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Album of the Day: Saltland, “A Common Truth”
First, you hear that sound—the low shimmer, resonant and grim and loamy, that chamber-music-for-the-bomb-shelter cello. This root integer of modern rock melancholy can be found on all sorts of...
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Scott “Wino” Weinrich On The Obsessed, Fatherhood, And Commitment
The Obsessed by Susie Constantino. Scott Weinrich, aka “Wino,” has been in the music industry since 1980—and, admittedly, he looks it. But despite his rich history—collaborations with Dave Grohl,...
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The Merch Table: April 2017
Illustration by Paul Grelet Every month, The Merch Table brings you the best and most bonkers merchandise you can find on Bandcamp. We commend bands and labels that get a little creative and think...
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The New Weird Belgium
It It Anita by Gert Jan De Baets. With its largely flat geography and introverted population, it would be easy to characterize Belgium as a low-key, unassuming nation. But stereotypes, like rules, are...
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How The Antipop Consortium Dragged Rap Into The Millennium
In 1999, hip-hop was neither as fluid nor as adventurous as it is today. The popular rappers and producers of the day weren’t exactly cross-pollinating genres, mainstream hip-hop was in the final...
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Slowcore: A Brief Timeline
Low, photo by Lego. You could easily argue against the idea of “slowcore” as a genre. Unlike its late-’80s/early-’90s contemporaries in shoegaze and grunge, there was never a geographic focus or...
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Album of the Day: Aye Nako, “Silver Haze”
Silver Haze, the latest from the Brooklyn group Aye Nako, is a ragged, marvelous, coiled blast of noise, a dozen songs sewn up in barbed-wire guitar and sporting immediate, ruthlessly melodic vocal...
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The Best Jazz on Bandcamp: April 2017
Spring is fast approaching and excellent new recordings have begun sprouting up everywhere in the new jazz section, ample proof of the rich, diverse range of sounds and styles to be found in the...
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Wooden Wand’s James Jackson Toth on Songwriting and Side Hustling
James Jackson Toth’s career has been one of constant restlessness. At age 18, he began making Jandek-influenced psych-folk tunes and eerie noise recordings under the name Golden Calves. Then came his...
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This Week’s Essential Releases: Art Punk, Celestial Jazz, and Hip-Hop
Welcome to Seven Essential Releases, our weekly roundup of the best music on Bandcamp. Each week, we’ll recommend six new albums, plus pick an older LP from the stacks that you may have missed....
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The Rich, Meditative Essence of Brother Ah
When Brother Ah comes to the door, he extends one hand to shake and carries an autoharp in his other. “C’mon in,” he says, smiling broadly. He is remarkably spry for an octogenarian, eager to explain...
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Mr. Mitch Redefines Grime’s Boundaries
Photo by Piotr Niepsuj. Born from malleable periods of experimentation, the possibilities in newly-formed genres can be thrilling. Later on, though, a clearly defined sound—and the purists who come...
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Album of the Day: FIN, “Ice Pix”
Chicago’s Hausu Mountain label specializes in experimental electronic improvisational oddities, so compared to much of what they release, the pop-oriented Ice Pix sounds almost like an album of silly...
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Jazz Flutist Nicole Mitchell’s New Concept Album Asks, “What is Progress?”
Photo by Lauren-Deutsch. Nicole Mitchell is one of contemporary jazz’s great talents on the flute—but she doesn’t just deal in riffs. She’s also a conceptualist. Her latest record, Mandorla Awakening...
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Hi Bias: Notable Cassette Releases on Bandcamp, April 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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Sub Pop Imprint Hardly Art Celebrates 10 Years as a Tastemaker All Its Own
Sometime over tea at a donut shop in downtown Seattle, it occurs to Sarah Moody, general manager of Sub Pop Records’ imprint Hardly Art, that her label officially celebrated a milestone just days...
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As $3.33, Celia Hollander Creates Art Without a Concept of Time
In today’s music industry, where fans want new music right now, Celia Hollander has built her project $3.33 to last. “I think of music as art—not as a separate category from art in general,” she says....
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Album of the Day: Real Life Buildings, “Significant Weather”
Anxiety knows no contextual bounds. It can appear anywhere, at any time: a daily commute, a verbal or virtual exchange, an unfamiliar space or a seemingly safe one. Sometimes, it’s present from the...
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A Look Back at Aphex Twin & Grant Wilson-Claridge’s Rephlex Records
The best record labels don’t just release music, they shape the culture around them as well. So was the case with Rephlex Records. Founded in Cornwall, UK in 1991 by Grant Wilson-Claridge and Richard...
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The Best New Soul on Bandcamp
Ebony Evans. Spring is normally the time to begin anew, to shake off the cold of winter and start fresh. The albums in our first R&B column are the perfect soundtrack for this time of year. Vibe to...
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