Free/"Name Your Price" Bandcamp Album Compendium

did you ever use myspace to book tours/get in touch with bands in other cities though?

think it holds up p well as late 90s-ish indie in the archers/superchunk/pavement inspired vein

^^burning airlines vibez for me

once or twice xpost

these days i facebook them instead

i think bandcamp would be ideal if it caught on and added a more links across artists' profiles & some simple ways to communicate with/across artists. for all its elegance people rarely link to bandcamp pages (aside from artists themselves), ime they're far more likely to link to a youtube, & i think that has a lot to do with how the pages just exist in isolation. i don't know anything about this but like, has facebook bought bandcamp yet?

maybe soundcloud is more what im looking for but i only ever see electronic artists there

Jordan, yeah we would take that as a huge compliment! Thanks! We were big fans!

http://kinntarecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-lemon-tape
http://kinntarecords.bandcamp.com/track/hvordan

great compilation of psych-pop/hippie music & my fav song off of it

some simple ways to communicate with/across artists.

it's not super obvious, but they did add (or maybe it was always there?) a way to contact the artist. it says "for all other inquiries, click here" on the right and it brings up a contact form.

Jordan, yeah we would take that as a huge compliment! Thanks! We were big fans!

me too man...it's weird, i never listened to those other bands you mentioned much or indie rock in general, but the first burning airlines record is all-time for me.

i wish bandcamp had a way to "favorite"/save/organize your favorite bands/artists/etc for later listening

that would be copping to the fact that most people just use it for streaming a la spotify or youtube, not for buying.

pay what you want or don't pay :) http://dominiqueleone.bandcamp.com/track/blue-hair-demo

Esteemed underground metal label Relapse Records has unleashed their prestigious 20+ year catalog on the leading independent digital music site Bandcamp at this location http://relapserecords.bandcamp.com/. The official Relapse page features over 122 artists including BARONESS, DYING FETUS, PIG DESTROYER, RED FANG, NECROPHAGIST, REVOCATION and many more, each streaming their entire Relapse catalog for free in addition to offering their albums as high quality 320k mp3 or FLAC downloads.

Additionally, the label has made available a page for Relapse alumni including MASTODON, NEUROSIS, AMORPHIS, NILE, HIGH ON FIRE, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN and over 20 additional artists at this location http://relapsealumni.bandcamp.com/releases. Each of these albums are also available as high quality downloads with select songs streaming. Stay tuned to each of the Relapse Bandcamp pages for new releases and rarities constantly being added!

http://flavorcrystals.bandcamp.com/

Not free to buy, but really good for slow psych. Hat tip to Elvis Telecom for digging this one up.

I'd been listening to a DROKK a lot thanks to a friend, so thanks for the Perturbator tip.

In the "wow, everything's on Bandcamp now" tip (even if it's not free, but you can stream etc etc):
the Dead C's Bruce Russell cherry-picks the Flying Nun back pages for
Time To Go: The Southern Psychedelic Moment 1981-1986
http://flyingnun.bandcamp.com/album/time-to-go
The Bilders' "Russian Rug" is all-time, and really nice to see Mary Heney get prominence w/the tracks from 25 Cents/the Shallows/Scorched Earth Policy/Victor Dimisch Band/etc alongside the Clean/Chills/Gordons/&c.

nice!

Not free to buy, but really good for slow psych. Hat tip to Elvis Telecom for digging this one up.

^lovely

http://laster.bandcamp.com/album/wijsgeer-narreman
Atmospheric Dutch black metal!

DROKK is seriously in album of the year contention for me. It tickles my lizard brain in ways I'm afraid to examine too closely.

Everything on the Relapse site is $10. They have three releases I liked enough to order the CDs at close to the same price - Christian Mistress, Royal Thunder and Baroness. The rest I'm on the fence about but definitely won't be paying $10 for downloads. Don't any of these labels have people who know anything about marketing and sales? How about helping their customers get a sense that they're getting some value? Name your price for newer bands they're breaking, package deals, sales on freakin' new releases? This is basic shit with proven results that go back to ancient times when we were selling livestock and wives.

Similarly, does anybody get the reasoning behind pricing this Small Stone comp $26?

http://smallstone.bandcamp.com/album/small-stone-jukeboxxx

People who already know and like Small Stone bands usually have half the stuff, and those who don't are probably not inclined to drop $26. Doesn't seem the ideal way to expand an audience, unless they started putting up actual albums for reasonable prices.

$10 seems reasonable for full albums, and $26 seems reasonable for 96 (!) tracks?

http://once-ler.bandcamp.com/album/last-day-of-summer
Ohioan desert rock!

http://thunderunderus.bandcamp.com/album/bad-assets
Priestess-style throwback rock!

http://sonictitan.bandcamp.com/album/even-higher
Fuzzy boogie rock!

xp Did you buy the comp?

I've bought a couple dozen albums this year on Bandcamp that were $7 and less, often on impulse. None for $10 or more. Doesn't seem reasonable to me if I can buy a CD for close to that and sell the disc back for $4. I have a short list of favorite albums I will drop as much as $18 for imports, but anything outside my absolute favorites, I just can't afford to buy more unless they're cheaper. I'd think more competitive pricing would sell more music.

no, but only because i'm not interested in that kind of music. if it were a huge stone's throw or alpha pup comp then yeah, i would definitely buy it.

Doesn't seem reasonable to me if I can buy a CD for close to that and sell the disc back for $4

see at this point i just cannot have anymore CDs in the house, they just take up space. can you really still sell them back? i've got boxes and boxes that i've been too lazy/sentimental to get rid of.

anyway i don't think you have to worry about competitive pricing, i'm sure music will keep losing value

I understand about space. I keep certain CDs that qualify as all-time favorites, and sell the rest to Reckless or Dusty Groove. Depending on what city you're in, there are still some music stores that do robust used CD business. I think more widespread use of platforms like Bandcamp will help music regain some value, as it offers a full spectrum of formats including lossless, as long as most bands and labels continue to stick to reasonable pricing, the sweet spot seeming to be between name your price and $7.

http://flavorcrystals.bandcamp.com/

Not free to buy, but really good for slow psych. Hat tip to Elvis Telecom for digging this one up.

― Matt M., Friday, June 1, 2012 11:34 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

flavor crystals have been one of the most underrated mpls bands for a long time! check out their previous album too (produced by kramer)....played w/them live a few times and they are great.

^twin peaks vibes at times.

so btw i released an ep this week and it is streaming on bandcamp
http://duttyartz.bandcamp.com/album/night-after-ep

Please note: if there is a numerical monetary value required to download the album, IT IS NOT FREE/NAME YOUR PRICE. *Shakes fists impotently, goes to post on Irrational Anger thread*

do we have a "not free but still worth your time and money" Bandcamp album compendium thread?

remember jeff is a music critic so doesn't want to pay for anything unless its $1!

its part of the code, you dont want him kicked out of the union

I don't mind paying for things. But this thread has a very clear, simple point. I would appreciate it if we could stick to it, you know? I'm psyched that the thread has so much activity, but I feel like it's gotten way off topic.

http://duttyartz.bandcamp.com/album/night-after-ep

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, June 1, 2012 8:14 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark

dope stuff, dude

http://whydontyoubelieveme.bandcamp.com/album/emu-parade

charity comp for stew & jen boyracer, details at bottom of page. download is 'name your price' but i gently suggest that you should not name it zero

also 40 tracks, mostly australian, and mostly v good

And I'm the main offender. I'll knock it off.

Is there a "Bandcamp releases with a price that you should listen to for free at least" thread?

I'll note that almost all the Roswell Incident stuff on Bandcamp is still free. Charging for "Sleep of the Lloigor" as that one's actually for sale on iTunes, etc. http://theroswellincident.bandcamp.com

Oh yeah, I've been loving the Roswell Incident stuff I've downloaded. Made good background music for writing.

Which is supremely ironic as I write but don't ever listen to it while writing.

I also liked http://thegluhen.bandcamp.com/ as an instrumental doom sort of thing. And it is name your price. Worth a look.

Nice find! That one is weird, but strangely appealing.

Hey, in all seriousness, is there an "albums for a buck" or somesuch thread? Just found something worth listening to for a buck, in that 80s soundtrack vein. But it's no Perturbator...

There's a new UK-based site similar to bandcamp which has mostly pay-what-you-want/free downloads: http://www.aurovine.com/.

It just started recently so there aren't a lot of bands on there yet.

A new Het Droste Effect EP - Lingerland! I loved last year's self-titled debut, and, listening to the first song off this one as I type, I think this will be just as loved. Spacey fuzz rock of the highest order.

http://hetdrosteeffect.bandcamp.com/

Too bad they broke up. I've been working on a long list of stuff, but it won't post. I'll have to remove the Het Droste Effect.

This should keep you all busy. Note that all bands have a limited number of free downloads. So when it's name yr price, it's best to at least chip in $.25 (I usually do at least a dollar) so as to not use up their freebies. Many of these were discovered by the amazing Bill Goodman at The Soda Shop. Sorted roughly in order of my own personal excitement on first listen or three.

http://fellwoods.bandcamp.com/album/wulfram
Originally called The Moss, Portland's Fellwoods play garagey psych with 70s proto-metal/prog influences. New EP Gyromancer also available, just for streaming at the moment. Fans of occult rock (Ghost, Devil's Blood, Uncle Acid) and Witchcraft/Graveyard, be intrigued!

http://colornoise.bandcamp.com/track/time
Costa Rican female duo play post-punk and stoner/garage. Brilliant new track "Time" is one of my favorites this year. 2011 album Fake Apocalypse available for $.99.

http://zeitgeist.bandcamp.com/
Pittsburgh female punk band. First track "Alone" really perked my ears up, melodic like the best Avengers stuff.

http://boyjazz.bandcamp.com/
A more flamboyant take on NOWOTHM focusing on the likes of Def Leppard, with some other hard rock elements. Fans of The Darkness and Rival Sons take note.

http://acidcosmonautrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dust-storm-warning
I don't know much about this band yet, just that there is an EP floating around that I haven't heard, they're from Italy, and this just became available on Bandcamp via Acid Cosmonaut records, which may or may not be their own label. Some nice, bone-dry sounding desert jams.

http://speedyortiz.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-of-speedy-ortiz
Female-lead fuzzy indie from Northampton

http://dodaren.bandcamp.com/
Polished Swedish stoner influenced by Clutch, Graveyard, Thin Lizzy

http://theheavyeyesmemphis.bandcamp.com/album/2
Two track preview of Memphis heavy blues band's second album

http://pinatathc.bandcamp.com/album/demo
Very promising stoner from Alicante, Spain

http://thenexthundredyears.bandcamp.com/
Vancouver stoner rock influenced by QOTSA, Fatso Jetson

http://steakmusic.bandcamp.com/
London stoner influenced by Kyuss, Monster Magnet

http://buey.bandcamp.com/
QOTSA influenced stoner from Spain

http://lavagoat.bandcamp.com/
2010 album by Saskatoon metal band with elements of stoner, doom, NWOBHM, sci fi

http://fister.bandcamp.com/album/violence
St. Louis doom

http://fearlesssons.bandcamp.com/
Heavy psych, shoegaze from NYC

http://denzil.bandcamp.com/
UK stoner, alt rock

http://doublestone.bandcamp.com/
Stoner/psych from Copenhagen, Denmark

http://lostentakills.bandcamp.com/album/summer-of-glycon
Lo-fi garage/surf/psych from Glasgow, large discography

http://thesouldiggersband.bandcamp.com/
Russian bluesy stoner

http://vagiantownsyourmom.bandcamp.com/
Russian noise rock

http://buffalowitch.bandcamp.com/
Stoner/doom from Grand Rapids

http://whiteyusa.bandcamp.com/
Bluesy stoner from Boston

http://skrogg.bandcamp.com/
Heavy bluesy boozy rock from New Hampshire

http://lostdawn.bandcamp.com/album/come-to-good-ep
Blues garage/psych like Black Keys from UK

http://aquanaut1.bandcamp.com/album/sunken-ark
Vancouver stoner/psych/doom

http://menhirband.bandcamp.com/
Dutch stoner/southern rock

http://music.thisisautomata.com/
Chicago female-lead gauzy psych rock with bits of dub, blues, electronica

http://canibales.bandcamp.com/album/mercenario
Bluesy Mexican stoner/doom. This EP is free. New album Doom Blues is not free, but worth checking out too.

http://majorkong.bandcamp.com/album/orogenesis
Polish instrumental doom. Free Ep, album Doom For The Black Sun is $3.

http://tuber.bandcamp.com/
Greek desert/stoner

http://motionstudies.bandcamp.com/album/hearts-will-beat
Brooklyn indie chillwave

http://pitysex.bandcamp.com/
Ann Arbor indie/emo

http://jslashq.bandcamp.com/
Heavy indie rock from Boston

http://brujasdelsol.bandcamp.com/album/moonliner-vol-2
Desert/space/psych from Columbus, OH

http://isawthedeep.bandcamp.com/
Dutch sci-fi prog metal - Mars Volta, Tool, Mastodon

http://somaliyachtclub.bandcamp.com/
Ukranian stoner/psych/shoegaze/post-rock

http://fuzzly.bandcamp.com/album/radio-c-o
Brazilian desert/stoner

http://suneatertacoma.bandcamp.com/
Stoner/psych from Tacoma

http://lamprey.bandcamp.com/album/ceremony-of-sludge
Portland seems to have quite the stoner/doom/psych scene going. Stoner/doom with drums and 2 basses. They cover Pentagram's "Queen of My Heart." Full-length Ancient Secrets (2010) is $2.

http://sonicmass.bandcamp.com/
UK psychedelic doom

http://burnpilot.bandcamp.com/
German heavy psych

http://oceangarden.bandcamp.com/
UK alt punk/grunge/stoner

http://thefirstborn.bandcamp.com/
Avant metal from Lisbon, Portugal

http://legalfingers.bandcamp.com/
70s boogie and 80s glam from my hometown of Dubuque, IA

http://enchantress.bandcamp.com/album/volume-ii-her-womb-hear-war
Stoner/doom from Toronto

http://stubb.bandcamp.com/
London retro hard rock

http://seaofzyn.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-key-of-sinners
Detroit duo tackle odd mix of sounds, stoner/doom with trip-hop beats

http://raindoggs.bandcamp.com/
Odd conceptual mashup of Tom Waits with Snoop Dogg. Basically bluesy noir with some beats

http://hydromedusa.bandcamp.com/album/hydromedusa-s-t
Australian desert/sludge

http://thereptilians.bandcamp.com/
Epic 27+min prog/psych track from Idaho

http://cabrocordero.bandcamp.com/
Doomy droned out sludge. Attn Melvins fans

http://thybalam.bandcamp.com/releases
Doom/psych demo from Newport

http://wizardofstonemountain.bandcamp.com/
Fuzzy stoner doom from Croatia, circa 2004

http://evilcosmonaut.bandcamp.com/
Russian garage rock

http://gravedisgrace.bandcamp.com/
Russian doom

http://stonemagnum.bandcamp.com/album/stone-magnum
Doom from Michigan City

http://cuervo.bandcamp.com/
Aussie alt rock

http://fireinthecave.bandcamp.com/album/fire-in-the-cave
Florida metal from remnants of Bad Actor

http://treeofsores.bandcamp.com/album/a-cry-of-despair
Leeds doom/sludge/post-metal

http://xozo.bandcamp.com/
Maryland sludge/hardcore

http://theunbeheld.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-arms-of-mother-chaos
Memphis stoner/psych

http://39thieves.bandcamp.com/
Atlanta folk rock

http://ennead.bandcamp.com/
Swedish prog metal

http://heavyvoodoo.bandcamp.com/album/messiah-demo-ep
Portland stoner/doom

http://ohhowitended.bandcamp.com/
Ontario stoner

http://abunai.bandcamp.com/album/round-wound
Space psych from broken up Boston band

http://aetiology.bandcamp.com/
Instrumental heavy psych from Chicago

http://bachelorsgrove.bandcamp.com/
Bluesy stoner from Chicago

http://juddmadden.bandcamp.com/album/doomgroove
Groovy instrumental doom with bits of post-rock from solo musician in Melbourne

http://theyyearnforwhattheyfear.bandcamp.com/album/the-infernal-plains
Energetic Kentucky sludge punk

http://rozamov.bandcamp.com/
Boston stoner/doom EP

http://madamfuntoo.bandcamp.com/album/chow-tama
Guatemalan garage/trash rock, all over the place. "We are thick for strawberries, but very hollow for rockers, are heavy for hipsters, but very “pussy” for metalheads, we are very aggressive for those who like reggae or dub, are very tough people from pop and are very simple progressives."

http://theblackoilbrothers.bandcamp.com/releases
Chicago blues rock

http://wildjesus.bandcamp.com/album/family-party-band-lp
Chicago exuberant bluesy rock with horns

http://satellitebeaver.bandcamp.com/album/trip-outside-your-mind
Polish stoner. New EP The Last Bow is €3

http://oldgods.bandcamp.com/
Noisy sludge from Detroit

http://godsownprototype.bandcamp.com/album/fall-apart-every-time-you-feel-like
Polish ambient post-metal

http://waning.bandcamp.com/album/broken-path
Sacramento ambient metal/psych

http://youyoudarkforest.bandcamp.com/
Ambient prog

http://ironwitch.bandcamp.com/
UK sludge/doom

http://astroll.bandcamp.com/
Polish bluesy stoner

http://poweredwigmachine.bandcamp.com/
Arizona desert/stoner

http://abyssrva.bandcamp.com/album/abyss-ep
Southern stoner metal

http://bardus.bandcamp.com/
Sludge, hardcore from Philadelphia

http://wolvescarrymyname.bandcamp.com/
German sludge with some trippy/mellow post-rock/metal/prog passages

http://bloodredwater.bandcamp.com/
Stoner/sludge/doom

http://burningmanvc.bandcamp.com/
Portuguese sludge

http://captivesrva.bandcamp.com/
Richmond, VA noise/sludge

http://slutmachine.bandcamp.com/album/from-blind-to-blue
Stoner metal

http://wortedsnout.bandcamp.com/
UK sludge

http://deadsouthernbishop1.bandcamp.com/
Georgia southern sludge

http://itheunlord.bandcamp.com/
German sludge

http://mrgavinsmeatfarm.bandcamp.com/
Solo wackadoo bedroom project, possibly genius

http://hetdrosteeffect.bandcamp.com/
One track preview of death/doom solo project by German Pierre Laube (P.H.A.I.L.)

Slipping in a few not-quite-freebies:

http://goddessrocks.bandcamp.com/
One-man prog/psych project from Bucharest, Romania. Not free, but only €.99 and well worth it.

http://earthmassband.com/album/lunar-dawn-keep-relic-ritual
UK instrumental prog/stoner/doom, ₤1.50

http://ancientwarlocks.bandcamp.com/
"Superwizard" 7" single for $2, this band has been touring hard, and have some very promising proto-metal/doom songwriting chops. They completed first album and are shopping for a label.

Good grief. How the hell am I supposed to keep up on even half of that?