bandcamp’s the only remotely-ethical online platform for buying music––even after processing fees it’s waaay more reasonable than zilch-artist-profit things like spotify––so pay some people for their soundwork // i rotate musics in & out of this page, w/ the “full”-ish MASSIVE roundup here; no embedded players on that page for ease of loading // my collection here, if you’re curious // SUBMIT YR RELEASE (&& doesn’t need to be bandcamp, just a link to buy record!)
NYC Liminal Series
Vol.2: CELLO (Chaikin Records, ft. Leila Bordreuil, Mariel Roberts, Lester St. Louis, MV Carbon; $7-10)
NYC NOISE Compilation
STUFF I LIKE VOL.3: FOR COVID BAIL OUT NYC ($10) // ft. Jay Campbell, Brian Chase, Next Bus Pls (Sam Hafferty & Kwami Winfield), Patrick Higgins, Brandon Lopez, Samara Lubelski, Joanna Mattrey, Manami Mizumoto & J, Aquiles Navarro, Jessica Pavone, Samantha Riott & Chris Pitsiokos, Mariel Roberts, Tyshawn Sorey, Luke Stewart + bonus tracks by Sunk Heaven (Austin Sley Julian), Elliott Sharp, Parasite Nurse (Samantha Hernandez) // 100% proceeds of all comps to COVID Bail Out NYC
3afak: Love to NYC Compilation
3afak: Love to NYC ($15) // ft. Sadaf, Bookworms, Kush Jones, King Vision Ultra, Bergsonist, & many more // 50% of proceeds to The Okra Project
TREVORSHAUS Compilation
TREVORSHAUS Familiars: Volume II ($7) // ft. Breakaway, Sidewaalk Kal, Robert E. Livingood, Cegua, Afterlife.Online, Sweetzach, Janitor, Samantha CC, Sebastian Maria, Haitlin, Tallpug // Fundraiser for “open source mutual aid” / free store / space the gym in bushwick // ++ @trevorshaus venmo / community wishlist
AMANI + King Vision Ultra
An Unknown Infinite ($12–20; pledge for vinyl!)
Blacks’ Myths
Astro Nation (name your price) // i love everything this duo does, but this––a single 10-min “version” of sun ra’s “astro nation”––is them at their most MARVELOUSLY *OUT* (as it should be, when sounding/summoning sun ra); i recommend playing on a loop at least 3x for yr first listen
Russell E.L. Butler
Blah Blah ($7)
Carter / Shipp / Parker / Cleaver
Welcome Adventure! Vol. 1 ($10-$25)
CHAMA (Leonor Falcón, Juanma Trujillo, Arturo García)
CHAMA ($7)
Jennifer Curtis & Tyshawn Sorey
Invisible Ritual ($10) // tyshawn piano life <3
Jeremiah Cymerman / Charlie Looker
A Horizon Made Of Canvas ($8–14)
Marilu Donovan & Tristan Kasten-Krause
Nowhere (name your price) // not yr fault that you missed this, just fix it
dreamcrusher
Rarities (2003-2016) ($20) // REQUIRED LISTENING FOR ALL (legit every time i play this for someone they are mindblown? the RANGE)
FRANK/ie CONSENT & The Cradle
gabby fluke-mogul
threshold ($10–15) // shreddings & other complications, a soft underbelly, stitching exposed // think “thresh” as a verb & then hold it
Tcheser Holmes
...the T is silent ft. Aquiles Navarro, Bob Bruya, Matt Mottel, Moor Mother, M.Data ($10–15)
Susie Ibarra
Talking Gong ft. Claire Chase, Alex Peh ($10–17)
Tristan Kasten-Krause
Potential Landscapes ($7–20)
Kepla & DeForrest Brown, Jr.
The Wages of Being Black is Death ($10) // Every release includes a PDF of ‘The End Of Policing’ by Alex S Vitale.
Amirtha Kidambi & Matteo Liberatore
Neutral Love ($8)
L’Rain
Fatigue (pre-order; ~$10–22)
M Lamar
“Bag Lady” (Erykah Badu Cover) ($2) // venmo @m-lamar-1, paypal mlamarstore @gmail
Charmaine Lee
KNVF ($8)
Liturgy
Origin of the Alimonies ($7-20) // hunter c’mon
Cecilia Lopez & Wenchi Lazo
BISPONIBLE ($7)
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma
Notes Above Land ($12–15)
Moor Jewelry (Moor Mother & Mental Jewelry)
True Opera ($7) // y’all this is *wild*
Heritage of the Invisible II ($9–27)
Parasite Nurse
Deprivation (name your price)
Weston Olencki & Daniel Iván Bruno
Tomeka Reid
Tomeka Reid Quartet, Old New ($10)
Mariel Roberts
Armament ($7-12) // *stupid* beautiful, some deep dark churn, the noise-iest & heart-rendery-est & widest-ranging work i’ve heard from roberts // consider this the heaviest vouch, you’ll love it hard
Matana Roberts
Always. ($10-$15)
Salenta + Topu
Moon Set, Moon Rise ($15–$27.77) // this really caught me
Ryan Sawyer & Brandon Lopez
PLAGUE TIME RUMBA ($10)
Speaker Music
a bitter but beautiful struggle ($12)
Luke Stewart & Patrick Shiroishi
Luke Stewart / Patrick Shiroishi ($5)
Sunk Heaven
Silica-Struck Dunes ($5)
Fay Victor’s SoundNoiseFunk
We’ve Had Enough ($9-13)
Chris Williams
Of Yours ft. Nick Dunston, Aaron Edgcomb, Weston Olencki ($7)