Suburban Sprawl Music is an American

United States

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 independent record label

Record label

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 founded in 1999

1999 in music

-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....

 in Livonia

Livonia, Michigan

Livonia is a city in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Livonia is a very large suburb with an array of traditional neighborhoods connected to the metropolitan area by freeways. The population was 96,942 at the 2010 census, making it Michigan's 9th largest...

, Michigan

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. The label was started by Erik Koppin, who solely managed the label from 1999 until 2004, when the label roster decided to run Suburban Sprawl collectively. Since 2004, operations have been handled by roughly 20 individuals, ranging from label band members to friends of Suburban Sprawl. A post office box is maintained in Livonia, and records are kept in Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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. In December 2007, Suburban Sprawl merged with Ann Arbor multimedia company, Quack!Media, and consequently is now based in Ann Arbor. Contributions to the label come from individuals in various Michigan locales, including Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

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, Lansing

Lansing, Michigan

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, and Metro Detroit

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 in general. Suburban Sprawl artists have been actively touring the United States since the label's inception.

The label's namesake stems from urban sprawl

Urban sprawl

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, and the label's initial base in Livonia.

Active Bands on Suburban Sprawl Music

• Javelins (band)
• The Pop Project
• The Word Play
• Desktop (band)
• Arranged Marriage (band)
• Sea Of Japan (band)
• Love Axe

Bands who have released material on Suburban Sprawl Music

• The Recital
• Rescue
• Child Bite
  Child Bite
  Child Bite is an art rock/post-punk band based out of Ferndale, Michigan. Their instruments range from traditional to unconventional . Child bite was formed by Shawn Knight along with Danny Sperry and Zach Norton in the fall of 2005...
  
  
• El Boxeo
• Those Transatlanics
• The City on Film
  The City on Film
  The City on Film is the official name of Bob Nanna's solo act. He began solo recordings in 1997 during the off-time between Braid tours. These recordings began to accumulate, and in May 2004 he recorded I'd Rather Be Wine Drunk in a Salt Lake City hotel room during a Hey Mercedes tour...
  
  
• Jason Anderson
• Judah Johnson
  Judah Johnson
  -History:Judah Johnson formed in 1999 and first began recording in the summer of 2000 with Don Dixon. After touring regionally, they released their debut EP on Flameshovel Records in 2001. Following a series of lineup changes in early 2002, the band began recording material for a full-length in the...
  
  
• Nate Ruess
• Red Shirt Brigade
• Saturday Looks Good To Me
  Saturday Looks Good to Me
  Saturday Looks Good to Me was an experimental indie pop band. The group was led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Fred Thomas...
  
  
• Scott Allen & The Breakdance
• Sean Hoen
• Summersault (band)
• Thunderbirds Are Now!
  Thunderbirds Are Now!
  Thunderbirds are Now! is a Livonia, Michigan-based post-punk revival band whose sound uses a mix of traditional post-punk, New Wave and noise rock. The band is heavily influenced by 1980s New Wave and other post-punk revival acts like Les Savy Fav...
  
  
• Windy & Carl
  Windy & Carl
  -Overview:Cited as "A leading light of the Michigan space-rock scene" by Allmusic, the minimalist group formed in 1993 around the core husband-and-wife duo of guitarist Carl Hultgren and bassist/singer Windy Weber...
  
  
• Allan James and the Cold Wave

External links

• Official site
• Complete catalog
• Interview with Zach Curd and Adam Kempa
• Article about Quack!Media, which discusses Quack!Media's merger with Suburban Sprawl
• Article about Quack!Media's merger with Suburban Sprawl