Label Focus: Run for Cover Records
"DIY means finding a common purpose with people who care as much about something as you do. Trusting that through that passion, you will be…
Label Focus: Transgressive Records
"In our continued age of what's called 'consolidation', where monopolies grow larger by conglomerates, and culture is threatened on a local…
Label Focus: Sonic Cathedral
"Shoegaze was the starting point for this whole thing. Everything we release obviously comes from that place and is linked to it in some way.…
Label Focus: City Slang
"As an independent label in this day and age, we have to stay innovative in that sense that we try and help our artists to…
Label Focus: Relapse Records
"Every single person at Relapse is a music fan first, which flows through to the work that we do. Beyond that, we’re lucky to…
Label Focus: Lex Records
"We have rappers, beat makers, left-field rock artists and techno producers. We’ve worked a lot on film and audio with Alan Moore and Mitch…
Label Focus: Mexican Summer
"That spirit, and the indie music community at large has been/continues to be a huge driving force behind the work we do. Growing up…
Label Spotlight: PIAS [Recordings] at 40
"We have been fortunate to be involved, one way or another, in so many musical movements or revolutions through the 40 years since our launch.…
Label Focus: Loma Vista
"'Indie' to us is a mindset and a spirit. Having the ability to support a roster of diverse artistic vision with confidence, care,…
Label Focus: Speedy Wunderground
"We love what we do and that’s the only reason we do it. As for the future? I’d find it quite boring if…