Smalltown America is a UK

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

-based 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:...

 formed in 2001. Staff are currently based in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

 and Derry

Derry

Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...

, and the label has a stated aim of "cultivating a productive staff of music lovers and a self-sustainable business model, through which artists can release the best records they can possibly produce."

Originally set up by Jetplane Landing

Jetplane Landing

Jetplane Landing is a four piece band from Derry and London . They comprise Andrew Ferris , Jamie Burchell , Cahir O’Doherty and Raife Burchell . Jamie and Raife are brothers...

 as the platform for their releases, the label has now released numerous albums by other acts, as well as nine Public Service Broadcast compilation

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 CDs.

Current

• And So I Watch You From Afar
  And So I Watch You From Afar
  And So I Watch You From Afar are a three-piece instrumental rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. The band consists of Rory Friers on guitar, Johnny Adger on bass and Chris Wee on drums...
  
  
• Alan MX
• Calories
• Clone Quartet
• Crooked Mountain, Crooked Sea
• Fighting with Wire
  Fighting with Wire
  Fighting with Wire are an alternative heavy rock and punk band hailing from Derry, Northern Ireland. They have toured with Biffy Clyro, Million Dead, Reuben, Twin Atlantic, yourcodenameis:milo, Kerbdog, Helmet, You Me At Six, Nomeansno, InMe, Brigade, Against Me! and Seafood...
  
  
• 4 or 5 Magicians
• Feldberg
  Feldberg (band)
  Feldberg is Icelandic duo formed by Eberg and Rósa Birgitta Ísfeld from Reykjavik. Their track Dreamin was picked up for the Kitsune Maison 9 compilation...
  
  
• Hooray For Humans
• Ice, Sea, Dead People
• Illness
• Jetplane Landing
  Jetplane Landing
  Jetplane Landing is a four piece band from Derry and London . They comprise Andrew Ferris , Jamie Burchell , Cahir O’Doherty and Raife Burchell . Jamie and Raife are brothers...
  
  
• Let Our Enemies Beware
• LaFaro
  Lafaro
  LaFaro are a four piece alternative rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They consist of Jonny Black , Dave Magee , Cahir O'Doherty and Alan Lynn .-History:...
  
  
• More Than Conquerors
• Skibunny
• The Light Sleepers
• The Young Playthings
• This Town Needs Guns
• We Versus The Shark

Past

• Fickle Public
• Oppenheimer
  Oppenheimer
  Oppenheimer as a surname may refer to:* Alan Oppenheimer , film actor* Andrés Oppenheimer , Argentine author and journalist known for his analysis of Latin American politics...
  
  
• An Emergency

As well as this, around 150 artists have seen their music released on the Public Service Broadcast compilation CD series and more recently showcased on the offshot Public Service Blogcast weekly audioblog.

External links

• SmalltownAmerica.co.uk – official site
• Jetplane Landing official site