Free/"Name Your Price" Bandcamp Album Compendium

i like the noise! and the songs, but i appreciate the ability to do both (well) a whole lot.

so do i! it was only a 'slightly'

LL otm; i listened to the first five tracks of the fuguguffu album and it sounded p incredible.

another vote for dark sun here too, while we're at it -- it was perfect to listen to while i puttered around in the early evening and tried to forget about work.

http://papir.bandcamp.com/album/papir
Recommended when you download one of the Dark Suns albums! Basically sounds like you'd expect!

http://istimerealrecordings.bandcamp.com
Homemade psychedelia!

OH THIS IS CONVENIENT:

http://theepoch.bandcamp.com/

^ Just went live. Cover art by me.

But seriously. "Label" comp; feat. Sharpless, Bellows and Small Wonder (and some other stuff inc. Maxo, who is a 8-bit dude and weirdly prolific)

Sharpless:
http://jackgreenleaf.bandcamp.com/

Bellows:
http://bellows.bandcamp.com/releases

Small Wonder:
http://smallwonder.bandcamp.com/

Maxo:
http://maxoisnuts.bandcamp.com/

I've actually kinda stopped writing pop songs :/ I recorded all those vocal tracks when I was 20.

crut, your voice was a truly delightful surprise. much deeper than i expected!

^^^^

I have to admit, I thought a few of the 'pop' songs were inspired by John Maus

Wiht - The Harrowing of the North
http://wihtleeds.bandcamp.com/album/the-harrowing-of-the-north

Stoner/psych, two long instrumental songs. I'm torn between feeling like a fuckwit for missing this year (I saw the good reviews in blogs, just totally spaced on checking it out) and being delighted to have found something new and great.

this PAST year

Brotherhood Of Sleep - Dark As Light
http://brotherhoodofsleep.bandcamp.com/album/dark-as-light

Stoner/psych. This one was on my list, but may not have been on Bandcamp when I checked previously.

On the same tip as Brotherhood of Sleep:

http://spelljammer.bandcamp.com/album/inches-from-the-sun

http://threemileisland.bandcamp.com/

^played with these guys last night. Their set was a wildly hallucinatory mix of drone-metal and sampled film dialogue (mostly from obv sources: Network, og Willy Wonka, etc) but now am listening to Transcendental Hamburger and there's a bit of that (along with a modicum of slap bass) but it is much more straightforward stripped down stoner metal. No guitars; only bass and drums. Digging it quite a bit. Hella nice guys, too.

Guadalupe Plata (2011)
http://guadalupeplata.bandcamp.com/album/guadalupe-plata-2011

Spanish blues/surf. Check out their video for "Serpiente Negra" that comes with the download. Most gorgeous dancer I've ever seen, like Elena Anaya from Sex And Lucia!

Taking their name from Samuel R. Delany's apocalyptic sci-fi classic, Chicago-based Dhalgren's sound is rich and textured, with all four members contributing to a complex base of synth drone and processed vocals, under which a driving rhythm section occasionally appears to propel the music from dense ambience to ecstatic motorik synth rock.

couldn't say it better myself, super recommended if that description appeals to you

http://dhalgren.bandcamp.com/album/042210

america nova sounds good too from what's available for listening, but idk where to get it since apparently they don't want me to pay to download it.

The Father Costume, 2010
dhalgren-related feelies/felt inspired pop (i'm guessing here, but it's kinda obvious i think?) EP
cute cassette-era art too
listen to "i need to be told" if you want a representative sample

http://thefathercostume.bandcamp.com/album/the-mismade-girl-ep

A City Safe From Sea, 2010
http://acitysafefromsea.bandcamp.com/

I was roommates with one of the dudes in this band while they were writing/recording it, so I always felt weird about talking about it on ILM, but what great chaotic Unwound/Meneguar-influenced stuff, with trumpets and pitch-shifted riffs and big choruses. Still love it, still wish they'd ever play out.

http://badindians.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-from-the-big-room
Hippy dippy psychedelic rock!

http://thehoaxprogram.bandcamp.com/
Modern hardcore with a stoner groove!

http://featurelessghost.bandcamp.com/album/projections
Cyberpunk synthpop!

http://hookingup.bandcamp.com/

http://zxz242.bandcamp.com/
Creepy synthy dancy stuff! I've been enjoying Paris.

http://www.arbutusrecords.com/?page_id=247
Grimes' Halfaxa. Hipstery dance chick!

http://www.holyterror.com/downloads/
Big chunk of metallic hardcore pioneers Integrity's discography!

http://rexorregina.bandcamp.com/

wonderful dreampop/shoegaze thing with female vocals, lovely atmosphere

insanely good early 90s perth janglepop

http://therainyard.bandcamp.com/

liz phair / dinojr stuff
http://speedyortiz.bandcamp.com/

OK, sent The Rainyard some money.

This thread is amazing - that Luger album is so good right now

http://poolsarenice.bandcamp.com/track/brother-song-for-friends

uh r. stevie moore has 200+ of his albums up for streaming on bandcamp

http://rsteviemoore.bandcamp.com/

this is amazing

need to explore this thread more! this sounds pretty cool, instrumental psych-y groove things: http://capesuites.bandcamp.com/

got damn... hooking up & speedy ortiz are like got damn

good old fashioned indie/slacker/post rock that i have found myself enjoying :

http://gates.bandcamp.com/album/the-sun-will-rise-and-lead-me-home

http://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/
Dude screwing around with a modular synthesizer!

http://rubbercitynoise.bandcamp.com/album/cinco-de-mayo-in-space
Cosmic drone! (Bonus: everything on this label is free!)

http://kanoi.bandcamp.com/album/blisterfinger-with-tankstellenproleten
You got your Kraut rock in my post rock! No, you got your post rock in my Kraut rock!

rubber city noise -- hometown homies!

more top hole early 90s noisepop from the aussie archives

http://trucktraintractor.bandcamp.com/

http://crucifixinadeathhand.bandcamp.com/
Swedish hard rock! Band name and album title (Do Androids Play Electric Guitars?) of the day!

http://hotfog.bandcamp.com/
"Kill You in the Face!"

http://gypsyhawk.bandcamp.com/
NSFW awesome throwback metal!

http://vlastapopic.bandcamp.com/
Eastern European garage rock!

That Gypsyhawk is all kinds of awesome. I bought the CD back when it came out. Love the Thin Lizzy influence, can't wait for the new one!

Ha, looks like Gypsyhawk had to raise money in order to take their new label Metal Blade up on their last-minute invite to SXSW. Sounds like the album is due around June.

Just out now!

http://icedragon.bandcamp.com/album/tome-of-the-future-ancients
Ice Dragon's 3rd album. Creepy stoner/doom from Boston.

Thanks for the tip off on the Ice Dragon. Found some good stuff linked from them as well:

http://thesandcollector.bandcamp.com/album/lord-of-the-sun
South American Stoner metal!

http://domoband.bandcamp.com/
South American psychedelic slag!

http://exemption.bandcamp.com/album/public-cemetery-party
Torche-ish! Not from South America.

Also, just in time to miss St. Patrick's Day: a crazy archive of obscure Irish metal bands. I've been enjoying Trojan and Blackwych.

http://irish-metal.bandcamp.com/

White Triangles - the Night Is Ours
http://whitetriangles.bandcamp.com/album/the-night-is-ours
Icy ambient!

Icy maybe but definitely not forbidding. Like playing in the snow at night in a nice fur-lined parka and mittens.

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

guy i went to college with -- pretty good!
http://martinroyle.bandcamp.com/

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.

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

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

really like that album cover

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.