Afternoon Records

Afternoon Records
Parent companyWarner Music Group
Founded2003 (2003)
FounderIan Anderson, Michael M. Sandstedt
GenreIndie rock
Country of originU.S.
LocationMinneapolis, Minnesota
Official websitewww.afternoonrecords.com

Afternoon Records is a record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The label was founded by Ian Anderson and Michael M. Sandstedt in 2003, the year Anderson graduated from high school.[1][2] He wanted to create a platform for his high school band Aneuretical and others.[3][4] Afternoon Records is distributed by Warner Music Group.[citation needed]

Ian Anderson's own band One for the Team was on the label.[5]

Bands

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Current bands

Past bands

  • A Night In The Box
  • A False Notion
  • Aneuretical
  • The Battle Royale
  • The Coast
  • Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble
  • Ela
  • God Damn Doo Wop Band
  • Haley Bonar
  • Hello Blue
  • I, Colossus
  • Kurmudgeon
  • Linus
  • Look Down
  • Mouthful of Bees
  • Night Moves
  • Now, Now
  • The Plagarists
  • Red Fox Grey Fox
  • Spiritual Mansions
  • Squareshooters
  • Superdanger
  • Target Market
  • Topwise
  • Towers Thick Walls
  • Viceburgh
  • The Wars of 1812
  • We Shot The Moon
  • Young Dudes

Discography

  • AR075 The Poison Control Center - Stranger Ballet (06/07/2011)
  • AR074 Dolfish - Your Love Is Bummin' Me Out (June 2011)
  • AR073 We All Have Hooks for Hands - Girls EP
  • AR072 Yellow Ostrich - The Mistress
  • AR071 Pomegranates - One of Us
  • AR070 The Poison Control Center - Sad Sour Future
  • AR069 Tarlton - Evergreens
  • AR068 One for the Team - Hard for You
  • AR067 One for the Team - Ghosts
  • AR066 Ten Centuries - White Pines
  • AR065 Afternoon Records - Autumn Mixtape 2009
  • AR064 We Shot the Moon - A Silver Lining
  • AR063 We Shot the Moon - The Bright Side
  • AR062 John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt (Vinyl Reissue)
  • AR061 John Vanderslice - Cellar Door (Vinyl Reissue)
  • AR060 John Vanderslice - Life and Death of an American Fourtracker (Vinyl Reissue)
  • AR059 John Vanderslice - Time Travel Is Lonely (Vinyl Reissue)
  • AR058 We All Have Hooks for Hands - The Shape of Energy
  • AR057 Sissy Wish - Beauties Never Die
  • AR056 Target Market - Up on the Moon
  • AR055 Mouthful of Bees - Mouthful of Bees
  • AR054 The Coast - Expatriate
  • AR053 One for the Team - Build a Garden EP
  • AR052 Tarlton - The Papa These EP
  • AR051 Aneuretical - When You Were A Kid (reissue)
  • AR050 Hail On - A compilation celebrating the release of 50 records, 2003–2008
  • AR049 The Poison Control Center - Make Love a Star EP
  • AR048 Now, Now Every Children - Cars[7]
  • AR047 Spiritual Mansions - Touched
  • AR046 The Poison Control Center - Give It a Try/When the World Sleeps 7"
  • AR045 One for the Team - Build It Up
  • AR044 Haley Bonar - Big Star
  • AR043 A Night in the Box - Write a Letter
  • AR042 Now, Now Every Children - In the City EP
  • AR041 The Wars of 1812 - Status Quo Ante Bellum
  • AR040 Crescent Moon Is In Big Trouble - Crescent Moon Is in Big Trouble EP
  • AR039 Now, Now Every Children - Not One, But Two EP
  • AR038 The Battle Royale - Wake Up, Thunderbabe
  • AR037 I, Colossus - I, Colossus
  • AR036 The Poison Control Center - A Collage of Impressions
  • AR035 Young Dudes - Young Dudes LP
  • AR034 The Poison Control Center - Glory Us EP
  • AR033 Spiritual Mansions - Give Us Your Hearts
  • AR032 We All Have Hooks For Hands - The Pretender
  • AR031 Mouthful of Bees - The End
  • AR030 Ela - Real Blood on Fake Trees
  • AR029 Target Market - No Thrills
  • AR028 Haley Bonar - Lure the Fox
  • AR027 A Night in the Box - The Hustle, The Prayer, The Thief
  • AR026 The Battle Royale - Sparkledust Fantasy
  • AR025 The God Damn Doo Wop Band - Broken Hearts
  • AR024 The Squareshooters - I Am the Keeper
  • AR023 Aneuretical - Million Dollar Man
  • AR022 One for the Team - Good Boys Don't Make Noise
  • AR021 The Plagiarists - Veto!
  • AR020 Viceburgh - Intense Excitement
  • AR019 Superdanger - Fight Fight Fight
  • AR018 Linus - Championships are won in the off-season
  • AR017 The Squareshooters - ...Get Kick Out of High School
  • AR016 Look Down - 24/7 Dance Force
  • AR015 Hello Blue - What It Takes to Wake Up
  • AR014 Towers Thick Walls - Towers Thick Walls
  • AR013 Superdanger - Superdanger (EP)
  • AR012 A False Notion - Somewhere Between Sleep and Awake
  • AR011 Aneuretical - When You Were a Kid
  • AR010 Kurmudgeon - Cables & Ties
  • AR009 Look Down - The American Hustle (EP)
  • AR008 Afternoon Records Compilation
  • AR007 Aneuretical - Albumone
  • AR006 The New Renaissance - The Sting of Revolution
  • AR005 Nero - Nero
  • AR004 Peace, Love & The Common Cold - Tanning in the Headlights (EP)
  • AR003 Aneuretical - Can You Sleep Without Waking Up (EP)
  • AR002 Topwise - Topwise (EP)
  • AR001 The Genepicks - Weekend at Genepicks

See also

References

  1. ^ How to run a record label on the cheap. Billboard. 2009-09-05. p. 9.
  2. ^ "On the run with Ian Anderson". MPR News. 12 November 2006. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  3. ^ "On the Road with Ian Anderson". NBC Chicago. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  4. ^ "Bandleader, record mogul, journalist, coffee fiend: The mad, mad, mad, mad world of Ian Anderson". Twin Cities Daily Planet. 2009-09-14. Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  5. ^ "Music: Never mind the bullets, here's Muja Messiah". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  6. ^ "Artists at Afternoon Records". Afternoon Records.
  7. ^ "Now, Now Talks Emerging From 'Shroud of Darkness' to Make 'Saved'". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-04-08.


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