Favorite indie labels?

~~James~~ · 04-28-2014, 03:27 PM

As for classic ones Flying Nun who brought out all of the great New Zealand indie records in the eighties and nineties.
As for modern ones I really love Captured Tracks who house DIIV, Mac DeMarco, The Soft Moon, etc. They've also released some killer reissues from bands like Medicine and The Wake who I saw mentioned above!

The Sane Psycho · 04-29-2014, 01:28 AM

How would you guys rank Sub Pop amongst the legendary indie labels (4AD, Matador, Factory, SST, Dischord, etc.)?

Would you say it's one of the best? Good, but not on the level of the other ones? Terrible and overrated?

I still stand by my statement that Sub Pop is the all time greatest record label period.

~~hate paper doll~~ · 04-29-2014, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by The Sane Psycho

How would you guys rank Sub Pop amongst the legendary indie labels (4AD, Matador, Factory, SST, Dischord, etc.)?

Would you say it's one of the best? Good, but not on the level of the other ones? Terrible and overrated?

I still stand by my statement that Sub Pop is the all time greatest record label period.

What are you basing that on? Quality of artists? The way they did business? Genuine question, not trying to be rude.

Black Francis · 04-29-2014, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by The Sane Psycho

How would you guys rank Sub Pop amongst the legendary indie labels (4AD, Matador, Factory, SST, Dischord, etc.)?

Would you say it's one of the best? Good, but not on the level of the other ones? Terrible and overrated?

I still stand by my statement that Sub Pop is the all time greatest record label period.

Idk enough of it to make that judgement, all i know is they were big during that whole seattle grunge movement.

The Sane Psycho · 04-29-2014, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by hate paper doll

What are you basing that on? Quality of artists? The way they did business? Genuine question, not trying to be rude.

Mainly quality of artists. I mean, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, Tad, Sunny Day Real Estate, Codeine, Sebadoh, The Shins, The Thermals, Love Battery, The Afghan Wigs, Green River, etc.

They were also massively influential on Alternative music due to the early Grunge bands being signed to the label.

But they weren't just Grunge. Even today, they're putting out some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful independent music of today.

~~hate paper doll~~ · 04-29-2014, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by The Sane Psycho

Mainly quality of artists. I mean, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, Tad, Sunny Day Real Estate, Codeine, Sebadoh, The Shins, The Thermals, Love Battery, The Afghan Wigs, Green River, etc.

They were also massively influential on Alternative music due to the early Grunge bands being signed to the label.

But they weren't just Grunge. Even today, they're putting out some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful independent music of today.

Okay, that helps. I'd say they rank pretty highly - definitely higher than Matador and (in my opinion) Dischord.

Black Francis · 04-29-2014, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by The Sane Psycho

Mainly quality of artists. I mean, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden, Tad, Sunny Day Real Estate, Codeine, Sebadoh, The Shins, The Thermals, Love Battery, The Afghan Wigs, Green River, etc.

They were also massively influential on Alternative music due to the early Grunge bands being signed to the label.

But they weren't just Grunge. Even today, they're putting out some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful independent music of today.

Oh right, now that you mentioned it i remembered the shins and the thermals are on Sub pop.

Silenzio · 04-30-2014, 11:03 PM

I'd say Subpop, Erasedtapes and Anti-Records.
Erasedtapes: Nils Fahm, Ólafur Arnalds and World's end girlfriend
Anti-Records: Sage Francis, The Black Keys, The Melodic, The Milk Carton Kids and Yann Tiersen.

Black Francis · 04-30-2014, 11:07 PM

I forgot Pavement is also on matador, they got great bands in that label.

GuD · 04-30-2014, 11:18 PM

Except for some local punk labels (1-2-3-4 Go! and Thrillhouse, much love) and Rough Trade everyone's already named my favorites.

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~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	As for classic ones Flying Nun who brought out all of the great New Zealand indie records in the eighties and nineties. As for modern ones I really love Captured Tracks who house DIIV, Mac DeMarco, The Soft Moon, etc. They've also released some killer reissues from bands like Medicine and The Wake who I saw mentioned above!

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The Sane Psycho Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 299	How would you guys rank Sub Pop amongst the legendary indie labels (4AD, Matador, Factory, SST, Dischord, etc.)? Would you say it's one of the best? Good, but not on the level of the other ones? Terrible and overrated? I still stand by my statement that Sub Pop is the all time greatest record label period.