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

yes ned i think you might. so lets hope more people click on it.
i bought it!

*newsflash* bdeep bdeep!

NEW FROM STORMSPELL RECORDS (this came to Mr Veg's email inbox and it was too good not to share)

TAARGA

Authentic 80s Sunset Strip Hair metal. You get both volumes which basically contain all strudio recordings the band made between 1986-1989, plus tons of selected live cuts, some of which exclusive and never published previously:

CD1: Lost & Archives Vol.1 CD
CD2: Lost & Archives Vol.2 CD

Both CDs come fully packaged in jewel cases with 12-page booklets loaded with band story, liner notes, lyrics, archive photos, and tasty custom artwork by Yannick Bouchard.

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/10/75/1075820329-1.jpg

http://stormspell.bandcamp.com/album/lost-and-archives-2cd-set

STUTZ

Cult 80s melodic metal from Ohio. The band had cult following and was on verge of signing a major deal with Geffen records when grunge kiled the music...
This is a massive 3CD box set basically featuring close to everything the band has recorded during their existence (1981-1990):
CD1: Killer CD - contains their "Made in USA" LP 1983 album, originally self-released in miscroscopic quantites and impossible to find nowadays, plus 7" EP 1981, plus bonus tracks
CD2: Marching Into Hell CD - contains "Tearin' Up The Night" 1986 album (previously self-released on cassette tape only) + Bonus tracks.
CD3: Keep Runnin' CD - contains previously unreleased songs, recorded from 1988 to 1990.
All 3 CDs come fully packaged in jewel cases with 12-page booklets loaded with band story, lyrics, archive photos, and killer custom artwork by Yannick Bouchard.

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/15/57/1557918734-1.jpg

http://stormspell.bandcamp.com/album/blood-sweat-and-tears-3cd-box-set

The band had cult following and was on verge of signing a major deal with Geffen records when grunge kiled the music...

I know right? So classic.

those grunge jerks ruined EVERYTHING

I just heard a bunch old time jazz dudes sitting around grumbling about that very thing

Christ. 's albums are available on bandcamp for dirt cheap. The guy that's associated w/boards of canada. some good tracks in there

Link for the previous post: http://christmusic.bandcamp.com/

Mogwai-esque post-rock from Vietnam: http://timekeeper.bandcamp.com

LOVE this band. Live they're more violent than on the album, which I think is the way I like things, in general

http://bellows.bandcamp.com/album/as-if-to-say-i-hate-daylight

also every once in a while he puts up stuff to DL for $ because he is in college and poor.

http://humankindnessoverflowing.bandcamp.com/album/eskimeaux

Good friends wrapping up their first tour in DC as we speak;

A portion of proceeds go to charity...

"For the $5 dollars you will spend on this album $2.50 will provide 5 meals for those in need through Philabundance. $1.50 will go directly to the artist and the other $1.50 will go to future funding of charitable projects with HKO. Additional payment is sincerely appreciated and is distributed in the same ratio."

Talking last weekend to someone about DROKK, and on a similar Carpenter/etc tip he recommended Matthew Akers' The Elders Of New Detroit:

http://matthewakers.bandcamp.com/album/the-elders-of-new-detroit

that sounds cool. Thanks!

http://randomchild.bandcamp.com/album/trials

M0AR BRO-HYPE. Random Child's 3rd album. Metal ahead. 5 buxx0r

Because Shooting Guns' "Down and Out in Detroit" 7" has sold out they've made the track available as a name-your-price:

http://shootingguns.bandcamp.com/album/shooting-guns-cult-of-dom-keller-split-7

friends of mine + i helped out a little with the recording of this one. modest mouse/mountain goats influenced fun indy pop stuff. i really really love this record:

http://megagemdenver.bandcamp.com/album/colors-of-the-west

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

It's been interesting to see places like Bandcamp and Discogs posting updates saying, essentially, "hey, don't freak out, recorded music is exempt from these tarriffs". Which, granted, from a business standpoint they want to keep people shopping but while that is technically true, that doesn't really matter when entire countries have paused shipping to the US anyway - exemption for records is a moot point due to the rest of the shitshow.

On the other hand, I did see two labels post that they think they'll have more clarity about shipping to the US next week.

yeah, the thing about the exemption is, like, sure, but there's never been a mail delivery service in my lifetime that, even in the best of times, ran super efficiently, due to the thousands of middlemen and bureaucrats in the chain of command who we rely on to use their discretion and best judgement. And now we're adding this clusterfuck, so I imagine a lot of people are just going to say, "why bother," because it's not worth the headache of navigating forms and paying crazy fees and hoping a thing arrives. I can't say I blame them, I'd probably do the same, at least until this is sorted out.

I'm worried about the non-US stuff I pre-ordered months ago, but I guess it won't be the end of the world if it gets cancelled. I do know that if I can't order records from the UK and Europe, the amount of money I spend on music is about to decrease rather significantly

Seems like one answer is simply buying MORE records! This from Heavy Psych Sounds (one of the labels I dearly would miss):

SHIPPING UPDATE!!! For orders of five records or more we always ship UPS and deliveries via UPS have not been affected by tariffs.

For single orders up to five records, most postal services (including ours) have suspended shipping to the US (which ultimately is delivered by USPS) until they figure out how to handle the tariff situation (we should be getting updates next week). We will update you again as soon as we are notified of a resolution. We appreciate your patience with this and thank you very much for your understanding

Edit: Just to be clear our US store is located in the US. If you placed an order from our US store their have been no delays/problems

My pre-order from El Paraiso for the new Edena Gardens appears to have juuuuust snuck in in time. My pre-order for the new Wucan record is "on hold for the foreseeable future", but the email the label send was super kind and offered me the option to cancel for a full refund. I'm holding out for now.

"sent"

Anyone joining these?

https://bandcamp.com/about_clubs

I signed up for the jazz and global beats ones - ironically the latter's selection this month is also jazz.

are they any good and do you get to ‘keep’ the selections when your sub ends?

This tariff bullshit makes it so frustrating. Woke up to two emails about new pre-orders I'd really like to get, so I hop over to Bandcamp to pick them up. The first is from a label that will no longer ship to the US at all (says the same on their label website), the second would cost $32 to ship a $16 CD to the U.S.

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but it's just one more example of how everything is just shittier right now.

yep, I've had the same frustration. Most recently, wanted to get the Piotr Kurek LP after reading Phil Sherburne's great review, only to find that it isn't shipping to the US. Ugh

I also have yet to receive my Real Lies LP I ordered from the band, though I'm not entirely convinced those have actually shipped

this piotr kurek album is lovely

yes it is

cost $32 to ship a $16 CD

I'd like to point people to my friends' band from the late 90's, the Sunshine Club, who finally got their 2 albums (plus an album of unreleased stuff) up on bandcamp 25 years later. RIYL Red House Painters, Spinanes, American Music Club, other 90's slowcore things. These records are amazing, band never got their due.

https://thesunshineclub.bandcamp.com/

Noted - thanks!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/bandcamp-announces-ban-on-ai-music/ar-AA1UhF5K?ocid=BingNewsSerp

nice to see it

I think it's purely symbolic, because I don't think there's a lot of slop on Bandcamp (?) and people who actually go to the trouble of buying music to support artists are probably not going to be inspired to do so by AI slop. And of course a lot of legit artists are going to be using AI as part of their music in ways that are not detectable (sampling from AI split or generated stems, writing tools, voice changing like on that last Caribou album - this might be the most controversial, wonder if they would ban it?). But I do appreciate the sentiment, since the whole point is to support human musicians (and to set themselves apart from Spotify etc).

I don’t think it’s purely symbolic but it’s not idealistic/altruistic either. It’s “we are intentionally going to banhammer all you lo-fi chillout clowns building your endless loops with slop prompts” because otherwise the platform would be overwhelmed with trash and people would be unable to find anything good in amongst all the wrong kind kind of noise

yeah i've already noticed an uptick in bots following me that just have, like, a couple obv slop albums in their collection

hopefully merzbow gets the memo and chills on the genAI artwork

https://slowdown-merzbow.bandcamp.com/music

god those are terrible

Lol, I did say last night that if they were banning anything with AI art, I wouldn't want to know what percentage of albums would be vaporized.

I was wondering if slop albums had infiltrated BC, I guess it was inevitable that people would try, but I basically only see pages that I already follow or go to specifically.

I don't think there's a lot of slop on Bandcamp (?)

There's a ton. Every time I do a search for new jazz releases, 2/3 of the feed is obvious slop.

Damn that sucks :(

Don’t know where else to post this but holy shit, on first listen it’s an early contender for album of the year

https://seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-perilous-fight-vol-2-we-the-people

same with this, genre is unclear, suggestions welcome

https://passepartoutduo.bandcamp.com/album/pieces-from-places

^^ I keep listening to this!

Sometimes you’re just fucking around on your phone trying to wake up and stumble upon a Gerard Cosley solo album

https://gerardcosloy.bandcamp.com/album/vfw

I have a new 10 track album out today called "BUILD". Maybe some ILXoRs will find this awesome? I'm pretty happy with it !
https://templo.bandcamp.com/album/build

Whoah, how is it that I did NOT know that Rudy from A.R. Kane and Alison Shaw from Cranes made an EP in the early 90's?

https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/rise?fbclid=IwY2xjawRYQIhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEevwiLwPBKNMDOuwL__SNacLjyVSRrCb4pFkIagVGH0II0JDgX6h_rORjiG08_aem_WAT09kiZy4qBPBs66oLS6Q

Thankfully the project was not called A.R. Cranes

i have the rough trade singles club 7" where that originally surfaced. the others are similarly unmemorable. ( https://www.discogs.com/label/349860-Rough-Trade-Singles-Club )

(oh, starpower was another, a name i recognise from their only other single, the place i first heard Some Velvet Morning

https://www.discogs.com/master/1564575-Starpower-Drifter

turns out they were the primitives, which i didn't know)

Thankfully Disappointingly the project was not called A.R. Cranes
― henry s, Friday, 24 April 2026 13:29 (one hour ago)

Fixed that for you.

i have the rough trade singles club 7" where that originally surfaced. the others are similarly unmemorable. ( https://www.discogs.com/label/349860-Rough-Trade-Singles-Club )

― koogs, Friday, April 24, 2026 8:40 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

hey now, it's not bad! and there's some other good ones in there

anyway I'll take it off your hands ;)

I concur, I dig that Starpower single as it has Paul Court from the Primitives.

I concur, I dig that Starpower single as it has Paul Court from the Primitives.

My Bandcamp Friday purchases were all titles from the Criss Cross Jazz label:

Don Braden - The Time Is Now, Wish List, & After Dark
Billy Drummond - Native Colours & Dubai
Chris Potter - Presenting Chris Potter & Sundiata