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Great Indie Labels
Check out these outstanding indie record labels, where
authentic and original music is celebrated and
promoted:
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Absolutely
Kosher, especially the high lonesome sound of Virginia Dare and
the Mountain Goats' thinking person's pop
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Alula, offering Gerardo
Núñez and Habib Koite
-
Arhoolie, presenter
of Clifton Chenier, Flaco Jiménez and the "Sacred Steel"
series of pedal-steel and lap-steel recordings
- Calvin Johnson's K
Records, featuring Sarah Dougher, the Gossip, Modest
Mouse and Built to Spill
-
Kill Rock
Stars, proud sponsors of
Sleater-Kinney, The John Doe Thing and the everlasting
Billy Childish
-
Matador,
includes Pavement and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
(recommend turning off Java first)
-
Oriente,
with the mysterious but swinging Kroke (CDs
available by mail-order)
- Peter Gabriel's Real World,
offering Maryam Mursal and Hassan Hakmoun
-
Rounder Records, home
to Astor Piazzolla, Chris Ardoin and Double-Clutchin, and
most of the reggae artists you've ever heard of
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Rykodisc, offering
Cubanismo and the much-lamented Morphine
-
Sugar
Free, home of Wheat
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Triloka, featuring
Jai Uttal's Pagan Love Orchestra and the incredible
Baly Othmani and Steve Shehan
-
Artemis
Records, home to the Pretenders and
Steve Earle
And don't forget to have a listen at Epitonic, the web's best
source of streaming mp3 playlists, with music far superior to
mp3.com. Epitonic has full songs from many of these artists.
I originally heard a lot of this music on KFJC and on KALW's
Tangents program. KFJC
has a streaming
mp3 netcast.
There's also an authoritative
list of indie record labels available.
.
alison@exerciseforthereader.org
(Alison Chaiken)
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