Aww man, loved this band back in the day. It's an old record (2002), but apparently it's getting release on vinyl and is available on Bandcamp.
Ashrae Fax, from Greensboro NC. A lot of Cocteau Twins in their sound (a LOT, singer has a similar voice for sure) but done really well: textured synths, guitars, and programmed drums etc. Really love this record:http://ashraefax.bandcamp.com/album/static-crash
― grandavis, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
guy i went to college with -- pretty good!http://martinroyle.bandcamp.com/
― tylerw, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
just switched my 2010 record to free/name-your-price:http://chants.bandcamp.com
it's a weirdo kitchen-sink electronic record. all live instruments, elements of jazz, dub, dance, breaks, morricone rock, etc.
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Thursday, 29 March 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
This record is one of the best things I've heard all damn year. Instrumetal doom of the highest order (yes, I dropped the n from instrumental on purpose). Feel the riffage of Iron Mtn:
http://ironmtn.bandcamp.com/album/iron-mtn
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
Fantastic Finnish psych/kraut dudes with a hilarious made-up bio that claims they've been around since 1970 and that Andreas Baader plays bass for them.
http://hiskodetria.bandcamp.com/album/static-raw-power-kraut-demo
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
really like that album cover
― gimme prizza (crüt), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
or album art. I guess it's not really a cover for anything.
Thanks for the recommendations, guys, this stuff is great!
Meanwhile, I have a request – anyone find any good Zombi/Goblin type stuff for free download on there? I've been looking for some.
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
Fresh crop!
http://quilt.bandcamp.com/Nerdy folk-prog!
http://thehangedmanandthemoon.bandcamp.com/album/just-one-shotJazzy psych!
http://witchescoven.bandcamp.com/Throwbacky metal!
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Friday, 13 April 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://witchstone.bandcamp.com/album/epSludge/doom EP
― Fastnbulbous, Sunday, 15 April 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
http://digdown.bandcamp.com/album/livelive new orleans-style brass band
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, 16 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://talesofmurderanddust.bandcamp.com/Scandinavian shoegaze! With a sitar!
― NWOBHamster (J3ff T.), Monday, 16 April 2012 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
My friend has been running a twitter account called audiocloud based around a very similar idea to this thread - he personally curates a selection of bandcamp links to freely available independent music that he's enjoying, laying it out nicely using the album art embedded in each tweet and the twitter 'favourites' facility. Although he doesn't use ILX, I have shown him this thread for interest & inspiration and because it fitted with what he'd been doing for a while, and thought that you folks might enjoy his take on it too...
https://twimg0-a.akamaihd.net/profile_images/1226251422/audiophileRADIOblue.jpg
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 08:20 (twelve years ago) link
Only tangentially related question: Is there a way to adjust the volume when streaming on Bandcamp pages?
― Walter Galt, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 12:11 (twelve years ago) link
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Monday, April 16, 2012 12:54 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i finally remembered to listen to this and it's great
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://olivetroopsos.bandcamp.com/album/atol
^^ post-rave/droney improvisations
― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
New Roswell Incident track up today for those who wish to drone.
http://theroswellincident.bandcamp.com/album/high-orbital
There's probably one in there I missed, too.
Does Bandcamp do subscriptions/notifications and I just missed that?
― Matt M., Tuesday, 1 May 2012 01:24 (twelve years ago) link
thanks nick! i think it's pretty representative of how the band sounds live, warts & all (lots of warts).
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
Talk about sleeping on a band for nearly 20 years! Snail recorded their debut at Razor's Edge in SF, where Sleep recorded Holy Mountain, put out an EP, disbanded, got back together and released Blood in 2009, and now Terminus. Only available at name yr price temporarily.
http://snailhq.bandcamp.com/album/terminus
― Fastnbulbous, Saturday, 5 May 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Blood was great! Have to give Terminus a go.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
That's pretty good, though on the busy side, at least the intro track. I'm still much more into the languid/doomed side of the stonerverse.
― Matt M., Saturday, 5 May 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
New Bellows single:
http://bellows.bandcamp.com/track/see-bright-be-fine
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 13 May 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://sunpreachers.bandcamp.com/album/faces-of-ashesFrench stoner/psych. Really kicks on on "Nail King".
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://trippywicked.bandcamp.com/album/going-homeSt Albans band Trippy Wicked & the Cosmic Children of the Knight formed in 2006, and play bluesy stoner rock with a touch of sludge/doom, along the lines of Wo Fat. 2009 album Movin On is worth hearing too.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://drokk.bandcamp.com
Okay, it's not free unless you stream, but it's fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine. 70s-80s SF synth soundtrack paradise.
― Matt M., Friday, 25 May 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
Whoa, it's been a while. Here's some good stuff:
http://perturbator.bandcamp.com/album/terror-40480s John Carpenter/Zombi-esque synth soundtrack stuff! Name is dumb, music isn't!
http://biomass.bandcamp.com/Epic, repetitive Kraut jams!
http://animalweapon.bandcamp.com/album/good-luckChill, glitchy electronica!
― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://guacho.bandcamp.com/album/vol-iToasty stoner jams, man!
http://weareape.bandcamp.com/album/the-dirgerHeavy stoner jams, man!
http://re-stoned.bandcamp.com/album/vermelInstrumental stoner jams, man!
― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
Perturbator is the winner in the bunch so far. Perfect flipside to the DROKK record.
― Matt M., Wednesday, 30 May 2012 04:10 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, they really nail that 80s soundtrack vibe without turning into "chill wave" or whatever.
― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 05:48 (eleven years ago) link
ha perturbator is sick
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
The EP is pretty good, too – eight bit cover of "I Ran!"
― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
Here's some more stuff along those lines. Apparently it is called "dream wave." Or something:
http://alphaboymusic.bandcamp.com/album/electronic-feelings
http://playmaker.bandcamp.com/album/future-to-fantasy
http://adderallcanyonly.fieldhymns.com/album/fists-of-dayton
― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
Dreamgazewavechillbaton. Core.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
I wish people would stop naming things that I might actually want to listen to things that make me never want to listen to them.
― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
namegate.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
namewave
― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
in that vein, I also wish "bandcamp" was called something better than "bandcamp," b/c it really is a good platform
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
word
― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
namename
― Matt M., Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
Alpha Boy isn't bad so far, but it's not the instant smash hit that Perturbator was. I want to say there's something twee about it that's keeping me from diving in entirely, but that's ridiculous, right?
― Matt M., Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
No, I feel the same way. I think that that's the "wave" part.
― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:43 (eleven years ago) link
I've been scouring Bandcamp for stuff they really scratches that John Carpenter, synthesizer itch, and Perturbator (God, I wish they had a better name) are one of the only ones I found that really do it in a satisfying way. A lot of the others feel like they have this kind of indie/hipster sensibility to them that puts a layer of distance between the music and the listener. of the three I linked above, I feel like the Adderall Canyonly captures that sense of digital dread the best.
― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
And DROKK. DROKK is mighty.
Perturbator is a pretty awful, but fitting name. And I passed them along to Benjamin Marra, who does a comic called NIGHT BUSINESS which bleeds this stuff. He seems to dig it.
― Matt M., Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
Adderall Canyonly isn't bad, though. I'm officially calling this digitaldreadwave, even though it's trying to sound like it was recorded on analog equipment.
― Matt M., Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, May 30, 2012 4:34 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
i was talking to someone recently who confessed to being turned off by the name Band Camp, which kind of surprised me because while it's not especially ideal or inspired, it's a good functional name and not something i had to grudgingly get used to saying/hearing constantly the way i did with "myspace" or "twitter" or a hundred other obnoxiously named web platforms.
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
(1) it reminds me of American Pie(2) it makes me picture all of the bands using it as chubby dorks
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:10 (eleven years ago) link
i played in school band and went to band camp (thankfully for the last time just after American Pie was released) and got horrendously sick of hearing "one time at band camp" jokes, and that association still doesn't really occur to me or grate that much re: the site's name
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
and i mean, if that's the first website you've seen that you imagine being populated by chubby dorks...
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
I think there's a larger problem with internet music marketing of removing too much of the mystery and danger from music. Posting your album on a site called "band camp" definitely contributes to that kind of result.
― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
I could care. I've found more music out of Bandcamp this year than any other single source. Not to mention publishing my own work.
― Matt M., Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link