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Good Indie Labels!

 
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khyber



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction

PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:42 am    Post subject: Good Indie Labels! Reply with quote

Anyone out there looking for some GOOD indie music...whatever genre or whatever it is....
I figger that label knowledge sharing is a GOOD way to expand your musical tastes, or at least another way of doing so...

This sight:
http://www.peacefrog.com/index.php
peacefrog has some GREAT fu3q4ing stuff.

this is singer songwriter stuff:
Jose Gonzalez (I mistook him for the rodriguez guy till i went back here), is fantastic.

Readymade FC quirky stuff

Those two have radio clips streaming on the site as you read around...
Also
this band "Nouvelle Vague" does some coolio samba style covers of old 80s dickrock (clash etc...)
And they have some INCREDIBLY smokin' hot girls in their band.

put up some more labels...
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:58 am    Post subject: Re: Good Indie Labels! Reply with quote

Nouvelle Vague kicks ass.

Since this is Korea, I'll list some of the Korean labels.

Skunk Label
http://www.skunklabel.com/eman.html

Better Tomorrow Records
http://www.btrecords.com

Chaos Class Label
http://www.chaosclasspunks.com

GMC Records
http://www.gmcrecords.net

MF Crew (Chungju City)
http://www.mfcrew.net

OMADO Records (Daegu)
http://myhome.naver.com/xmadx/

Townhall Records
http://www.townhallrecords.net
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Would Matador still be considered Indie?
http://www.matadorrecords.com/

Sub pop?
http://www.subpop.com/

http://www.tgrec.com/

http://www.mergerecords.com/

http://www.lookoutrecords.com/bands/

http://www.stonyplainrecords.com/Web/home.asp

http://www.asthmatickitty.com/main.php

http://www.righteousbabe.com/artists/index.asp


Technically not indie:

http://www.nonesuch.com/main.html

(yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if all the links above weren't "technically" indie- record labels are like car companies these days)

Anyway, I've bought at least one album from each of the above in the last year.
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khyber



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RT...those are punk labels i guess?
Of those, which one would you say has the best lineup...

i don't know much about korean music
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huffdaddy



Joined: 25 Nov 2005

PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/ - alt country
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

khyber wrote:
RT...those are punk labels i guess?
Of those, which one would you say has the best lineup...

i don't know much about korean music


I'll elaborate a bit more on them. Hands down though, Skunk Label is the biggest and the best.
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indytrucks



Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf

PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bulsajo wrote:
Would Matador still be considered Indie?
http://www.matadorrecords.com/


Yes, yes and yes. Arguably one of the best record labels around.

Alternative Tentacles was another indie label I was fond of back in the day.
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RACETRAITOR



Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea

PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Good Indie Labels! Reply with quote

khyber wrote:
RT...those are punk labels i guess?
Of those, which one would you say has the best lineup...

i don't know much about korean music


Most are hardcore actually. I'll elaborate a bit more on them. Hands down though, Skunk Label is the biggest and the best.

Skunk Label (punk label featuring Korea's best punk bands, including Rux and Couch)
http://www.skunklabel.com/eman.html

GMC Records (hardcore label that features Vassline and Samchung, but is more of a thug crew these days than a label)
http://www.gmcrecords.net

Townhall Records (younger hardcore label that features the phenomenal Geeks and Things We Say and does a lot of promoting and releasing)
http://www.townhallrecords.net

Chaos Class Label (angry anarchist streetpunks with an Unseen fixation, featuring the Explode and several other high-school-age bands)
http://www.chaosclasspunks.com

Better Tomorrow Records (some of the smaller bands, usually skate punk and grindcore)
http://www.btrecords.com

MF Crew (Chungju City hardcore featuring 13 Steps, one of the top bands in the country)
http://www.mfcrew.net

OMADO Records (Daegu, don't know too much)
http://myhome.naver.com/xmadx/
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