“I was thinking about calling the album Orange Peppermint Rainbow, but I was watching movies like Psyche Out, Hallucination Generation, Easy Rider and then The Trip. My album seemed like the audio version of the The Trip, and so the title was set.” The Trip is Dexter’s eighteen-track psychedelic, beat-driven, two-and-a-half-years-in-production opus. To describe the […]
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Rewind! The Cassette is Back.
May 7, 2013 – 6:13 am
“The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry released their report of 2 million cassette tapes sold worldwide… Sales in the UK alone tripled last year.” When I told my parents I was writing about cassette tapes they actually laughed at me. My dad is always very calm so his jokes tend to land hard: “I […]
In At The Kill
April 30, 2013 – 6:18 am
“I was Googling Elliott Smith once and the suggestions from Google were rar, torrent, zip … but I think a lot of people who download just do it because it’s quicker than buying things, and now it’s easier for people to listen to and purchase the albums on our Bandcamp than it is to illegally […]
We’ll Always Have Paris
April 23, 2013 – 11:07 am
“The labels I used to talk to would laugh and say, “Oh, here comes Mr. Internet,” says Lakshmanan. “How wrong they were!” The Paris DJs release a new single or album via Bandcamp each week, including tracks by Jamaican musical heroes Horace Andy and the Lone Ranger (pictured with Lakshmanan, above), and London-based multi-instrumentalist Shawn […]
Gangster Boogie
April 16, 2013 – 9:50 am
“To me, Twelve Reasons To Die actually represents a new direction. I want people to think of it as soul music – it’s very composed, and poignant. That, I think, is novel and different for hip hop.” A few weeks back, seasoned NPR presenter Teri Gross interviewed producer Adrian Younge and their discussion waded knee-deep […]
The New Bandcamp.com
April 9, 2013 – 12:42 pm
Today we’re launching a brand new home page that’s focused on promoting all the incredible music on Bandcamp. The centerpiece is the Bandcamp Weekly show, hosted by Andrew Jervis. Andrew joins us from the renowned Ubiquity Records, where he headed up A&R for 14 years, and the Friday Night Session, which he hosted and produced […]
Laid Out After Bad Vibes
April 9, 2013 – 11:00 am
“Bad Vibes was maximal in terms of sound and that was something I needed to say then, but don’t necessarily need to say again. I wanted to really boil down Laid Out to be as simple as I could make it, while getting across bigger feelings.” Henry Laufer, aka Shlohmo, has just found a new […]
Bandcamp Thumbs Up For Innovative Bundling…
March 12, 2013 – 1:40 pm
A couple of weeks ago we noticed that Denver-based My Body Sings Electric sold out of tickets to an upcoming show. Nothing new here. But, the band used their Bandcamp site to bundle $10 tickets with a free download of their recently released Oceancrest single. Even better, for a couple bucks more, fans could get a […]
Bandcamp for Fans
January 10, 2013 – 4:58 pm
Once more unto the mailbag: “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve randomly found new artists that I like but wasn’t ready to make a music purchase. If I had a fan account it would make it a heck of a lot easier for me to go back and revisit those artists and buy […]
Every Bandcamp site is now an awesome mobile site
August 20, 2012 – 12:03 pm
All artist sites on Bandcamp now work and look great on mobile. We’ve optimized everything for the smaller screen and touch interface, so your albums look fantastic, fans can browse through your merch store with ease, and the checkout flow is fast and intuitive: Does this mean you expect my fans to launch their mobile […]
