Secretly Canadian

...along with Darius Van Arman; the two labels had worked closely together before Jagajguwar's offices moved to Bloomington to work alongside Secretly Canadian's. In February, 2007, the partners behind Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar, along...

In this article: Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans, Bloomington, Indiana, June Panic, Suicide Squeeze Records, and Monitor Records

...retro cool. It was literally everything I hated about hipster irony to the umpteenth degree. And worst of all, how could a label as great as Secretly Canadian, who count such purveyors of artistic integrity as Antony and the Johnsons, Jens...

In this article: Los Angeles, Cocaine, Cholesterol, Tusk, Kiss, Jens Lekman, Sheena Easton, and Casablanca Records

...dim flatlands of soy, but we do know earnest, atmospheric indie rock and Early Day Miners encapsulate both. The Treatment is out on Secretly Canadian now, and a sampling from that record and past is below. Allowed HTML tags: <em>...

In this article: Early Day Miners and Silver

...Microphones devotee Scott Reitherman, chases pop perfection with a mishmash of styles on "Creaturesque," their second album for Secretly Canadian. (The band's Built to Spill-flavored vibes and charmingly obtuse lyrical turns have gotten a...

In this article: Visqueen, Throw Me the Statue, Seattle, Crocodile, Sausage, Cancer, Jaundice, and Wu-Tang Clan

"They don't know we have cities. '' The album was recorded in Bloomington, Ind., home of the band's independent record label, Secretly Canadian, with producer Brandon Curtis of Secret Machines. Curtis also produced an introductory...

In this article: New York, Johannesburg, Secret Machines, Brandon Curtis, and Indiana University

...out mostly instrumental, guitar-driven music. On September 22, when they put out their latest effort, out on their hometown label Secretly Canadian, listeners will hear the band driven by melody, rather than mood, for a poppier album.

In this article: New York, Miles Davis, and Bloomington, IN

...of a 2008 EP with Secret Machines' Brandon Curtis as producer, and then a record deal with an Indiana-based independent label, Secretly Canadian (home to such artists as Antony and the Johnsons and Jens Lekman). The quartet traveled...

In this article: Brandon Curtis, Johannesburg, Western music, Separatism, Chicago, Vampire Weekend, and Public Enemy

Said it before but it's worth repeating: Jason Molina is one of the great unsung heroes of authentic American music. Three years since his band Magnolia Electric Co's last record, this is a concept album billed as "an honest-to-God effort...

In this article: Magnolia Electric Co, Jason Molina, Neil Young, and Tonight's the Night

In spite of his opening lines - "I'm part of the scene/ Suit jacket and jeans/ I've got the right LPs" - it's hard to see how Swift fits into the grand scheme of things. Hopefully (rather than hopelessly) nostalgic, Swift's music has...

In this article: Richard Swift, Billy Joel, 52nd Street, Tin Pan Alley, Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, The Stranger, and Atlantic Ocean

THE HOLD STEADY "Separation Sunday" French Kiss SWEARING AT MOTORISTS "Last Night Becomes This Morning" Secretly Canadian FANS OF mid-'70s Bruce Springsteen will probably have one of two diametric reactions to the Hold Steady, a Brooklyn...

In this article: The Hold Steady, Swearing at Motorists, Separation Sunday, Craig Finn, Guided by Voices, Mid-'70s Bruce Springsteen, and Lifter Puller