Welcome to Bandcamp Friday! Until midnight tonight, 100% of any money spent on Bandcamp will go directly to the artist, making today the perfect day to support your favorite bands from the Bay Area and beyond.

Why buy music in the streaming era? Because Spotify is estimated to pay $0.003 - $0.005 cents per stream, depending on the artist. Even if you buy an album for $1, you’re paying the artist the equivalent of 333.3 song plays. That impact matters, especially for independent artists.

To celebrate, the BFF.fm community is sharing their hidden gems, ride-or-die faves, and local legends that you can support today. Discover something new, revisit an old favorite, and support artists!

Alternative/Indie

Slugfeast - Slugfeast (slowcore, Sacramento)

Introspective slowcore builds into sludgey riffs for the ultimate musical catharsis on Slugfeast’s self-titled debut album. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

The Reds, Pinks & Purples - The Town That Cursed Your Name (indie rock, San Francisco)

Glenn Donaldson is your favorite plaintive SF-based singer with a voice so full of yearning that it wrenches your heart apart and puts it back together over a catchy mid-tempo indie rock beat. - Mai, Mai + Charlie

Now - Now Does The Trick (indie pop, San Francisco)

Now channels the swagger and sludge of glam rock and mixes it with Syd Barret-esuqe baroque psych pop to make music that sounds just so completely cool. - Kerri, DIG!

Galore - Dirt (indie/pop/shoegaze, San Francisco)

Summer lives forever in Galore’s testament to friendship! Jangly melodies get an energetic high from punky, twangy riffs for a nostalgic trip to long, sunny days. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Wife - The Importance of Daydreaming (post punk, noise rock, San Francisco)

A release that knocked me on my ass with its veracity and fierceness. Really cool angular post punk riffs, backed by some heavy drums and detached sing-speak vocals that remind me of giants of the past. - DJ Swirving, Audiosyncrasies

The Breathing Light - In the True World (shoegaze/trip hop/post-punk, Chicago)

Oakland’s Psychic Eye delivers the latest from The Breathing Light: a gazey, groovy, and melodic protest album that’s a tribute to the South Suburbs of Chicago. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Blues

Katie Knipp - Dance Me (experimental electronic/blues, Rocklin, CA)

The award-winning blues artist fearlessly incorporates everything from trip hop to techno to metal in this expansive experimental record. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Country

Shawna Virago - Holy Rollers ‘25 (country/folk with a punk edge, San Francisco, CA)

Shawna has a voice that is equally reminiscent of Bob Dylan or Billy Idol and her sound is country with an edge, tinged by both punk and folk influences under her poetic and evocative lyrics. - ShortyRock, WTFIFL

Secret Emchy Society - Queen Of Assholes (country/americana, Oakland, CA)

Powerhouse Emchy and her misfits bring a new album full of tracks to energize and empower, as well as some that evoke a sense of joy amidst the grind of pushing forward despite life’s uncertainty. (Playing Sunday 10/5 at the Castro Street Fair, FYI!) - ShortyRock, WTFIFL

Josiah Flores - Doin’ Fine (country folk, San Francisco)

The great storytelling tradition of country is bathed in the salty embrace of Bay Area fog, rolling through the trials and triumphs of life with a poetic twang. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Andrés Miguel Cervantes - Songs for the Seance (country folk/western noir, San Francisco/San Diego)

This melancholy album will be released on November 1st, the perfect day to bask in meditative ballads that reflect on memory, belonging, isolation, and hope. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Electronic

JJ Amore - Funky Nights (electronic/house, Oakland, CA)

Fresh off his earlier release this year, JJ Amore is back in the lab with some funky and dancy beats in his second EP of the year. - DJ Swirving, Audiosyncrasies

Cruzloma - Mitos i Ritos (Latin American electronic, Ecuador/Boulder, CO)

I didn’t see this one coming–a pleasant surprise when they opened for Chancha Via Circuito last month at Rickshaw Stop, and a new favorite for me. Electronic music based on traditional rhythms and ceremonial music hypnotizes and captivates on first listen. - ShortyRock, WTFIFL

Chancha Via Circuito - Remixes (Latin American electronic, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

This newest release from this Latin electronic / neo-folklore producer brings together his best remixes of other artists in his familiar style of Latin rhythms and melodies set to rhythmic electronic beats. - ShortyRock, WTFIFL

Experimental

Tyler Holmes - Patience (experimental noise/ambient, Oakland/LA)

The Oakland native returns with a philosophical exploration of the human experience, taking us on a journey of meditative ambience, harsh noise, and everything in between. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Hip Hop

Los Rakas - La Raka Zaza (Latin hip hop, Oakland, CA)

Panamanian duo Los Rakas started in Oakland’s youth centers in 2006 and bring a sense of humor, sensuality, and energy to their music, which is hip hop with a reggaeton-influenced vibe. This is last year’s album but tracks like “Se Prendio” and “Candela” still slap. - ShortyRock, WTFIFL

Metal

Tentacult - Synaptic Perfidy (weird death doom, Sacramento)

Death doom is mangled and mutated into bizarre shapes on this sci-fi inspired banger from Sacramento’s favorite mad scientists. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Forest Summoner - Mutual Aid & Art Supplies for Child Survivors of Gaza in Egypt (compilation, Los Angeles)

Metal becomes mutual aid on this genre-expansive compilation from eco-metal label Forest Summoner. Discover your new favorite antifascist band while providing critical support to communities around the world. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Houkago Grind Time - Split with Reptile (goregrind, San Jose)

Andrew Lee’s (Ripped to Shreds) one-man weebgrind project enters its brat era with gurgling abandon, replete with relentless snares and swampy roars. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Electric Tendrils - The Violence and the Beauty (post-metal, Oakland)

Cosmic grooves are filtered through post-metal ambiance in this sound design experiment from the brains behind heavy psych duo SLUDGEBUCKET. Hear from the band this Sunday at 2 pm on The Sunday Screeches! - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Pop

Mae Powell - Making Room for the Light (jazzy pop, San Francisco)

This record instantly became my go-to for tuning out, tuning in, and feeling good. Mae’s lilting lyrics and beautiful, jazz-infused vocals set you adrift on gentle, lapping waves of warm, carefully crafted rhythms. It’s intimate, honest, emotive, and reassuring all at once. - Kerri, DIG!

Tony Molina - On This Day (folk/psych pop, San Francisco)

The local legend weaves pop hooks into purposefully meandering folk, setting the stage for a massive album ready to soundtrack a blissful adventure across the city. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Punk/Rock

Arts and Crafts - 1000 Dancing Devils (heavy math world, San Francisco)

Take a psychedelic journey around the world with immaculately crafted jams that fuse global sounds and unexpected rhythms. (Fun fact, I discovered Arts and Crafts at Sidewalk Series!) - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Nyx Division - Midnight Lights (post-punk, Portland)

Turn down the lights, lower the disco ball, and turn up the volume for this glamorously dark take on post-punk with disco and heavy metal influences. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend To Cause Havoc) - Sogolo (Psych Rock, Zambia)

Their intensity and energy come across almost as well on the album as it does in their live performance where they bring a full, fuzzy guitar sound with plenty of percussion and bass and forceful vocals. One of my favorite releases from this summer! - ShortyRock, WTFIFL

Pancho and the Wizards - Sun in Splendor (psychedelic garage/shoegaze, San Luis Obispo)

Spellbinding (pun intended) walls of sound meet gutsy garage punk energy and trippy riffs on the latest from these SLO wizards. Pro tip: see them live, they’re even better IRL. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

Magic Fig - Valerian Tea (psych rock, San Francisco)

A veritable supergroup of the SF indie/rock scene, Magic Fig takes you on a shimmering trip to the 1970s with colorful psych rock that’s both brilliantly nostalgic and vibrantly modern. - DJ B-Rated, The Sunday Screeches

R&B/Soul

Madison McFerrin - Scorpio (neo-soul/R&B, Brooklyn, NY)

Daughter of Bobby McFerrin, this neo-soul chanteuse explores all the feels of love relationships in her new album–exploring grief, then respite, soothing, and empowerment as she sonically explores all the different aspects of romantic love. - ShortyRock, WTFIFL