Jagjaguwar

Jagjaguwar
Founded	1996
Founder	Darius Van Arman
Distributing label	SC Distribution
Genre	Indie rock
Country of origin	United States
Location	Bloomington, Indiana
Official Website	http://www.jagjaguwar.com

Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.^[1]

History

In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label. They had previously released a 7" record on the short-lived label Sentimental, which was co-run by Van Arman and a friend Dawson Prater (who later went on to eventually start the Locust Music label out of Chicago). Sentimental, however, became inactive when Prater moved away from Charlottesville. Working under the theory that having some sort of label-affiliation would be better for The Curious Digit than if they self-released the album, Van Arman started Jagjaguwar.

Initially, The Curious Digit album Bombay Aloo was going to be the only album released on Jagjaguwar, but a Richmond band called Drunk performed at the venue Tokyo Rose where Van Arman booked musical acts. Mesmerized by their performance, Van Arman asked Drunk to release their new record, which the band had just completed, through Jagjaguwar. Two records make a label discography, and Jagjaguwar was earnestly underway.

In 1999, Chris Swanson, who was part owner of the record label Secretly Canadian, became partners with Van Arman and Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian became much more tightly connected, sharing office space and some staff. Most recently, the other two partners of Secretly Canadian, Ben Swanson and Jonathan Cargill, became equal partners of Jagjaguwar as well, although, A&R-wise, Chris Swanson and Van Arman solely decide what is released on Jagjaguwar.

The name Jagjaguwar was generated using a Dungeons & Dragons character name-generating program.^{[citation needed]}

Label roster

• Aspera
• The Besnard Lakes
• Black Mountain
• Bon Iver
• Company
• Robert Creeley
• The Dead C
• Dinosaur Jr.
• Julie Doiron
• Jad Fair
• Fuck
• Ladyhawk
• Lightning Dust
• Love Life
• Manishevitz
• Minus Story
• Nad Navillus
• Nagisa ni te
• Oakley Hall
• Odawas
• Okkervil River
• Oneida
• Parts & Labor
• Patrick Phelan
• Pink Mountaintops
• Simon Joyner
• South
• Swan Lake
• Sunset Rubdown
• Will Sheff
• Volcano Choir
• Sarah White
• Women
• Wilderness
• Richard Youngs

See also

• List of record labels

References

External links

• Official site

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