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NEW YORK (Billboard) – Wilco, the Chicago-based experimental rock band led by Jeff Tweedy, has announced they are leaving their long-time label Nonesuch Records to start their own record company, dBpm Records.
The band's longtime manager, Tony Margherita, will run the enterprise from his offices in Easthampton, Mass. dBpm's releases will be distributed and marketed through the L.A.-based independent label Anti- Records.
"This is an idea we've discussed for years," Tweedy said in a statement. "We really like doing things ourselves, so having our own label feels pretty natural to me. And, to be working with Anti- -- a label that was started by a punk rock guy to sell his own records -- seems like a perfect fit for us."
The singer-songwriter was referring to Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz, who founded Epitaph Records of which Anti- is a subsidiary. The label's eclectic roster includes such disparate and critically-acclaimed artists as Mavis Staples, Nick Cave, Blackalicious, Tom Waits, Buju Banton, Merle Haggard and Roky Erickson.
"Wilco's independent streak is well documented and nothing new," Margherita said. "And this is the culmination of what we've been working toward for the last 15 years. As we reached the end of our last deal, it felt like it was time for a change and the one thing we were certain we did NOT want to do was to sign another traditional recording agreement."
NEW YORK (Billboard) – Wilco, the Chicago-based experimental rock band led by Jeff Tweedy, has announced they are leaving their long-time label Nonesuch Records to start their own record company, dBpm Records.
The band's longtime manager, Tony Margherita, will run the enterprise from his offices in Easthampton, Mass. dBpm's releases will be distributed and marketed through the L.A.-based independent label Anti- Records.
"This is an idea we've discussed for years," Tweedy said in a statement. "We really like doing things ourselves, so having our own label feels pretty natural to me. And, to be working with Anti- -- a label that was started by a punk rock guy to sell his own records -- seems like a perfect fit for us."
The singer-songwriter was referring to Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz, who founded Epitaph Records of which Anti- is a subsidiary. The label's eclectic roster includes such disparate and critically-acclaimed artists as Mavis Staples, Nick Cave, Blackalicious, Tom Waits, Buju Banton, Merle Haggard and Roky Erickson.
"Wilco's independent streak is well documented and nothing new," Margherita said. "And this is the culmination of what we've been working toward for the last 15 years. As we reached the end of our last deal, it felt like it was time for a change and the one thing we were certain we did NOT want to do was to sign another traditional recording agreement."