Tag: bandcamp

It’s Bandcamp vs. Google & artists are in the middle again

Just three months after its purchase by Epic, Bandcamp is engaged in legal warfare with Google over fees on Android devices.

#Expansion – Inside the new 5 Mag

Louie Vega's love letter to NYC nightlife, the legend and Gil Scott-Heron collaborator Brian Jackson, Beretta Music and more inside the new issue of 5 Mag.

Bandcamp acquired by Fortnite’s Epic Games

Shocking the industry, Epic Games - publisher of Fortnite and Unreal Engine - has purchased Bandcamp, the leading independent artist platform. What now?

Juneteenth: 100% of Bandcamp’s share of sales donated today

Midnight to midnight on Friday, Bandcamp will be donating the platform's share of all sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.

Bandcamp launches yet another livestreaming platform, and it may be the...

"Bandcamp Live" is rolling out and combines ticketed livestreams, merch and chat on one unified platform.

Bandcamp Makes Every 1st Friday Fee-Free through 2020

Bandcamp is extending their fee-free "Bandcamp Fridays" concept to the 1st Friday of every month until the end of 2020.

Bandcamp Holds Another No Fee Holiday, Which is Great If You...

May Day, May Day, May Day: Bandcamp to hold another no fee Friday on May 1st.

Bandcamp Sold 15x More Records During No Fee Friday

Bandcamp sold $4.3 million in records and merch last Friday when they waived their fees to support artists and labels affected by the coronavirus lockdown.

Drop Bass is Bringing the Real Midwest Hardcorps Catalog Online

American rave pioneers Drop Bass are restoring and remastering nearly 300 tracks from their catalog, including early records from techno innovators Woody McBride, Frankie Bones, Hyperactive and more.

#ListenUp Niko Marks Has Gotta Bang on CARNAL

Among Detroit's finest, Niko Marks' new release CARNAL (Vocal Mixes) is like a foot in the face in the name of funk.

How To Crowdfund an Album Without Going Broke or Looking Like...

Crowdfunding already had something of a shabby reputation - and that was before funding sites began stealing their customers' money.

Crowdsource Vinyl at No Charge with Bandcamp

Following up on PledgeMusic's implosion, Bandcamp gets into the crowdsourcing business with vinyl crowdsourcing business.

Bandcamp Says “Every Aspect” of Business Is Booming

The rest of the industry cannot say as much.

Bandcamp: “We’re Profitable, and We’re Not Going Anywhere”

A week ago, a rumor spread through the industry press that Apple planned to "stop selling music by 2018." It was bullshit (not least...

Bandcamp Just Opened Up Subscriptions for Everyone

The coolest site for selling music and merchandise just got even cooler. Bandcamp - the marketplace that allows artists to sell their shit and...

Who’s Afraid of Baboom?

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few years, you'll almost certainly have heard someone tell you that the music industry...

What We Love: Amp Fiddler’s Bassmentality Vol 3

Bassmentality 3 by Amp Fiddler   Few artists in the underground have worked Bandcamp better than Amp Fiddler, whose releases on what is probably the only...

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Rediscovering Victor Simonelli

Three generations of dance music DJs, producers & fans have been enlightened by the funky, souled'up testament of Victor Simonelli. a new collection focuses attention on his deeply influential early '90s house tracks.