Who Needs A Record Label? The 5 Best Bandcamp Albums Of 2011
Australian downtempo artist Oliver Tank, 21, is one of many underground gems on services like Bandcamp. (Courtesy of the artist)
In 2011, music distribution platforms such as Soundcloud, Bandcamp and Topspin became powerful ways for bands to distribute their music — and for music fans to discover them. Bandcamp has become one of my favorite ways to discover new sounds, in part because it's possible to sit for hours on end randomly discovering music by genre or city. There are also shortcuts: If you choose to allow music bloggers to sift through the thousands of releases on Bandcamp, the likes of Bandcamp Hunter, Dance Yrself Clean and Perfect Midnight World all do an excellent job curating Bandcamp for new gems.
Of the hundreds of bands I've discovered on Bandcamp in 2011, here are some of the highlights.
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