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A Look Back At Anderson .Paak’s 2013 EP “Cover Art”
Anderson .Paak, like many other talented artists, is a polymath—rapper, singer, drummer, producer, songwriter. Being able to access so many different skills has served him well, and his career...
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As Collocutor, Tamar Osborn Infuses Jazz With Influences From Around the World
For more with Tamar Osborn, tune into the February 21 edition of Bandcamp Weekly. “I’ve always been interested in music from other places, of what happens when humans from different cultures interact,...
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A Guide Through the Darkened Passages of Dungeon Synth
Old Tower A cold wind blows the last of the dried leaves from the branches above. The fading light of the setting sun reveals a fissure in the sheer rock wall ahead. Entering the cavern, the dancing...
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Hi Bias: Notable Cassette Releases on Bandcamp, March 2017
Welcome to Hi Bias, a monthly column highlighting recent cassette releases on Bandcamp, and exploring the ideas behind them with the artists who made them. Rather than making sweeping generalizations...
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Album of the Day: Eivind Opsvik, “Overseas V”
On the fifth album by his long-running band Overseas, bassist Eivind Opsvik—a native of Norway who’s been living in New York for two decades now—tightens up his group’s attack, putting a sly emphasis...
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This Week’s Seven Essential Releases
Welcome to Seven Essential Releases, our weekly roundup of the best music on Bandcamp. Each week, we’ll recommend six new albums, plus pick older LP from the stacks that you may have missed. The...
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The Month in Mixtapes: March 2017
Given the massive number of hip-hop mixtapes released on Bandcamp, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Each month, Marvin Lin will help ease you into this bounty of music by spotlighting releases by rappers...
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Junius’s Latest Record is a Collision of Metal, Melody, and Metaphysics
It’s been over five years since Junius, the new-wave-adjacent metal band once heralded by Rolling Stone as “a perfect hybrid of Neurosis and the Smiths,” released Reports from the Threshold of Death,...
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Tuba Player and Composer Daniel Herskedal Bridges Worlds on “The Roc”
Daniel Hersekedel. Photos by Aga Tomas Zek. The word ‘tuba’ doesn’t come up often in a jazz context, but the music of tubist Daniel Herskedal makes a convincing argument that it should be more...
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Superkicks and Songwriting: Artists at the Intersection of Music and Wrestling
Sam Mickens Ever since Gorgeous George convinced an arena’s organist to play “Pomp and Circumstance” as he walked to the ring (possibly before that, depending on which version of wrestling history you...
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Photo Gallery: Weyes Blood Comes to Life in Seattle
Weyes Blood. All photos by Chona Kasinger. The music of Natalie Mering, who records as Weyes Blood, is equal parts Judee Sill-mysticism and Leonard Cohen earthiness. On the stunning Front Row Seat to...
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Album of the Day: Rays, “Rays”
The way Rays’ debut kicks off, with the warbling, mutated jangle of “Attic,” is a perfect scene-setter. It recalls some of the key themes of early post-punk; if punk stripped away all the fuss and...
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The Best New Jazz on Bandcamp: March 2017
Illustration by Clay Hickson. March typically signals the first real deluge of new arrivals in the jazz aisle. The spike in nervous breakdowns suffered by writers forced to choose just 10 albums to...
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High Scores: Douglas Holmquist on His Mobile Game Soundtracks for “Smash Hit”...
Smash Hit Before I interviewed Douglas Holmquist, I typed “Malmo” into Google Maps and dropped Google’s little yellow figure down onto the streets of the city where the 35-year-old composer works and...
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The New Wave of East African Sound
Nu Fvunk of East African Wave “I hate when someone tells me I don’t sound African,” says Ukweli, the youngest member of East African Wave—or EA Wave for short. “What am I supposed to do, put Conga...
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Soaking in “The Bath” with Producer Thor Rixon
The music on Songs from the Bath, Thor Rixon‘s full-length debut, can be just as bubbly and inviting as the album title suggests. But simmer for a while in the album’s warm waters and it soon becomes...
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Album of the Day: Kelly Lee Owens, “Kelly Lee Owens”
Kelly Lee Owens’ self-titled debut abandons the driving dance rhythms of her previous EPs in favor of a more sophisticated, atmospheric sound. Mixing fluid techno grooves with airy avant-pop, Kelly...
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On “Concrete Desert,” The Bug and Earth’s Dylan Carlson Destroy L.A.
Bug vs Earth by Phil Sharp Kevin Martin and Dylan Carlson have both been making music since the tail end of the 1980s. Martin first made his mark as a chameleonic presence in Britain’s industrial music...
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Long Live the King: Celebrating Toronto Rapper King Reign
King Reign by Anna Keenan The shocking news spread quickly across the Canadian music scene: on June 28th, 2016, the gravelly-voiced, well-respected Toronto rapper King Reign (born Kunle Thomas) had...
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Slugabed Doesn’t Like Computers And He’s Proud Of It
Slugabed by Cleo Glover Greg Feldwick doesn’t really care for technology. “Computers are very useful but I’m not particularly tech-savvy,” he tells me over the phone. That’s why Feldwick—who records...
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