Blog: Hypebot

One of the breakout indie bands of 2008 was Sub Pop's Fleet Foxes, and the band openly credits online piracy for providing both inspiration and a promotional boost for its 200K+ selling debut album. As much music as musicians can hear, that will only make music richer as an art form," singer Robin Pecknold told the BBC . "I think we're seeing that now with tons of new bands that are amazing, and are doing way better music now than was being made pre-Napster." "I've downloaded hundreds and hundreds of records - why would [...]