As we began to compile another rundown of quality albums you can scoop up for free on Bandcamp, we came across two new, interconnected releases that deserve the entire spotlight this time around. Read what we discovered below, and prepare to be moved.
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Strapped for cash but hungry for great music? You won’t have much luck camping out at the grocery store these days; Bandcamp is a way better destination. Here’s a rundown of 10 rad releases, about half of them newly released, that The Bad Penny recently came across on Bandcamp.
(Note: If you do have some green to spare, please show your thanks to these deserving artists and labels.)
1. Dead and Dripping’s Nefarious Scintillations (Transcending Obscurity)
The physical editions of this release by New Jersey’s brutal death metal band Dead and Dripping aren’t out till tomorrow, but the always-generous Transcending Obscurity Records granted us the digital version early – and for free. Fans of Suffocation and Wormed will eat up this latest journey into the grotesque courtesy of Evan Daniele, who is responsible for every lick of music and even the artwork that comes with Nefarious Scintillations.
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Suncraft’s Welcome to the Coven (All Good Clean)
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Aksak Maboul – Before Aksak Maboul (Documents & Experiments 1969-1977) (La Bascule/ Crammed Lab)
Arny Margret – I Miss You, I Do: Sjáumst Deluxe Edition (One Little Independent Records)
Bicycle Inn – Long in the Tooth
Big Bill – Sick Myth (TODO)
Birch – Vicious Mind (Tonzonen/Cargo)
Brokedowns – Let’s Tip the Landlord (Red Scare)
Danko Jones – Leo Rising (Perception)
Darktribe – Forgotten Reveries (Scarlet)
Depravity – Bestial Possession (Transcending Obscurity)
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Strapped for cash but hungry for great music? You won’t have much luck camping out at the grocery store these days; Bandcamp is a way better destination. Here’s a rundown of 10 rad releases, about half of them newly released, that The Bad Penny recently came across on Bandcamp.
(Note: If you do have some green to spare, please show your thanks to these deserving artists and labels.)
1. Smirk’s “Domestic Dog” b/w “Manhunt In Paradise”
Connecticut punk prince Smirk greased the wheels for a swing of spring dates last year with this single, which Industry Standards just put out today in the form of a 7-inch. The still-free digital version tops our list of gratis Bandcamp releases because the humble artiste donated all proceeds from sales of it to HEAL Palestine.
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At the end of a rainbow lies a pot of gold. So legend goes, at least. What we can say with certainty is that “Rainbow Road,” a rousing new song by siren rock project of persephone, sounds downright golden.
With chanteuse Sarah Rae’s high-octave vocals leading the charge, the song is a galloping adventure into fuzzy, upbeat indie pop. It’s a dreamy excursion that, at less than two and a half minutes, leaves you wishing the track wouldn’t end. The Bad Penny is honored to exclusively premiere it today.
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Covert Stations, Craig Cirinelli’s ambitious project that reimagines classic pop songs, is getting visible enough that the word “covert” is now something of a misnomer.
On Friday, Cirinelli and his latest crew of cohorts unveiled the fifth “borrowed” tune in the ongoing endeavor. (He prefers “borrowed” to “cover,” as Covert Stations drastically rework the original versions of the songs they select.)
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Farsot’s Fail-lure album cover
The Bad Penny’s new program through Radio Free America, “The Violent Sleep of Reason,” focuses on new and upcoming heavy-metal releases. The show’s sixth installment featured new cuts by Farsot, Ancient Ascendant, Artificial Brain, Nothing Left and Vampire.
Varg’s Götterdämmerung album cover
The Bad Penny’s new program through Radio Free America, “The Violent Sleep of Reason,” focuses on new and upcoming heavy-metal releases. The show’s fifth installment featured new cuts by Varg, Necrowretch, All Hell, Tombs, Suffocation and Coltsblood.
Wear Your Wounds’ WYW album cover
The Bad Penny’s new program through Radio Free America, “The Violent Sleep of Reason,” focuses on new and upcoming heavy-metal releases. The show’s fourth installment featured new cuts by The Obsessed, Royal Thunder and Wear Your Wounds.
APRIL 15
The Afghan Whigs – Do to the Beast (first new album in 16 years; Sub Pop)
The Both (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) – s/t (SuperEgo)
• stream: “Milwaukee”
Crookes – Soapbox (Modern Outsider)
• stream: “Play Dumb”
• video: “Play Dumb”
Deleted Scenes – Lithium Burn (Park the Van/ Nevado)
• video: “Stutter”
• stream: “Stutter”
Ex-Cult – Midnight Passenger (Goner)
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