Eric & Magill - All Those I Know
Eric & Magill - I Hear Trumpets

Bandcamp’s recent decision to stop offering free downloads in perpetuity for their hosted artists was a huge letdown and will probably be an end to the site. Saving pennies of bandwidth, given their claim that 95% of artists never even receive 500 downloads, has led to a poor user experience (it takes four clicks to find out that a file isn’t available) and a lot of artist disgruntlement from those I’ve spoken to about this. The common assault on criticism from bandcamp seems to be “if you’re music’s so good, why aren’t you making (us) money off of it?” Here’s a great, great album from a band who aren’t trying to make a dime. Eric & Magill are easily lumped in with other Midwestern indie folks, but they shine amongst some pretty notable peers.