- Secretly Canadian
Infobox record label
name = Secretly Canadian
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founded = 1996
founder = Chris Swanson Ben Swanson Eric Weddle Jonathan Cargill
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genre =Indie rock
country =United States
location =Bloomington, Indiana
url = http://www.secretlycanadian.comSecretly Canadian is an American
independent record label based inBloomington, Indiana . [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003538423] It was started in 1996 by Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. Their first release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic. Weddle later left and formed his own label,Family Vineyard .Chris Swanson also runs the
Jagjaguwar label 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. [http://www.thespacelab.tv/spaceLAB/2007/08August/MusicNews-01-VIDEO-SecretlyCanadianFeature.htm Secretly Canadian: Mythological Proportions] . Spacelab, August 8, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2008.] In February, 2007, the partners behind Secretly Canadian andJagjaguwar , along with Phil Waldorf, former label manager ofMisra Records , announced a third sister label, Dead Oceans. The three labels share offices and staff in Bloomington, IN; however, they maintain distinct and separate aesthetic visions.As of 2007 the label had issued nearly 200 releases.
Bands and artists who have released material on Secretly Canadian
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Animal Collective
*Antony and the Johnsons
*Ativin
*Bodies of Water
*Catfish Haven
*Danielson Famile
*The Earlies
*Early Day Miners
*Dave Fischoff
*Havergal
*The Horns of Happiness
*Frida Hyvönen
*I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
*The Impossible Shapes
*Instruments of Science & Technology
*Damien Jurado
*Suzanne Langille & Loren MazzaCane Connors
*Jens Lekman
*Magnolia Electric Co
*Marmoset
*Scout Niblett
*Normanoak
*June Panic
*The Panoply Academy
*Racebannon
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*Nikki Sudden & The Jacobites
*Swearing at Motorists
*Swell Maps
*Richard Swift
*The War on Drugs
*Throw Me The Statue
*Bobb Trimble
*David Vandervelde
*Windsor for the Derby See also
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List of record labels
*Jagjaguwar References
External links
* [http://www.secretlycanadian.com Secretly Canadian]
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