Kanine Records is an independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 based in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, New York

New York

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 started at the end of 2002

2002 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.-Events:*February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI...

 by Lio and Kay Kanine. Their first release, NY: The Next Wave, was a 20 track compilation featuring mostly unsigned and emerging acts from the area. From there, they started to sign local bands and release CD EPs, 12 inch vinyls and eventually full length records. The label continues as an independent and continues to grow due to the continued success of artists like Grizzly Bear, Chairlift and Surfer Blood.

For 2010 and the beginning of 2011, Kanine Records will release albums by Viernes (Winter Park, FL), Eternal Summers (Roanoke, VA), Pepper Rabbit (Los Angeles, CA), Young Prisms (San Francisco, CA) and Dream Diary (NY).

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• Blind Man's Colour
• Braids
  Braids (band)
  Braids is an art rock band from Calgary, Alberta and presently based in Montreal, Quebec. Braids consists of Raphaelle Standell-Preston, Katie Lee, Austin Tufts and Taylor Smith. The band members met at a young age and began collaborating in high school...
  
  
• Chairlift
  Chairlift (band)
  Chairlift is an American electronic pop Duo.Based in Brooklyn, New York, Chairlift consists of members Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly .-History:...
  
  
• Surfer Blood
  Surfer Blood
  Surfer Blood is an indie rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida, signed to Warner Bros. Records. The band has four members: John Paul Pitts , Thomas Fekete , Kevin Williams and Tyler Jerry "TJ" Schwarz .Founding members John Paul Pitts and Tyler Schwarz originally didn't like each other in high...
  
  
• The Depreciation Guild
  The Depreciation Guild
  The Depreciation Guild was an American shoegaze band from Brooklyn, New York. The group was formed in 2005 by Kurt Feldman and Adrian Hashizume...
  
  
• Dream Diary
• Dinowalrus
  Dinowalrus
  -History:Dinowalrus is an American band from Brooklyn, New York . The group was formed in 2007 by vocalist/guitarist Pete Feigenbaum and synthesizer/bass/clarinet/guitar player Kyle Warren...
  
  
• Eternal Summers
• Grizzly Bear
  Grizzly Bear (band)
  Grizzly Bear is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band, composed of Edward Droste , Daniel Rossen , Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear . The band employs traditional and electronic instruments...
  
  
• Pepper Rabbit
• Blind Man's Colour
• ZAZA
  ZAZA (band)
  ZAZA is a New York based musical duo, composed of Jennifer Fraser and Danny Taylor. Formed in 2008, their EP entitled "Cameo" was released in 2009 by Kanine Records.-Tributes / Covers:...
  
  
• Grooms
• Viernes
• The Flesh
• Four Volts
• Holy Hail
  Holy Hail
  Holy Hail are an electro/indie band from New York City.They have toured in the UK supporting acts such as The Rapture and New Young Pony Club and played stateside with bands such as Klaxons, Art Brut, and Florence and the Machine.-Singles:...
  
  
• The iOs
• The Izzys
• Mixel Pixel
  Mixel Pixel
  Mixel Pixel is a music/video band based in Brooklyn, New York.Influences include The Byrds, Pink Floyd, Love, Daniel Johnston, Velvet Underground, King Missile, Bruce Haack and Laurie Anderson....
  
  
• Mommy and Daddy
• Northern State
  Northern State (rap group)
  Northern State is a female hip-hop/indie rock group from New York, United States. The group consists of members Julie "Hesta Prynn" Potash, Correne "Spero" Spero, and Robyn "Sprout" Goodmark...
  
  
• Oxford Collapse
  Oxford Collapse
  Oxford Collapse were an indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The members include Michael Pace on vocals & guitars, Dan Fetherston on drums and Adam Rizer on bass & vocals.-History:...
  
  
• Princeton
  Princeton (band)
  Princeton is an indie pop band from Los Angeles, United States. The band consists of twin brothers Jesse and Matt Kivel , Ben Usen and David Kitz...
  
  
• Professor Murder
  Professor Murder
  Professor Murder is a dance punk quartet from New York City that mixes synthesizers and percussion-based compositions in a method that has drawn comparison to post-punk and new-wave bands of the early 1980s and late '70s. They released their critically hailed debut EP, Professor Murder Rides the...
  
  
• Rockethouse
• Shock Cinema
• Drink Up Buttercup
  Drink Up Buttercup
  Drink Up Buttercup was a band from Philadelphia, PA. Band members were James Harvey , Mike Cammarata , Farzad Houshiarnejad and Ben Money . The band came together in Bucks County, PA in late 2007, making their debut performance at a cigar parlor.Drink Up Buttercup released their first 7" single,...
  
  
• Jean on Jean