Category: Record Labels

Twin/Tone opens its vaults on YouTube: The Replacements, Suicide Commandos and more

Twin/Tone opens its vaults on YouTube: The Replacements, Suicide Commandos and more

Famed Minneapolis imprint Twin/Tone Records — re-launched to release the first new Suicide Commandos album in 39 years — has begun uploading archival live video from bands like The Replacements, as well as old music videos by the label’s acts, to its YouTube channel.

New Order signs to Mute, heads back to studio to work on new album

New Order signs to Mute, heads back to studio to work on new album

In a move that once might have seemed unthinkable, New Order — a flagship act of the iconic Factory Records imprint — has signed to the equally legendary Mute label, long home to contemporaries Depeche Mode and Erasure, as the group continues to work on its new album.

Relaunched Wax Trax! Records to release Front 242 live 7-inch single next month

Relaunched Wax Trax! Records to release Front 242 live 7-inch single next month

The recently resurrected Wax Trax! Records imprint next month will commemorate the 30th anniversary of Front 242’s first U.S. show by releasing a new 7-inch single featuring a pair of tracks recorded live by the EBM pioneers at concerts in Chicago in both 1984 and 2011.

Resurrected Wax Trax Records! to open Chicago pop-up store for 1 day next month

Resurrected Wax Trax Records! to open Chicago pop-up store for 1 day next month

Not only is Wax Trax! Records being reborn as a label, but the famed Chicago record store will return next month, too — for one day only. Julia Nash is planning a one-day Wax Trax! pop-up shop inside Windy City music venue Metro on June 15 to mark the label’s first release.

Wax Trax! Records is back: Legendary label resurrected by co-founder's daughter

Wax Trax! Records is back: Legendary label resurrected by co-founder’s daughter

The legendary Wax Trax! Records imprint will be reborn this summer under the direction of Julia Nash — daughter of label co-founder Jim Nash — and will mark its resurrection with the release of a 12-inch single from Cocksure, the new project featuring label mainstay Chris Connelly and Acumen Nation’s Jason Novak.

Morrissey signs worldwide record deal, promises new album, tour in 2014

Morrissey signs worldwide record deal, promises new album, tour in 2014

After several years of bemoaning that no label would have him, Morrissey has signed a “worldwide recording agreement” with Harvest Records, which announced the former Smiths frontman will release a yet-to-be-recorded new album in the second of 2014 and plans to resume tour this year.

'My Secret World' to tell story of indie-pop label Sarah Records — watch the trailer

‘My Secret World’ to tell story of indie-pop label Sarah Records — watch the trailer

Sarah Records — which released music from bands such as The Field Mice, Another Sunny Day and Boyracer between 1987 and 1995 — is the subject of a new feature-length documentary that aims to show how “you can run a successful business without surrendering personal ethics.”