Does anyone use torrents anymore?

I’ve been trying to get a hold of long out of print music from Swans, Death In June, Townes Van Zandt and others and it just seems like nobody’s seeding stuff anymore. And now that the heady days of 2008 when people would just share rare albums on Blogspot are over, I have no idea how to get this stuff these days. Am I missing something?

I sometimes search for rar files, they’re easy to download but tougher to find.

Torrents are still in, pirate bay went down a while ago but I think they’re back if I’m not mistaken.

I’ve been trying to get a hold of long out of print music from Swans, Death In June, Townes Van Zandt and others and it just seems like nobody’s seeding stuff anymore. And now that the heady days of 2008 when people would just share rare albums on Blogspot are over, I have no idea how to get this stuff these days. Am I missing something?

https://pirateproxy.sx/torrent/4569523/Townes_Van_Zandt-11_Albums

https://pirateproxy.sx/torrent/3829672/Death_In_June___Partial_Discography_(__192_kbps)

"A partial discography (all at 192 kbps) of Death In June including:

Abandon Tracks! (Rarities, Remixes And Original Unreleased Recordings) [2005]
Brown Book [2000 reissue; includes three Instrumental/Reprise Tracks]
Burial [1984]
But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter? [1992]
The Cathedral Of Tears [1991]
The Corn Years [1989]
DISCriminate [1997]
Free Tibet [2006]
The Guilty Have No Past [1990]
Heilige! [2000]
Presents Kapo! [1996]
Nada! [2002 reissue; includes extra tracks]
93 Dead Sunwheels [1989]
Oh How We Laughed [1987]
Operation Hummingbird [1999]
Rose Clouds Of Holocaust [1995]
Something Is Coming [1993]
Take Care And Control [1998; import version with extra tracks]
The Wall Of Sacrifice [2005 reissue; includes extra track]
The World That Summer [2006 reissue; includes three Instrumental/Reprise Tracks and a bonus disc with six tracks]"

You might try soulseek. It’s not torrents but there is lots of stuff to find.

yep I still use soulseek for almost all my music. I can usually even find new stuff on there pretty right away. there are 2 versions for some reason though, so one might me more active than the other.

[reply]I’ve been trying to get a hold of long out of print music from Swans, Death In June, Townes Van Zandt and others and it just seems like nobody’s seeding stuff anymore. And now that the heady days of 2008 when people would just share rare albums on Blogspot are over, I have no idea how to get this stuff these days. Am I missing something?

https://pirateproxy.sx/torrent/4569523/Townes_Van_Zandt-11_Albums

https://pirateproxy.sx/torrent/3829672/Death_In_June___Partial_Discography_(__192_kbps)

Thanks - how did you find those? My googling turned up inferior torrents.
I stopped using Soulseek a few years ago. I rarely found what I was looking for there either.

No problem at all sir, you’re very welcome. Try pirateproxy.sx, it’s good for most stuff for the moment, when Pirate Bay went down they restarted it through various proxy sites which do get taken down, but then you just go to proxybay.info and that tells you which ones are still working.

Here’s a link to Swan 1983-2010 as well.

https://pirateproxy.sx/torrent/5983097/Swans_-Discography(1983-2010)_[mp3_320]

No problem at all sir, you’re very welcome. Try pirateproxy.sx, it’s good for most stuff for the moment, when Pirate Bay went down they restarted it through various proxy sites which do get taken down, but then you just go to proxybay.info and that tells you which ones are still working.

Here’s a link to Swan 1983-2010 as well.

https://pirateproxy.sx/torrent/5983097/Swans_-Discography(1983-2010)_[mp3_320]

Good deal.
Sadly, that Swans link is missing what I’m looking for (Anonymous Bodies In An Anonymous Room).

[reply]No problem at all sir, you’re very welcome. Try pirateproxy.sx, it’s good for most stuff for the moment, when Pirate Bay went down they restarted it through various proxy sites which do get taken down, but then you just go to proxybay.info and that tells you which ones are still working.

Here’s a link to Swan 1983-2010 as well.

https://pirateproxy.sx/torrent/5983097/Swans_-Discography(1983-2010)_[mp3_320]

Good deal.
Sadly, that Swans link is missing what I’m looking for (Anonymous Bodies In An Anonymous Room).[/reply]

It’s on this one, FLAC.

https://pirateproxy.sx/torrent/9577665/Swans_Discography_[FLAC]_[Experimental__Industrial__No_Wave]

You’re the man, man!

You’re the man, man!

[:)]

I usually just rip stuff off of you tube.

came here to say soulseek is usually my goto for music, and was not disappointed to see it already mentioned.