Western Vinyl
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Western Vinyl is an independent record label based in Austin Texas. It was founded in 1998.
Bands and Artists Associated with Western Vinyl
- Anomoanon
- Appendix Out
- BalmorheaBalmorhea (band)Balmorhea is a minimalist instrumental ensemble from Austin, Texas that was formed in 2006 by Rob Lowe and Michael Muller. Balmorhea were influenced by Ludovico Einaudi, The Six Parts Seven, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, Rachel's, Gillian Welch, Max Richter, Arvo Pärt and John Cage.The band...
- Bexar Bexar
- BotanyBotanyBotany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
- Bonnie Prince Billy
- Callers
- Carter Tanton
- Chas. Mtn.
- Christopher Tignor
- Dirty ProjectorsDirty ProjectorsThe Dirty Projectors aka David Longstreth includes Amber Coffman , Angel Deradoorian , Brian McOmber , Nat Baldwin , and Haley Dekle during live performances...
- Early Day MinersEarly Day MinersEarly Day Miners are a band from southern Indiana, United States who released records on the Bloomington, Indiana based label Secretly Canadian. In September 2009 the band had released seven full-length records....
- Et Ret
- Gary WilsonGary Wilson (musician)Gary Wilson is an experimental musician/performance artist best known for his 1977 album You Think You Really Know Me, after which he promptly retired from recording and performing concerts...
- Glass Ghost
- GoldmundKeith KenniffKeith Kenniff is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic music producer. He composes ambient/electronic music under the moniker Helios and post-classical piano music under Goldmund...
- Here We Go MagicHere We Go MagicHere We Go Magic is an American indie rock band based in Brooklyn, New York. Formerly the moniker of folk singer Luke Temple. Temple signed to Western Vinyl in 2008, followed in 2009 by the five-piece group's signing to Secretly Canadian.-History:...
- J. TillmanJ. TillmanJoshua Tillman is an American folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is also the current drummer for the Seattle-based band Fleet Foxes...
- Julie SokolowJulie SokolowJulie Sokolow is a lo-fi singer-songwriter. A resident of Holmdel, New Jersey, Sokolow is a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her debut album, Something About Violins, was released in November, 2006, on the Western Vinyl label...
- KöhnKöhnKöhn is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....
- Luke TempleLuke TempleLuke Temple is an American pop-folk singer-songwriter, born in Manchester, Massachusetts. He is an alumnus of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. While living in New York, making a living by painting murals in wealthy New Yorkers' apartments, he released a four song self-titled EP,...
- Madagascar
- Nat Baldwin
- Ola Podrida
- Oren AmbarchiOren AmbarchiOren Ambarchi is a multi-instrumentalist who in major plays electric guitar and drums, with longstanding interests in transcending conventional instrumental approaches. He was born in Sydney, Australia in 1969 to a Jewish family originally from Iraq....
- Papa M
- Peter BroderickPeter BroderickPeter Broderick is an American musician and composer from Carlton, Oregon. He has released solo material under his own name, been a member of Efterklang, and played with several ensembles as a session musician.-Biography:...
- Pierre BastienPierre BastienPierre Bastien is a French musician, composer, and experimental musical instrument builder. He began building mechanical-based musical instruments at an early age, using items such as metronomes, cymbals, and pulleys. In 1977 he began collaborating with Pascal Comelade and composing music for...
- Robert Lippok
- Rolf Julius
- Salim NourallahSalim NourallahSalim Nourallah is a Texas-based singer, songwriter, and producer.-Music career:Born in Alton, Illinois on May 3, 1967, the eldest child of Fayez and Karen Nourallah, Nourallah was raised in El Paso, Texas, where his family moved when he was three. With his brother Faris, Salim relocated to...
- Secret Cities
- Shuta Hasunuma
- Sleep Whale
- Slow Six
- Soema Montenegro
- Tetuzi AkiyamaTetuzi AkiyamaTetuzi Akiyama is a Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker.Akiyama formed the improvisation group Madhar in 1987, and the classical ensemble Hikyo String Quintet in 1994 . In 1995, Akiyama and Sugimoto formed a guitar duo, and played at venues in New York City, Chicago, and Detroit...
- Tren Brothers
- Voices & Organs
- Wires Under TensionWires Under Tension-History:Wires Under Tension was founded by Christopher Tignor, a classically trained violinist, and drummer Theo Metz. Tignor is also a member of the band Slow Six and has done software design for Google...