Secretly Group
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Founded | 1996 |
Founder | Chris Swanson Darius Van Arman Eric Weddle Jonathan Cargill |
Distributor(s) | Secretly Distribution |
Genre | Indie rock |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | Bloomington, Indiana |
Official website | http://secretlygroup.com/ |
Secretly Group is a family of American independent record labels based in Bloomington, Indiana. The group is made up of Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, and Dead Oceans. Secretly Canadian, the first of the labels, was formed in 1996 by brothers Chris and , Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. Their first release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic. Weddle later left to form label Family Vineyard; the remaining trio were joined by Darius Van Arman, as well as his label Jagjaguwar, in 1999. The two labels had worked closely before Jagjaguwar's offices moved to Bloomington to work alongside Secretly Canadian's.[1]
In February 2007, the partners behind Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, along with Phil Waldorf, former label manager of Misra Records, announced a third label, Dead Oceans. The three labels share offices and staff in Bloomington, IN; however, they maintain distinct and separate aesthetic visions. In June 2013, The Numero Group, an existing re-issuer out of Chicago, joined forces with Secretly Canadian and the collection of labels known as Secretly Group.[2]
All four labels are distributed by Secretly Group's in-house distribution arm, Secretly Distribution.
Artists[]
A number of artists have appeared on the four labels over the years.[3]
Secretly Canadian[]
Jagjaguwar[]
Aspera | The Besnard Lakes | Bevel | Black Mountain | Bon Iver |
S. Carey | The Cave Singers | Company | Robert Creeley | The Curious Digit |
Cut Worms | Tim Darcy | Dasher | The Dead C | Alex Delivery |
Diana | Dinosaur Jr. | Dirty Faces | Julie Doiron | Drunk |
Foxygen | Fuck | Gayngs | Gordi | Simon Joyner |
Ladyhawk | Lia Ices | Lightning Dust | Lonnie Holley | The Lord Dog Bird |
Love Life | Manishevitz | Briana Marela | Midnight Sister | Minus Story |
Monroe Mustang | Moonface | Moonface and Siinai | Moses Sumney | Nad Navillus |
Nagisa ni te | Nap Eyes | Odawas | Okkervil River | Angel Olsen |
Oneida | Parker Paul | Parts & Labor | Peter Wolf Crier | Patrick Phelan |
Pink Mountaintops | Preoccupations | Pterodactyl | Trevor Sensor | Sinoia Caves |
The Skygreen Leopards | Small Black | South | Spokane | Stigma Rock Unit |
Sunset Rubdown | Supreme Dicks | Swan Lake | The Union of a Man and a Woman | Unknown Mortal Orchestra |
Sharon Van Etten | Volcano Choir | Sarah White | Wilderness | Wolf People |
Women | Jamila Woods | Richard Youngs |
Dead Oceans[]
A Place to Bury Strangers | Akron/Family | Julianna Barwick | Bear in Heaven | Better Oblivion Community Center |
Bill Fay | Bishop Allen | Blackout Beach | Bleached | Bowerbirds |
Brazos | Bright Eyes | Califone | Citay | Destroyer |
Dirty Projectors | Dub Thompson | Durand Jones & The Indications | The Donkeys | Evangelicals |
The Explorers Club | Frog Eyes | Gauntlet Hair | The Good Ones | Greylag |
Japanese Breakfast | Khruangbin | Alex Lahey | Lump | The Luyas |
Mark McGuire | Mitski | Kevin Morby | Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band | Night Beds |
Nurses | On Fillmore | Phoebe Bridgers | Phosphorescent | Tom Rogerson |
Shame | Slowdive | Strand of Oaks | Kane Strang | Sun Airway |
The Tallest Man on Earth | These Are Powers | John Vanderslice | Ryley Walker | White Hinterland |
Marlon Williams | Toro y Moi |
Numero Group[]
- Trevor Dandy
- Syl Johnson
- Julian Leal
- Luxury
- Caroline Peyton
- Shoes
See also[]
- List of record labels
- Secretly Canadian
- Jagjaguwar
- Dead Oceans
- Secretly Distribution
References[]
- ^ Secretly Canadian: Mythological Proportions. Spacelab, August 8, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2008.
- ^ "Numero Group Joins Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans in Newly Formed 'Secretly Label Group' (Exclusive)". Billboard.
- ^ "Secretly Label Group is born: Numero, Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian join forces". Music Week.
- American record labels
- Alternative rock record labels