If you perk up when you hear the phrase “Bandcamp Friday,” then you probably already know that its 25th iteration arrives November 4. For 24 hours, the digital retailer passes along its usual share of sales revenue to the independent artists and labels whose work has made the platform such a success. (Epic Games purchased Bandcamp earlier this year, so these days your PayPal receipt will tell you that you’ve paid “Bandcamp, an Epic Company.”)
As usual, I rounded up recent Reader stories that mention music you can buy via Bandcamp. This is the shortest list in many months—not because we’ve covered less music, but because not every artist we write about sells through Bandcamp. And of course we also run stories about people who don’t make music but contribute to it in other ways—which reminds me, you should make sure to read Micco Caporale’s deep dive on Avondale hot spot Podlasie Club. In any case, if you want more Reader recommendations, you can follow the trail of lists I linked to in last month’s Bandcamp Friday roundup. Happy listening!
Algernon Cadwallader, Some Kind of Cadwallader, Parrot Flies
Angelenah, I Don’t Regret a Thing
Clara de Asís & Ryoko Akama, Sisbiosis
Bones, Vomit
Bossa IV, Greatest Chicago Hits
Cloud Rat, Threshold
Divino Niño, Last Spa on Earth
Gore Gore Girls, Strange Girls
James Marlon Magas, Confusion Is My Name
John McCowen, Models of Duration
Mightmare, Cruel Liars
Mohawk Johnson, “Outside”
Nnamdï, Please Have a Seat
Open Mike Eagle, A Tape Called Component System With the Auto Reverse
Panic Priest, Psychogoria
Pete Cautious, Garden of the Gods
Pleasant Mob, “Irene” b/w “Trees & Flowers”
Jordan Reyes, Everything Is Always
Sabaton, Weapons of the Modern Age
Patrick Shiroishi, I Shouldn’t Have to Worry When My Parents Go Outside, Hidemi
Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin, Suspiria soundtrack
Various artists, Sounds to Make You Shudder!
Yesterdayneverhappened, The Demon at Dusk
Ariel Zetina, Cyclorama
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