American independent record label
Secretly Canadian is an American
independent record label based in
Bloomington, Indiana ,
[1] part of the
Secretly Group .
[2] The Secretly Group includes record labels
Dead Oceans and
Jagjaguwar as well as a
music publisher known as Secretly Publishing, representing artists, writers, film makers, producers, and comedians.
[3]
History
Secretly Canadian was founded in
1996 by
Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill while they attended
Indiana University.
[4]
[5]
[6] Before Secretly Canadian was founded,
Chris Swanson and Eric Weddle met in 1995 in Indiana University's campus radio station,
WIUX .
[7]
[8] Then Chris met Jonathan Cargill through a job at the Collins Living-Learning Center cafeteria on campus.
[9] Soon after, Chris' younger brother Ben Swanson moved to Bloomington to earn his undergraduate degree
[10] from the
Jacobs School of Music in
musicology .
[11]
[12]
In 1996, Secretly Canadian was founded.
[13]
[14] The label's first official release was a re-issue of an album by
June Panic from
Grand Forks, North Dakota ; the Glory Hole CD.
[15] The second release in 1997 was
Jason Molina's , under the
Songs: Ohia moniker,
often referred to as "The Black Album".
[16] After the Swanson brothers tracked down Molina's email address and drove hours to Molina's in-store gig at Adult Crash in New York.
[17]
[18] After signing Molina, the record label became more popular in the indie music scene.
[19] Secretly Canadian then signed
Marmoset and
Swearing At Motorists .
[20] Weddle soon left to form label Family Vineyard – and later followed by Cargill as well.
[21] After that, Chris Swanson and Darius Van Arman became friends in 1999 and Secretly Canadian joined forces with Van Arman's
Jagjaguwar .
[22]
[23]
The early 2000s yielded reissues from
Swell Maps ,
Nikki Sudden , and
Danielson .
[24]
Damien Jurado , the Seattle singer-songwriter, made his way to Secretly Canadian in 2002.[
citation needed ] Two years later,
Jens Lekman joined the label's roster.
[25]
Anohni also signed to the label in the 2000s.
[26]
[27] Formerly known as
Antony and the Johnsons earlier in her career, the Swanson brothers became enamored with
Antony and the Johnsons’ self-titled debut from 2000 . Antony and the Johnsons’ first record with Secretly Canadian,
I Am a Bird Now , released in 2005, sold 100,000 copies in the first two months.
[28]
[29]
[30]
Secretly Canadian then signed
The War on Drugs , the Philadelphia-based band whose third record,
[31]
Lost in the Dream , struck as both a critical and commercial success in 2014.
[32] Secretly Canadian also began a partnership with Chimera Records in the form of
Yoko Ono 's reissues beginning in 2016,
[33] and the debut release from
William Eggleston , in 2017.
[34] Secretly Canadian's roster also includes
Cherry Glazerr ,
Whitney ,
Alex Cameron ,
Joey Dosik ,
Stella Donnelly ,
Faye Webster , and
serpentwithfeet , among many others.
In 2007, the addition of
Dead Oceans to Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar's partnership led to the formation of
Secretly Group .
[35] In 2015, Secretly Group began a partnership with
The Numero Group as well.
[36]
[37]
In 2018, Secretly Canadian was listed as #8 on
Paste Magazine ' s top 10 record labels of 2018. Jagjaguwar was listed as #4 and
Dead Oceans was listed as #7.
[38]
Artists
Notable awards and honors
A2IM LIBERA AWARDS (US)
2015, Secretly Canadian, Label of the Year (finalist)
[39]
2014, Secretly Canadian, Label of the Year (finalist)
[40]
AIM INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS (UK)
2014, Secretly Group – Independent Label of the Year (nominated)
See also
References
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"Secretly Canadian Artists Cover Each Other On CD" . Billboard . Retrieved October 30, 2016 .
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"Secretly Group" . secretlygroup.com . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"Secretly Publishing |" . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"Info" . Secretly Canadian . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
^ by (March 27, 2018).
"Scratch Entrepreneur #23 - Secretly Canadian" . Shine Insurance Agency . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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Billboard .
Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 4, 1996.
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[1] Secretly Canadian Info
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"Secretly Canadian: A Local Success Story" . WIUX . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"Not so Secretly Canadian" . Indiana Daily Student . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
^ admin (August 13, 2012).
"An Interview with Ben Swanson, Partner/A&R Secretly Canadian" . Seagate Blog . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"Chris Swanson Interview | Co-Founder of Secretly Group & Music Supervisor of Wild Wild Country" . Pop Disciple | Film Music & Music Supervision Interviews | Music in Media News . April 27, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
^ Locke, Greg (June 4, 2008).
"Long-term relationships and independent rock" . NUVO . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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[2] Secretly Canadian Info
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"Not so Secretly Canadian" . Indiana Daily Student . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"June Panic" . www.puremusic.com . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"A Jason Molina Primer" . Vinyl Me Please . April 18, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"Jason Molina of Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. Has Died, Label Confirms" . Spin . March 18, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"We're All Supposed To Try | Jason Molina & The Magnolia Electric Co" . GoldFlakePaint . August 28, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
^ Blau, Max (October 2, 2014).
"Jason Molina's long dark blues" . Chicago Reader . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"Secretly Canadian – MusicBrainz" . musicbrainz.org . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
^ Locke, Greg (June 4, 2008).
"Long-term relationships and independent rock" . NUVO . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"Jagjaguwar: the indie label roaring to success" . www.musicweek.com . Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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" 'We need to believe what we're working on is making the world better' " . [PIAS] . November 9, 2016. Archived from
the original on November 8, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019 .
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"Secretly Canadian – MusicBrainz" . musicbrainz.org . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"Jens Lekman Will See Himself Now" . NPR.org . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"Tracking Anohni's Avant-Garde Evolution on Stage" . Pitchfork . May 16, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
^ Pareles, Jon (April 21, 2016).
"Anohni: Embracing a New Name, and Sound" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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Billboard . Nielsen Business Media. September 24, 2005.
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"Antony and the Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now" . Pitchfork . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | An Intimate Portal: Antony Hegarty Interviewed" . The Quietus . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"The War on Drugs: Future Weather EP" . Pitchfork . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"The War on Drugs sign to Atlantic Records" . Consequence of Sound . June 12, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"Yoko Ono Announces Reissue Project" . Pitchfork . September 6, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"William Eggleston, Godfather of Color Photography, to Release First Music Album" . Observer . September 1, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"Secretly Group restructures A&R and publishing teams; adds new hires" . Music Business Worldwide . December 6, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"Numero Group Joins Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans in Newly Formed 'Secretly Label Group' (Exclusive)" . Billboard . Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"Numero, Dead Oceans, Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian come together as Secretly Label Group" . FACT Magazine: Transmissions from the underground . June 24, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
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"The 10 Best Record Labels of 2018" . pastemagazine.com . December 31, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2019 .
^ Houghton, Bruce (May 5, 2015).
"A2IM Names Libera Indie Music Award Nominees" . Hypebot .
^ Houghton, Bruce (June 11, 2014).
"A2IM Names Libera 2014 Independent Music Nominees" . Hypebot .
External links
Media related to
Secretly Canadian at Wikimedia Commons