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    Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records reaching the top of the Billboard music charts. Website. electronic | Electronic...
    • Contributor: Merge Records
    • Date: 2002
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    Matador Records Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2002
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    Matador Records Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of mainly indie rock, but also punk rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, electronic and other artists. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Contributor: Matador Records (Firm)
    • Date: 2002
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    Mello Music Group Mello Music Group, also referred to as MMG, is an American independent record label based in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 2007 by Michael Tolle, it has released hip hop compilations and albums by producers and emcees such as Oddisee, Apollo Brown, yU, Open Mike Eagle, L'Orange, and Rapper Big Pooh. In 2012 MTV Hive described MMG as having a "dedication to intelligent, street-wise boom...
    • Date: 2013
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    Doomtree Records Doomtree is an American hip hop collective and record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota] The collective has seven members: Dessa, Cecil Otter, P.O.S, Sims, Mike Mictlan, Paper Tiger, and Lazerbeak. The collective is known for incorporating a wide range of musical influences into their work with lyrical complexity and wordplay, and their annual "Doomtree Blowout" events held in Minneapolis venues to showcase their group...
    • Contributor: Doomtree (Rap Group)
    • Date: 2012
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    Stones Throw Records Stones Throw Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. Under the direction of founder Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw has released music ranging from hip-hop to experimental psych-rock since its inception. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2002
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    Consequence of Sound Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2021
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    Home | Rhymesayers Rhymesayers Entertainment (sometimes abbreviated RSE) is an American hip hop independent record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Contributor: Rhymesayers Entertainment (Firm)
    • Date: 2010
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    Secretly Canadian Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana with offices in Brooklyn, London, Austin, Los Angeles and Paris. Now run by Ben Swanson, Chris Swanson and Darius Van Arman, the current roster includes The War On Drugs, Anohni, Antony and the Johnsons, Tig Notaro, Damien Jurado, Here We Go Magic, and Whitney among others. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2008
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    Frontpage – A2IM The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) is a trade association that represents independent record labels in the United States. A2IM is headquartered in New York City. There are also chapters of A2IM located in Nashville, Chicago, Northern California, Southern California, and the Pacific Northwest. A2IM is a leading voice of independent music whose mission is to Promote growth, awareness, and opportunities for independent...
    • Date: 2012
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    Sub Pop Records Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Contributor: Sub Pop (Sound Recording Label)
    • Date: 2002
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    Pitchfork Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Contributor: Pitchfork (Firm)
    • Date: 2002
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    No Depression | The Journal of Roots Music Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Contributor: No Depression
    • Date: 2011
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    Decibel Magazine | The World's Foremost Heavy Metal Authority Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2010
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    New Music and Music News Delivered Daily | Pigeons & Planes Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2010
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    Coachella The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly called Coachella or the Coachella Festival) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Inland Empire's Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert. It was co-founded by Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen in 1999, and is organized by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Live. The event...
    • Date: 2008
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    Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival – Manchester, TN | June 7-10, 2018 The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an American annual four-day music festival developed and produced by Superfly Presents and AC Entertainment. Since its first year in 2002, it has been held at what is now Great Stage Park on a 650-acre (263 km2) farm in Manchester, Tennessee. Main attractions of this festival are the multiple stages featuring live music with a diverse array...
    • Date: 2002
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    Fat Possum Records Fat Possum Records is an American independent record label based in Water Valley and Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording previously unknown Mississippi blues artists (typically from Oxford or Holly Springs, Mississippi). Recently, Fat Possum has signed younger rock acts to its roster. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2002
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    SoundExchange Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2002
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    Cuneiform Records Based in the Washington D.C. area since its founding in 1984, Cuneiform Records is widely recognized as an international force in the world of avant-garde and truly progressive, cutting-edge music. This independent record label has charted an adventurous course, avoiding music’s oft-travelled mainstream and resisting confinement within any single musical genre. Instead, Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2020
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    VHF VHF Records is an American record label, known for their extensive work with several major experimental artists. The label is based in the Washington, DC suburb of Fairfax, Va., Artists include Flying Saucer Attack, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Roy Montgomery, Jack Rose, Pelt, and Stephen O'Malley's Æthenor, among others. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2018
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    Analytics and Insights for the Music Industry | Next Big Sound Next Big Sound (NBS) is a New York-based company which provides analytics for online music. The company analyses the popularity of musicians in social networks, streaming services, and radio. The company was acquired by Pandora Radio in May 2015 Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2009
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    Bandcamp Bandcamp is an American online music company founded in 2008. The company is a global music community where fans discover music and directly support the artists who make it. Website. electronic | Electronic (Form).
    • Date: 2009
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    Rivermont Records Rivermont Records was founded in 2004 by pianist and musicologist Bryan S. Wright, PhD, to preserve and promote ragtime, jazz, and "hot dance" music. Rivermont is unique in offering a diverse catalogue that features both reissues of vintage recordings as well as freshly-recorded discs by some of today's most talented ragtime and jazz musicians. Rivermont's releases include compact discs and vinyl discs, both at...
    • Date: 2010
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    Resonance Records | From the website -- Resonance Records is a division of the Rising Jazz Stars Foundation, a California 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation created to discover the next jazz stars – passionate, brilliant musicians from around the world. We assist and support them through recording, performance opportunities and distribution of their art. Every Resonance CD and DVD is produced without compromise, to create and preserve our artists’...
    • Date: 2018