, daring yet never pretentious, Marvins Revolt hammer their hooks firmly into your skull with their nifty guitarwork and memorable vocals and then proceed to swing from these hooks with excellent, offbeat pop songwriting flair and a confidence which, with the right attitude, will soon see them soaring to the top of the genre, leaving their contemporaries craning their necks. Killec is worth your time, give it a shot.




Pa*'s pick

Enter The Haggis - Casualties Of Retail

Genre: Irish, Celtic, Rock, Folk, Alternative

Torrents: torrents.php?id=375232

Review -

Enter The Haggis offers an effortless and spirited mix of musical styles on Casualties Of Retail, their fourth album. Produced by Joao Carvalho (Slainte Mhath, Pilate, Hawksley Workman) this album cartwheels from traditional Irish folk and reels, complete with Brian Buchanan's blistering fiddle playing, to Americana-style hootenanny to, dare we say it, hard rock. True, they've written some undeniably fantastic songs here, but Enter The Haggis' greatest achievement is arguably making this diverse mash-up sound completely cohesive and au natural.

Casualities Of Retail opens up with an unrelenting and hypnotic jig called "Musicbox" propelled with a smart syncopated rhythm section, (deftly performed by Mark Abraham and James Campbell on the bass and drums, respectively), and dissonant, yet effective electric guitar, (played by Trevor Lewington), not to mention Craig Downie's highland bagpipes (he also plays the Deger pipes, tin whistle, jaw harp and harmonica- sings, too), thus setting the tone for the whole freakin' rave up.

"Another Round" is a bonafide Whiskey Drinkin' Tune landing somewhere between The Count Bishops' cult classic 'Train, Train' and the Charlie Daniels Band. "Congress" is an instrumental of recognizable reel styling, but comes out of the gate executed, not on the traditional fiddle, but on guitar! The whole thing eventually breaks down to near-abandonment of the initial genre setting until it sounds like something perpetrated by The Buena Vista Social Club before snapping back to an all-out Celtic folk jam. "Minstrel Boy" is like the best stuff off Elvis Costello's This Year's Model and the Pogues' Peace And Love, then "Moved Through The Fair" is a classic and poignant love song ambling between the sheets with Nick Drake, Paul Simon and Cliff Richard, if that's possible.

And on it goes; Big, Bright Pop Rock/Celtic loops/fiendish promenades/hi-speed funk and blues/traditional Irish folk; something for everyone with any soul played with boundless heart on everything ETH could possibly get their hands on. You'd be dead not to like this.




h*'s pick

Bill Fay - Time of the Last Persecution

Genre: Folk

Torrents: torrents.php?id=451365

Review:
Bill Fay's second and final album, Time of the Last Persecution is one of those amazing albums lost to obscurity due to bad promotion or bad circumstance. I couldn't tell you what exactly I like about this album. Recorded in one session, it has a rare coherence and candour. The lack of dubbing adds to this feel. The sound is sparse but rich, Fay's voice honest and unadorned. The album as a whole moves me to this day. It's a beautiful collection of music that I hope you will enjoy.


p*'s pick

Gillian Welch - Time The Revelator

Genre: Folk, alternative

Torrents: torrents.php?id=18488

Review:

a* wrote:

Gillian Welch's third album, Time (The Revelator), finds the folk vocalist and musician shifting her attention from achingly beautiful mountain ballads to achingly beautiful pop/rock ballads. Regarding this album, Welch states: "As opposed to being little tiny folk songs or traditional songs, they're really tiny rock songs. They're just performed in this acoustic setting. In our heads we went electric without changing instruments." This philosophy is most evident in songs like "I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll" and "Elvis Presley Blues," with her longtime collaborator David Rawlings accompanying her on Louvin-esque high harmonies and vintage guitar. Fans of the duo's neo-old-timey sound will be happy to hear a few of their familiar, intimate dust bowl folk songs peering through the fence posts. The banjo-driven "My First Lover" could've been recorded on Alan Lomax's back porch, while the title track aches and moans along with the best of her two previous albums. Rawlings' production on the album remains warm and intimate throughout, capturing the subtleties of the acoustic instruments and earthy harmonies. Highlights include the passionate romp "Red Clay Halo," which includes the best elements of time-honored folk stylings and their newfound passion for rock & roll, and the hushed awe that captures the audience in the Ryman Auditorium during the live recording of "I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll." Time (The Revelator) ends with an unprecedented 15-minute track called "I Dream a Highway," which drifts lazily through the album's final moments, sweetly dozing in the current like Huck and Jim's Mississippi River afternoons. Welch and Rawlings are at the top of their form and continue to make the best Americana recordings without resorting to drenching their albums in guest stars, but by writing and performing heartfelt songs that speak with a clear and undeniable honesty.




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