DeSoto Records is an American

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 record label

Record label

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 based in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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  Founded in 1989

1989 in music

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, it is run by Bill Barbot and Kim Coletta, both formerly of the band Jawbox

Jawbox

Jawbox was an alternative rock band from Washington, D.C., U.S.. Its original members were J. Robbins , Kim Coletta and Adam Wade...

. It was first founded by members of the band Edsel

Edsel (band)

Edsel was an indie rock/post-hardcore band from Washington, DC. The band broke up in 1997, having released four full-length albums, numerous 7" singles and an EP....

 to release their first single. Jawbox next used the name DeSoto for their first EP. It has released over 40 records, 7" singles, CDs, and LP vinyl records. It is distributed by Fontana Distribution

Fontana Distribution

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Partial list of artists and albums

• Braid
  Braid (band)
  Braid is an influential emo/post-hardcore band from Illinois that formed in 1993. After forming, the band went through several line-up changes but eventually settled on: Bob Nanna on guitar/vocals, Todd Bell on bass, Chris Broach on guitar/vocals and, Roy Ewing on drums. Roy was replaced in 1997 by...
  
  /Burning Airlines
  Burning Airlines
  Burning Airlines were an American rock band from Washington, D.C.. J. Robbins and Bill Barbot of Jawbox formed the band with Peter Moffett, formerly of Government Issue...
  
  
  • Always Something There To Remind Me (1998)
• Candy Machine
• Channels
  Channels (band)
  Channels is a rock band. They are based in Baltimore, Maryland.Started in 2003, Channels features Jawbox and Burning Airlines frontman J. Robbins, as well as bassist Janet Morgan and drummer Darren Zentek of Kerosene 454 and Oswego....
  
  
• Compound Red
• The Dismemberment Plan
  The Dismemberment Plan
  The Dismemberment Plan is a Washington D.C. based indie rock band formed on January 1, 1993. Also known as D-Plan or The Plan, the name comes from a stray phrase uttered by insurance salesman Ned Ryerson in the popular comedy Groundhog Day. The band members included Eric Axelson , Jason Caddell ,...
  
  
  • !
    ! (album)
    ! is an album by The Dismemberment Plan. It was released on October 2, 1995 on DeSoto Records. The band's original drummer, Steve Cummings, played on this album but left shortly after its release.-Track listing:#"Survey Says" – 2:08...
    
    
  • The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified
    The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified
    The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified is an album by The Dismemberment Plan. It was released on March 17, 1997 on Desoto.-Track listing:#"Tonight We Mean It"#"That's When the Party Started"#"The Ice of Boston"#"Academy Award"#"Bra"...
    
    
  • Emergency & I
    Emergency & I
    "A Life of Possibilities", "What Do You Want Me to Say?", "Jitters" and "The City" are all also featured in remixed form on A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan with bonus tracks "Just Like You" and "The First Anniversary Of Your Last Phone Call" being on The Ice Of Boston EP.-Personnel:*...
    
    
  • Change
  • A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan
    A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan
    A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan is a 2003 album by Washington D.C. indie band The Dismemberment Plan, issued on DeSoto Records. The album is a compilation of songs from three of the band's previous releases, The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified, Emergency & I and Change, remixed by...
    
    
• Faraquet
  Faraquet
  Faraquet is an influential post-hardcore band from Washington D.C. sometimes placed in the math rock genre. They were formed in 1997, and disbanded in 2001. They were on Dischord Records, and were influenced by bands like Fugazi, Jawbox, Nation of Ulysses, as well as King Crimson...
  
  
  • "Whole Thing Over" b/w "Call It Sane" (1999)
• Doris Henson
  • Give Me All Your Money (2005)
• Juno
  Juno (band)
  Juno was an American indie rock band formed in Seattle in 1995. Juno released their debut album This Is the Way It Goes and Goes and Goes as a co-release on DeSoto Records and Pacifico Records on March 30, 1999. Their second album A Future Lived in Past Tense was released May 8, 2001 on Desoto...
  
  
  • This Is the Way It Goes & Goes & Goes (1999)
  • A Future Lived in Past Tense (2001)
• Les Savy Fav
  Les Savy Fav
  Les Savy Fav is a New York City indie rock band. Their style is influenced by art rock and post-hardcore. The group is known for the stage presence of lead singer Tim Harrington...
  
  
• The Life and Times
  The Life and Times
  The Life and Times is an independent American alternative and space rock band active in the 2000s.-History:Since August 2005, The Life and Times has played over 200 shows in support of their debut full-length release Suburban Hymns on US tours with bands like the The Appleseed Cast, Murder by...
  
  
• Maritime
  Maritime (band)
  Maritime formed in 2003 out of the ashes of The Promise Ring and The Dismemberment Plan. After these two bands broke up, singer/guitarist Davey von Bohlen, drummer Dan Didier and bassist Eric Axelson hooked up and started a band called In English. The group quickly signed a deal with the record...
  
  
  • Glass Floor
    Glass Floor
    Glass Floor was the debut full length album by the indie pop group, Maritime. It was the follow-up to Adios EP, which contained five tracks...
    
     (2004)
• Roads to Space Travel
• Edie Sedgwick
  Edie Sedgwick
  Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick was an American actress, socialite, model and heiress. She is best known for being one of Andy Warhol's superstars. Sedgwick became known as "The Girl of the Year" in 1965 after starring in several of Warhol's short films in the 1960s...
  
  
• Shiner
  Shiner (band)
  -History:The group formed in 1992, and quickly found wide exposure, releasing a vinyl EP in 1993 and touring with acts such as Sunny Day Real Estate, Chore, Jawbox, Season to Risk, The Jesus Lizard, and Girls Against Boys. The group released their first LP, Splay in 1996, and a second album, Lula...
  
  
• The Thorns of Life
  The Thorns of Life
  The Thorns of Life were a punk rock band from Brooklyn, New York. In October 2008, Blake Schwarzenbach, formerly of Jets to Brazil and Jawbreaker, revealed that he had started writing music for a then "as-yet-unnamed group" with drummer Aaron Cometbus and bassist Daniela Sea, formerly of the Gr'ups...