Overview

• The Australian band set its downloadable catalog on Bandcamp to “name your price,” permitting $0 downloads or voluntary payments.
• As of Wednesday, the group occupied the entire Top 25 of Bandcamp’s best-selling digital albums, per Rolling Stone and Billboard.
• Their shift came after pulling music from Spotify in protest of CEO Daniel Ek’s ties to Helsing, which raised €600 million through his firm Prima Materia.
• Other artists including Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, Hotline TNT, the Mynabirds, Kadhja Bonet, and WU LYF have also left Spotify over the investment.
• Bandcamp states artists can set flexible pricing to fit their goals, with purchases providing MP3 or FLAC downloads and streaming via its app.