Bandcamp bands that are actually good?

[j's brain]

I found this band Golden Sun a few months ago. The entire EP is pretty good but check out "Bonneville" and "Wind River". The album is free.

I also like Boxed Wine - this EP is free too.

What have you guys found there?

[conoalias]

Well there are a shit-ton of good bands there, in every possible genre, so it's gonna come down to what kind of music you're looking for.

Some recent random finds + more well-known bands and labels (and I'm probably forgetting quite a few but that list is already way too long anyway)

Pop/Folk/Rock
A Band Of Buriers
Alameda
Alexander Turnquist
Andrew Weathers
Ariya Astrobeat Orkestra
Ben Caplan & The Casual Smokers
Black Walls
Chelsea Wolfe
Cian Nugent
Clogs
Divorce
Dylan Shearer
I Like Trains
King Dude
Last Harbour
Marissa Nadler
Michael James Tapscott
Mina May
The Missing Season
Mount Eerie
Motorama
Murder by Death
Myrninerest
Ned Collette
Omar Rodriguez Lopez
The Oscillation
Rachel Brooke
Rien
Rivulets
Rob St John
Sargent House
Stanley Brinks
Stranded Horse
Thomas Belhom
Thomas Méry
Three Lobed Recordings
The Touré-Raichel Collective
Tu Fawning
Turzi

Metal
20 Buck Spin Records
Abyssal
Across Tundras
Agalloch
Ash Borer
Ashencult
Black September
Bosse-de-Nage
Cloudkicker
Deafheaven
Disma
Embers
Gigan
Gilead Media
Gnaw Their Tongues
Krallice
Mitochondrion
Morgion
Mutilation Rites
Nekrasov
Njiqahdda
Nuclear War Now! Productions
Omega Massif
Petrychor
Profound Lore Records
Relapse Records
Samothrace
Tombs
Velnias
Wildernessking
Ulcerate
Willowtip Records

Post-rock/Ambient/Drone/Electronica/etc.

Aidan Baker / Nadja
Arno Mori
Ben Frost
Beware of Safety
The Caretaker / Leyland Kirby
Crippled Black Phoenix
Debacle Records
The Drift
Expo '70
Fabio Orsi
Hallock Hill
Hammock
Her Name Is Calla
Jannick Schou
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble / The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation
Locrian
Low Point Records
Marsen Jules
Moongazing Hare
Port-Royal
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Richard Skelton
Russian Circles
Talvihorros
This Will Destroy You
Three Trapped Tigers
Vieo Abiungo
witxes

[more deep]

Cono, you've got great taste in music

[super nintendo chalmers]

Bandcamp is great. Theres an phone app, Bandcamper, that lets you bookmark bands' pages.

Here are a few I favorited. Most of these bands all put out great stuff in 2012.



http://policeteeth.bandcamp.com/


http://pile.bandcamp.com/album/dripping


http://bedroomsuckrecords.bandcamp.com/album/big-time


http://primes.bandcamp.com/


http://ironlungpv.bandcamp.com/album/still-cruising-lp

[j's brain]

Jeez. That's a lot to go through. Believe it or not, seeing the album art actually makes a difference whether I'll click on the band. I don't get it. Can you recommend 2 or 3 bands you would try to get one of your friends to listen to? Just looking for something new...

[super nintendo chalmers]

Absolutely. Don't judge the quick turnaround, I just popped on to add some things to the above list. But I'll whittle it down to three for you.



http://bigeyes.bandcamp.com/album/back- ... iday-night
Super catchy poppy punk record from Seattle



http://scottandcharleneswedding.bandcam ... ocial-club
I've been on pretty serious Aussie kick for the past year or so. I should probably do a thread for it, but I'm a lazy man. This is a pretty good one. Equal parts, pop, psych, and down under weridness.


http://policeteeth.bandcamp.com/track/e ... -in-renton
I've listened to this everyday for the past three months.


oh and the new Torche single rips.
http://torche.bandcamp.com/track/rock-n-roll-mantasy

[kreng]

Cono, you've got great taste in music

Yes he does

[conoalias]

Bandcamp is great. Theres an phone app, Bandcamper, that lets you bookmark bands' pages.

Yeah I use it but it's a bit sketchy, doesn't let you search for bands unless you type the exact name, can't browse by tags etc. Although bandcamp itself desperately needs a better search/browse feature.

http://ironlungpv.bandcamp.com/album/still-cruising-lp

I've listened to that one last year after someone posted about it here (must have been you, I guess), that stuff isn't really what I enjoy but it was not bad from what I remember.

http://bedroomsuckrecords.bandcamp.com/ ... ocial-club

A friend made me listen to that one, I do like its shitty VU-ish sound but it gets a bit tiresome after a few tracks.

Jeez. That's a lot to go through. Believe it or not, seeing the album art actually makes a difference whether I'll click on the band. I don't get it. Can you recommend 2 or 3 bands you would try to get one of your friends to listen to? Just looking for something new...

Well like I said it's hard (for me) to give recs if I don't know what kind of stuff you want to hear, but I'll try to give you some of the more straightforward/accessible stuff (meaning I'll skip the metal and the instrumental).


http://murderbydeath.bandcamp.com/album ... h-and-claw
(rock, alt-country)


http://talitres.bandcamp.com/album/motorama-calendar
(like a more upbeat The National)


http://talitres.bandcamp.com/album/stra ... ling-tides
(folk/pop)


http://marissanadler.bandcamp.com/album/marissa-nadler
(folk/pop)


http://store.bencaplan.ca/album/in-the- ... emembering
(blues, jazz)


http://ariyaastrobeatarkestra.bandcamp. ... her-worlds
(afrobeat)


http://pacinist.bandcamp.com/album/ever ... thing-hurt
(rock)

[mf]

bandcamp is trying to get into the social game by allowing fans to create a profile, share, etc

http://blog.bandcamp.com/2013/01/10/bandcamp-for-fans/

the caveat is that you need to actually buy stuff on there to be able to sign up. though i think downloading for $0 counts as a purchase. i signed up for an account just to give it a go.

So how does one get a Bandcamp fan account?

It’s easy: buy something and we invite you. If you’ve already made purchases through Bandcamp, visit http://bandcamp.com/fans and follow the instructions there.

[conoalias]

though i think downloading for $0 counts as a purchase

I did this but I didn't seem to work

[mf]

though i think downloading for $0 counts as a purchase

I did this but I didn't seem to work

that would be a misstep if they don't count. the idea is to drive more sales for the bands so getting a user into the system with a freebie download would have them in their network. i figured you would have made a lot of bandcamp purchases. i've only made a couple i guess. i figured it was more.

[conoalias]

though i think downloading for $0 counts as a purchase

I did this but I didn't seem to work

that would be a misstep if they don't count. the idea is to drive more sales for the bands so getting a user into the system with a freebie download would have them in their network. i figured you would have made a lot of bandcamp purchases. i've only made a couple i guess. i figured it was more.

I don't buy digital. If I really like something I'm gonna buy the record. But yeah it would definitely be wise to let as many people as possible into the system, especially since we alread give our e-mail adress when we "buy" free albums. Make these accounts have less features so they have an incentive to buy something for real.

[mf]

though i think downloading for $0 counts as a purchase

I did this but I didn't seem to work

that would be a misstep if they don't count. the idea is to drive more sales for the bands so getting a user into the system with a freebie download would have them in their network. i figured you would have made a lot of bandcamp purchases. i've only made a couple i guess. i figured it was more.

I don't buy digital. If I really like something I'm gonna buy the record. But yeah it would definitely be wise to let as many people as possible into the system, especially since we alread give our e-mail adress when we "buy" free albums. Make these accounts have less features so they have an incentive to buy something for real.

I'm the same way. The few bandcamp purchases i have made were for CD's with a digital download.

[kreng]

I'm signed up, how do I find people. And more importantly, this needs to be linked to last.fm

[conoalias]

I'm signed up, how do I find people. And more importantly, this needs to be linked to last.fm

On album pages you can see who else bought the album (listed under "Supported by"), click on their profile, see what other music they bought etc. Apparently you can also "follow" people so I guess that lets you know when they buy something.

I found you

[mf]

you can find me at http://bandcamp.com/foeband

for some reason (my inattentiveness, likely) my personal account got associated with my band account...so there you have it.

[super nintendo chalmers]

NIce dudes too


http://thebismarck.bandcamp.com/track/max-baer

[washing machine]

What constitutes a bandcamp band?

[super nintendo chalmers]

What constitutes a bandcamp band?

No idea.

I just figure this is where we post good bands that use bandcamp.

[conoalias]

What constitutes a bandcamp band?

No idea.

I just figure this is where we post good bands that use bandcamp.

That's what I figured too.

I might as well post some more while I'm here:


http://brasstronaut.bandcamp.com/


http://thesmallestone.bandcamp.com/albu ... ked-out-on (RIYL: Jason Molina)