Four new Irish music releases to stream and download on #BandcampFriday

Noisy rock 'n' roll, contemplative electronics and wonky bedroom pop all get an airing as popular digital service Bandcamp waives its fees in support of artists amid the Covid crisis.

Bandcamp Friday: helping musicians and labels through the worst of the Covid crisis

There's been much hand-wringing about sustainability in a wider music industry that's still reeling in some ways from the profound disruption that the Internet provided to a long-established business model in the mid-90s.

While established streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music have provided users with access to a huge archive of music, podcasts and curated playlists, the stark reality is that the artists' slice of the streaming pie is still vanishingly small, with independent artists both emerging and established now also contending with the demise of download sales from the likes of iTunes.