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Post by ganews on Apr 16, 2024 15:09:20 GMT -5
It's almost Record Store Day. The theme this month is independent record labels - any record released on an indie label is fair game. There are a lot of to choose from. Two nominations each until the poll goes up late next week. ETA please be sure to name the label too! |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Apr 16, 2024 17:49:54 GMT -5
Unleash the Archers - Apex (Napalm Records)
Church of the Cosmic Skull - Everybody's Going to Die (Septaphonic Records)
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Apr 16, 2024 18:49:17 GMT -5
Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet - XL Recordings Overcoats - The Fight - Loma Vista Recordings
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Post by Nudeviking on Apr 16, 2024 19:06:17 GMT -5
Unwound - Repetition (1996, Kill Rock Stars)
Snapcase - Designs for Automation (2000, Victory Records)
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Post by ganews on Apr 16, 2024 19:54:49 GMT -5
Ben Grimm and MrsLangdonAlger can you also state the indie labels your nominations are on? Sorry, I forgot to say that in the original post. And Ben, are you sure you want to split the vote with the same band twice?
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Post by Ben Grimm on Apr 16, 2024 20:13:51 GMT -5
Ben Grimm and MrsLangdonAlger can you also state the indie labels your nominations are on? Sorry, I forgot to say that in the original post. And Ben, are you sure you want to split the vote with the same band twice? Ugh, fine. Valid points are the worst. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Apr 16, 2024 23:17:40 GMT -5
Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe (2013)
Dead Oceans Records
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Post by ganews on Apr 17, 2024 6:39:43 GMT -5
It was a Chicago independent record label that was the first to release American cuts of two bands you may have heard of: The Beatles and the Four Seasons. Vee-Jay Records was founded in the 50s by a husband-wife team who knew the business and had an ear for what the kids liked, respectively. They had some great R&B success even before the 60s. Vee-Jay released the first Lightnin' Hopkins album to be called "Lightnin' Strikes" in 1962. Another album by that name came out on another indie label, Universal, a few years later, by which time Vee-Jay was about to file bankruptcy because someone was racking up gambling debt with company money. |
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Post by Some Kind of Munster on Apr 17, 2024 13:27:01 GMT -5
Let's talk selling out!
Green Day – Kerplunk (1991) – The band's last with venerable punk label Lookout! Records before signing to a major and moving on to much bigger things
Jawbreaker – 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (1994) – The band's last with Tupelo Recording Company/Communion Records before signing to a major and imploding under the weight of expectations
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Post by monodrone on Apr 17, 2024 14:33:51 GMT -5
Cave In - Jupiter (Hydra Head, 2000)
Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY. (SideOneDummy, 2016)
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Post by ganews on Apr 20, 2024 10:30:51 GMT -5
I had the great Americana label Arhoolie in mind, but in browsing their lists I came on someone whose best-reviewed records were elsewhere. Any fans of Treme here?
Rebirth Brass Band, "Do Whatcha Wanna" (Mardi Gras Records) 1997. A label so small it didn't make the list above, but they've been going since the 70s.
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