Free/"Name Your Price" Bandcamp Album Compendium

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...

― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 17 April 2012 08:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://digdown.bandcamp.com/album/live
live new orleans-style brass band

― 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 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://olivetroopsos.bandcamp.com/album/atol

^^ post-rave/droney improvisations

― rusty_allen, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 16:49 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

i finally remembered to listen to this and it's great

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

Blood was great! Have to give Terminus a go.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

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 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://sunpreachers.bandcamp.com/album/faces-of-ashes
French stoner/psych. Really kicks on on "Nail King".

― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 13:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

http://trippywicked.bandcamp.com/album/going-home
St 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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

Whoa, it's been a while. Here's some good stuff:

http://perturbator.bandcamp.com/album/terror-404
80s 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-luck
Chill, glitchy electronica!

― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 00:09 (11 months ago) Permalink

http://guacho.bandcamp.com/album/vol-i
Toasty stoner jams, man!

http://weareape.bandcamp.com/album/the-dirger
Heavy stoner jams, man!

http://re-stoned.bandcamp.com/album/vermel
Instrumental stoner jams, man!

― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 22:54 (11 months ago) Permalink

Perturbator is the winner in the bunch so far. Perfect flipside to the DROKK record.

― Matt M., Wednesday, 30 May 2012 04:10 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

ha perturbator is sick

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:59 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

Dreamgazewavechillbaton. Core.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:30 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

namegate.

― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 19:51 (11 months ago) Permalink

namewave

― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 20:00 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

word

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:15 (11 months ago) Permalink

namename

― Matt M., Wednesday, 30 May 2012 21:34 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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, 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 (11 months ago) Permalink

(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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

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 (11 months ago) Permalink

bandcamp is OK but i really miss myspace & wish something with more of its functions would replace it instead of this slick stubbornly minimalist thing. drifting through bands through their friend bands, getting in touch with cool bands to play out of town shows, were really positive aspects & good uses of the internet

― flopson, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:21 (11 months ago) Permalink

I mean, imagine encountering Anal Cunt for the first time on "band camp," then joining their facebook group and shortly thereafter getting an enthusiastic message from their lead singer asking you to contribute to their kickstarter fund.

― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:22 (11 months ago) Permalink

it's weird, i do kind of underestimate music on bandcamp sometimes, or expect not to be good. even though everyone uses it, i put my own stuff there, and i've certainly found (and paid for) great records on it.

― 40oz of tears (Jordan), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:23 (11 months ago) Permalink

I mean, I guess this thread has some of that stigma inherent in its premise – "why would I actually *pay* for something from bandcamp?"

― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:29 (11 months ago) Permalink

i don't

― flopson, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:33 (11 months ago) Permalink

― this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:20 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

you're not wrong about that (although i really hate when people say things like "mystery and danger" as if bands used to jump off the record and stab people in the vinyl era), but pointing to Band Camp as a chief example of that x years after MySpace is like saying VH1 rather than MTV made the music industry more image-conscious.

plus there's been a whole raft of 'mysterious' new acts who conceal or obfuscate their identity and imo it's become a much more gimmicky and pretentious than the approachable transparency of acts who embrace social networking and DIY modes of selling their music.

― some dude, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 22:34 (11 months ago) Permalink

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