Bandcamp Friday Roundup: October 2024
(Clockwise: The Reverend Horton Heat, Cypher Clique, Grant Claytor,Ninth Cage, J.P. Reali, Sandy Shalk)
As the fall breeze blows us back into our cozy homes, a time for new music creeps into season. We’ve wrangled up some new music from familiar, and not so familiar, artists for you to listen to as the leaves change outside your window. Follow them online and support them at your local venue as they heat up stages near you.
For anyone unaware, Bandcamp Friday is when the online record store and music community, Bandcamp, dedicates the earnings made on that day to waiving their fees. This results in more money going directly to the artists who deserve it. Stop by and spread a little local love and support if you enjoy it.
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The Reverend Horton Heat
Consider this Wimington’s warning to get ready for Rock-a-billy legend The Reverend Horton Heat to set the stage ablaze. The band is stopping for a night on their cross-country tour and you can avoid the sure to be long lines at the merch table by purchasing a vinyl or cd on their official Bandcamp page. Tickets are on sale to experience them live at The Queen October 5 here.
Cypher Clique
No strangers to our Bandcamp Friday Round Up, Dover rap trio Cypher Clique is back with another three-song EP titled Next Week Or Nothing. The collection of music was self-released July 16 and includes a feature from rapper Malik Jamal Montgomery. Listen to their extensive and constantly updated discography on their site and follow them online to keep up with release and live performances.
Grant Claytor
Delaware native Grant Claytor self-released a live album titled Live On The North Fork on August 9. This album contains nine songs full of dreamy, pop rock bliss recorded during an intimate backyard show in Greenport, Long Island. Claytor’s voice is smooth and soothing and his band follows him in and out of the last bits of a hazy summer. Check out their discography and online merch shop today.
Ninth Cage
What happens when members of heavy rock band, Year Of The Knife, and Delaware-based rock group, Execute, get together? You get a new project that puts a refreshing and exhilarating spin on alternative rock. Their self-titled EP was released August 3 on Death Binary Records. It’s unclear if this band is just a recording project or if the band plans to perform live. Buy their music and follow them online to keep up with news and more releases.
J.P Reali
J.P. Reali is an award-winning blues player currently living in Newark, Delaware. Originally from New York, J.P. spent close to four decades playing live to crowds around the east coast. After relocating to Delaware during the beginning of Covid-19, he finally released his debut album titled Blues Since Birth. You can buy his album and shirts on his official bandcamp and follow him online to keep up with his live performance schedule.
Sandy Shalk
Lewes-based Sandy Shalk is a fingerstyle guitarist, author, and performer. His latest album Newer Every Day has a hefty 16 songs of smooth acoustic guitar renditions of classic songs including “Take 5” and “Christmas Time Is Here”. Let Shalk lull you into a jazz guitar elation, and check out his website for more information.
