Labels we track
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Kill Rock Stars
Seminal indie rock label founded in Olympia, Washington in 1991. (Deerhoof, Thao Nguyen, Sleater-Kinney, Elliot Smith) ★★★★
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Arts & Crafts
Leading Canadian indie-rock label (Stars, Broken Social Scene, Feist) ★★★★
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Mexican Summer
Leading indie rock label, based in Brooklyn, NY (Ariel Pink, Weyes Blood, Cate Le Bon) ★★★★
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Rough Trade
Essential indie rock label founded in a record shop in London in 1976 (Parquet Courts, ANOHNI, black midi) ★★★★
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Secretly Canadian
Leading indie rock label, based in Bloomington, Indiana (The War on Drugs, Ahnoni, Yoko Ono, Cherry Glazerr) ★★★★
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Partisan Records
Leading NYC indie rock/avant rock label. Partners with Knitting Factory Records. (Fela Kuti, The Black Angels, Craig Finn, Mercury Rev) ★★★★
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Matador
Premiere indie rock label, based in NYC (Interpol, Belle & Sebastian, Kurt Vile) ★★★★
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Domino
Leading indie rock label, based in London (my bloody valentine, Stephen Malkmus, Dan Deacon) ★★★★
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XL Recordings
Influential British indie label releasing music across pop, rock, hip hop and r&b (FKA Twigs, Sigur Rós, Thom Yorke, The xx) ★★★★
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Jagjaguwar
Leading indierock label, based in Bloomington, Indiana (Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Dinosaur Jr.) ★★★★
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Anti‐
Los Angeles label releasing across genres, including indie rock, hip hop, soul, etc. (Tom Waits, Neko Case, Mavis Staples, Calexico) ★★★★
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Drag City
Acclaimed Chicago indie rock label (Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Ty Segall, Bill Callahan) ★★★★
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Sub Pop Records
Legendary indie rock label from Seattle, WA (Nirvana, Soundgarden, J Mascis, Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, mudhoney, Father John Misty, The Shins) ★★★★
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Merge Records
premiere indie rock label based in Durham, NC (Magnetic Fields, Lambchop, M. Ward, Montain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel ★★★★
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Barsuk Records
Seattle indie rock label 1998-present (Death Cab, Nada Surf) ★★★
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Paper Bag Records
noted aughts toronto label (Stars, Broken Social Scene) ★★★
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Three Lobed Recordings
Psychedlic label from Jamestown, North Carolina (Kurt Vile, Sunburned Hand of the Man) ★★★
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NNA Tapes
rock/alt-pop cassette label established in Burlington, VT in 2008 (Guerrilla Toss, MatthewDavid's Mindflight, Ryan Power) ★★★
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Fuzz Club Records
London label "focusing on raw, experimental rock 'n' roll" ★★★
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Inner Ear
Greece's leading indie rock label ★★★
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Moshi Moshi Records
London indie rock label (Lykke Li, Bloc Party, Hot Chip, Florence and the Machine, Architecture in Helsinki) ★★★
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Spacebomb
Richmond, VA indie rock label (Fruit Bats, Hiss Golden Messenger, Tim Heidecker) ★★★
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Damnably
London indie rock label (Shonen Knife) ★★★
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Park the Van
Indie rock label from Long Beach, CA & London (Dr. Dog, Spinto Band, Of Montreal) ★★★
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Constellation
Montreal Indie Rock label (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Do Make Say Think) ★★★
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Northern Spy
Prominent NYC avant garde/indie rock label. (Thurston Moore, Marc Ribot, Arto Lindsay) ★★★
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Fire Talk
Brooklyn DIY indie rock/alt-pop label ★★★
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Suicide Squeeze Records
Seattle Indie Rock label (Kevin Morby, Ty Segall, Pedro The Lion) ★★★
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Hardly Art
Seattle Indie rock label founded by Sub Pup in 2007. Nominated for a Genius Award from The Stranger! ★★★
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Saddle Creek Records
indie rock label from Omaha, Nebraska (Adrienne Lenker, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Big Thief) ★★★
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Brassland
NYC indie rock label founded by members of The National. ★★★
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Fire Records
London indie rock label (Pulp, Spacemen 3, Pere Ubu, The Lemonheads) ★★★
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Dangerbird Records
LA indie rock label (Silversun Pickups, Sebadoh, Minus the Bear, Grandaddy) ★★★
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Temporary Residence Limited
Brooklyn indie rock label (Explosions in the Sky, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Prefuse 73) ★★★
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Smalltown Supersound
Oslo label focused on avant rock, jazz and and electronic (Dungen, Neneh Cherry, Annie, Todd Rundgren) ★★★
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Carpark Records
DC label releasing indie rock, synth-pop and electronic music (Dan Deacon, Beach House, Toro Y Moi) ★★★
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Dance to the Radio
Indie rock label from Leeds, UK ★★★
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Radicalis
Indie rock label from Basel, Switzerland ★★★
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Don Giovanni Records
Label from New Brunswick, NJ releasing indie rock, jazz, punk (Moor Mother, Mitski) ★★★
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Captured Tracks
Brooklyn indie pop label (DIIV, Luna) ★★★
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Heavenly Recordings
Leading UK indie rock label ★★★
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Cardinal Fuzz
UK label based in Yorkshire. "Garage/Sike/Kraut label and most things inbetween." Connection with the Optical Sounds fanzine. ★★★
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Thrill Jockey
Noted Chicago indie rock label (Fiery Furnaces, Tortoise, Future Islands, The Sea and Cake) ★★★
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Mom+Pop
NYC indie rock/electronic label (Courtney Barnett, Tycho, Sleigh Bells) ★★★
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Polyvinyl
indie rock label based in Champaign, IL (STRFKR, Xiu Xiu, of Montreal) ★★★
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ATO Records
NYC indie rock label (BrittanyHoward, Altin Gün, Okkervil River) ★★★
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Yep Roc Records
Hillsborough, North Carolina label releasing indie rock, garage rock, blues and Americana artists (Robyn Hitchcock, Nick Lowe, Alejandro Escovedo) ★★★
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Joyful Noise Recordings
avantrock label based in Indianapolis, IN (Lou Barlow, The Ophelias, SUUNS) ★★★
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Dead Oceans
Leading indie rock label base in Bloomington, Indiana. Part of the Secretly Group. (Phoebe Bridgers, Khruangbin, Fenne Lilly) ★★★
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Wild Honey Records
Italian garage label ★★★
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Exploding In Sound Records
NYC indie rock label (Pile, Speedy Ortiz, Editrix) ★★★
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Orindal Records
Chicago DIY label created by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone's Greg Ashworth.
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Ribbon Music
LA based label affiliated with Domino (Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, John Maus)
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In the Red Records
Los Angeles-based Garage label (Ty Segall, Jon Spencer)
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Go Down Records
Italian rock label
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Bright Antenna
Northern California indie rock label (Wombats, OMD)
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Beyond Beyond Is Beyond
Brooklyn psych label
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Blackheart Records
Joan Jett's record label (L7)
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kranky
Chicago indie/experimental/ambient label (Low, Deerhunter, Godspeed, You Black Emperor)
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Come Play With Me
Leeds, UK indie label (The Wedding Present)
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Post Present Medium
LA indie rock label founded by Dean Allen Spunt from No Age
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Lovers & Lollypops
psych/experimental label from Portugal. Creators of Milhões de Festa festival
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Guided by Voices Inc.
Guided by Voices label 100+ GBV/Robert Pollard releases
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Sonido Muchacho
Spanish indie rock label
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Howlin Banana Records
French Garage/Pop/Psych label
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Arrowhawk Records
Indie rock label from Athens, GA
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Wallace Records
rock label from Milam, Italy
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Speedy Wunderground
London indie rock label
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True Panther Sounds
NY indie label owned by Matador Records (King Krule, Girls)
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God Unknown
UK rock label
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Dog Knights Productions
UK rock label
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No Name
Russian cross-genre rock label
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Unday Records
indie rock label from Ghent, Belgium.
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Venn Records
UK rock label
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The Sign Records
Swedish hard rock label
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Modular Recordings
Australian rock label (Tame Impala, Cut Copy, Wolfmother)
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FatCat Records
Brighton, UK indie rock label (Besnard Lakes, Frightened Rabbit)
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Clue Records
Leeds indie rock label (The Wedding Present)
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Ba Da Bing!
Brooklyn indie rock label (Sharon Van Etten, Beirut)
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Discipline Global Mobile
Robert Fripp's label, also King Crimson's reissues.
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Full Time Hobby
London indie rock label (Besnard Lakes, Craig Finn of The Hold Steady
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Two Gentlemen
Swiss indie rock label
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Father/Daughter Records
San Francisco indie rock label
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Свет и Тени
Russian indie rock label
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Trouble in Mind
Chicago indie rock label (Doug Tuttle)
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Ernest Jenning Record Co.
Brooklyn indie rock label (King Khan, Built To Spill)
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Big Scary Monsters Recording Company
Indie rock on the louder side from UK label (Minus The Bear, Andrew WK)
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Modern Sky UK
Liverpool indie rock label
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Deathbomb Arc
cross-genre LA label (R Stevie Moore, AIDS Wolf, Abe Vigoda)
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Lauren Records
Southern California indie rock/indie pop label
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Sargent House
LA indie rock label
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South American Sludge Records
"RECORD LABEL FROM ARGENTINA. HEAVY, PSYCH, SLUDGE, METAL, DOOM, FOLK, DRONE."
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Spinefarm Records
Finnish metal label (Death From Above 1979, Killing Joke)
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El Paraiso Records
Danish psych label
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Specialist Subject Records
indie rock label from Bristol, UK
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Aumega Project
"German Netlabel! We present you artists beyond the mainstream, with a penchant for any kind of psychedelic sounds and strong atmospheres!"
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Mystic Production
Polish indie label founded in 1995 releasing Polish-language punk, indie rock and pop music
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Wharf Cat Records
Brooklyn indie rock label
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Dine Alone Records
Toronto indie rock label (Tokyo Police Club)
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Run For Cover Records
Boston indierock label
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Castle Face Records
California record label started by Osees aka Thee Oh Sees. Releasing garage rock and psych music (Ty Segall, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard)
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Asthmatic Kitty Records
Sufjan Steven's label, releasing mostly his work, but also others.
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Ipecac Recordings
California label founded by Greg Werckman, formerly of Alternative Tentacles, and Mike Patton from Faith No More (Mr. Bungle, The Melvins, Neil Hamburger)
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PNKSLM Recordings
Stockholm indie rock label
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Rocket Recordings
UK psych label (Gnod, goat)