Paper Bag Records
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Paper Bag Records | |
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Founded | 2002 |
Distributor(s) | Outside Music (Can) The Orchard (US) Republic of Music (UK/EU) |
Genre | Indie |
Country of origin | Canada |
Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Official website | www |
Paper Bag Records is a Canadian independent record label, artist-management company and music publisher, founded in 2002 and based in Toronto, Ontario.
History[]
The label was created with the intention of focusing specifically on the Toronto-area indie rock music scene. Initial signings were Broken Social Scene and Stars with their breakthrough albums You Forgot It in People and Heart, respectively. The label helped launched the careers of controller.controller, Tokyo Police Club and Austra, amongst many others.
For two years in a row, Paper Bag Records had been given the title of 'Best Label' from Toronto's Now Magazine in each of NOW's 2008[1] and 2009[2] issues. Another highlight, in the August 2007 issue of US publication XLR8R, Paper Bag Records was voted #14 "Best Indie Label".[3]
In 2011, four releases were long-listed[4] for the Polaris Music Prize; Austra's Feel It Break', PS I Love You's Meet Me at the Muster Station, The Rural Alberta Advantage's Departing and Young Galaxy's Shapeshifting, with Feel It Break grabbing a nomination for the shortlist.[5]
Paper Bag Records launched their "Paper Bag Digital" online store in June 2008, which features their entire catalog for purchase and download in mp3 and FLAC formats.[6]
The Paper Bag Records series of vinyl releases are produced in very limited quantities, with each run between 300-500 copies. To make the vinyl even more of a collector's item, they are released on coloured 180-gram vinyl with silk-screened artwork.[7]
Since the switch in management in 2009, Trevor Larocque, the only original founder still part of the company, made significant changes to the label's identity and improved its image. The Toronto Star in 2011 is quoted with a mention that the label is "having one of the best years of its existence"[8] and in early 2012, Toronto's weekly paper The Grid recognized the label as a "cornerstone of Canadian music"[9] and in September 2012, CBC Radio said the Paper Bag Records "could be the most influential label in Canada". Under this management, new bands joined the label; Elliott BROOD, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Born Ruffians, Young Galaxy, Cuff the Duke, PS I Love You, and are all enjoying success on an international level. In the summer of 2012, the label announced the addition of Montreal artists Tim Hecker, Moonface (Spencer Krug), Yamantaka // Sonic Titan and The Luyas to its roster.
In an effort to have the independent labels of Toronto come together on a project, Paper Bag Records played host to the first Independent Label Market event in Canada during NXNE 2013.
Awards and nominations[]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2003 | Broken Social Scene You Forgot It in People | Alternative Album of the Year | Won |
2004 | Stars Heart | Alternative Album of the Year | Nominated |
2008 | Tokyo Police Club Cheer It On | Video of the Year | Nominated |
2012 | Austra Feel It Break | Electronic Album of the Year | Nominated |
2012 | Cuff The Duke Morning Comes | Adult Alternative Album of the Year | Nominated |
2012 | The Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp | Video of the Year | Nominated |
2012 | The Rural Alberta Advantage | New Group of the Year | Nominated |
2013 | Elliott BROOD Days Into Years | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year | Won |
2014 | Born Ruffians | Breakthrough Group of the Year | Nominated |
2014 | Yamantaka//Sonic Titan UZU | Alternative Album of the Year | Nominated |
2015 | Elliott BROOD Work And Love | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year | Nominated |
2017 | Sarah Neufeld The Ridge | Instrumental Album of the Year | Nominated |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2006 | The Deadly Snakes Porcella | Polaris Music Prize | Nominated |
2011 | Austra Feel It Break | Polaris Music Prize | Nominated |
2012 | Yamantaka // Sonic Titan Yamantaka // Sonic Titan | Polaris Music Prize | Nominated |
2013 | Young Galaxy Ultramarine | Polaris Music Prize | Nominated |
2014 | Yamantaka // Sonic Titan UZU | Polaris Music Prize | Nominated |
MuchMusic Video Award [12]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2007 | Tokyo Police Club Cheer It On | Best Independent Video | Won |
2011 | You Say Party Lonely's Lunch | Best Independent Video | Nominated |
2011 | You Say Party Lonely's Lunch | Director of the Year - Sean Wainsteim | Won |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2007 | Tokyo Police Club Nature of the Experiment | Song of the Year | Nominated |
Tokyo Police Club | New Artist of the Year | Nominated | |
2008 | Sally Shapiro Disco Romance | Dance/Electronic Album of the Year | Nominated |
Sally Shapiro | Female Artist of the Year | Nominated |
Western Canadian Music Awards [15]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2010 | You Say Party XXXX | Rock Recording Of The Year | Won |
Discography[]
ARTIST | TITLE | FORMAT | CATALOGUE | YEAR |
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Broken Social Scene | You Forgot It in People | CD | PAPER001 | 2002 |
Stars | Dead Child Stars | CD | PAPER002 | 2002 |
Stars | Heart | CD | PAPER003 | 2003 |
Matthew Barber | CD | PAPER004 | 2003 | |
CD | PAPER005 | 2003 | ||
The FemBots | Small Town Murder Scene | CD | PAPER006 | 2003 |
Plastikman | Closer | CD | PAPER007 | 2003 |
Various Artists | CD / Digital | PAPER008-2/3/4/5 | 200- | |
controller.controller | History | CD / LP | PAPER009 | 2004 |
Uncut | Those Who Were Hung Hang Here | CD | PAPER010 | 2004 |
The FemBots | CD | PAPER011 | 2004 | |
CD | PAPER012 | 2004 | ||
Memphis | I Dreamed We Fell Apart | CD | PAPER013 | 2004 |
Magneta Lane | The Constant Lover | CD | PAPER014 | 2005 |
controller.controller | x-amounts | CD / LP | PAPER015 | 2005 |
The FemBots | The City | CD | PAPER016 | 2005 |
The Deadly Snakes | Porcella | CD | PAPER017 | 2005 |
Various Artists | See You on the Moon! | CD | PAPER018 | 2005 |
Magneta Lane | Dancing with Daggers | CD | PAPER019 | 2006 |
Tokyo Police Club | A Lesson in Crime | CD / LP | PAPER020 / PAPER020LP | 2006 |
Tokyo Police Club | Digital | PBRD1008 | 2006 | |
Cities in Dust | CD | PAPER021 | 2006 | |
Andre Ethier | Secondathallam | CD | PAPER022 | 2006 |
Andre Ethier | Live at The Verge | CD | PBRD1009 | 2006 |
Uncut | Modern Currencies | CD | PAPER023 | 2006 |
Under Byen | Samme stof som stof | CD | PAPER024 | 2006 |
You Say Party! We Say Die! | Lose All Time | CD / LP (600 copies) | PAPER025 / PAPER025LP | 2006 |
You Say Party! We Say Die! | Remik's Cube | CD | PBRD1022 | 2008 |
The Acorn | CD | PAPER026 | 2006 | |
The Acorn | Glory Hope Mountain | CD / 2xLP (300 copies) | PAPER027 / PAPER027LP | 2007 |
The Acorn | CD | PBRD1020 | 2008 | |
Figurines | When the Deer Wore Blue | CD | PAPER028 | 2007 |
Sally Shapiro | Disco Romance | CD | PAPER029 | 2007 |
Tokyo Police Club | Smith EP | CD | PAPER030 | 2007 |
Laura Barrett | CD | PAPER031 | 2007 | |
Under Byen | CD | PAPER032 | 2007 | |
Slim Twig | CD / LP (300 copies) | PAPER033 / PAPER038LP | 2008 | |
Sally Shapiro | Remix Romance Vol. 1 | CD | PAPER034 | 2008 |
Sally Shapiro | Remix Romance Vol. 2 | Digital | PAPER035 | 2008 |
Woodhands | CD / 2xLP (300 copies) | PAPER036 / PAPER036LP | 2008 | |
Woodhands | Digital | PBRD1021 | 2008 | |
Woodhands | Live Session (iTunes Exclusive)- EP | Digital | PBRD1026 | 2009 |
Woodhands | Digital | PBRD1028 | 2009 | |
Montag | Digital | PBRD1027 | 2009 | |
Winter Gloves | Digital | PBRD1024 | 2008 | |
Winter Gloves | About a Girl | CD / LP (300 copies) | PAPER037 / PAPER37LP | 2008 |
Winter Gloves | CD (1000 copies) | PBRD1040 | 2009 | |
Slim Twig | CD / LP (300 copies) | PAPER038 / PAPER038LP | 2008 | |
Laura Barrett | CD | PAPER039 | 2008 | |
Two Fingers | Two Fingers | CD | PAPER040 | 2009 |
Two Fingers | Digital | PBRD1029 | 2009 | |
Two Fingers | Digital | PBRD1030 | 2009 | |
Two Fingers | Digital | PBRD1038 | 2009 | |
Josh Reichmann Oracle Band | CD / LP (300 copies) | PBRD1025 / PBRD1025LP | 2009 | |
Josh Reichmann Oracle Band | CD / LP (300 copies) | PAPER041 / PAPER041LP | 2009 | |
Josh Reichmann Oracle Band | Digital | PBRD1031 | 2009 | |
Monogrenade | Digital | PBRD1034 | 2009 | |
Slim Twig | CD / LP (300 copies) | PAPER042 / PAPER042LP | 2009 | |
Sally Shapiro | Digital | PBRD1032 | 2009 | |
Sally Shapiro | Digital | PBRD1035 | 2009 | |
Sally Shapiro | My Guilty Pleasure | CD / LP (300 copies) | PAPER043 / PAPER043LP | 2009 |
Rock Plaza Central | ...at the moment of our most needing | CD / LP (300 copies) | PAPER044 / PAPER044LP | 2009 |
Rock Plaza Central | Are We Not Horses | LP (300 copies) | PAPER044LP2 | 2009 |
You Say Party! We Say Die! | XXXX | CD / LP (300 copies) | PAPER045 / PAPER045LP | 2009 |
Woodhands | CD / LP (300 copies) | PAPER046 / PAPER046LP | 2010 | |
Little Girls | Digital | PBRD1033 | 2009 | |
Little Girls | CD / LP (300 copies) | PAPER047 / PAPER047LP | 2009 | |
Two Fingers | CD | PAPER048 | 2009 | |
CFCF | Digital | PBRD1023 | 2009 | |
CFCF | Digital | PBRD1037 | 2009 | |
CFCF | Continent | CD / 2xLP (500 copies) | PAPER049 / PAPER049LP | 2009 |
Under Byen | Alt er tabt | CD | PAPER050 | 2010 |
Young Galaxy | Invisible Republic | CD/LP | PAPER051 | 2010 |
Born Ruffians | Say It | CD/LP | PAPER052 | 2010 |
The Acorn | No Ghost | CD/LP | PAPER053 | 2010 |
The Rural Alberta Advantage | Hometowns | CD/LP | PAPER054 | 2010 |
PS I Love You | CD/LP | PAPER055 | 2010 | |
Winter Gloves | CD/LP | PAPER056 | 2010 | |
Johan Agebjörn | CD | PAPER057 | 2010 | |
Austra | Feel It Break | CD/LP | PAPER058 | 2010 |
Young Galaxy | Shapeshifting | CD/LP | PAPER059 | 2011 |
The Rural Alberta Advantage | Departing | CD/LP | PAPER060 | 2011 |
Elliott Brood | Days Into Years | CD/LP | PAPER061 | 2011 |
Cuff The Duke | Morning Comes | CD/LP | PAPER062 | 2011 |
CFCF | Exercises | CD/LP | PAPER063 | 2012 |
PS I Love You | CD/LP | PAPER064 | 2012 | |
Slim Twig | CD/LP | PAPER065 | 2012 | |
The Luyas | Animator | CD/LP | PAPER066 | 2012 |
Cuff The Duke | Union | CD/LP | PAPER067 | 2012 |
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan | YT//ST | CD/LP | PAPER068 | 2012 |
Cuff The Duke | Life Stories for Minimum Wage | LP | PAPER069 | 2012 |
Sally Shapiro | CD/LP | PAPER070 | 2013 | |
Luke Lalonde | CD/LP | PAPER071 | 2012 | |
Born Ruffians | Birthmarks | CD/LP | PAPER072 | 2013 |
Young Galaxy | Ultramarine | CD/LP | PAPER073 | 2013 |
Rachel Zeffira | CD/LP | PAPER074 | 2013 | |
CFCF | CD/LP | PAPER075 | 2013 | |
CFCF | Outside | CD/LP | PAPER076 | 2013 |
DIANA | CD/LP | PAPER077 | 2013 | |
Austra | Olympia | CD/LP | PAPER078 | 2013 |
Tim Hecker | Virgins | CD/LP | PAPER079 | 2013 |
Moonface | Julia With Blue Jeans On | CD/LP | PAPER080 | 2013 |
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan | UZU | CD/LP | PAPER081 | 2013 |
Sam Roberts Band | Lo-Fantasy | CD/LP | PAPER082 | 2014 |
Frog Eyes | CD/LP | PAPER083 | 2014 | |
Mozart's Sister | Being | CD/LP | PAPER084 | 2014 |
PS I Love You | For Those Who Stay | CD/LP | PAPER085 | 2014 |
Grey Lands | Songs By Other People | CD/LP | PAPER086 | 2014 |
Elliott Brood | Work And Love | CD/LP | PAPER087 | 2014 |
The Rural Alberta Advantage | Mended with Gold | CD/LP | PAPER088 | 2014 |
My Brightest Diamond | This Is My Hand | CD/LP | PAPER089 | 2014 |
Johan Agebjörn | Notes | CD/LP | PAPER090 | 2015 |
Teen Daze | Morning World | CD/LP | PAPER091 | 2015 |
Highway | CD/LP | PAPER092 | 2015 | |
The Acorn | Vieux Loup | CD/LP | PAPER093 | 2015 |
Young Rival | Interior Light | CD/LP | PAPER094 | 2015 |
Princess Century | Progress | CD/LP | PAPER095 | 2015 |
Dream Magic | CD/LP | PAPER096 | 2015 | |
Grey Lands | Right Arm | CD/LP | PAPER097 | 2015 |
Frog Eyes | Pickpocket's Locket | CD/LP | PAPER098 | 2015 |
Born Ruffians | RUFF | CD/LP | PAPER099 | 2015 |
Young Galaxy | Falsework | CD/LP | PAPER101 | 2015 |
You Say Party | You Say Party | CD/LP | PAPER102 | 2016 |
Sarah Neufeld | The Ridge | CD/LP | PAPER103 | 2016 |
Tim Hecker | Love Streams | CD/LP | PAPER104 | 2016 |
The Luyas | Human Voicing | CD/LP | PAPER105 | 2017 |
Sam Roberts Band | TerraForm | CD/LP | PAPER106 | 2016 |
Lou Canon | Suspicious | CD/LP | PAPER107 | 2017 |
Mappe Of | A Northern Star, A Perfect Stone | CD/LP | PAPER108 | 2017 |
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan | Dirt | CD/LP | PAPER109 | 2017 |
The Dears | Times Infinity, Vol. 2 | CD/LP | PAPER110 | 2017 |
Aron D'Alesio | CD/LP | PAPER111 | 2017 | |
North | CD/LP | PAPER112 | 2017 | |
The Rural Alberta Advantage | The Wild | CD/LP | PAPER113 | 2017 |
Elliott Brood | Ghost Gardens | CD/LP | PAPER114 | 2017 |
Born Ruffians | Uncle, Duke and the Chief | CD/LP | PAPER115 | 2018 |
Postdata | Let's Be Wilderness | CD/LP | PAPER117 | 2018 |
Frog Eyes | Violet Psalms | CD/LP | PAPER118 | 2018 |
Chad Valley | Imaginary Music | CD/LP | PAPER121 | 2018 |
Art d'Ecco | Trespasser | CD/LP | PAPER122 | 2018 |
Royal Canoe | Waver | CD/LP | PAPER123 | 2019 |
Luke Lalonde | The Perpetual Optimist | CD/LP | 2019 | |
Mappe Of | The Isle of Ailynn | CD/LP | 2019 | |
Lou Canon | Audomatic Body | CD/LP | 2020 | |
Postdata | Twin Flames | CD/LP | 2020 | |
Zoon | Bleached Wavves | CD/LP | 2020 | |
Art d'Ecco | In Standard Definition | CD/LP | PAPER133 | 2021 |
Sarah Neufeld | Detritus | CD/LP | 2021 | |
Royal Canoe | Sidelining | CD/LP | 2021 |
See also[]
- List of record labels
References[]
- ^ http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=165801 NOW | October 29-November 5, 2008 | VOL 28 NO 9
- ^ http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=172090 NOW | October 28-November 4, 2009 | VOL 29 NO 9
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External links[]
- Paper Bag Records
- Canadian independent record labels
- Record labels established in 2002
- Alternative rock record labels
- Indie rock record labels
- Companies based in Toronto
- 2002 establishments in Ontario