Absolutely Kosher Records
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Absolutely Kosher Records is an independent California-based record label
founded in 1998 in San Francisco by Cory Brown. The label moved to Berkeley
in 2002 and then to Emeryville
in October 2006 when it partnered with Misra Records
. The two labels remain separate entities.
Absolutely Kosher has been listed on the RIAA website since 2005 as a distributed label of a reporting member (Fontana, the label's distributor). However, the label is not itself a member, and neither pay dues nor corresponds with the RIAA.
On September 20, 2011 a statement from Cory Brown was placed on the label's website informing people that the label would cease to release any more records for the foreseeable future due to financial difficulties.
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
founded in 1998 in San Francisco by Cory Brown. The label moved to Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
in 2002 and then to Emeryville
Emeryville, California
Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California, in the United States. It is located in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, extending to the shore of San Francisco Bay. Its proximity to San Francisco, the Bay Bridge, the University of California, Berkeley, and...
in October 2006 when it partnered with Misra Records
Misra Records
Misra Records is an independent record label run out of Durham, North Carolina with branch offices in Washington D.C., Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California....
. The two labels remain separate entities.
Absolutely Kosher has been listed on the RIAA website since 2005 as a distributed label of a reporting member (Fontana, the label's distributor). However, the label is not itself a member, and neither pay dues nor corresponds with the RIAA.
On September 20, 2011 a statement from Cory Brown was placed on the label's website informing people that the label would cease to release any more records for the foreseeable future due to financial difficulties.
Bands and artists
- The AffairThe AffairThe Affair may refer to:* The Dreyfus affair* extramarital affair* The Affair, a novel by C. P. Snow in the Strangers and Brothers series, published in 1959**The Affair by a 1962 Broadway play by Ronald Millar based on Snow's novel...
- Azeda BoothAzeda BoothAzeda Booth was a Calgary, Alberta, Canada, based experimental-pop band formed in 2004, influenced by glitch, IDM, and experimental music.-Music and history:Self-described as "Cherry-Pop", Azeda Booth's music pulled from many genres....
- Bottom of the HudsonBottom of the Hudson-General information:Bottom of the Hudson is an indie band from Brooklyn, New York. They are signed with Absolutely Kosher Records and debuted in 2003 with their album, The Omaha Record. They later came out with Holiday Machine in 2005. On July 17, 2007, their latest album, Fantastic Hawk, was...
- Franklin BrunoFranklin BrunoFranklin Bruno is an American singer-songwriter, academic, writer, and blogger originally from Upland, California. He has been a member of Nothing Painted Blue since its inception in 1986....
- Buttonhead
- Chet
- The Court and Spark
- Rob CrowRob CrowRobertdale Rulon "Rob" Crow, Jr. is an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from San Diego, California known for the long list of bands and projects he is associated with, mostly in the genres of indie rock and math rock...
- The Dead ScienceThe Dead ScienceThe Dead Science is an experimental pop band based in Seattle, Washington.The band consists of guitarist/vocalist Sam Mickens, Jherek Bischoff on bass and Nick Tamburro on drums. Jherek Bischoff's brother Korum was the drummer from the band's inception in 1999 through 2005...
- The Dudley Corporation
- Eltro
- The Ex-Boyfriends
- The Extra GlennsThe Extra GlennsThe Extra Lens, formerly known as The Extra Glenns, are a band made up of Franklin Bruno of Nothing Painted Blue and John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats. They were something of an underground legend in the '90s, recording tracks for singles and some compilations...
- Frog EyesFrog EyesFrog Eyes is an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada known for their highly idiosyncratic songs, which pit Carey Mercer's melodic falsetto whoops against an avalanche of guitar, keyboards, piano, and drums. Their 2010 album Paul's Tomb: A Triumph was a longlisted nominee for the...
- The Gang
- Chris GarneauChris GarneauChris Garneau is an American singer and songwriter and musician. Garneau's sound combines elements of folk, Americana, pop, baroque, and carnival music. Since releasing his debut album, Garneau has toured throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil, Europe, and Asia.Garneau cites Jeff Buckley,...
- Get Him Eat HimGet Him Eat HimGet Him Eat Him was a five-piece indie rock band from Providence, Rhode Island that existed from February 2004 to February 2009.The band signed to Absolutely Kosher Records in the summer of 2004 and recorded their debut album Geography Cones with Jay Pellicci at San Francisco's Tiny Telephone Studio...
- Goblin CockGoblin CockGoblin Cock is a heavy metal band from San Diego, California started by Rob Crow of the band Pinback. Musically, they play a form of doom metal/drone metal with rather unusual lyrical subjects . All members of the band have taken on stage names...
- Jack HayterJack HayterJack Hayter is a British musician. He was a multi instrumentalist with Hefner, and is a folk singer-songwriter. Hayter also played with alt-country band Spongefinger and acclaimed folktronica band Dollboy...
- The Hidden CamerasThe Hidden CamerasThe Hidden Cameras are a Canadian indie pop band. Fronted by singer-songwriter Joel Gibb, the band consists of a varying roster of musicians who play what Gibb once described as "gay church folk music"...
- The Jim Yoshii Pile-UpThe Jim Yoshii Pile-UpThe Jim Yoshii Pile-Up is a 5 piece band formed in 1997 in Oakland, California. Named after a high school friend of the band's, their highly textured sound spans the range from indie to post-rock. They have released three full lengths on Absolutely Kosher Records. As of 2006, the band is on hiatus....
- JukeboxerJukeboxerJukeboxer is the moniker of Brooklyn-based musician Noah Wall. His music is put together digitally from recorded sounds, usually him playing an instrument. Many of his songs are the products of collaborations with other musicians...
- LaarksLaarksLaarks is an indie-rock band based out of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Absolutely Kosher Records, an independent California-based music label, signed a recording contract with Laarks in August, 2009...
- Life Without BuildingsLife Without BuildingsLife Without Buildings were a Glasgow, Scotland based indie rock band. The band, mostly ex-students of the Glasgow School of Art, formed during the summer of 1999. The band initially consisted of Will Bradley , Chris Evans and Robert Johnston . Painter Sue Tompkins joined later that year...
- Little Teeth
- The Mountain GoatsThe Mountain GoatsThe Mountain Goats is an American indie rock band formed in Claremont, CA by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle himself, despite the plural moniker....
- Okay
- Optiganally YoursOptiganally YoursOptiganally Yours is a band formed around the Optigan, a toy organ produced by Mattel in the 1970s that plays the sounds of instruments that have been recorded onto celluloid disks...
- P.E.E.
- Pidgeon
- PinbackPinbackPinback is an indie rock band from San Diego, California, currently signed to Temporary Residence Ltd. The band was formed in 1998 by singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Armistead Burwell Smith IV and Rob Crow. Tom Zinser, Chris Prescott, and Mario Rubalcaba have all contributed drums...
- The Places
- +/-+/- (band)+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures...
- The Rollercoaster Project
- 60 Watt Kid
- Summer at Shatter Creek
- Sunset RubdownSunset RubdownSunset Rubdown is an art rock band from Montreal, Canada. The band began as a solo project for Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, who released his debut, Snake's Got a Leg, in early 2005...
- Swords Project
- SybrisSybris-History:Sybris formed in 2003 in Chicago. The name is an intentional misspelling of Sybaris, an Ancient Greek city. They signed to Flameshovel Records for the release of their 2005 self-titled debut. A national tour followed the album's release...
- Telegraph MeltsTelegraph MeltsTelegraph Melts is the twelfth album and first release of 1986 by musician Jandek. It was released as Corwood Industries #0750.-Track listing:#You – 1:38#On the Planes – 2:48#Go to Bed – 2:46#Ace of Diamonds – 4:43#Twenty Four – 4:55...
- ThingyThingy (band)Thingy was an indie rock band formed after the dissolution of Heavy Vegetable in 1995 by Heavy Vegetable veterans Rob Crow and Eléa Tenuta.Crow, Tenuta, and bassist Jason Soares released a seven-song EP, 'Staring Contest', in 1996 on the old Heavy Vegetable label Headhunter/Cargo.They were joined...
- Two GuysTwo GuysTwo Guys was a discount store primarily operating in the New York City metropolitan area and headquartered in northern New Jersey until the early 1980s. It was founded in 1946 in Harrison, New Jersey by brothers Sidney Hubschman and Herbert Hubschman as Two Guys from Harrison...
- Virginia Dare
- Wax Fang
- Withered Hand
- The WrensThe Wrens (band)The Wrens are an indie rock band that formed in the late 1980s in New Jersey. The group consists of Charles Bissell, Greg Whelan, Kevin Whelan, and Jerry MacDonald. Their debut album Silver was released in 1994...
- Xiu XiuXiu XiuXiu Xiu is an American avant-garde group originally from San Jose, California. The band is the brainchild of singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart, who has been its only constant member since its inception in 2002. His current bandmate is Angela Seo...