The playlist this week is the sixth in a series of playlists where we are checking out Canadian Independent Record Companies and the artists they represent. We have checked out Arts and Crafts, Constellation Records, Dine Alone Records, Last Gang Records, and Mint Records so far. This month we are hearing from Canadian artists with Paper Bag Records. It is interesting to hear the sounds that each label leans towards but it is hard to pinpoint what Paper Bag’s prominent sound is. They do release a variety of music from indie rock to synth-pop to techno.
Paper Bag Records was founded by three friends in 2002. Co-founded by Trevor Larocque, Enrique Soissa, and Amanda Newman in September 2002, Paper Bag signed two young bands that would become iconic flagbearers for Canadian indie rock in the ‘00s, Broken Social Scene and Stars with their breakthrough albums You Forgot It in People and Heart, respectively. The label was created with the intention of focusing specifically on the Toronto-area indie rock music scene. The label helped launched the careers of controller.controller, Tokyo Police Club and Austra, amongst many others.
The Paper Bag Records series of vinyl releases are produced in very limited quantities, with each run between 300-500 copies. To make the vinyl even more of a collector’s item, they are released on coloured 180-gram vinyl with silk-screened artwork. (Source: Wiki)
Paper Bag has an exciting year planned. With a half-dozen new full-length releases expected from Paper Bag artists in 2020, they are also hard at work on as many vinyl reissues via the Paper Bag Vintage imprint. These will include some of Paper Bag’s favorite early releases as well as some exciting Canadian titles that haven’t been available on vinyl for some time. (Source: Precision Record Pressing)
Take a listen to the playlist and enjoy the music the artists of Paper Bag Records has to offer. The playlist begins with the albums that started it all and then follows with tracks from artists on the current roster. The rest of the playlist is tracks off albums from artists when they were with Paper Bag Records. It’s a good listen.
Go to Paper Bag Records for more info.
Good Morning & Thanks for this Dar.
Good morning Scott! Thanks for checking it out. 😀
I rearranged the top half now. I forgot to do that last night. I will leave the rest in alphabetical.
It’s Friday and I have the opportunity to check in.
Hello friends and thanks for keeping me in the music loop.
I was able to listen to part of the Polaris show @darbar. It was nice to hear your voice.
I listened to some of GL show on CBC R2 yesterday too. Weird to hear him talking about mainstream tunes but also nice to hear him on the airwaves again
Hello morgana! Thanks for listening. Our station just went live this week for some people. I still have to record at home for now. It will be nice to get back in the studio instead of sitting in a closet to record. haha!
I hope to catch Grant at some point. I am sure he has to reel himself in for that gig!