Audio Antihero is an independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 formed in October 2009 and based in South East London. The label gained immediate attention with their first two releases Nosferatu D2's "We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise" and Benjamin Shaw

Benjamin Shaw

Benjamin Shaw is an English a musician and artist based in London.He released his debut EP "I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got" in October 2009 on Audio Antihero which saw airplay from BBC 6 Music on the Tom Ravenscroft, Gideon Coe, Steve Lamacq, Jon Holmes and Tom Robinson shows and positive...

's "I Got the Pox, the Pox is what I Got" proving popular with alternative press like Drowned In Sound, The Skinny and Pitchfork and radio stations such as BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music

BBC 6 Music is one of the BBC's digital radio stations, was launched on 11 March 2002 and originally codenamed Network Y. It was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years....

, Triple R, Resonance FM and NME Radio

NME Radio

NME Radio is the radio station from NME magazine, that broadcasts in a new commercially oriented alternative music format. It first began broadcasting on 24 June 2008.- History :...

. They also gained notable supporters in Gareth of Los Campesinos!

Los Campesinos!

Los Campesinos! are a seven piece indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in early 2006 at Cardiff University. Although the band formed in Wales, none of its members are Welsh. They released their debut album, Hold on Now, Youngster..., in February 2008 and followed this up by releasing a record...

 and Nic Dalton

Nic Dalton

Nic Dalton is an Australian musician, best known as the bass guitarist for American band The Lemonheads at the height of their popularity...

 formerly of The Lemonheads

The Lemonheads

The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band first formed in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily and Jesse Peretz. Dando has remained the band's only constant member....

.

In 2011 the label began a series of EPs which brought about releases from Ex-Hefner

Hefner (band)

Hefner were a British indie rock and "urban folk" band formed in east London in 1995. They were active from about 1996 until 2002; since then they have played together only once, for a tribute to the DJ John Peel, who was a strong supporter of theirs....

 man Jack Hayter

Jack Hayter

Jack 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...

, Broken Shoulder, Wartgore Hellsnicker, Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences

Paul Hawkins (musician)

Paul Hawkins is a London-based singer-songwriter who grew up near Bristol and has been a key figure in London's antifolk scene. He regularly records in collaboration with Death in Vegas and Dot Allison guitarist Ian Button and a 6-piece band under the name of Paul Hawkins & The Awkward...

 and Fighting Kites.

The label also put together a well received charity compilation to raise money for Japan entitled "Bob Hope would." which they followed up with a charity busk for Japan in Greenwich, London from Jack Hayter.

2011 saw the label's profile slowly begin to rise. Label founder Jamie Halliday has been interviewed by Tom Robinson

Tom Robinson

Tom Robinson is an English singer-songwriter, bassist and radio presenter, better known for the hits "Glad to Be Gay", "2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with his Tom Robinson Band...

 on BBC 6 Music and wrote a "DO & DON'T" guide to running an independent label for the BBC site while the label was featured in a short list of recommended labels on the Johnny Foreigner

Johnny Foreigner

Johnny Foreigner are an indie rock trio from Birmingham, England, consisting of guitarist/lead vocalist Alexei Berrow, drummer Junior Elvis Washington Laidley and bassist Kelly Southern...

 blog and described as "possibly the greatest one man label in the world" by the Another Form Of Relief blog.

Artists who released material on Audio Antihero

• Nosferatu D2
• Benjamin Shaw
  Benjamin Shaw
  Benjamin Shaw is an English a musician and artist based in London.He released his debut EP "I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got" in October 2009 on Audio Antihero which saw airplay from BBC 6 Music on the Tom Ravenscroft, Gideon Coe, Steve Lamacq, Jon Holmes and Tom Robinson shows and positive...
  
  
• Jack Hayter
  Jack Hayter
  Jack 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...
  
  
• Broken Shoulder
• Wartgore Hellsnicker
• Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences
  Paul Hawkins (musician)
  Paul Hawkins is a London-based singer-songwriter who grew up near Bristol and has been a key figure in London's antifolk scene. He regularly records in collaboration with Death in Vegas and Dot Allison guitarist Ian Button and a 6-piece band under the name of Paul Hawkins & The Awkward...
  
  
• Fighting Kites
• Darren Hayman
  Darren Hayman
  Darren Russell Hayman is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist in Hefner...
  
   ("Bob Hope would." compilation only)
• The Victorian English Gentlemens Club
  The Victorian English Gentlemens Club
  The Victorian English Gentlemens Club are a three piece experimental indie art rock band based in Cardiff, Wales.-Name:The name of the band is correctly spelt without an apostrophe. On their website, the band acknowledges they are "aware that there should be" an apostrophe...
  
   ("Bob Hope would." compilation only)
• Shoes & Socks Off ("Bob Hope would." compilation only)
• Stagecoach
  Stagecoach (band)
  Stagecoach is a five piece alternative rock band from London, who describe their music as "grunge pop"-History:The band formed in London in 2008, originally starting out as a two-piece country band, but progressed their sound with the addition of each new member, to become the rock band they are...
  
   ("Bob Hope would." compilation only)
• Extradition Order
  Extradition Order (band)
  Extradition Order are a band from Warrington, England now based in London.The band were originally made up of school friends from the North West of England; lyricist and guitarist Alastair Harper, keyboardist Matthew Bergin, bassist Nicholas Boardman and drummer Mark Davies...
  
   ("Bob Hope would." compilation only)
• The Owl Service
  The Owl Service (band)
  The Owl Service is a British folk/rock band formed in 2006 by multi-instrumentalist Steven Collins, named after the 1967 novel by Alan Garner.-History:...
  
  ("Bob Hope would." compilation only)

Discography

Nosferatu D2 - We're Gonna Walk Around This City With Our Headphones On To Block Out The Noise (2009)

Benjamin Shaw - I Got The Pox, The Pox Is What I Got EP (2009)

Jack Hayter - Sucky Tart EP (2011) - 2011 EP SERIES

Various Artists - Bob Hope would. (2011) - digital only charity compilation for Japan

Broken Shoulder - Broken Shoulderrr (2011) - 2011 EP SERIES

Wartgore Hellsnicker - Moderate Rock EP (2011) - 2011 EP SERIES

Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences - The Wrong Life EP (2011) - 2011 EP SERIES

Fighting Kites & Broken Shoulder - Split (2011) - 2011 EP SERIES

Benjamin Shaw - There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet (2011)