Thread for awesome stuff on Bandcamp that costs money but is still awesome

By popular request on the Free/"Name Your Price" Bandcamp Album Compendium thread, here's a place for you to tell us about great stuff on Bandcamp that can be had for the price of a reasonable donation to the artist. Have at it!

the only thing that youre free from in this thread is music critics?

http://jesu.bandcamp.com/album/jesu-picture-disc-mix-unreleased-original-vision

This is the master that was NOT used for what became the Picture Disc Mix, this was intended to be the master, but was shelved last minute; this master was intentionally sampled at a higher rate, so as to achieve a 'pop' sound / production, unlike the mix to be found on the 'actual' jesu Self Titled, a move which would be an absolute travesty for some! And a move that was decided against at the last minute, so the master was resampled back to the original pitch and sent to be pressed as the Picture Disc. So, this master is unreleased, and available here for the first time, the 'actual' Picture Disc master, is also available here at Bandcamp.

The Picture Disc of the Self Titled Jesu album, was remixed entirely for the LTD ED Picture Disc version (1000 copies), released in 2006. An Alternative mix with quite significant differences to the original album mix; the concept was to remix it more 'cleanly', due to the original mix containing a lot of distortion. There are still clicks, etc in this mix though due to the nature of the original recording. Here, the album is now remastered in 2012, since the original Picture Disc master was intentionally mastered flat.

The catalyst for this entire remix of the album was the pressing plant who were to cut and press the picture disc - with the original master of the S/T, they claimed the original was to max'ed out and distorted to be cut to an picture disc! I was, at the time, intrigued by the concept of a cleaner, and even 'poppier' mix of this album, anyway, so set about cleaning the the thing up. Hence the re-sampled higher speed version; attempting to go even further with this 'pop' concept.
For the record, my personal favourite mix of this album IS the original mix, which is known, universally, as the debut jesu album 'S/T', the mix that made it to CD/Vinyl, etc, etc.

Justin K Broadrick. May 2012.

http://mannequinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mnq-026-s-u-r-v-i-v-e-s-u-r-v-i-v-e-lp

http://drokk.bandcamp.com - A Portishead bloke and a soundtracks bloke take on JUDGE DREDD with Carpenter-esque synth stylings. In contention for album of the year. Yes, I already talked about this one in the free Bandcamp thread and I wasn't supposed to.

http://pilotpriest.bandcamp.com/ - A more danceable take on 80s-style synth soundtracks. Jury's out on it but it's only a buck.

http://worstward.bandcamp.com - Steven R. Smith/Ulaan Kohl/Halaa Strana et al. TABLELANDS is one of the best works of the new century.

http://forleejacksoninspace.bandcamp.com/

Surprised Ned hasn't posted this here already. 96 space rock/psych/electronic/experimental/what-have-you tracks from folks like Roy Montgomery, Windy and Carl, ST37, Primordial Undermind, Subarachnoid Space, et al. Thirty bucks for I don't know how many hours of music. This was conceived as a tribute recording to critic/fan/good egg Lee Jackson, who died earlier this year at a very young age.

Disclaimer, The Roswell Incident (featuring the full original lineup of myself and Elvis Telecom) is on the album. Money from the sales price goes to funding ALS (Lou Gherig's Disease) research.

Ha, I'd missed the thread until now!

It's just under twelve hours of music.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? #12hours

Wait. This isn't Twitter...

Hahah.

And I am so not kidding.

$1
http://xxyyxx.bandcamp.com/album/xxyyxx

Free Ka-Spel/Pink Dots:

http://legendarypinkdots1.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-denver-19-may-2012

Dammit, free thread is here: Free/"Name Your Price" Bandcamp Album Compendium

Come on, people!

http://vietgrove.bandcamp.com/

Suspicious. I might even know that band.

http://slovenly.bandcamp.com/album/the-psyched-self-titled-lp

"long player" is overstated, as it's like 9 tracks in 20 minutes

yes ned i think you might. so lets hope more people click on it.
i bought it!

*newsflash* bdeep bdeep!

NEW FROM STORMSPELL RECORDS (this came to Mr Veg's email inbox and it was too good not to share)

TAARGA

Authentic 80s Sunset Strip Hair metal. You get both volumes which basically contain all strudio recordings the band made between 1986-1989, plus tons of selected live cuts, some of which exclusive and never published previously:

CD1: Lost & Archives Vol.1 CD
CD2: Lost & Archives Vol.2 CD

Both CDs come fully packaged in jewel cases with 12-page booklets loaded with band story, liner notes, lyrics, archive photos, and tasty custom artwork by Yannick Bouchard.

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/10/75/1075820329-1.jpg

http://stormspell.bandcamp.com/album/lost-and-archives-2cd-set

STUTZ

Cult 80s melodic metal from Ohio. The band had cult following and was on verge of signing a major deal with Geffen records when grunge kiled the music...
This is a massive 3CD box set basically featuring close to everything the band has recorded during their existence (1981-1990):
CD1: Killer CD - contains their "Made in USA" LP 1983 album, originally self-released in miscroscopic quantites and impossible to find nowadays, plus 7" EP 1981, plus bonus tracks
CD2: Marching Into Hell CD - contains "Tearin' Up The Night" 1986 album (previously self-released on cassette tape only) + Bonus tracks.
CD3: Keep Runnin' CD - contains previously unreleased songs, recorded from 1988 to 1990.
All 3 CDs come fully packaged in jewel cases with 12-page booklets loaded with band story, lyrics, archive photos, and killer custom artwork by Yannick Bouchard.

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/15/57/1557918734-1.jpg

http://stormspell.bandcamp.com/album/blood-sweat-and-tears-3cd-box-set

The band had cult following and was on verge of signing a major deal with Geffen records when grunge kiled the music...

I know right? So classic.

those grunge jerks ruined EVERYTHING

I just heard a bunch old time jazz dudes sitting around grumbling about that very thing

Christ. 's albums are available on bandcamp for dirt cheap. The guy that's associated w/boards of canada. some good tracks in there

Link for the previous post: http://christmusic.bandcamp.com/

Mogwai-esque post-rock from Vietnam: http://timekeeper.bandcamp.com

LOVE this band. Live they're more violent than on the album, which I think is the way I like things, in general

http://bellows.bandcamp.com/album/as-if-to-say-i-hate-daylight

also every once in a while he puts up stuff to DL for $ because he is in college and poor.

http://humankindnessoverflowing.bandcamp.com/album/eskimeaux

Good friends wrapping up their first tour in DC as we speak;

A portion of proceeds go to charity...

"For the $5 dollars you will spend on this album $2.50 will provide 5 meals for those in need through Philabundance. $1.50 will go directly to the artist and the other $1.50 will go to future funding of charitable projects with HKO. Additional payment is sincerely appreciated and is distributed in the same ratio."

Talking last weekend to someone about DROKK, and on a similar Carpenter/etc tip he recommended Matthew Akers' The Elders Of New Detroit:

http://matthewakers.bandcamp.com/album/the-elders-of-new-detroit

that sounds cool. Thanks!

http://randomchild.bandcamp.com/album/trials

M0AR BRO-HYPE. Random Child's 3rd album. Metal ahead. 5 buxx0r

Because Shooting Guns' "Down and Out in Detroit" 7" has sold out they've made the track available as a name-your-price:

http://shootingguns.bandcamp.com/album/shooting-guns-cult-of-dom-keller-split-7

friends of mine + i helped out a little with the recording of this one. modest mouse/mountain goats influenced fun indy pop stuff. i really really love this record:

http://megagemdenver.bandcamp.com/album/colors-of-the-west

is anyone else doing the social media thing they have going?

sort of

passively, then?

or thereabouts

http://bandcamp.com/electricsound

Multi-split single-ish EP thing from Small Wonder, Bellows n Eskimeaux

http://theepoch.bandcamp.com/album/walk-away-from-me

i don't think i've mentioned saadi. saadi.

http://saadinyc.bandcamp.com/

(dodecahedron from clotheslines was the first track that really grabbed me, if you want a place to start)

Hawkeyes! Canadian psychedelic doom that just pile riff upon riff upon riff until you get crushed.

http://hawkeyes.bandcamp.com/

Anyone else suddenly getting loads of emails from Bandcamp along the lines of "New album from Arovane"? Started getting them this week with no recollection of ever having signed up to or bought anything from the site.

Not that I can see; just the 2-3 new releases a week from R. Stevie Moore (SLOW DOWN DUDE JESUS)

My buddy Sam made this analog synth record that I think is lovely

http://vaald.bandcamp.com/album/terminals

Collaborative album btw Small Wonder and Sharpless:

http://theepoch.bandcamp.com/album/second-place

Sharpless: http://music.sharplessmusic.com
Small Wonder: http://smallwonder.bandcamp.com

http://sunstonerevolvers.bandcamp.com/

was going to post this on the psych/drone thread but suspected it would be ripped apart for it being too close to brmc, warlocks, dead meadows etc, albeit in a more ramshackle, self produced, jam band kinda groove.
but given this thread has been revived ..
i have listened to this album more this week than anything else, and enjoy it more with each spin.

oh, and i seriously love the artwork as well.

I'm into Night Burger right now

http://nightburger.bandcamp.com/album/burnin-fast

http://canary-records.bandcamp.com

smooth age, from that night burger comp, is very cool. i like the faraway tribal drums and overall menacing vibe. good recommendation.

this is a REALLY good ambient/noise album:
http://droneclone.bandcamp.com/album/droneclone

an old pal's album from a few years back is up on bandcamp now
winter-vacation.bandcamp.com/album/blue-coaching
he's great

http://winter-vacation.bandcamp.com/album/blue-coaching

This tariff bullshit makes it so frustrating. Woke up to two emails about new pre-orders I'd really like to get, so I hop over to Bandcamp to pick them up. The first is from a label that will no longer ship to the US at all (says the same on their label website), the second would cost $32 to ship a $16 CD to the U.S.

I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but it's just one more example of how everything is just shittier right now.

yep, I've had the same frustration. Most recently, wanted to get the Piotr Kurek LP after reading Phil Sherburne's great review, only to find that it isn't shipping to the US. Ugh

I also have yet to receive my Real Lies LP I ordered from the band, though I'm not entirely convinced those have actually shipped

this piotr kurek album is lovely

yes it is

cost $32 to ship a $16 CD

I'd like to point people to my friends' band from the late 90's, the Sunshine Club, who finally got their 2 albums (plus an album of unreleased stuff) up on bandcamp 25 years later. RIYL Red House Painters, Spinanes, American Music Club, other 90's slowcore things. These records are amazing, band never got their due.

https://thesunshineclub.bandcamp.com/

Noted - thanks!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/bandcamp-announces-ban-on-ai-music/ar-AA1UhF5K?ocid=BingNewsSerp

nice to see it

I think it's purely symbolic, because I don't think there's a lot of slop on Bandcamp (?) and people who actually go to the trouble of buying music to support artists are probably not going to be inspired to do so by AI slop. And of course a lot of legit artists are going to be using AI as part of their music in ways that are not detectable (sampling from AI split or generated stems, writing tools, voice changing like on that last Caribou album - this might be the most controversial, wonder if they would ban it?). But I do appreciate the sentiment, since the whole point is to support human musicians (and to set themselves apart from Spotify etc).

I don’t think it’s purely symbolic but it’s not idealistic/altruistic either. It’s “we are intentionally going to banhammer all you lo-fi chillout clowns building your endless loops with slop prompts” because otherwise the platform would be overwhelmed with trash and people would be unable to find anything good in amongst all the wrong kind kind of noise

yeah i've already noticed an uptick in bots following me that just have, like, a couple obv slop albums in their collection

hopefully merzbow gets the memo and chills on the genAI artwork

https://slowdown-merzbow.bandcamp.com/music

god those are terrible

Lol, I did say last night that if they were banning anything with AI art, I wouldn't want to know what percentage of albums would be vaporized.

I was wondering if slop albums had infiltrated BC, I guess it was inevitable that people would try, but I basically only see pages that I already follow or go to specifically.

I don't think there's a lot of slop on Bandcamp (?)

There's a ton. Every time I do a search for new jazz releases, 2/3 of the feed is obvious slop.

Damn that sucks :(

Don’t know where else to post this but holy shit, on first listen it’s an early contender for album of the year

https://seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-perilous-fight-vol-2-we-the-people

same with this, genre is unclear, suggestions welcome

https://passepartoutduo.bandcamp.com/album/pieces-from-places

^^ I keep listening to this!

Sometimes you’re just fucking around on your phone trying to wake up and stumble upon a Gerard Cosley solo album

https://gerardcosloy.bandcamp.com/album/vfw

I have a new 10 track album out today called "BUILD". Maybe some ILXoRs will find this awesome? I'm pretty happy with it !
https://templo.bandcamp.com/album/build

Whoah, how is it that I did NOT know that Rudy from A.R. Kane and Alison Shaw from Cranes made an EP in the early 90's?

https://music-from-memory.bandcamp.com/album/rise?fbclid=IwY2xjawRYQIhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEevwiLwPBKNMDOuwL__SNacLjyVSRrCb4pFkIagVGH0II0JDgX6h_rORjiG08_aem_WAT09kiZy4qBPBs66oLS6Q

Thankfully the project was not called A.R. Cranes

i have the rough trade singles club 7" where that originally surfaced. the others are similarly unmemorable. ( https://www.discogs.com/label/349860-Rough-Trade-Singles-Club )

(oh, starpower was another, a name i recognise from their only other single, the place i first heard Some Velvet Morning

https://www.discogs.com/master/1564575-Starpower-Drifter

turns out they were the primitives, which i didn't know)

Thankfully Disappointingly the project was not called A.R. Cranes
― henry s, Friday, 24 April 2026 13:29 (one hour ago)

Fixed that for you.

i have the rough trade singles club 7" where that originally surfaced. the others are similarly unmemorable. ( https://www.discogs.com/label/349860-Rough-Trade-Singles-Club )

― koogs, Friday, April 24, 2026 8:40 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

hey now, it's not bad! and there's some other good ones in there

anyway I'll take it off your hands ;)

I concur, I dig that Starpower single as it has Paul Court from the Primitives.

I concur, I dig that Starpower single as it has Paul Court from the Primitives.

My Bandcamp Friday purchases were all titles from the Criss Cross Jazz label:

Don Braden - The Time Is Now, Wish List, & After Dark
Billy Drummond - Native Colours & Dubai
Chris Potter - Presenting Chris Potter & Sundiata

so... is there any way to *remove* albums from your Bandcamp collection? I bought a few artist bundles that I'm tired of having to scroll past in the app

I do wish there were better ways to interact with your collection generally - would be nice to have something that displays the artwork in large format when playing

xpost you can hide them, but i'm guessing you know that. i also realize that's not what you're asking.

hmmm how do you hide them? that might work.

oh wait I see it now

darn, doesn't seem to make a difference in teh app

oh, that's a bummer

it's definitely easier to navigate on a desktop PC or laptop, as the editing (moving titles in yr collection around, hiding albums, etc.) features and settings are more accessible. maybe try 'desktop view' while logged into the site on a browser (Mozilla, Chrome et al, on a smartphone) as opposed to using the Bc app.

using the app on my phone, it does display the album art while listening to playlists and/or individual albums and tracks... not sure if that's helpful though.

here are a couple of nice things:

https://mikeshiflet.bandcamp.com/album/tetracosa-ensemble-volumes-5-8

https://triplepointrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ailanthus-altissima

RE the original title of the thread: thanks to ILM, I discovered a bunch of bands that I might have actually seen or listened to in the 90s, but somehow missed out on, and with the passage of time, many of these bands have managed to get the rights to all (or most) of their 80s-90s releases and Bandcamp is an ideal paradise to catch up with the like of 'OMG How did I miss!): Prolapse, Unwound, Disco Inferno, Blonde Redhead, Cheer-Accident, Ghédalia Tazartès, Cardiacs, and so many many MANY more --- also, while I sometimes think that I am the ONLY fan that they (he) have in the world, I've got to mention a truly Totally Awesome Band You Can Pay For On Bandcamp --- the 'band'(s) with one of the largest discographies on the planet: (all of these 'groups' are actually Alan Jenkins with or without friends, and just about everything I have heard is FANTASTIC STUFF)(I believe that The Deep Freeze Mice were the earliest iteration of AJ and pals --- The Thurston Lava Tube is his 'experiemtal instrumental Surf Music band', and they do have an important fan --- besides myself -- Chris Cutler, of ... you know, lots of important bands and record distributors): https://cordeliarecords.bandcamp.com/

heat crimes’ catalog is name your price for bandcamp friday

Bandcamp has been running dogshit slow all day. Maybe they shouldn't have fired a bunch of engineers.

And now it won't seem to load at all. Bandcamp Friday seems to be going really well this time.

Ah well, hopefully I can complete my purchases later.

it's the popularity that's killing it, that's the ironic thing. englishers know to make purchases before the Americans wake up.

https://kimhill2.bandcamp.com

also https://excursions312.bandcamp.com/album/black-polotriks-ep

Shameless s/p, but this is half price for another day until it goes up on streaming platforms: https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com/album/bonded-pairs

I can confirm that is a fine listen.

Aw, thanks Ned <3

I wish that pre-orders always kept their promises

You said it’ll all be available on October 31st? Well, we’re here, bub — where’s the beef?

Not long ago, I ordered some records from the Bandcamp of an well-known but very DIY-minded artist who had recently passed away. (There was a label connected to the page, but I think it was either run by the artist or just doesn't exist anymore.)

I knew there was a chance I would never get my records, and I didn't.

Do I just eat it because I made the decision to order, or try hard to get my records? I'm not 100% what the latter would even look like, tbh.

Ugh

No, contact Bandcamp and see if they can help. I've had a couple of orders go unfulfilled and they always got me my money back.