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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
Warp Records has become a staple of good electronic, artistic, experimental, and new wave music since the early 90s. This is not Arista, or Def Jam with pop hit, one time wonders. While some of their artists have topped charts, most of their music remains known by DJs and music collectors. Like most hustlers in the music industry, the label’s first two releases by LFO (not “Summertime Girls” LFO) and Nightmares on Wax were sold…
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[Live Review] of Barsuk Records Showcase
…ted musician, Cymbals Eat Guitars would be the best case I could ever hope to become, and that odd sense of kinship means I find them a highly appealing, young rock band from an increasingly rock and roll fertile New Jersey. Live, the band skews more towards the type of instrumental noodling that I occasionally grow impatient with, but when they get humming Cymbals Eat Guitars is one helluva young band. A soaring rendition of “Rifle Eyesight (Pr…
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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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Cocorosie Live Review at Regency Ballroom
… CocoRosie took the stage, which was decorated with shiny plastic party balloons. The drum set was covered with a Lisa Frank-esque air brushed dolphin portrait. An enthused fan remarked to me before the show that all of their live performances were “magical,” and she was right. CocoRosie, aka sisters Bianca and Sierra, came out swinging like 19th century literature; they were dressed like Great Expectations Ms. Havisham (the man-hatin…
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Albin Holmqvist “Live The Language” Series
… contributors, which in the case of the video “Barcelona” helped us discover musician, Magnus the Magnus (aka Filthy). We discovered Albin Holmqvist “Barcelona” video thanks to Alison . EF – Live The Language – Barcelona from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo. London EF – Live The Language – London from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo. Paris EF – Live The Language – Paris from Albin Holmqvist o…
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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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Si*Se Interview with SFCritic
t Me To Stay” by Sly and Family Stone. CC: Neil Diamond kind of brings me back to when my family moved me out from the Bronx to California and I remember riding with my mom in an old Camaro. I don’t tend to look to music to liven me up. I tend to make music to take me to another place. SFS: Now being independent, is it a step forward or backward? CC: When we look at our experiences in the past, it appears that everything happens for some sor…
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Sila & The Afrofunk Experience Interview: Starting with a Dream
…can Music Hall, for the celebration of my award. I am also running back into the studio to record a follow up album to be released in May. I’m hoping to move forward in my music career. (SFC): Are you hoping to go to a larger label? (SM): This whole time I’ve been under my own indie label, self-produced, self-released. So out of this, I’m hoping that better things come around. Unfortunately, until someone says “you’re the shit,” no one listens to…
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