Our Sister Labels
Other Rad Labels
- Asaurus Records Extremely prolific CDR label from metro Detroit.
- Dark Beloved Cloud Records Douglas Wolk's super cool home to DQE and the DBC 3" singles club!
- Scratch-n-Sniff Entertainment Wicked noise/rock/etc. from west Michigan.
- Stop-Eject Records Randall Davis' A2 noise label.
- Hanson Records Aaron Dilloway's super-gnarly label paying extended musical tribute to MANOWAR.
- MASA Records Non-profit CDR/mp3 label from Bellingham, WA with Jimes.
- State's Rights Records
Super cool RIL music jamz based in Portland, OR and future releasor of jib kidder's long in the works "all on y'all."
- Time Stereo Classic tapes, CDs, art, etc. from Livonia, MI.
- P. W. Elverum & Sun Ltd. Phil from Mt. Eerie's handmade records, etc.
- Marriage Records Home of Thanksgiving, etc. from Portland, OR.
- Friends and Relatives Records Justin Clifford Rhody's label from Bloomington, IL with sweet bands like Mt. Gigantic and Ghost Mice.
- Unnecessary Friction Seattle and Minnesota-based cassette label with much respect for trees and attention to small details.
- Tasty Soil Chris Pottinger's label. Odd Clouds, Cotton Museum, Jamie Easter, etc. Ypsilanti, MI.
- Blue Bomber Brian Lipson's Montreal-based label with anti-folk and beautiful drone music plus a press.
Bigger Labels We Love
- Drag City Eclectic and startlingly consistent Chicago mainstay.
- Smithsonian Folkways Historical and traditional music continuing the legacy of history's greatest record label, Folkways, with whole back catalogues available on tape and CDR.
- ESP Disk The artists alone decide what you will hear on their ESP Disk.
- Hat Hut Amazingly adventurous label of new music and free jazz.
- Jagjaguwar Bloomington, IN-based label home to Richard Youngs, Julie Doiron and many others.
- Locust Music Incredible Chicago Historical/Experimental/Etc. label. Born Heller, METLIFE series
- K Records Olympia, WA & International Pop Underground. Home of Beat Happening, Old Time Relijun, Little Wings and many more.
- 482 Music Young and out Chicago jazz & improv music of today plus so much more. Players like Kyle Bruckmann, Matt Bauder, Aram Shelton and Jason Roebke
- Sounds Familyre The Danielson Famile's label.
- New World not-for-profit presenting the great american music and kicking out amazing stuff left and right.
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