What's Good (Week of 12/1 - Bandcamp Friday Edition)
The first Friday of the month, and the final Bandcamp Friday of the year (and possibly ever), so you know what it's time for here at What's Good. Without any further jibber-jabber, let's get into it. We've got plenty of great new music that dropped this week that you can purchase all through the normal list via Bandcamp, but before that let me put some promo codes and special deals in front of your face.
Bandcamp Deals and Codes
Black Acre Records: 100% of the record label revenue share of Black Acre Records' entire catalog will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians. If you're looking for recommendations, I'd steer you towards Rocks FOE's Fight The Good? Fight or the What's Good featured Soulflow EP from Stefan Ringer.
RRC Records: Use the code bandcampfriday2024 for 20% all items from their Bandcamp store, including Brainorchestra's recent The Stone Tablet.
드링킹소년소녀합창단 Drinking Boys and Girls Choir: Use the code dontstopmenow for 20% off all merch, including these kick-ass logo shirts which include a download of History with your purchase.
Miki Berenyi Trio: The trio released an EP of covers from the glorious Lush, signed by all of them, available at their Bandcamp merch page.
Lex Records: Get 20% off their entire catalog with the code LEXMAS20. For recent joints, I'd recommend Chuck Strangers' A Forsaken Lover's Plea or Fly Anakin's Skinemaxxx (Side A & Side B).
Garfunkle: Garfunkle's entire catalog is 50% off using the code fridaywithgarfunkle, and I'd start with their collaboration with What's Good fave Marcus Pinn, Moses Malone.
Secretly Group: You can get 20% off purchase from each of the labels in the Secretly Group with the following codes:
- Dead Oceans: DOC20
- Jagjaguwar: JAG20
- Secrely Canadian: SC20
Need recs? Well, Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen have albums available for purchase and preorder down in this week's drop, Khruangbin's excellent A LA SALA is on Dead Oceans, and They Hate Change's most recent joints (including Wish You Were Here) have been on Jagjaguwar. All are well worth your coin:
Vic Spencer: Use code getfresh10 for 10% off everything on Vic's Bandcamp, including the recent August Fanon collab, Psychological Cheat Sheet 5.
Loma Vista Recordings: Use code BLKFRLV25 for 25% off their entire catalog. Recently featured joints from Denzel Curry, Soccer Mommy, and Chelsea Wolfe can be yours for the low.
Illingsworth: The homey Illingsworth is letting everything in his catalog go for an astonishing 95% off with the code xmasdawg. If you don't know where to start, try last year's excellent i'm not supposed to be here.
Die Spitz: The Austin, TX firebrands are letting their whole catalog go for Pay What You Want. I'd drop the standard $8 on last year's Teeth to start, and go from there.
And if you follow Teller Bank$, check your email for a little treat from the man himself.
If you need any more recs, along with this week's new releases, you can always puruse the archives (I'm working on getting the rest ofthe Cohost archives over here as well, but head there for what's not here). And speaking of this week's releases we've got:
New Albums
- Aisha Vaughan
- andrew
- Bad Tofu (Milc & Chuck Strangers)
- freespottie
- Kenny Segal & K-the-I???
- Richard Milli
New Singles
- Deradoorian
- JMSN
- Midnight Sons
- Miya Folick
- NAHreally
And a TON more. But up first a quick jaunt over to Bonus Beats.
Bonus Beats
Gary Suarez
Dylan Green
For this week's Bonus Beats, we've got two different perspectives on Mach-Hommy's recent performance at the Lincoln Center's Appel Room, the first from CABBAGES' head honcho Gary Suarez, where he contrasted it with a theatrical screening of the Three 6 Mafia direct-to-video curio Choices as a consideration on Hip Hop in unexpected (or unwanted) spaces. Meanwhile over at Hearing Things, Dylan Green gave a full concert review, and asked where the line is between forcing rich dilletates to pay for the art of the underfranchised vs. just playing into hyper-capitalism. Both are well worth your eyeballs.
Now the drops for the week.
Music
Amanda Whiting - In the Bleak Midwinter (From A Christmas Cwtch, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Mutant Academy - Computer Blue (From KEEP HOLLY ALIVE, out now. Purchase: Vinyl and merch from Mutant Academy's store, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
lilith - no reason (From warmer, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Aisha Vaughan - Do You Love Me (From The Gate, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Leaving Records)
Vel Nine - Where Will I Go? (Out now, YouTube loosie for now.)
JMSN - Soft Spot (955 Remix) feat. Sada Baby (From Soft Spot (Single Deluxe Edition), out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Clairo - Sexy to Someone (From Charm, out now. Purchase: Merch, Vinyl, and Digital for Charm available via Clairo's store, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Deradoorian - Digital Gravestone (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Standing On The Corner - Slow Death (Out now. YouTube loosie for now.)
freespottie - deja (From Center Page Reflections, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Miya Folick - Erotica (From Erotica Veronica, out on 2/28/25. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
JasonMartin - COOKIE (Out now.)
Something Something Brax - Big Guy (From Cazadero Sketch Book, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Knower - Same Smile, Different Face (real version) (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream KNOWER FOREVER: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory - Southern Life (What It Must Be Life) (From Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, out 2/7/25. Preorder: Bandcamp | Physicals and merch via Sharon's store, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Kurious - Bacalao Opera (From Majician, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Vinyl and merch via Metalface Records/Gas Drawls, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
NAHreally - That's That (From Secret Pancake, out on 1/10/25. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Kenny Segal & K-the-I??? - Spellcasted Television feat. Armand Hammer (From Genuine Dexterity, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Cassette, Digital, & Vinyl via Backwoodz Studioz, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Duncecap & steel tipped dove - Light Pollution (From The Need To Know, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Bad Tofu (Milc & Chuck Strangers) - Ralph Nader (From Affordable Luxuries, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Brigid Mae Power - Walk On Out Of My Mind (Waylon Jennings cover) (From Songs for You, out 12/20. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Sleep Sinatra - Pestilence feat. Unruly (From Pen Machina, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Apollo Brown & Crimeapple - Superstitious (From This, Is Not That, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Vinyl via Mello Music Group (Cassette and Compact Disc also available), Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Midnight Sons - At The Pool Hall feat. Milc (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
andrew - star anise feat. Jesse The Tree (From Swan Dive, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Spotify)
Richard Milli - Still Mergin' feat. Boldy James & Willie The Kid (From Overseas, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Vinyl (EU) via FXCK RXP, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Fatboi Sharif & Driveby - Malik (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Prowess The Testament - Baby Please (From Lunar Prelude: Sailor Overture, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Buli - Without (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp)
Rob Cave - Cave Canem (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp)
TOKiMONSTA - For You feat. Kaelin Ellis (From Eternal Reverie, out on 3/7/25. Preorder: Bandcamp | Order the single here, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Small Professor - ain't the (small)god happy (From had to be a pianist in the past, out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Sara Grace White - Ride (From Angel Olsen's Cosmic Waves Volume 1 compilation, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp | Jagjaguwar, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Che' Noir - Greek Scholar (Kenny Version) feat. ICECOLDBISHOP (Out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
City Girl - Throw Myself feat. tiffi (From Asleep In Soft Ether, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify | YouTube)
Darko The Super - King of the Zoo part 2 feat. Nosaj from New Kingdom & Marcus Pinn (From Darko Cheats Death, out 12/13. Preorder: Bandcamp)
Sonnyjim - Euromillions (From Exotic Peng Collection, out now. Purchase: Bandcamp, Stream “Euromillions”: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Raz Fresco - Marvelous Motion feat. ANKLEJOHN (From Pocket Operators III, out on 12/13. Preorder: Bandcamp, Stream: Tidal | Apple | Spotify)
Show You Suck - 3PCMILD (Out now. Purchase/Stream: Bandcamp)
Playlists
TIDAL
BNCMPR
YouTube
That does it for this week. Be sure to share this with your folks, and don't hesitate to let me know what you're listening to this weekend down in the comments. Take care, and make good choices.
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