The Story: A home recording project by Philly’s Devi Majeske stepped up its game this year, first with the Swanning About EP and more recently with the breathtaking “Move Without A Place,” an indiepop gem fused with dreamy passages sung in Gujarti. The Reference Points: Bright Eyes, living room shows, unflinching emotion Air Devi The Story: Prolific local singer-songwriter Brian Walker has a dozen 2020 releases on his ADWL Bandcamp – singles, EPs, full-lengths – and is capping the year with Mega Jawn, a roundup of collabs with peers from Philly’s Erin Fox to DC’s Bartees Strange. Read, listen, dig deep, shop local, support your scene, and enjoy. From the Best Albums list, don’t overlook Deep Tissue, Orion Sun, Pine Barons, and Frances Quinlan from the Best Songs list, don’t miss The Districts, Irreversible Entanglements, and Soul Glo. This year, we’re doing it again, and every single one of these 100 artists - who range from soul pop to folk punk to poetic noise to whatever other style you can imagine - has their music available on Bandcamp, ready for you to purchase.Īdditionally, the Philly artists who made our previous lists all have music on Bandcamp too. Last year, The Key launched The Philly 100 as a means of giving props to amazing local artists whose records, for whatever reason, didn’t make it on to our staff-voted year-end lists. In short, it was a beautiful thing, it was community in action, and as we look back over another year of amazing Philadelphia music - and we happen to do it on the last Bandcamp Friday of 2020 - it only made sense to focus exclusively on artists who released music on Bandcamp. It became a means of the music scene supporting one another unplanned projects were recorded and released one-day-only singles dropped demos were unearthed and back-catalog favorites were reconsidered benefit compilations and singles popped up throughout the year, and especially during the summer’s civil unrest. When it quickly became clear this spring that touring artists - as well as regional musicians working in the service and event industries - were out of their regular source of income for the foreseeable future, the streaming service stepped up its game, announcing it would waive its revenue share on the first Friday of each month, allowing 100% of all sales to go directly to the artists. Bandcamp Friday became the Philly music scene’s new favorite holiday during the pandemic.
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