Secretly Canadian

Secretly Canadian
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Founded	1996 (1996)
Founder	Chris Swanson Ben Swanson Eric Weddle Jonathan Cargill
Distributor(s)	Alternative Distribution Alliance
Genre	Indie rock, pop, experimental rock
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	Bloomington, Indiana
Official website	www.secretlycanadian.com

Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana with offices in Brooklyn, London, Austin, Los Angeles and Paris. Run by Ben Swanson, Chris Swanson and Darius Van Arman, the roster includes The War On Drugs, Anohni, Antony and the Johnsons, Yoko Ono, Tig Notaro, Damien Jurado, Here We Go Magic, and Whitney.

History

Secretly Canadian was started in 1996 by Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. The label's first two releases were a 7" by Songs: Ohia and a re-issue of an album by June Panic. Weddle later left to form label Family Vineyard, and the remaining trio were joined by Darius Van Arman in 1999. The label joined forces with Van Arman's Jagjaguwar, and the company has expanded rapidly since then.

Tig Notaro was nominated for a Grammy in 2014 and 2017 in the Best Comedy Album category, for the albums LIVE and Boyish Girl Interrupted respectively. The War on Drugs won the A2IM Libera award for Album of the Year in 2015.

Awards

Grammy

• Tig Notaro Live - Best Comedy Album (2014 nominated)
• Tig Notaro Boyish Girl Interrupted - Best Comedy Album (2017 nominated)

A2IM Libera Awards (US)

• Secretly Canadian - Label of the Year (2014 finalist)
• The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream - Album of the Year (2015 WON)
• Secretly Canadian - Label of the Year (2015 finalist)
• Whitney Light Upon the Lake - Breakthrough Artist of the Year (2017 WON)
• ANOHNI HOPELESSNESS - Best Dance/Electronic Album (2017 finalist)
• ANOHNI "Drone Bomb Me" - Video of the Year (2017 finalist)

Mercury Prize (UK)

• Antony and the Johnsons I Am a Bird Now (2005 WON)
• ANOHNI Hopelessness (2016 shortlist)

Brit Awards (UK/Global)

• Antony and the Johnsons - Best British Male Solo Artist (2006 nominated)
• The War on Drugs - Best International Group (2015 nominated)

Roster

Ben Abraham Antony and the Johnsons Anohni Alex Cameron Cherry Glazerr Steven A. Clark Stella Donnelly Here We Go Magic Damien Jurado Joey Dosik

Jens Lekman Makeness Jason Molina Serpentwithfeet She-Devils Richard Swift Suuns Tig Notaro Yoko Ono Whitney

Past

• Alasdair Roberts
• Ativin
• Ben Abraham
• BLK JKS
• Bobb Trimble
• Bodies of Water
• Catfish Haven
• Cayucas
• Danielson
• Dave Fischoff
• David Vandervelde
• Don Lennon
• Dungeonesse
• Early Day Miners
• Electric Youth
• Exitmusic
• Foreign Born
• Frida Hyvönen
• Gardens & Villa
• Havergal

• The Horns of Happiness
• I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
• The Impossible Shapes
• Instruments of Science & Technology
• Intro To Airlift
• The Japonize Elephants
• jj
• Jorma Whittaker
• June Panic
• Little Scream
• Luke Temple
• Magnolia Electric Co
• Major Lazer
• Marmoset
• Molina and Johnson
• Music Go Music
• Nikki Sudden & The Jacobites
• Nightlands
• Nite Jewel
• Normanoak
• The Panoply Academy

• Porcelain Raft
• Racebannon
• Scout Niblett
• Simon Joyner
• Songs: Ohia
• Steven A. Clark
• Suzanne Langille & Loren MazzaCane Connors
• Swearing at Motorists
• Swell Maps
• Taken by Trees
• Tomas Barfod
• Throw Me The Statue
• Tren Brothers
• The War on Drugs
• Windsor for the Derby
• Woman's Hour
• Yeasayer
• Zero Boys

Discography

2018

1. Joey Dosik - Game Winner (SC363)
2. Suuns - Felt (SC360)
3. Makeness - Loud Patterns (SC353)
4. Damien Jurado - The Horizon Just Laughed (SC365)
5. serpentwithfeet - soil (SC366)
6. Stella Donnelly - Thrush Metal (SC371)
7. Joey Dosik - Inside Voice (SC364)
8. Steven A. Clark - Where Neon Goes To Die (SC361)

2017

1. Alex Cameron (musician) – Forced Witness (SC336)
2. Jens Lekman – Life Will See You Now (SC339)
3. Cherry Glazerr – Apocalipstick (album) (SC345)
4. She-Devils – She-Devils (SC347)
5. ANOHNI – Paradise_(Anohni_EP) (SC348)
6. Yoko Ono – Fly_(Yoko_Ono_album) (SC282, reissue)
7. Yoko Ono – Approximately Infinite Universe (SC283, reissue)
8. Yoko Ono – Feeling The Space (SC284, reissue)

2016

1. Whitney (band) – Light Upon the Lake (SC337)
2. ANOHNI – Hopelessness (album) (SC333)
3. Yoko Ono – Yoko_Ono/Plastic_Ono_Band (SC281, reissue)
4. Yoko Ono – Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins (SC289, reissue)
5. Yoko Ono – Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions (SC290, reissue)
6. Tig Notaro – Boyish Girl Interrupted (SC332)
7. Damien Jurado – Visions of Us on the Land (SC335)
8. Alex Cameron (musician) – Jumping_the_Shark (album) (SC334)
9. Suuns – Hold/Still (SC329)
10. Luke Temple – A Hand Through the Cellar Door (SC343)
11. Damien Jurado & Richard Swift (singer-songwriter) – Other People's Songs Vol. 1 (SC327)

2015

1. Here We Go Magic – Be Small (SC315)
2. Steven A. Clark – The Lonely Roller (SC301)
3. Cayucas – Dancing at the Blue Lagoon (SC322)
4. Gardens & Villa – Music for Dogs (SC320)

2014

1. The War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream (SC310)
2. Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son (SC295)
3. Major Lazer – Apocalypse Soon (SC309)
4. Electric Youth – Innerworld (SC319)
5. Gardens & Villa – Dunes (SC294)

2013

1. Major Lazer – Free the Universe (SC292)
2. Cayucas – Bigfoot (SC256)
3. Suuns – Images Du Futur (SC260)
4. Luke Temple – Good Mood Fool (SC266)
5. Tig Notaro – LIVE (SC277)

2012

1. Antony and the Johnsons – Cut the World (SC270)
2. Damien Jurado – Maraqopa (SC250)
3. Yeasayer – Fragrant World (SC240)
4. Here We Go Magic – A Different Ship (SC230)

2011

1. The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient (SC190)
2. Tig Notaro – Good One (SC234)
3. Gardens & Villa – Gardens & Villa (SC235)
4. Richard Swift – Walt Wolfman (SC174)

2010

1. Antony and the Johnsons – Swanlights (SC215)
2. The War On Drugs – Future Weather (SC227)
3. Yeasayer – Odd Blood (SC210)
4. Damien Jurado – Saint Bartlett (SC192)

2009

1. Antony and the Johnsons – The Crying Light (SC194)
2. Zero Boys – Vicious Circle (SC188)
3. Magnolia Electric Co. – Josephine (SC185)
4. Richard Swift – The Atlantic Ocean (SC183)

2008

1. The War On Drugs – Wagonwheel Blues (SC167)
2. Damien Jurado – Caught in the Trees (SC175)
3. Richard Swift – Richard Swift As Onasis (SC173)

2007

1. Jens Lekman – Night Falls Over Kortedala (SC160)
2. Magnolia Electric Co. – Sojourner (SC150)
3. David Vandervelde – The Moonstation House Band (SC156)
4. Richard Swift – Dressed Up For The Letdown (SC133)

2006

1. Magnolia Electric Co. – Fading Trails (SC120)
2. Damien Jurado – And Now That I'm in Your Shadow (SC145)
3. Danielson – Ships (SC103)

2005

1. Antony and the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now (SC105)
2. Jens Lekman – Oh You're So Silent Jens (SC126)
3. Damien Jurado – On My Way to Absence (SC088)
4. Magnolia Electric Co. – What Comes After the Blues (SC102)
5. Jason Molina – Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go (SC149)

2004

1. Antony and the Johnsons – Antony And The Johnsons (SC104)
2. Jens Lekman – When I Said I Wanted to Be Your Dog (SC107)
3. Windsor for the Derby – We Fight Till Death (SC110)
4. Jason Molina – Pyramid Electric Co. (SC083)

2003

1. Songs: Ohia – Magnolia Electric Co (SC076)
2. Scout Niblett – I Am (SC080)
3. Damien Jurado – Where Shall You Take Me? (SC084)

1996–2002

1. Songs: Ohia – Didn't It Rain (SC065)
2. Danielson – Fetch the Compass Kids (SC045)
3. Swearing at Motorists – Number Seven Uptown (SC032)
4. Songs: Ohia – Songs: Ohia (SC004)
5. Jacobites – Robespierre's Velvet Basement (SC055)
6. Marmoset – The Record in Red (SC035)

Sales certifications

• Major Lazer "Bubble Butt (feat. Bruno Mars, Tyga & Mystic)" – Gold Single (US / RIAA) (released 2013)
• The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream – Gold Album (UK / BPI) (released 2014)

See also

• List of record labels
• Jagjaguwar
• Dead Oceans
• Bentzen Ball

References

External links

• Official site
• SC Distribution