Ep09 - Oct Bandcamp Recommendations with Andy Panayides
Fantastic Tones for Human Bones
Release Date: 09/27/2021
Fantastic Tones for Human Bones
As usual, we are taking issue with the lack of credit these amazing albums are getting that were released in the past year. Normally around the end of the year many outlets will publish a “Best of YYYY”, or a “Best <genre> of YYYY”, and we often do not see any of our favorite albums on these lists. Therefore, we are taking it upon ourselves to spread the good word about some of the most amazing music that we found inspiring in this past year, 2022. Bob’s 10 BEST OF 2022: Out of the Fog by Daniel Herskedal Throes Of Death From The Dreamed Nihilism by...
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info_outlineThis Friday - Oct 1st, 2021 - Bandcamp has announced that they are waiving their fees to help support artists impacted by the pandemic. This means that if you buy music on Friday this week the artist actually gets all the money (minus paypal or credit card processing fees, etc). Learn more: https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays-2021
We thought this was a good opportunity to share some of our favorite albums, since you might be wanting recommendations to fill up your bandcamp shopping cart on friday.
Here are the links to the albums we talk about:
https://michaelwayneturner.bandcamp.com/album/dandy-lion
Dandy Lion by Michael Wayne Turner III
Friction Quartet San Francisco, California
https://frictionquartet.bandcamp.com/
https://christhile.bandcamp.com/
Laysongs by Chris Thile
https://blcr-labs.com/album/reflection
reflection by 아버지
https://zadarpadov.bandcamp.com/album/club-neuro
Club Neuro by Zadarpadov
https://music.sufjan.com/album/a-beginners-mind
A Beginner's Mind by Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine
https://blattaria.bandcamp.com/album/blattaria
Blattaria by Blattaria
https://schimscheimerfamilytrio.bandcamp.com/album/family-fun-time
Family Fun Time by Schimscheimer Family Trio
https://gojogo.bandcamp.com/album/asleep-under-waves
Asleep Under Waves by Gojogo
https://mykkiblanco.bandcamp.com/album/mykki-2
Mykki by Mykki Blanco
https://mykkiblanco.bandcamp.com/album/mykki-blanco-presents-c-ore-2
Mykki Blanco presents C-ORE by Mykki Blanco
https://soufflecontinurecords.bandcamp.com/album/alors
Alors !!! by Michel Portal
https://soufflecontinurecords.bandcamp.com/album/l-univers-solitude
L’Univers Solitude by Jean-Charles Capon
https://kidoverdrive.bandcamp.com/album/get-equipped-with-kid-overdrive-lp
Get Equipped With Kid Overdrive by Kid Overdrive
And https://thelastdomino.bandcamp.com/
https://abynganadiop.bandcamp.com/album/liital
Liital by Aby Ngana Diop
https://billystrings.bandcamp.com/album/renewal
Renewal by Billy Strings
And rounder records: https://rounderrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://ben-goldberg--bag-production-records.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-an-avant-garde-massage-parlour
MUSIC FOR AN AVANT-GARDE MASSAGE PARLOUR by KENNY WOLLESEN + BEN GOLDBERG
https://haniarani.bandcamp.com/album/esja
Esja by Hania Rani