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is anyone else doing the social media thing they have going?

sort of

passively, then?

or thereabouts

http://bandcamp.com/electricsound

Multi-split single-ish EP thing from Small Wonder, Bellows n Eskimeaux

http://theepoch.bandcamp.com/album/walk-away-from-me

i don't think i've mentioned saadi. saadi.

http://saadinyc.bandcamp.com/

(dodecahedron from clotheslines was the first track that really grabbed me, if you want a place to start)

Hawkeyes! Canadian psychedelic doom that just pile riff upon riff upon riff until you get crushed.

http://hawkeyes.bandcamp.com/

Anyone else suddenly getting loads of emails from Bandcamp along the lines of "New album from Arovane"? Started getting them this week with no recollection of ever having signed up to or bought anything from the site.

Not that I can see; just the 2-3 new releases a week from R. Stevie Moore (SLOW DOWN DUDE JESUS)

My buddy Sam made this analog synth record that I think is lovely

http://vaald.bandcamp.com/album/terminals

Collaborative album btw Small Wonder and Sharpless:

http://theepoch.bandcamp.com/album/second-place

Sharpless: http://music.sharplessmusic.com
Small Wonder: http://smallwonder.bandcamp.com

http://sunstonerevolvers.bandcamp.com/

was going to post this on the psych/drone thread but suspected it would be ripped apart for it being too close to brmc, warlocks, dead meadows etc, albeit in a more ramshackle, self produced, jam band kinda groove.
but given this thread has been revived ..
i have listened to this album more this week than anything else, and enjoy it more with each spin.

oh, and i seriously love the artwork as well.

I'm into Night Burger right now

http://nightburger.bandcamp.com/album/burnin-fast

http://canary-records.bandcamp.com

smooth age, from that night burger comp, is very cool. i like the faraway tribal drums and overall menacing vibe. good recommendation.

this is a REALLY good ambient/noise album:
http://droneclone.bandcamp.com/album/droneclone

an old pal's album from a few years back is up on bandcamp now
winter-vacation.bandcamp.com/album/blue-coaching
he's great

http://winter-vacation.bandcamp.com/album/blue-coaching

okay, this is awesome and hilarious. childbirth's it's a girl.

this song from the childbirth album -- how do girls do it? -- has been on a continuous loop all day. this is a great little album.

http://bonzoterks.bandcamp.com/album/quartet

excellent jazz quartet whose debut album I've been loving for over a year now. A second album coming out soon, and I'm looking forward to it.

http://smallwonder.bandcamp.com/album/wendy-2

http://angelsdiehard.bandcamp.com/

sterling beat me to it:

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a3556908290_10.jpg

http://smallwonder.bandcamp.com/album/wendy-2

http://hammersofmisfortune.bandcamp.com/

I hope this doesn't get dismissed as stupid without investigating: the soundtrack to Minecraft is actually one of the better ambient records I've heard recently, and has some flat-out stunning moments.

http://c418.bandcamp.com/album/minecraft-volume-alpha

ha, dlp, I've never played Minecraft, but I'm gonna check that out for sure.

genius minimal synth candy with a made up backstory that detracts not at all from the ace tunes

https://karennovotnyx.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-here-now-but-these-recordings-78-79

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a2238347451_10.jpg

http://bellows.bandcamp.com/album/blue-breath

New Bellows album. Bedroom buzz-pop. Propulsive & person.

Batsignal to s.clover for cosign

http://f0.bcbits.com/img/a2026903251_10.jpg

http://music.sharplessmusic.com/album/the-one-i-wanted-to-be

Difficult second album from Sharpless. Major Batsignal to s.clover and M4ur4 on this one for writing them up in the Voice like 3 years ago

this album so good

wau, the bridge on gemini!

Dilly Dally. From Toronto, have two songs up on Bandcamp, and that's all I know about them. The earlier track is kinda meh, but I've had "Next Gold" on repeat periodically throughout the afternoon:

http://dillydally.bandcamp.com/track/next-gold

well, there's this:

http://howtoswim.bandcamp.com/album/niagarama

Rhyton - The Emerald Tablet

http://threelobed.bandcamp.com/album/the-emerald-tablet

Powder Blue - Dream In Black

http://powderbluemusic.bandcamp.com/album/dream-in-black

Two songs into this four-song EP by Philadelphia band Beach Slang, and I'm kinda digging it.

https://beachslang.bandcamp.com

The best Bandcamp releases of 2014: http://www.factmag.com/2014/12/01/and-this-one-timethe-best-bandcamp-releases-of-2014/

TESD Christmas 2014.

discovered these guys due to one of their tracks being used on a recent episode of "high maintenance" - http://phantasmosis.bandcamp.com/

my brother turned me on to this band, theyre like a more scuzzy punkified thin lizzy - http://sheermag.bandcamp.com/

sheer mag is really awesome wow

yeah "what you want" is a monster tune

some good stuff I have bought recently:

http://shop.fieldhymns.com/album/re-entry
https://emptycellarrecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-swirling-fire-burning-through-the-rye
https://shredderghost.bandcamp.com/album/i-guess
https://sdzrecords.bandcamp.com/album/armure
https://mjmjrecords.bandcamp.com/album/relation-tempation

Sheer Mag just got my $4!

i love bands like Sheer Mag where they operate w/such (in a sense) totally played out forms and influence but there's some sort of undefinable spark to it and the tunes are just THERE

reminds me of the Exploding Hearts in that sense though these guys add a few more classic rock moves to their power pop/garage punk

oh sweet sheer mag opening for ex hex in nyc in april

i am all for well-executed exercises in form, the endless pursuit of the new is fuckin exhausting sometimes

that's a great opening gig for them they will go over well w/ex hex crowd i would imagine

reminds me that sleater kinney is saturday!

Opening for king khan n BBQ over here so that'll be great

Thanks 4 this Michael

this is great
https://canary-records.bandcamp.com/album/a-better-cure-a-brief-history-of-the-okeh-laughing-record-its-progeny-1906-1946

sheer mag is really awesome wow

― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:19 AM (1 hour ago)

Yeah, phew, maybe I'm just nervous after the change in ownership and couldn't imagine having another good thing on the internet go away, but seeing that 503 error come up and being reported in many places wasn't fun. Seems to be fine now.

Thread for awesome stuff on Bandcamp that costs a lot of money but is still awesome

The physical format prices for this one are wiiild. Granted, they link to their direct shop, which has normal prices, but I'm not sure what the point of these Bandcamp prices might be? Just hoping someone really, really likes them?

https://knollgrind.bandcamp.com/album/as-spoken

this is a fairly standard redirection of funds tactic for metal bands at least. Knoll addresses this in the second post here: https://knollgrind.bandcamp.com/community. They get a better cut through their other site so price that way to discourage bandcamp physical purchases and perhaps they hope to catch a clueless whale or two in the process.

Another example: Sanguisugabogg's first ep is now $1,000 for digital here on their maggot stomp bandcamp (it used to be much cheaper hence all the listed purchasers): https://sanguisugabogg-maggotstomp.bandcamp.com/album/pornographic-seizures but it can now be purchased for $7 from their non-label affiliated bandcamp here: https://sanguisugabogg.bandcamp.com/album/pornographic-seizures

I can't remember what label it is now, but there's also some metal label on bandcamp that lists all their digital purchases at $666, but has physical copies with digital included priced normally, too.

Ah, thanks, I wasn't following Knoll on my work computer so I couldn't see those community posts. That makes sense.

Though there are a few cases where the alternative is deleted or unfindable, so you're stuck choosing between paying $666 or not buying it at all, which is less optimal.

I didn't know Stevie well but I knew her in passing. Here's a Bandcamp refleciton on her work.

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/stevie-pohlman-mope-grooves-album-guide

oh dang, mope grooves was great. i had not heard about her passing. rip.

so bigcartel seems to be offered more and more as a way to buy physical media of BC downloads, any thoughts?

Here's a new one that kind of annoys me, not going to direct link because I genuinely like the artist and don't want to shame them for trying to make a buck, but...

So said artist has a new album coming out, but there is no digital version available at all. Even ordering through Bandcamp it says that you won't get one despite Bandcamp's standard language that you will. The only way to get it is to pay $20 for the vinyl, but even in order to have the opportunity to do THAT you already have had to pay for a $60 annual subscription. Obviously you get other stuff too with that option, and I'm not discounting that, but I just can't see the benefit of hyping a new album that is locked behind so many gates.

I know it's hard out there, but this is annoying and kind of puts me off the artist.

Like I've supported this artist in the past by buying lots of digital and vinyl stuff in the past and was ready to do so again, but then I ran into this. I like this artist, but they have a wider range of stuff that I'm not as interested in. But I guess it's either all in on everything or you can't get anything at all. Which seems... not ideal to gain new fans?

I have def been seeing the subscription thing more often, I am also unsure what the idea is there

my latest bizarre glitch was buying a gift for a friend but using an old dead email. When I tried emailing her directly it bounced immediately, but before that Bandcamp happily took my money and did not inform me the email was undeliverable, lol

I don't think a subscription model is necessarily a bad idea and I've seen some done well, but I can't imagine it's best in the long run if that's your only option.

The subscription model is just basically the Patreon business model, no?:
If 1000 people like what you do enough to pay you $100 a year, you can make a living doing it.

I dropped it because it was becoming irregular but you know I’m the guy just sending vladislav delay some set amount per month because why not

(there were a bunch of random projects, live sets, whatever and I regret nothing)

Yeah sex is great but have you ever gone through your Bandcamp collection and downloaded all the preorders you forgot about

Haha, I'm the opposite, waiting impatiently for the label to flip the switch on release day. And no, this doesn't always happen according to schedule

I keep my preorder zip files in a separate folder for this specific reason!

Stuff I bought this Bandcamp Friday:

Herbie Tsoaeli, African Time (South African jazz)
Joe Henderson, The Complete An Evening With Joe Henderson (live date with Charlie Haden & Al Foster)
Jerome Deupree/Matthew Shipp/Joe Morris, Travelogue
Construct Of Lethe, Corpsegod, The Grand Machination, Exiler and A Kindness Dealt In Venom (death metal; the last album is a pre-order coming out in June)
Temulent, Progressive Illness Vols. 1 & 2 (drum 'n' bass)
Attic, The Invocation, Sanctimonious and Return of the Witchfinder (very King Diamond-esque metal)