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Music Labels and Blogs in 2011
A friend recently asked me if I wanted to start a music label. I asked him if he was crazy. The conversation ended there. Today’s major labels like the British EMI are reminiscent of the 1997 film Titantic, as the boat sinks and Leonardo Di Capro hangs on to a wood plank before freezing to death, while his love Kate Winslett survives to tell his story. Hold on to dear life labels, the big ship you sailed is going down! Kid Cudi : “5…
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Featured Label: Ghostly International
Ghostly International is a label that prides itself on the juxtaposition of music and art branding. Created by Sam Valenti IV when he was 19 yrs old, the label was realized through Valenti’s experience as a DJ, interest in live performances, and art history background. With the incorporation of art, and expression, the label encouraged exploration. In the beginning, Tadd Mullinix, best known as Dabrye, comprised 50% of the label’s ro…
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Featured Label: Numero Group
Amongst the growth of repackaged soul (Lee Fields & Sharon Jones) and revitalized reissues, is a record label doing its own thing: Numero Group. Numero Group is not a record label signing artists, it’s a crate diggers’ dream occupation of reissuing lost gems. I stumbled upon a write up of the label at Aquarium Drunkard, where they were highlighting a group called 24-Carat Black. At the Numero Group website they have a smattering …
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Featured Label: Warp Records
ite artists are on this label: Grizzly Bear, Prefuse 73, Bibio, Plaid and Flying Lotus. This is one of the few labels whose standards enable a critic like myself to say, “Pretty much every artist on the label is worth a listen.” Take a look and enjoy: If you like this post take a look at these: Featured Label: Tres Records Listen to What You’re Missin’: Jay Z, Phoenix, Micky Factz, Camron …
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Featured Label: Tres Records
Step 1: To learn music outside the radio-pop realm, follow and learn about music labels. From Death Row to Om Records, music labels don’t just release records, they showcase particular styles and genres. In the weeks to come, I will feature different labels, assisting you in finding artists you might enjoy. Tres RecordsThis is Tres Records “About US”: Tres Records, a label founded and run by artists, is committed to procuring t…
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The Dismemberment Plan is Getting Back Together (at least briefly)
The coolest band I liked before I got to college, DC’s The Dismemberment Plan is reuniting after a 7 year hiatus. Below is part of the statement they issued via their website: It’s been awhile, no? We’ve been working on something for about two years now, and I’m not sure how we kept this under our hats for so long, but we did. We’re reissuing Emergency & I on vinyl, and it’s coming out January 11th on Barsuk Records. The music was re-…
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Listen to What You’re Missin: Mitsu the Beat, Mourah, Clutchy Hopkins, and Wallpaper
…. I’ll tantalize you with that, but I’ll explain more about Wallpaper in a feature coming later this week. Das Racist wrote what might be the most unbearable lyrics since “Who Let The Dogs Out.” If you listen to the original track on repeat, you might shoot yourself, which is proof of Wallpaper’s skills that he has transformed this song into an irresistible, “why the $### am I listening to this, but oh I LOVE i…
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Listen to What You’re Missin’: Madeline, Tupac, Atlas Sounds and Au Revoir Simone.
Listen to What You’re Missin’” takes you through four tracks of the week, giving you an updated look at new music. This week I have a special treat for you with: Madeline, Tupac, Atlas Sounds and Au Revoir Simone. Madeline: “White Flag” I first heard about Madeline at You Ain’t No Picasso (YANP), where she received high marks. A lot of her songs have influences of folk, and country like Jenny Lewis. With he…
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Si*Se Interview with SFCritic
end was working with Carol and that Carol was interested in doing her own project. We would send each other through this person, cassettes of music we were interested in and we were on a similar page. SFS: If Martians were listening in on your music, what do hope it would be conveying? CC: First not to attack us. Secondly, Carol and I have this beauty-and-the-beats complex. Sometimes there is a rough edge with a smooth sensibility, and I lik…
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Sila & The Afrofunk Experience Interview: Starting with a Dream
…rch 20th show at the Great American Music Hall, SFCritic spoke with Sila. SFCritc (SFC): Will you tell me a little about where you grew up? Sila Matungi (SM): I grew up in a town called Machakos. I grew up in the mountains, listening to Voice of America with tunes from James Brown, Bob Marley, Kool and The Gang, and Jimi Hendrix. I was hooked to music. Growing up listening to that music was very helpful, because the struggles of growing up in a…
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