Ep13 - Nov Bandcamp Recommendations with Jeff Block
Fantastic Tones for Human Bones
Release Date: 11/04/2021
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_outlineFriday, November 5th, 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:
Through Our Time by Danny Lubin Laden
https://dannylubinladen.bandcamp.com/album/through-our-time
Solo Contra by John McCowen
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/solo-contra
Honeydrops Live by The California Honeydrops
https://cahoneydrops.bandcamp.com/album/honeydrops-live
Bad Year No Mercy by Chris Alarie
https://carlosanimals.bandcamp.com/album/bad-year-no-mercy
The Church Is At Fault by Elephant Watchtower
https://elephantwatchtower.bandcamp.com/album/the-church-is-at-fault
Turbo by Cory Wong and Dirty Loops
https://corywong.bandcamp.com/album/turbo
Game Winner by Joey Dosik
https://joeydosik.bandcamp.com/album/game-winner
Another Time by Nate Wood
https://natewood.bandcamp.com/album/another-time
Low Electrical Worker by Kneebody
https://kneebody.bandcamp.com/album/low-electrical-worker
Destroyed On Every Level by Martín Escalante
https://splooshrecords.bandcamp.com/album/destroyed-on-every-level
The Epic by Kamasi Washington
https://kamasiwashington.bandcamp.com/
https://stevecoleman.bandcamp.com/
https://ghostnoterecords.bandcamp.com/music
Swirling by Sun Ra Arkestra
https://sunrastrut.bandcamp.com/album/swirling
BEATS by Dell Lillinger Westergaard
https://plaist.bandcamp.com/album/beats
Quiet Signs by Jessica Pratt
https://jessicapratt.bandcamp.com/album/quiet-signs
El Dorado by Marcus King
https://marcusking.bandcamp.com/album/el-dorado
The Marcus King Band by The Marcus King Band
https://themarcuskingband.bandcamp.com/album/the-marcus-king-band
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram - Demo by Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram
https://kingfishbooking.bandcamp.com/
Backing Track by Chris Buck
https://chrisbuckguitar.bandcamp.com/