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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: killsaly on November 27, 2012, 11:39:27 am
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Bandcamp is beta testing fan accounts.
I have been a fan of the service for a while, and now on top of streaming and purchasing music, you can also peruse each others purchases/collections.
http://bandcamp.com/rougeriderhood (http://bandcamp.com/rougeriderhood)
Did anyone else get in on the Beta?
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No. Wish i had.
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I didn't either but am also a fan. The high payout for artists per purchase is great and is something I have taken advantage of and plan to continue doing so. I prefer Bandcamp over the likes of Spotify because I'd rather pay for flac files than a streaming service.
Hoping it takes off and a Bandcamp page for new albums becomes the norm in the next year.
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I am not sure why the fan site is not showing any free or pay what you will downloads. I have downloaded at least 50 free EPs and LPs off of Bandcamp on top of the 47 they have listed.
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http://blog.bandcamp.com/2013/01/10/bandcamp-for-fans/
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http://bandcamp.com/kosmowren
It's too bad you can only list direct purchases in one's collection. Guess I need to add those to the wishlist I've gotten a couple compilations and albums for free and had downloads for other albums fulfilled via bandcamp, none of which will show up if I add email addresses associated with those downloads. Oh well
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I think its kind of dumb that they arent showing the free ones. If I search my email for 'bandcamp' and 'download', it would be at least 100 more releases on there. Maybe they will patch it.
Also, it seems that since I used the same email address for both my artist and fan accounts, I cant follow anyone's account, since when I log in with my email, it defaults to the other account. I would not imagine that they would want people to have to use two email addresses to fully use their system.
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That's weird because I can add additional email accounts as a fan, to find other purchases. I was hoping to pick up some of those other free/paid for downloads, but couldn't. Oh well I guess it's still in beta.
I already used it to add a track azaghal1981 mentioned on twitter...
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did any of you actually go to band camp? oh the stories.
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i did and the only story that sticks out, is one time in jazz band a trombone player hit me in the back of the head with their slide during a solo.
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Fixed ;)
i did and the only story that sticks out, is one time in jazz band a "trombone player" hit me in the back of the "head" with their "slide" during a "solo".
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Bandcamp is donating 100% of its proceeds tomorrow to the ACLU. And I've seen at least two labels doing the same, Merge and Record Kicks. So dust off that wish list...
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List of bands/labels also donating proceeds
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/02/02/nobannowall-over-150-labels-artists-join-us-in-donating-fridays-profits-to-the-aclu
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Anyone get from Bandcamp yesterday? I ended getting several things from my wish list, but also got the new Priests, the case/lang/veirs album which I've already listened and totally enjoyed. Not that i really needed it but didn't realize WAV was a download option from there. FLAC works nicely for me... I was nice to find out that their cut is only like 15% of the cost.
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Spent about $50 on AGF, Oren Ambarchi, 75 Dollar Bill, Yves Tumor, Richard Pinhas, and Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic.
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I went a little nuts. Grabbed about 15 things; tried to stick mostly to bands/labels who are donating their cut.
http://bandcamp.com/ahmadz
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Bandcamp will be waiving their fees on Friday, what a great way to support some artists
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Hopefully Bandcamp will do this again so I can do a little digger digging for stuff
My haul was highly predictable and primarily releases I've been enjoying on evil streaming services...
Fuel by Orion Spur
Freaks by Frontier Folk Nebraska
The Du-Rites Disography
England Is A Garden by Cornershop
Spread The Feelingby Pernice Brothers
50 Foot Woman - The Instrumentals by Hannah Williams
Pang! by Gruff Rhys
American Love Call by Durand Jones & The Indications
Nick Of Time James Hunter Six
Some Kind of Lucky by The Jellybricks
Maker (The Album) by Andy Bopp
The Inside Passenger EP by The Inside Passenger
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Hopefully Bandcamp will do this again so I can do a little digger digging for stuff
England Is A Garden by Cornershop
have been enjoying and felt needed to pay them, thanks for the reminder
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Once again Bandcamp is waiving their fee again for one day. Was thinking about giving this one a miss, having not even downloaded last purchases yet. But, lots of reminders of cool stuff available coming through the socials...
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Once again Bandcamp is waiving their fee again for one day. Was thinking about giving this one a miss, having not even downloaded last purchases yet. But, lots of reminders of cool stuff available coming through the socials...
Yes. I just bought some.
And. Haven't downloaded last purchases yet.
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I didn't get anything back in March as I'd just bought some vinyl. Definitely gonna give it a go this time.
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i'm not even digging the deep into bandcamp and already feeling overwhelmed as usual,,, just found out Peter Gabriel's discography is up there including what looks like an amazing 62 track rarities collection and the german versions of this albums.
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I got some downloads of Live Records from Superchunk, Hold Steady, and 3 nights of DBT in Athens, GA, and then vinyl preorders of the new Bad Moves, and Phoebe Bridgers, and DBT "Stay 6 Feet Back Motherfucker" T Shirt.
It is all overwhelming.
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i'm saving money not buying stuff, including tickets and gas.
no more shows - life is canceled. see ya in 2021
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This may happen again on June 5 and July 3 if this Dischord release is any indication:
https://boingboing.net/2020/05/04/legendary-punk-label-dischord.html
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Bandcamp steps up, spotify pull a stunt...
So this coming Juneteenth (June 19, from midnight to midnight PDT) and every Juneteenth hereafter, for any purchase you make on Bandcamp, we will be donating 100% of our share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a national organization that has a long history of effectively enacting racial justice and change through litigation, advocacy, and public education. We’re also allocating an additional $30,000 per year to partner with organizations that fight for racial justice and create opportunities for people of color.
https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-naacp-ldf-fundraiser
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Didn't realize bandcamp was also doing their usual first Friday event this month on top of the Juneteeth event...
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Not really my jam... but a number of Death Row Records including Dr.Dre’s The Chronic are up on bandcamp. Seems like a pretty big deal for them
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Is this virtue signaling?
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This is a great collection from Record Kicks with proceeds benefiting NAACP Legal Defense Fund. It includes the track famously sample by Jay-Z from Hannah Williams and The Affirmations and one of personal favs The Bluebeaters take on Toxic.
https://recordkicks.bandcamp.com/album/record-kicks-chartbusters
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New tribute to Adam Schlesinger out today on Bandcamp. Looking very promising!!
https://fatherdaughterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/saving-for-a-custom-van
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9403070/adam-schlesinger-tribute-album-benefit-covid-19-relief
All-Star Adam Schlesinger Tribute Album 'Saving For a Custom Van' Benefits COVID-19 Relief
6/16/2020 by Gil Kaufman
Sarah Silverman, Rachel Bloom, Nada Surf and Ted Leo contributed to the 31-track album.
It's fitting that late Fountains of Wayne singer Adam Schlesinger's friends and musical colleagues are remembering the prolific, wildly talented songwriter with a tribute album benefitting COVID-19 relief. The 31-track Saving for a Custom Van, out today on Father/Daughter Records & Wax Nine and available exclusively on Bandcamp, features Schlesinger's collaborators, tour mates, friends and fans offering up their versions of songs from throughout the Fountains of Wayne singer/songwriter's expansive career.
Schlesinger, who died on April 1 at age 52 due to complications from COVID-19, is honored by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend co-creator/executive producer and star Rachel Bloom, who reworks FoW's most beloved song, "Stacy's Mom" into a jazzy cabaret track. The album also features comedian Sarah Silverman teaming with Ben Lee for a folky take on "Way Back Into Love" from the 2007 movie Music and Lyrics.
Other contributors include FoW guitarist Jody Porter covering "Four in the Morning" from Schlesinger's other band, Ivy, while Letters to Cleo's Kay Hanley takes on the power pop nugget "Radiation Vibe," Motion City Soundtrack do "Dip in the Ocean" and Nada Surf take a "Sick Day." All proceeds from the album will go to the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund, which is helping music industry community members affected by the coronavirus pandemic
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https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bjork-discography-bandcamp
The Björk Discography Comes to Bandcamp; Proceeds Being Donated to Black Lives Matter UK
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Is it Bandcamp Friday? (https://isitbandcampfriday.com/)
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Is it Bandcamp Friday? (https://isitbandcampfriday.com/)
yes it is... didn't take part last month... sticking my toe in gingerly this month
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I haven’t even listened to some of the stuff I bought last time.
I do have a few things I wanna get today tho.
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Lots of forum favorites on this one, only available on this Bandcamp Friday
https://goodmusic2020.bandcamp.com/
Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy
A compilation made up of previously unreleased recordings –featuring new songs, covers, remixes, live versions & unreleased demos. It's available exclusively on Bandcamp for 24 hours only on Friday 9/4. All net proceeds from album sales go to Fair Fight.
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More info on that comp
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/hayley-williams-laura-jane-grace-r-e-m-phoebe-bridgers-matt-berninger-30-others-on-new-benefit-comp/
The 40-song comp includes covers, remixes, live versions, unreleased demos, and entirely new songs from Hayley Williams (covering Broadcast), Matt Berninger (covering The Cure), Weyes Blood (covering Joni Mitchell), Real Estate (also covering Joni Mitchell), Robin Pecknold (covering The Roches), Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers (covering Gord Downie), Superchunk (covering Minutemen), Soccer Mommy (covering Saving Jane), Alex G (covering True Widow), The Decemberists (live Hoodoo Gurus cover), Beverly Glenn-Copeland (unearthed 1977 song), Tycho & Ben Gibbard (demo of forthcoming collaboration), R.E.M. (live in 1989), Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Thurston Moore, Sharon Van Etten, Sudan Archives, Helado Negro, Phoebe Bridgers, clipping., Tegan & Sara, Best Coast, Jamila Woods, Devendra Banhart, Sylvan Esso, Frankie Cosmos, Angel Olsen, Courtney Barnett, and still more.
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I was wondering about REM...but just an old live song
R.E.M. is honored to be part of “Good Music To Avert The Collapse Of American Democracy” – a fundraising compilation album that will be available for ONE DAY ONLY this Friday, September 4th on Bandcamp.
The band has contributed a previously unreleased version of “Begin The Begin” from their show at the Hampton Coliseum on Nov. 8, 1989 in Hampton, Virginia, during the Green Tour.
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and speaking of massive Bandcamp charity comps...
Talk - Action = Zero Vol. 2: A Compilation Benefitting Spread The Vote
https://roughtradepublishing.bandcamp.com/album/talk-action-zero-vol-2-a-compilation-benefitting-spread-the-vote
only a couple familiar to me on this, but was listening and will purchase at some point..
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yes it's your monthly reminder 8) ;D :o
also mogwai dropped a name your own price live album today
https://mogwai.bandcamp.com/album/2018
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Lots of forum favorites on this one, only available on this Bandcamp Friday
https://goodmusic2020.bandcamp.com/
Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy
A compilation made up of previously unreleased recordings –featuring new songs, covers, remixes, live versions & unreleased demos. It's available exclusively on Bandcamp for 24 hours only on Friday 9/4. All net proceeds from album sales go to Fair Fight.
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Shep Fairey Poster:
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each one is Signed by Shepard Fairey too!
and decided to pay the $20.20 for the comp
Fair Fight is a great org and I've supported them directly in the past
100% of the net proceeds from the album’s sales will go to Fair Fight, a voters rights organization that promotes fair elections around the country through voter education, election reform, and combating voter suppression.
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got hipped to this benefit comp for indie music venues in chicago...
it has live jeff tweedy and Ok Go tracks on offer... i recognize a couple more artists in the track listing, pretty mixed bag of genres of i'm assuming chicago based artists.
https://situationchicago.com/album/situationchicago
suspect we'll see something similar for DC or Baltimore at some point.
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perhaps some of you were at this one, tip received from MPP
https://jasonisbell.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-merriweather-post-pavilion-columbia-md-6-18-16
Live at Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, MD - 6/18/16
by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
one of a couple live shows posted today
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so here is your bandcamp oddity for today... a live recording of low low audio quality of a surprise John Cougar Mellencamp show performing under another name in a small club... midway through the set he brings out Lou Reed and they do some of his classics.... and the story gets better they were opening for John Prine.
https://ulyssa.bandcamp.com/album/bloomington-87
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so here is your bandcamp oddity for today... a live recording of low low audio quality of a surprise John Cougar Mellencamp show performing under another name in a small club... midway through the set he brings out Lou Reed and they do some of his classics.... and the story gets better they were opening for John Prine.
https://ulyssa.bandcamp.com/album/bloomington-87
This is great. Not gonna buy it, but happy to listen to it.
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looks like the Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy folks decided to hold their own beer and volume 2 has 77 tracks only available on Friday
https://goodmusic2020.bandcamp.com/
and yikes another bandcamp friday
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This looks very promising... A group of Scottish Musicians are getting together to record new versions of their songs with their road crews serving as the musicians to benefit them.
Solid lineup for this to be released in Dec
Whole Lotta Roadies
On the line-up for this one-off recorded extravaganza are Belle and Sebastian, Twin Atlantic, The Proclaimers, KT Tunstall, Fatherson, Emma Pollock, Honeyblood, The Rezillos, The Xcerts, and Idlewild.
https://wholelottaroadies.bandcamp.com/album/whole-lotta-roadies
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This has become a thing..bands trying to do something for their road crews
That’s a side of the business nobody talks much about
Often the road crew start as a band’s original fans, friends and family and bands get very close with their crew... over the years and multiple tours everyone bonds... road crew kids might grow up playing with band member kids...often their crew are also musicians..sometimes when bands lose members someone from the road crew is promoted to replace the original band member... sometimes road crew members do side projects with a band member... sometimes someone starts out as road crew and then leaves to make their own band and music
It’s an interesting dynamic
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So much good news and it's Bandcamp Friday to boot!
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Scott McCaughey releases album of Neil Young Covers
https://scottthehoople.bandcamp.com/album/neil-vol-1
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The Hood, Cooley, Isbell 2014 show available on Bandcamp today is pretty great.
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Ottobar benefit compilation out on Friday
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https://nostagediving.bandcamp.com/album/no-stagediving-volume-1
Ottobar release out...
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that day of the month again... not sure if this will carry on or not but BANDCAMP FRIDAY
new Ottobar collection
https://nostagediving.bandcamp.com/album/no-stagediving-volume-2
also Merge has a collection of their Artists doing covers of Georgia Artists
https://mergerecords.bandcamp.com/album/going-to-georgia
Death Cab For Cutie also have Georgia on their mind.. an EP of covers only available for 24 hours, proceeds going to Fair Fight
https://deathcabforcutie.bandcamp.com/
other goodies include a Sloan B-sides collection
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that day of the month again... not sure if this will carry on or not but BANDCAMP FRIDAY
new Ottobar collection
https://nostagediving.bandcamp.com/album/no-stagediving-volume-2
also Merge has a collection of their Artists doing covers of Georgia Artists
https://mergerecords.bandcamp.com/album/going-to-georgia
Death Cab For Cutie also have Georgia on their mind.. an EP of covers only available for 24 hours, proceeds going to Fair Fight
https://deathcabforcutie.bandcamp.com/
other goodies include a Sloan B-sides collection
Also, The Mountain Goats recent livestream captured here:
https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/the-jordan-lake-sessions-volumes-1-and-2 (https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/the-jordan-lake-sessions-volumes-1-and-2)
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Available until Dec 20th
White Strips Live at 40 watt club
Proceeds from this live album will go to Fair Fight Action, the voter participation advocacy group founded by Stacey Abrams, and their ongoing work to protect the rights of eligible voters in the upcoming Georgia runoff elections.
This recording took place on September 27, 1999, at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA.
https://thirdmanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-40-watt-benefitting-fair-fight
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This popped up on an instagram post today.
https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/ (https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/)
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This popped up on an instagram post today.
https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/ (https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/)
Man...that cover of Hall and Oates is just too good to be true
https://youtu.be/0p5fxlqltJw
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This popped up on an instagram post today.
https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/ (https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/)
Man...that cover of Hall and Oates is just too good to be true
https://youtu.be/0p5fxlqltJw
I didnt know about the redtube youtube version of this. Thanks!
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This popped up on an instagram post today.
https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/ (https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/)
it's a funny/juvenile concept, but the singer's tone-deafness makes it hard to listen to for more than 30 seconds. i expect pitch-perfect renditions when singing about dicks. mine certainly deserves it, considering what i put it through...
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This popped up on an instagram post today.
https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/ (https://mydickband.bandcamp.com/)
it's a funny/juvenile concept, but the singer's tone-deafness makes it hard to listen to for more than 30 seconds. i expect pitch-perfect renditions when singing about dicks. mine certainly deserves it, considering what i put it through...
Yeah, how Hard would it have been to autotune that Dick?
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i expect pitch-perfect renditions when singing about dicks. mine certainly deserves it,
POTW...and it's only monday
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this is bonkers
On the first Friday of every month since March, we’ve waived our revenue share to help support the many artists who have seen their livelihoods disrupted by the pandemic. Over the course of these nine days, fans paid artists and labels $40 million dollars, helping cover rents, mortgages, groceries, medications, and much more. If you’re among the nearly 800,000 fans who participated, thank you.
and they have more Friday's schedule for next year...
it's also remarkable how much is funneled back into artists and labels via bandcamp
If you’ve started to feel guilty about buying music on any day other than Bandcamp Friday, here’s something to keep in mind: on Bandcamp Fridays, an average of 93% of your money reaches the artist/label (after payment processor fees). When you make a purchase on any other day of the month (as 2.5 million of you have since March, buying an additional $145 million worth of music and merch) an average of 82% reaches the artist/label. Every day is a good day to directly support artists on Bandcamp!
https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays-2021
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Bandcamp Friday pull out your wallets!
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The early consensus is as long as Epic allows Bandcamp to continue as is, all is fine.
One positive is that Epic may bring in the needed muscle to take on Apple which is preventing Bandcamp from directly selling within the app.
Personally, I hope it all stays the same as it serves now as cloud storage for my purchases.. the thought of downloading all those zip files makes my head hurt… zip files are my nemesis
Hopefully all artists I support stay put
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Bandcamp Friday could be the last one :'(
part of me thinks i knew this tidbit about Super Furry Animals but there is now recorded evidence...
Actor Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill, Harry Potter and lately Spiderman was the lead singer prior to Gruff joining the band
anyways they have released a track recorded nearly 30 years ago
it's apparently only going to available for a limited time
https://superfurryanimals.bandcamp.com/track/of-no-fixed-identity
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Wee update Gruff was in SFA at the time of this recording just not the lead singer
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Open your wallets, support the artists and this fundraiser on Bandcamp
This Friday, June 17th, we’re holding our third annual Juneteenth fundraiser, where we donate 100% of our share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
And yes you can order physical products directly from the artists on Bandcamp
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This Friday, June 17th, we’re holding our third annual Juneteenth
How disrespectful to The Bitches....
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Bandcamp <noreply@bandcamp.com>
Mon, Aug 29, 5:26 PM
A friendly reminder that Bandcamp Fridays are returning this Friday, September 2, and continuing on October 7th, November 4th, and December 2nd.
Details are here (https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays-update), and please help us spread the word!
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Another one of those massive one day only on Bandcamp benefit compilations is coming on Friday which of course another Bandcamp Friday
the usual suspects are donating tracks...
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Another one of those massive one day only on Bandcamp benefit compilations is coming on Friday which of course another Bandcamp Friday
the usual suspects are donating tracks...
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important note, IMO: "Compilation made up of previously-unreleased recordings – featuring new songs, covers, remixes, live versions & unreleased demos. Available for only 24 hours, exclusively on Bandcamp on Friday 10/7 starting at 12:01am PT. Tee shirt of the album art by Kim Gordon to be sold 10/7 on Bandcamp. All net proceeds from album & tees will go to Abortion Care Network, Brigid Alliance and NOISE FOR NOW."
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Another one of those massive one day only on Bandcamp benefit compilations is coming on Friday which of course another Bandcamp Friday
the usual suspects are donating tracks...
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FeO_Wx2WQAgE6Ge?format=jpg&name=medium)
https://goodmusiccomp.bandcamp.com/album/good-music-to-ensure-safe-abortion-access-to-all
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Whelp this a first for me.. bought an album off Bandcamp from a fraudulent account. Hopefully, the artist can claim the sell somehow...
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This is so messed up and WTF did Epic Games think they were getting when they bought Bandcamp. Pretty sure Epic Games bet heavily on the whole NFT bullshit and are now cost cutting left and right.
Epic is laying off roughly 50% of the Bandcamp staff amidst it sale to Songtradr. So much for respecting the Bandcamp Employees union.
Seriously why isn’t Bandcamp a not for profit company at this point, surely there are smart people that could take this on.
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Hmmm not sure if it’s Epic or Songtradr laying off employees.. I hope any artists using Songtradr to do digital distribution, etc for them cancel that service because of this BS
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Oh great Soundtadr doesn’t actually make money licensing music, they are kept afloat by borrowing money like all good tech companies… the future of Bandcamp doesn’t look so bright, now that have gutted their editorial department
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Ugh word is artists are deleting albums from bandcamp, and of course zip files are my nemesis so I’m very behind in my downloading… so I guess WAV file’s because they can be converted or FLAC
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Probably only of interest to Justin
Bulk Download Your Entire Bandcamp Collection with Batchcamp Chrome Extension
https://howtohifi.com/bulk-download-your-entire-bandcamp-collection-with-batchcamp-chrome-extension/
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Oh and apparently they got rid of the team that took care of handling reports and then removing neo nazi bands. So of course that shit will proliferate now.
“Bandcamp earned a reputation for good moderation. Reports were acted on quickly and effectively, by people who knew their way around the symbols and dogwhistles of white supremacist music subgenres. Whatever comes next will probably not match that, with real consequences for funding of these scenes.”
As will people running scams by uploading albums that aren’t theirs
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Probably only of interest to Justin
Bulk Download Your Entire Bandcamp Collection with Batchcamp Chrome Extension
https://howtohifi.com/bulk-download-your-entire-bandcamp-collection-with-batchcamp-chrome-extension/
Thanks for the tip, but out of more than 500 purchases I only have a handful not downloaded. Probably some avant-garde guitar thing, which narrows it down....
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hey kosmo, you like the listening party thing right?
TVD Radar: Sonic Youth announces listening party for the 2LP reissue of Walls Have Ears (https://www.thevinyldistrict.com/storefront/2024/01/tvd-radar-sonic-youth-announces-listening-party-for-the-2lp-reissue-of-walls-have-ears/)
To celebrate the release of their long out-of-print bootleg from 1986, Walls Have Ears, Sonic Youth announces a Bandcamp Listening Party. Join hosts Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, and Steve Shelley on Feb. 8th at 2:30 pm ET, for an advance listen to the full album and chat with the artists about Sonic Youth and this legendary live release. Walls Have Ears is officially out February 9.
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Another one of those monster charity collections has been added to Bandcamp to raise money for Flood Relief in Western North Carolina
I spy amongst this 136 tracks !?!? several forum favorites including this
The Hold Steady - Certain Songs (Live at 9:30 Club) June 21, 2024
https://cardinalsatthewindow.bandcamp.com/album/cardinals-at-the-window-2
bunch of live stuff, etc here
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Not to out done by the previous monster charity collection for Western North Carolina flood relief there is now a 19 Hour 278 track one which features a diverse lineup of musicians from Western North Carolina and beyond. Obligatory live R.E.M. track included. Not as many recognizable by me artist on this one as the Cardinals In The Window collection.
https://cavernsofgold.bandcamp.com/album/caverns-of-gold-a-benefit-for-wnc-hurricane-relief
I did work my through the other 10 hour collection and while a good listen, a bit to much folk and jammy for my ears...
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I think I might have been at this show
Tommy Keene - Rockin’ The Iota
https://tommykeene.bandcamp.com/album/rockin-the-iota
Tommy Keene live soundboard recording from August 23, 2002 at the Iota in Arlington, VA.
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it's bandcamp friday!
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This Friday, December 6th, Bandcamp Friday returns!
On Bandcamp Friday, we waive our revenue share so every purchase goes directly to the artist.
Want help finding new music? Check out our Holiday Gift Guide (https://bandcamp.com/holiday) and discover exclusive releases, unique merch, and 2024 fan favorites all in one place. Whether it’s must-have vinyl, a top band tee, or a thoughtful gift card, every purchase makes an impact.
Fans like you have already paid over $192 million to artists on Bandcamp this year alone.
Let’s close out 2024 on a high note!
-Bandcamp Team
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oh look, it's yet another monster charity collection - this time for LA. lineup is kinda bonkers... unreleased REM??
R.E.M., War on Drugs, King Gizzard, Jason Isbell, My Morning Jacket, MJ Lenderman & more contributing unreleased tracks for new LA wildfire benefit comp (https://www.brooklynvegan.com/r-e-m-war-on-drugs-king-gizzard-jason-isbell-my-morning-jacket-mj-lenderman-more-contributing-unreleased-tracks-for-new-la-wildfire-benefit-comp/)
Good Music To Lift Los Angeles is a new charity benefit compilation and latest in the Good Music series that was created by Dave Eggers and Jordan Kurland It will be released this Friday, February 7 via Bandcamp with proceeds benefiting LA wildfire relief via the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund and the LA Food Bank.
There are 90 artists who contributed unreleased tracks for the compilation including: R.E.M., Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service, Jeff Tweedy, The War on Drugs, My Morning Jacket, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, Interpol, Cassandra Jenkins, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Courtney Barnett, MJ Lenderman, Ty Segall, Animal Collective, The Hold Steady, TV on the Radio, Modest Mouse, Toro Y Moi, Militarie Gun, Manchester Orchestra, The New Pornographers, Neko Case, Perfume Genius, Real Estate, Soccer Mommy, Tenacious D, This is Lorelei, Blondshell, Dawes, Faye Webster, Mudhoney, and more.
https://goodmusiccomp.bandcamp.com/
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It’s almost a guarantee that with any of these monster benefit compilations there is an unreleased live R.E.M. track
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Another Benefit Compilation has been released
LOS ANGELES RISING
https://losangelesrising.bandcamp.com/album/los-angeles-rising
hutch and loveandrocketshatch might want to sit down as there is a collaboration that might do their heads in :)
A compilation of music benefitting the SWEET RELIEF Musicians Fund and their work supporting artists and music professionals who have lost their homes and instruments in the Los Angeles fires.
Musician Kevin Haskins (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus), Record producer Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, IDLES) came together after witnessing the destruction of the homes and livelihoods of not only fellow artists but also of their support structure of crew, publicists, marketing teams and of their collaborators, producers, recording and mastering engineers.
Digging into their own archives for unheard gems, they decided to reach out to like minded artists for their own contributions, and the response was overwhelming!
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Trigger Warning
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FLEA FRUSCIANTE HASKINS and DEANGELIS - A System For Shutting Everything Out
The Flea/Frusciante song was recorded on the fly in 2002, when the musicians were all rehearsing at the same L.A. studio. “I was so excited and nervous to work with them, and when we got together, I realized it was the same for them too,” Haskins recalls. “It has a very post-punk kind of vibe. It was very spontaneous and we made it up instantly. When we had the music, Flea said, ‘John, go and sing.’ He was a little reticent, but Flea said, ‘you can do this. Go. Get your [lyric] book.’ He sang this amazing vocal performance on the first take. A couple days later, I realized we didn’t have a title, so I called up John and said, ‘you came up the lyrics. Could you give me a title?’ There was a pause and he said, ‘A System for Shutting Everything Out,’ which just made me laugh. I’ve had some pivotal moments of working with other artists where I’ve had to pinch myself, and this was another one of them.”
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There was supposed to be another Haskin's contribution on it but it must have been dropped from the final release a cover of Bauhaus’ “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything” with Hannah Vandermolen, Nine Inch Nails’ Danny Lohner and harpist Mary Lattimore
https://www.spin.com/2025/02/los-angeles-rising-compilation/
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looks very interesting, although it has been rare that I have actually enjoyed any of these collaboration efforts from any artist
I can't think of a single compilation that there is a song where all these greats get together and make something amazing
can you name a few?
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looks very interesting, although it has been rare that I have actually enjoyed any of these collaboration efforts from any artist
I can't think of a single compilation that there is a song where all these greats get together and make something amazing
can you name a few?
The Red Hot series has some great great CDs like red hot Rio, red hot riot, red hot Gershwin, red hot Rio 2 etc
It’s rare though….
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The Red Hot series has some great great CDs like red hot Rio, red hot riot, red hot Gershwin, red hot Rio 2 etc
Red hot rio is great...but some incredible source material to build on
I'm going to check out that RedHot+riot Fela one, sounds cool
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to be fair most of the monster compilations are always going to be mixed bag...
But this one is of the very best
Saving for a Custom Van which is tribute to Adam Schlesinger so the songs are already going be great. Been thinking about re-listening to this recently
https://fatherdaughterrecords.bandcamp.com/album/saving-for-a-custom-van
The Red Hot Org compilations are always well thought out
There was the "Going To Georgia" compilation that Merge pulled together which their artists doing covers of Georgia-centric songs. But, it's no longer available for purchase.
I think in general the more focused the compilation is the likely of it getting repeat listens are likely greater. I'm sure they put out those 90 tracks ones out so as to pickup as many hardcore fans of the bands/artists who are liable to buy it for the one track they are likely interested in.
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There was the "Going To Georgia" compilation that Merge pulled together which their artists doing covers of Georgia-centric songs.
I find this interesting they took the title of one of my favorite TMG songs
TMG is on the compliation and doesn't do this song
and he even retired this song
Going to Georgia ...is one of the most popular Mountain Goats songs from the lo-fi era, John Darnielle has disavowed it, believing it is misogynistic and romanticizes gun violence. the song was 'retired' in 2012
"I honestly don't want to play 'Going to Georgia' ever again. I really confronted my old catalog because I began getting more and more engaged with my feminism, and I think 'Going to Georgia' is a bullshit song. Bottom line: I know it's got a nice melody, and it's got a cool vibe, but that dude is bullshit and I don't want to be involved with him anymore. I'm not saying I'll never play it, I probably will, especially when the three of us are playing it kind of rocks, but I wish its lyrics were different, I don't know what to do with that. I don't like what's going on in that song. It seems daring and edgy to a 26-year-old dude to have a guy who goes down with a gun for unknown purposes to see somebody he claims to love, but to my present self, that guy is a fucking asshole. I don't like to celebrate things like that. I'm not ashamed of the song, the song has a vibe, I can't deny it, and I listen to Cannibal Corpse, you know. The song 'Fucked with a Knife,'there aren't multiple readings of that song. That song is a terrible, horrible song but you know, my own part in that stuff, I don't know. I have complex feelings about it." -- 2012-06-22 - Rio Theater - Vancouver, British Columbia
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It’s a real shame how John has disavowed and run from an entire period of songwriting.
Imagine if Bob Dylan turned his back on anything before the motorcycle crash.
I was really passionate about Mountain Goats for a while. I even hosted fans from other states when they came into DC to see him at the Black Cat. It was an interesting community. I remember we went backstage at his Black Cat show and hung out.
Then it just felt like he disavowed that and started anew. I can understand he felt boxed in and how many “Going to….” Songs can you write? Also the lyrics in those years tapped into some highly personal and deep romanticism that invariably he and his fanbase would outgrow. I get that… but the way he went about it seemed like an almost violent rejection.
I used to listen to him so much. I never listen to him anymore and I haven’t had any desire to see him live in 25 years. I outgrew him, he outgrew himself or both?
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I mean John’s attitude about his 1990s stuff is literally to suppress it! Most of it has never been reissued or a one time 1000 copy pressing 20 years ago. It’s very extreme and for those of us whom that stuff mattered so much for…so deeply and personally….it’s perplexing and even troubling.
But you do you John.
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looks very interesting, although it has been rare that I have actually enjoyed any of these collaboration efforts from any artist
I can't think of a single compilation that there is a song where all these greats get together and make something amazing
can you name a few?
The Red Hot series has some great great CDs like red hot Rio, red hot riot, red hot Gershwin, red hot Rio 2 etc
It’s rare though….
4,000
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I tend to agree...i think it's pretty lame when bands disavow older material, whether due to lyrical content or just stylistic changes. Say what you want, but it's one of the things I love about Ween...they still play a bunch of amateur songs written in their teen years that don't exactly hold-up culturally.
But i also get it, especially if it came from a dark place, misogynistically speaking. Not exactly the same, but it's like the Beastie Boys pretty much only performing one song from License to Ill in their later years (blanking on which one...Slow and Low maybe?). I'm guessing it's hard for some performs to dig into songs like that as you get older.
But am I wrong in thinking he just played this one out a year or two back? I feel like i saw videos from an outdoor NYC show.
I mean John’s attitude about his 1990s stuff is literally to suppress it! Most of it has never been reissued or a one time 1000 copy pressing 20 years ago. It’s very extreme and for those of us whom that stuff mattered so much for…so deeply and personally….it’s perplexing and even troubling.
But you do you John.
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But am I wrong in thinking he just played this one out a year or two back? I feel like i saw videos from an outdoor NYC show.
I did cut out the part of the quote that says he's played it 7 times since 2012
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Imagine if Bob Dylan cut out most of his early 60s breakup songs cause he felt they came from a misogynistic place!!!
I find Bob’s pre motorcycle crash songs far more misogynistic than John’s and hell I admit I never saw this misogynistic bent to John’s songs. Even some post crash stuff like Idiot Wind by Bob is way way more out there than John…
“The most remarkable thing about coming home to you….”
I never found John’s stuff misogynistic. I found it incredibly romantic.
Anyway that’s it for me on this… it’s actually kind of painful and hurts. There was no need for that John.
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what gets me on this topic
the song seems to promote love and someone helping someone who is clearly hurting just by being there and present for them
stopping them from suicide
Jez that sounds insanely positive and good to me
I don't know how its "misogynistic and romanticizes gun violence."
unless a subtext is he is going there to kill her?
saw someone say this
This song is about being pissed off at someone (most likely a woman), and driving to middle of nowhere Georgia to kill her, but then reconsidering once he got there and saw her.
it's honestly one of my all-time favorite songs and can't imagine a world without it
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Same. I find it incredible and positive.
The whole thing with what happened to John is madness.
I mean plenty of artists write songs coming from one place and when they put them out there they are received by people from a totally different place. It’s an incredibly arrogant view of songwriting if John really thinks like that because so many musicians from Dylan on have spoken of songwriting as an act where you channel something that is already there functioning as a conduit. John makes it all about Himself. The person listening to the song apparently can have no personal relationship of their own to the song or if they do well John doesn’t want them to and suppresses the song.
And plenty of artists put out songs and then later on are dismissive of them:@“ “I was in a different place then….” Etc etc but they don’t suppress hundreds of songs with which people have developed their own relationships.
I mean shit imagine if Tweedy used John’s rationale?
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looks very interesting, although it has been rare that I have actually enjoyed any of these collaboration efforts from any artist
I can't think of a single compilation that there is a song where all these greats get together and make something amazing
can you name a few?
The Red Hot series has some great great CDs like red hot Rio, red hot riot, red hot Gershwin, red hot Rio 2 etc
It’s rare though….
This is a wonderful compilation- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Was_the_Night_(album)
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Ok we have beat this to death, but I have found another quote by john that gives me slightly his perspective ...
""If you should find yourself in this song, heaven forbid, don't say 'Oh! What's the chance for epiphany here?'
Call the cops. There's a fucking psychopath on my porch. I hate him, and I want him to go to jail.
And if the police say 'What if he's having some deep feelings?' Tell them 'Take your patriarchal bullshit down to the garbage can where it belongs and haul this guy off to jail because he has a gun."" 2016-11-21 - Second City - Chicago, IL
although this coda makes me almost angry
At this show, John proceeded to play "Going to Georgia" after an audience member offered him $60.
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To be fair, $60 for 3 minutes equals $1,200 per hour.
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since we love days of the week so much around here:
this friday = bandcamp friday
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Greetings,
Bandcamp Friday returns on May 2.
For 24 hours, we’re waiving our revenue share, meaning more of your money goes directly to the artists and labels you support.
Since launching Bandcamp Friday in 2020, fans have paid over $130 million directly to artists and labels through this initiative. That support has helped them pay rent, fund tours, press records, and even raise money for causes they care about.
It’s a simple idea with real impact: buy music and merch you love, and give artists a boost when they need it most.
Mark your calendar. Start building your wishlist. Bandcamp Friday is coming.
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Speaking of Bandcamp... They did a fun profile on Teenbeat the other day.
https://daily.bandcamp.com/label-profile/teen-beat-label-profile (https://daily.bandcamp.com/label-profile/teen-beat-label-profile)
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Ipecac Recordings
Bandcamp Flash Sale!
20% off our entire store now through Wed June 25th. Use the code: IPECAC2025
https://ipecacrecordings.bandcamp.com
I See Melvins, New McClusky and Jesus Lizard to name a few.
https://ipecacrecordings.bandcamp.com/
https://bsky.app/profile/ipecac.com/post/3lsckgemghc2m