Thee Orbits seem to have three distinct sounds that they're blending: Surf (duh), a dash of Meek groups like The Tornados, and exotica. As the election proves to be as chaotic as expected, music is more important than ever as a means of speaking truth to power and forming community around mutual appreciation. Music must not be modified or shared without consent of Smith The Mister. That also means that it’s the last Bandcamp Friday of the year. But then they released another one just now! Bandcamp Friday Oct. 2, 2020. In a statement on its website, Bandcamp said, “Because the pandemic is far from over, we’ll continue to hold Bandcamp Fridays on the first Friday of every month until the end of the year.” The next five will take place August 7th, September 4th, October 2nd, November 6th and December 4th. Things Could Get Much Worse 7. Set in Led Zeppelin roots, Oginalii channels strong contemporary females like Karen O, PJ Harvey, and St. Vincent’s Annie Clark. Limited-edition poster designed & signed by Sofia Coppola also to be sold 10/2 on Bandcamp. Slow, lurching, lo-fi and "bad" sounding (in the good way). Some oddballs in this group! Name Your Price too! Sign up for our newsletter. Great surf sound with excellent interplay between guitars but what really stands out to me are the moodier second two tracks with an excellent sense of atmosphere. Hands Down In Your Pockets 5. You know the drill. Bandcamp Friday is once again upon us. There are several things going on here, with jazzy drumming, punk-styled growling bass and guitar-playing that's kinda horror surf, kinda post-punk. It's on the slower side, taking its time, but there's enough to take in. You Can't Make A Meal Out Of This 13. Corn Husk Larry 11. All net proceeds from album & poster will go to Voting Rights Lab. I definitely connect with it on a surf level, but it's constantly wandering off the beaten path and into the unknown. It’s another Bandcamp Friday! Good Friday by Origin Story, released 15 October 2020 1. Oginalii Consisting of Emma Hoeflinger (vocals/guitar), Ryan Quarles (guitar), Simon Knudtson (drums) and Emma Lambiase (bass), Oginalii oscillates between kick-your-teeth-in sludge rock and hazy psychedelia, anchored by Hoeflinger’s smooth yet fierce vocals. 'Silence of the Lambs' Sequel 'Clarice' Releases First Teaser, Courtney Love Responds to Miley Cyrus’ ‘Doll Parts’ Cover, Shares Nirvana Video, How Climate Change Is Ushering in a New Pandemic Era, Universal’s Bob Dylan Catalog Buy Is About Survival, John Lennon: A Special Tribute 40 Years Later, What Bob Dylan Selling His Music Catalog Does and Doesn’t Mean, Tom Petty Livestream to Feature Premiere of ‘Something Could Happen’ Video, Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Expands Web Store With Unreleased Demos, Rudy Giuliani Is Perfect Late-Night Fodder Once More After Covid-19 Diagnosis. What's up, everyone? "; (Irish Times). Halloween Hullabaloo by The Creature Preachers. All net proceeds from album & poster will go to Voting Rights Lab. Soot Sprite Originally the solo project of Elise Cook, Soot Sprite have evolved into a three piece shoegaze/ dream pop outfit for their sophomore EP ‘Sharp Tongue’. To add your album email me. The Zomboco label released four records all at once, and one of them is this Halloween compilation. Macon St 3. Infinite Perdition 2. To support musicians during Covid-19, we’re waiving our revenue share on all sales this Friday, August … I can't get enough of this band -- in fact I went ahead and bought their new collaboration with yeye artist Fleur too. Oct 2: Share . Set in Led Zeppelin roots, Oginalii channels strong contemporary females like Karen O, PJ Harvey, and St. Vincent’s Annie Clark. Throughout lockdown, Bandcamp continued to waive their fees on the first Friday of every month, as well as on 19th June (Juneteenth), when the platform donated 100% of its profits to the NAACP Legal Defence Fund. The music platform announced in July that it would extend the practice through the rest of the year, with Bandcamp Friday falling on the first Friday of each month. December's list of artists to support features, cosmic jazz send-ups, shape-shifting boom-bap exhibitions, and more. Perpetual Paranoia 5. 0:07. and "Costa Mesa Curl" but it's all worth a listen. Maybe think of Flat Duo Jets. Bandcamp Friday: October 2nd. Together the two create a fuzzed-out, sharp-witted brew all their own, with notes of the 70's New York avant-garde and the raw Detroit garage rock of the 90's. Regarding Time 4. Mitsubachi 3. The organ gives me occaisional Surfites flashes, though that's really not a great comparison. Now in 2020 for their single ‘It’s Summer and I don’t Feel Like Smiling’ the full outfit comprises of Elise Cook, Sean Marriner and Tom Gilbert. I think I like them most when they relax a little like on "The Girl from A.C.T.I.O.N." I think the opener "La Nana" is a standout, with some overbearing loud surf guitar, but I also enjoy the lighthearted "Oki Doki", the aggressive burner "No Shortcut" and the exotic latin/jazzy closer "Yasega Wat". Friday Boys Friday Boys is the absurdist post-punk duo of songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist Scott paired with the hyperactive textures of drummer Balin. This group is the more traditional surf record of the two, but very loud and in-your-face with their sound, particularly with some saxophone that has that blastin' feel like in the Revels' Comanche. Bandcamp Friday Oct. 2, 2020. They grew up farmer offsprings, bible belt kids of fundamentalists and trailer trash in small towns of Sweden. Undone 7. When I See You ** by LEJKEY & Amir Oosman ** picked by Tony Minvielle (** Folded Space * *) What's The Matter Esther 10. Oginalii Consisting of Emma Hoeflinger (vocals/guitar), Ryan Quarles (guitar), Simon Knudtson (drums) and Emma Lambiase (bass), Oginalii oscillates between kick-your-teeth-in sludge rock and hazy psychedelia, anchored by Hoeflinger’s smooth yet fierce vocals. “Thank you to all the artists and labels who shared their music with us, and the fans who spent their hard-earned coins to support the artists they love.”. The standout for me is probably the least traditional "Mummy's Minuet" with it's spooky synth. Of course this band releases something the same year as The Men in Grey Suits. By the way, if you're reading this an you're planning on releasing a Halloween record, don't wait until the last minute. Fans have paid artists $633 million using Bandcamp, and $24.5 million in the last 30 days alone. Oct 2, 2020; 9:01 am PDT; Team JamBase On Friday, Bandcamp will pass along its usual cut of sales to artists and labels for a 24-hour period—the ninth time it's done so since March, when COVID-19 destroyed live music. Fans have paid artists $618 million using Bandcamp , and $18.2 million in the last 30 days alone. Liberté 6. Squirk 5. Cuddles Free to use on your youtube videos. Goose Fiber 4. Dark Bollus Coriolis 5. A lot of these are leaning more towards beach party in mood, but there's a lot of covers of Halloween surf favorites (and of course, a misfits song). August 7. Les Robots were in the last Bandcamp Friday roundup with a 7" and then BAM, full-length. Gitkin combines a lot of influences from likes of middle-eastern music, surf, chicha, tuareg and New Orleans and combines them into a a wild mix that's continuously refreshing but always danceable and accessible. “It’s a good reminder that Bandcamp Fridays are really an extension of what Bandcamp is about every day,” the platform said. As the election proves to be as chaotic as expected, music is more important than ever as a means of speaking truth to power and forming community around mutual appreciation. This announcement follows the incredible success of the first four such revenue-waived Fridays, raising over $20million for artists and labels.. I've sung their praises a bunch of times here -- clavioline heavy group that sounds like a modern Joe Meek group, perhaps with a little more focus on sounding robotic. And I like it! 's This isn't surf music by any stretch. Generally pretty modern/trad sound to them, but sometimes I feel shades of a more post-punk Sonic Youthy sound, like in "Choose Your Own Galaxy". Bandcamp usually takes a part of profits that artists make, but on Bandcamp Fridays, which fall on the first Friday of the month until the end of the year, all profit goes directly to the artist. Digital Palm 7. Clockwise from left: Adrianne Lenker, Liturgy, Secret Chiefs 3, Sunami, Crippled Black Phoenix and Soft Kill. This is by no means every release or even every good release, but they're the ones that stood out to me. I love the sound of the opener "Bud Lime City" - a warm growling chord that sounds straight out of the amp. On Friday, October 2nd, Sub Pop artists past and present – new signees CHAI, The Gotobeds (w/ Chicago’s Daddy’s Boy), Loma, METZ, The Postal Service, Chad VanGaalen, and Wolf Parade – will be offering a variety of new and unreleased material, special sales and deals through Bandcamp’s “No Revenue Share Day” aka #BandcampFriday.. Visit Sub Pop’s Bandcamp store to … Bandcamp Friday Review Roundup of August/Early September Releases, Bandcamp Friday Review Roundup: November Edition. Having just completed an interview with Gitkin, I'm quite familiar with this one by now! Nefarious Mutations 7. The worst thing is that neither should be ignored! I swear when this whole thing started that it was called Bandcamp Day, then at some point, the collective unconscious (aka Twitter) decided it's Bandcamp Friday. Mild Turkish Delight Origin Story (formerly F-JoB) are "one of the freshest voices in Irish jazz and a must-hear for anyone who wants to know where the piano trio is headed in the 21st century. Waiting Out The Storm by Jeremy Ivey, released 16 October 2020 1. I wasn't aware of their first EP, but giving it a quick listen the recording on this one is a little more pronounced. Cookie Monster 2. The song is Peace in the Land by The Gospel I.Q. While their recent 7" was a bit of a stretching out, this is a focus-in, staying robotic (perhaps with a darker, angrier sound than their first). Bandcamp is donating all its usual fees to artists from midnight to midnight PDT today, Friday, October 2nd, as the scene continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.. Bandcamp’s move to waive their revenue shares on the first Friday of every month — meaning creators get all of the sales from their offerings on the platform over … Definitely 6. In April, Bandcamp announced it … Support Japanese Artists On Bandcamp This Friday: October 2020 Edition. Discussion. Volume 2 available for only 24 hours, exclusively on Bandcamp on Friday 10/2 starting at 12:01am PT. Movies 4. Their song structures are dead simple and catchy as surf music oughta be. Bandcamp will continue waiving its revenue share on all sales on the first Friday of every month for the rest of the year. White Shadow 6. This is now the seventh time Bandcamp has waived its fees. Fans have paid artists $618 million using Bandcamp, and $18.2 million in the last 30 days alone. We want to hear from you! Bergen St 6. Music must not be modified or shared without consent of Smith The Mister. Selling Right Now paused (and yes, this really is a live feed — when you hear “nobody pays for music anymore,” that’s just The Man spreading his agenda) They’ve committed to Bandcamp Friday to the end of the year, giving the music community a much needed boost in these COVID affected times. First full length from this group after a strong debut with their Orbit ot Intercept record. Another Bandcamp Friday where all of your money goes directly to the artists -- and I use it as a push to get me to write some stuff about new releases. Their sound has plenty of bite, but they strike me as more of a bar band than the sort of group that tries to overwhelm you with speed and aggression. Domino is 11 tracks of fun straight-ahead surf music with plenty of sax. Want more Rolling Stone? Fans have paid artists $627 million using Bandcamp, and $18.9 million in the last 30 days alone. On Friday, Bandcamp will pass along its usual cut of sales to artists and labels for a 24-hour period—the ninth time ... August, September, October, and November. Here's your chance to support your favourite artists and discover new ones. Paradise Alley 3. Excited to see what this group does from here. Here's your monthly reminder that the next Bandcamp Friday is imminent. Annabel Kean / C.C. So far, sales during the last four Bandcamp Fridays have amounted to over $20 million. Hideous Transformations 4. / Friday 2nd October, 2020 5:43PM The Bandcamp angels have confirmed that their game-changing monthly Bandcamp Fridays initiative will continue for the rest of 2020 — with one today, another on 6th November, and the last of the year on 4th December (perfect for Christmas gifts! Something a little different for Bandcamp Friday: Xmas music! Submitted by hunter on Fri, 10/02/2020 - 09:18. The series started as a one-off at the end of March to help get extra money to artists after the COVID-19 pandemic brought touring to a halt and forced independent record stores to close. Tomorrow People 2. September 29, 2020 8:08 am. I don't think I can even make out any guitar. The time frame for each event will be midnight Pacific time to midnight Pacific time, and Bandcamp has even set up a website to ensure fans that they’re purchasing at the right time: the aptly dubbed, IsItBandcampFriday.com. Or at least send it to me in advance so I can put it on my Halloween show! This new tradition of Bandcamp waiving their fees on the very first Friday of the month has been going on for months now. © Copyright 2020 Rolling Stone, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Digital platform has been waiving its revenue share to get more money to artists during COVID-19. Through all of today (until 11:59 PM Pacific Time), Bandcamp is waiving its revenue share, and … The cotton candy wheel breaks and derails. Impurity's Total Downfall 8. Should You Know 4. I've seen him compared to Khruangbin, and I get it, but this feels a little more exotic and bombastic than Khruangbin's subdued and subdermal approach. Friday by Smith The Mister, released 20 October 2020 1. by Patrick St. Michel. The music platform is waiving fees on the first Friday of every month for the rest of 2020. The Cast Iron Mummy by Night Zoo. I just saw this one as I was wrapping up this article and it'll likely take a little more time to really process it, but these seem like some nice and sweet instrumentals with a big wall of sound and plenty of effects at play. Wine and Cake 15. These are their references and this shapes their sound. In total, fans have spent over $75 million on music and merch on the platform since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Click on the back arrow to see previous releases. Play My Guitar Like This 8. In a statement on its website, Bandcamp said, “Because the pandemic is far from over, we’ll continue to hold Bandcamp Fridays on the first Friday of every month until … Fans have paid artists $622 million using Bandcamp, and $18.4 million in the last 30 days alone. If you do so, you will receive a copyright strike and may risk your video … Clockwise from left: Adrianne Lenker, Liturgy, Secret Chiefs 3, Sunami, Crippled Black Phoenix and Soft Kill. Earlier this year, as a show of solidarity to support the artists and labels impacted through the pandemic, and to support releases raising funds for charity initiatives and organisations, we launched a weekly roundup of the most vital Bandcamp releases. Cuddles Free to use on your youtube videos. Someone Else's Problem 8. Together the two create a fuzzed-out, sharp-witted brew all their own, with notes of the 70's New York avant-garde and the raw Detroit garage rock of the 90's.