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: STUFF I LIKE
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 from STUFF I LIKE #1-3 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
Blacks’ Myths ($7) // love everything these two do but this one always *gets* me // luke thinks “post-rock” is a bad word & prolly it is but i just mean the way teen-me felt when the sounds swelled up *big* like that // tip = “lower south”: loud enough when you can feel the bass in yr throat
Russell E.L. Butler
Blah Blah ($7)
CHAMA (Leonor Falcón, Juanma Trujillo, Arturo García)
Live at El Taller ($5) // violin/viola + guitar + drums OCCASIONALLY-LATIN-METAL-ADJACENT trio; it’s *angly*
Abhilasha Chebolu & Ishmael Ali
Many Calmly Ordered Rules Of Death ($6)
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
Panopticon! ($11–30) // ok still maintain that Rarities (2003–2016) is *essential* dreamcrusher but this is what’s been roiling lately… churn bb churn
gabby fluke-mogul
threshold ($10–15) // shreddings & other complications, a soft underbelly, stitching exposed // think “thresh” as a verb & then hold it
FRANK/ie CONSENT & The Cradle
GODLESS (OHYUNG & Matt Evans)
GODLESS EP ($7) // IT GOES HARD
GRID
Decomposing Force ($9–19) // deep heart love, favorite doom sludge, matt nelson “saxophone” + tim dahl bass + nick podgurski drums
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) // y’know how you all low-key *love* SONGS? taja gives you SONGS // i think i’ve used the word “lush” the most but that’s also to say teeming, w/ influences left *intact,* genres & traditions that haven’t been sublimated or ~transcended~ or whatever people so often & so strangely wanna claim, times & (personal &/as political) histories // & of course in any space that’s thick with, the seepage is real, between
M Lamar & Hunter Hunt-Hendrix
Funeral Doom Spiritual ($10) // venmo @m-lamar-1, paypal mlamarstore @gmail
Charmaine Lee
KNVF ($8)
Matteo Liberatore
Solos ($9–12) // this one might’ve slipped by you
Liturgy
H.A.Q.Q. ($7–12)
LOPEZ LOPEZ (Cecilia Lopez & Brandon Lopez)
Guilt Tripping (€7–8)
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma
Notes Above Land ($12–15)
Moor Mother & billy woods
BRASS ($15-16) // limited edition cassette (w/ artwork by geng) hasn’t sold out yet!!
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)
Claire Rousay
A Collection ($15–22)
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)
Chris Williams
Of Yours ft. Nick Dunston, Aaron Edgcomb, Weston Olencki ($7)