+ Lovely psych folk compilation on Microphones in the Trees.

+ Dilla Midnight Snack is a tribute mixtape chosen from Dilla’s smoothest and mellowest beats and mixed together.

+ Dead Stock Archive is Terre Thaemlitz’s latest project which collects his complete musical output on 2 DVD-ROMS and is intended as a “fuck you” to the corporate audio thugs who are so successfully moving us toward paid subscription download culture by claiming a need to protect information from illegal sale, all the while themselves partaking in greed-based piracy. via Boing Boing

+ Quietdesign releases Spectra: Guitar in the 21st Century compilation incl. Erdem Helvacioglu, Jandek, Duane Pietre, Keith Rowe etc. Listen.

+ Digital, Artists, Labels and the Crisis of Plummeting Expectations. “For much of this generation, the idea of marketing begins and ends with “thanks for the add!!”. Even veteran producers and performers can be lulled into the steady hypnosis of the Web and its links, emails and forum posts.”