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: Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar's twenty year history has been filled with collaboration and a familial sense of community between their extensive catalogue of artists. The independent label…
Label Focus: Atlantic Records
Over the last 75 years, Atlantic Records has become one of the most important American Labels. Started in October 1947, Atlantic Records began signing Jazz, R&…
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 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: Partisan Records
A label defined by the artists they work with. Fontaines DC’s gritty, poetic debut Dogrel, and Idles’ violent, chaotic second LP Joy As An Act…
Label Focus: Sub Pop
These are flush times for independent artists and labels--and for music obsession in general. What do Grunge, Seattle and Nirvana all have in common? Sub Pop.…
Label Focus: Winspear
"Whether it’s intentional or not, we often gravitate towards consistently strong songwriters. Most artists can stumble upon a great song if they write enough…
Label Focus: Sacred Bones
"I think that we look for artists who like to bend the sound within their genre. It’s hard to really pinpoint exactly what it…