With the Covid-19 pandemic decimating live music and shuttering record shops, many artists have found merch and digital sales to be a last remaining financial lifeline as they confront a very real threat to their livelihoods. So, it’s more important than ever for fans to support musicians by purchasing from them directly. Today, Bandcamp is waiving our revenue share on all sales, and we’re being joined by many artists and labels coming together to support the music community in this time of unprecedented need.
The list below includes everything from labels donating 100% of sales revenue to artists, to bands putting up t-shirts made for cancelled tours, to artists pledging to all proceeds to local food banks, to independent musicians dropping surprise new projects. While reality is undeniably dire, let music be a comfort if you can. Fill up your wishlist. Be curious. Listen to an artist you’ve never heard from a country you’ve never visited. Buy records for loved ones who are far away. Know you’re truly helping people who need help—that goes for all of us, musicians and listeners alike. Music can be a way of connecting with each other for however long we must remain apart. Seeing how quickly the global music community has banded together is a spark of light in the encroaching darkness. The world isn’t going silent. It is up to us to ensure that it never does.
Our responsibility does not end after today or even when the pandemic is over. The shared human art of music will endure these terrible times, of this I am sure. It has endured every terrible thing that’s ever happened, after all. But what shape it will take is entirely in our hands. I hope that the beautiful outpouring of mutual aid in the music community during these days of despair will inspire people everywhere to make a strong commitment to support music and the artists who make it, not just for now, but forever. Music, we love you!
New or Exclusive Merch
Algiers – Tour merch added to Bandcamp.
Arrowhawk Records – Merch bundles, including t-shirts, water bottles, shirts, and bumper stickers.
Askari – Tour merch added to Bandcamp.
Al Riggs – Tour shirts added to Bandcamp.
Broken Baby – Hand-printed shirts, exclusive EP, and merch bundles.
Chant Records – Artist merch from cancelled tours.
Chute Records – Added new merch.
Clever Girls – Limited release green vinyl, plus new T-Shirts.
Conan Neutron – All merch and screenprinted posters from cancelled spring tour.
Control Top – Merch from cancelled spring tour.
Derek Ted – Merch from cancelled spring tour.
First Word Records – Selling exclusive test pressings; all proceeds going direct to artists.
Friendship – Gather Round tour shirt.
Jorge Elbrecht – Limited edition 7” featuring Ariel Pink, with hand-painted sleeve.
Kaidi Tatham – New merch added today.
Lisa Prank – New T-Shirts, Tote Bags, and other merch.
Mannequin Pussy – Merch from cancelled spring tour.
Michelle Lewis – Tees, totes, and special bundles, plus a brand new lyric brass cuff.
Muncie Girls – All music is Name Your Price; added tour merch and new vinyl EP.
Peggy Sue – Riso posters from cancelled tour and demos from latest LP.
Petrol Girls – Merch from cancelled spring tour.
RVBY My Dear – Added new merch.
Salad – Merch from cancelled spring tour.
SAVAK – Merch from cancelled spring tour.
Secret Shame – Vinyl edition of debut album.
Shormey – Merch from cancelled spring tour
Squirrel Flower – Added T-shirts, hats, sunglasses, and tote bags.
Suburban Living – Merch from cancelled spring tour.
Todavia – Merch from cancelled spring tour.
Tummyache – New T-shirts.
Yves Tumor – Merch from cancelled spring tour.
Labels Donating 100% of Revenue to Artists
ANTI- Records – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Arts & Crafts – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Astral Spirits – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Audiotree – Donating all proceeds from sales through March 31 to artists.
Ba Da Bing – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Bella Union – Giving 100% of revenue to artists from Friday through Sunday.
Captured Tracks – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Citrus City – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Crafted Sounds – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Dais Records – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Dangerbird – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Dome of Doom – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Don Giovanni – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Dark Trail Records – Giving 100% of revenue to artists
Diatribe Records – Offering a 20% discount on all titles, and giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Double Double Whammy – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Exploding in Sound – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Fat Possum – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Father/Daughter – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Fire Talk – Giving 100% of revenue to artists; all digital titles “Name Your Price.”
Flau – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Forged Artifacts – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Ghostly – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Grand Jury – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Hardly Art – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Hausu Mountain – Giving 100% of revenue to artists; use code “420COVID69” for 15% off.
Hivern Discs – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Holodeck – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Houndstooth – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Hyperdub – Giving 100% of revenue to artists through March 31.
Keeled Scales – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Lame-O – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Local Action – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Merge Records – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
New Amsterdam – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
NNA Tapes – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
No Sleep Records – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Northern Spy – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Orindal – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Overseas Artists Recordings – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Polyvinyl – Giving 100% of revenue to artists through March 31.
Prosthetic – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Purple Tape Pedigree – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Rebel Up – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Ropeadope – Any amount over an album’s stated price will be donated directly to the artist.
Run For Cover – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Saddle Creek – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Sargent House – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Self Aware Records – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Sub Pop – Giving 100% of revenue to artists through the weekend.
Third Man Records – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Topshelf Records – Giving 100% of revenue to artists through the weekend.
Trouble in Mind Records – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Wharf Cat – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Winspear – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Yellow Dog Records – Giving 100% of revenue to artists.
Name Your Price or Discounted Releases
Andras – All releases $2.00 AUD for 24 hours.
Artoffact Records – All digital albums changed to “Name Your Price.”
Black Beacon Sound – 50% off all digital albums.
Bobo Integral – All digital albums changed to “Name Your Price.”
Brique Rouge – 10% off with discount code “iwillsupport”.
Business Casual – 10% off with code BCVSCV19
Cascine – All digital albums changed to “Name Your Price.”
Caural – 15% off all titles for 24 hours.
Central Processing Unit – 20% off with code “getonit”
Cosmic Compositions – All merch marked down up to 50%; entire digital catalogue discounted to name your price.
Deathwish – All digital albums changed to “Name Your Price.”
Eighth Tower – Entire catalog discounted 50%
Hands in the Dark – All digital albums changed to “Name Your Price.”
Hyperboloid – All digital titles changed to “Name Your Price.”
Infine – 20% off all digital albums with code “if_confined”.
Jun Kamoda – All digital albums changed to “Name Your Price.”
Maenad Veyl – Digital version of new album available as Name Your Price.
Mannequin Records – 80% discount on full discography purchases.
Mais Um – 20% off with code “maisum”.
Memphis Industries – All digital titles now “Name Your Price.”
Modern Obscure Music – 50% off all albums for the next two weeks.
Nina Kraviz – Changed all of her digital titles to “Name Your Price.”
Nordvis Records – 20% off with code “nordvisbc”
PNKSLM – All digital albums now “Name Your Price.”
Psalm One – 50% off all digital titles.
Raubbau – All digital titles “Name Your Price.”
Ratskin Records – 35% off everything with code “stay home”.
Rhythm Section – Offering 20% off all digital titles; vinyl-only edits released digitally for 48 hours only; free tote bag for orders over £30, free Patrick Saville T shirt for orders over £50
Sahel Sounds – All digital albums changed to “Name Your Price.”
Samurai Music – 20% off all digital titles
Shall Not Fade – 20% off with code “SNF20”
Sonologyst – Offering 50% off entire catalog.
Swing Ting – 40% off all titles through March 31; 100% of revenue to artists.
Tompkins Square – 75% off all digital albums.
Unexplained Sounds – Offering 50% off entire catalog.
Unseen Worlds – 30% discount on all albums.
Y.E.G. – 40% discount with code “Friyay”
Artist & Labels Donating Proceeds to Charity
Avon Terror Corps – Donating proceeds from new album to Caring in Bristol.
Chad VanGaalen – Donating 100% of profits on this exclusive new album to Sweet Relief.
Disintegration State – Donating to The Trussell Trust, a UK Food Bank.
Distance Will Not Divide Us – Releasing a new compilation of Italian electronic music, 100% of proceeds from which will go to the National Institute For Infectious Diseases.
Distant Bloom – 100% of sales from digital and physical media (minus shipping costs) will be donated to the St. Louis Community Foundation’s COVID-19 Regional Response Fund.
DCYY/到此一游 – All proceeds from “Home Fitness” to benefit Firefly Plan for the purchase of essential items needed by frontline medical staff.
Dirty Projectors – All proceeds through April 3rd are going toward MusiCares’ COVID-19 relief fund for musicians and music industry folks.
DJ Harvey – Donating 100% of profits from a rare live album to Covid-19 relief.
Emergency Hearts – Proceeds being donated to Health Alliance for Austin Musicians.
Fruits & Flowers – Donating proceeds to the Keystone Food Shelf in Saint Paul, MN
Joy Orbsion – Donating proceeds from new mix to Southwark Food Bank.
Kill Rock Stars – Donating $1 of each purchase to Music Portland.
Klein Zage – 100% of the profits from this track will be donated to Service Workers Coalition.
Measure Divide – Offering surprise singles made in quarantine; 100% of proceeds to WHO COVID-19 Response Fund.
Neutrals – All proceeds go to RAICES & Border Angels.
Photay – All proceeds from sale of this name-your-price album go to Food Bank For New York City.
Sister Wives – Proceeds benefit The Trussell Trust food banks.
Soft Abuse – Proceeds benefit Keystone Food Shelf in Saint Paul, MN.
Where to Now – Donating 100% of proceeds to Help for Musicians.
Zoom Lens – Proceeds go to L.A. Foodbank and the Asian Youth Center.
Digital Exclusives & Surprise Releases
Beauty Pill – Early pre-order of new album to benefit immunocompromised artist.
Boogarins – Releasing new single.
Braille Face – Releasing surprise album.
Buried Treasure – Adding back catalog and a limited edition clear 7″ from Revbjele.
Canyon Counterpoint – Released exclusive new digital track.
Chatham County Line – “Strange Fascination” album available exclusively at Bandcamp.
Chuck Prophet – Exclusive unreleased live album.
Cory Kendrix – Exclusive beat tape.
Damp – Exclusive EP from new band with members of Bethlehem Steel, Pile, & Washer.
Dominique Fils-Aime – Surprise release of demos for “Stay Tuned.”
Falty DL – Exclusive new release for Friday.
Fire-Toolz – Exclusive new release for Friday.
HEALTH – Adding rare albums to their Bandcamp page.
Jerry Leger – Releasing new digital EP.
Jim Lauderdale – New LP exclusive to Bandcamp.
Kim Richey – Releasing new versions of songs from breakthrough LP “Glimmer.”
La Dispute – Exclusive live album to offset cost of cancelled spring tour.
The Lion’s Daughter – Releasing demos from “The Horror Cult.”
Marco Benevento – Surprise release of 2019 live show with limited edition cassette.
Marissa Nadler – Added new rarities EP.
Mike Adams at His Honest Weight – New 2020 Tour EP.
Mildlife – Offering a digital version of a release that was previously vinyl only.
The No Ones – Supergroup featuring Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey releasing “lost” 2017 album.
Oblyx – Instrumental versions of his two albums for people to use while making their own content and art while quarantines.
One Eleven Heavy – Tour-only EP.
Paola Bennet – Exclusive new digital EP.
Pallbearer – Exclusive new version of “Ashes.”
Pinch Points – Exclusive live album.
Poliça – Live album to offset cancelled tour costs.
Prana Crafter – Release date of new album moved up.
Principe Discos – Exclusive new DJ Lycox EP.
Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus – Exclusive digital release of new track from forthcoming LP.
Robert Scott – Four previously unavailable albums added to Bandcamp.
Sacred Bones – Releasing a compilation of rare & unreleased tracks to benefit artists who lost Spring tours.
The Seventy Sevens – New version of early single to offset canceled spring tour.
Seward – Entire catalog released exclusively to BC.
Shanti Celeste – Making an exclusive sample pack.
Shook – Made “A track for artists to jam to.”
Show Me the Body – Released exclusive new digital EP.
Skream – Adding exclusive early dubstep recordings.
Stars Like Fleas – Releasing first new music in 10 years.
Steep Canyon Rangers – Releasing exclusive live LP.
Sunny War – Releasing exclusive EP.
Swooping – Surprise album from three members of Haitus Kaiyote.
SXSW – Assembled a list of all artists who would have played SXSW 2020.
Tearjerker – Releasing surprise single.
Tompkins Square – Exclusive early release of Wall Matthews LP.
TooManyZooz – Releasing exclusive track.
Torche – Digital release of Part Time Punks session.
Uniform & the Body – Added exclusive live LP to offset cancelled tour dates.
Warren Ellis – Bandcamp Exclusive for the first 24 hours.
Žiga Murko – Releasing an EP of 8 previously unreleased tracks.
