Audio Antihero

Audio Antihero is a British independent record label formed in October 2009,^[1] and based in South East London.

History

The label's 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's "I Got the Pox, the Pox is what I Got" , gained the label attention by proving popular with alternative press like Drowned In Sound,^[2] The Skinny^[3][4] and Pitchfork^[5] and radio stations such as BBC 6 Music, Triple R, Resonance FM and NME Radio. They also gained notable supporters in Gareth of Los Campesinos!^[6] and Nic Dalton formerly of The Lemonheads.^[7]

In 2011, the label released a series of EPs from Ex-Hefner man Jack Hayter, Broken Shoulder, Wartgore Hellsnicker, Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences and Fighting Kites. The label also put together a well received^{[8][9][10][11]} charity compilation album, 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.^[12]

2011 saw the label's profile slowly begin to rise. Label founder Jamie Halliday was interviewed by Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music^[13] and wrote a "Do and Don't" guide to running an independent label for the BBC site,^[14] while the label was featured in a short list of recommended labels on the Johnny Foreigner blog,^[15] and described as "possibly the greatest one man label in the world"^[16] by the Another Form Of Relief blog.

The label ended 2011 with the debut LP from Benjamin Shaw (There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet) which was well received in the music press http://audioantihero.bandcamp.com/album/theres-always-hope-theres-always-cabernet and by BBC 6 Music^[17] before kicking off 2012 with a second charity compilation, Some.Alternate.Universe, this time for FSID to raise money for their efforts to prevent Infant Death Syndrome. The compilation featured artists like Jeffrey Lewis, Jonah Matranga, Art Goblins, Internet Forever, Johnny Foreigner and more.^[18] They are now working on a year long series of singles from Jack Hayter entitled "The Sisters of St. Anthony". ^[19]

Artists who have released material on Audio Antihero

• Roster

• Nosferatu D2
• Benjamin Shaw
• Jack Hayter
• Broken Shoulder
• Wartgore Hellsnicker
• Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences
• Fighting Kites

• Compilation guests
• Jeffrey Lewis (Some.Alternate.Universe compilation only)
• Jonah Matranga (Some.Alternate.Universe compilation only)
• Johnny Foreigner (Some.Alternate.Universe compilation only)
• The Art Goblins (Some.Alternate.Universe compilation only)
• Still Corners (Some.Alternate.Universe compilation only)
• younghusband (Some.Alternate.Universe compilation only)
• Ant (Some.Alternate.Universe compilation only)
• Shoes & Socks Off (Bob Hope would. and Some.Alternate.Universe compilations only)
• Darren Hayman (Bob Hope would. compilation only)
• The Victorian English Gentlemens Club (Bob Hope would. compilation only)
• Stagecoach (Bob Hope would. compilation only)
• Extradition Order (Bob Hope would. compilation only)
• The Owl Service (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 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)
• Various Artists - Some.Alternate.Universe. (2012) - digital charity compilation for FSID
• Jack Hayter - The Sisters of St. Anthony (2012) - digital singles series

References

External links

• Official website