Chicago record labels

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Name Founder Founded Link Address Genres Artists
Aritao Records Conrad Merced 2004 link Street address: 2625 N. Spaulding #2W Chicago, IL 60647 Indie Pop, Power Pop, Electro Pop, Bedroom Pop, Shoegaze, Folk Pop Nor, Such Broken Glass, Shoplifter, Emily Jane Powers, Capital Eye, The Red Jacket, Switchblade

Romance, Veato Lui, Disco Nap, For Larousse, KT The Band, Dr. Manhattan, .kite, The New Addiction, Inf Sup, Scientific Barmaids.

AuxSable Records Kevin Lange 2006 link Street address: 2970 S. Archer Ave Chicago, IL 60608 Rock, Indie, Electropop Victorian Halls, Eight Hour Company, Polymnia Nyx, The Hallow, Handsomely Dishonest, Shy Guy
Organized Crime Records Clint 2000 link Street address: P.O. Box 213, Brookfield, IL Hardcore/ Hardcore Punk/ Brutal Hardcore Chicago hardcore featuring bands such as Plan of Attack and The Killer.
Lucid Records Chris Broach 2002 link Street address: 665 Timber Hill Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015 Indie/Rock/Electro/Garage & more. Thunderlip, The Firebird Band, Of The Opera, Spain Colored Orange,Chris Broach, Lokbrá
Cedille Records  ??  ?? link 5355 N. Lakewood Ave, Chicago IL 60640 Classical  ??
Waterdog Music Ralph Covert  ?? link 329 W. 18th St. #313, Chicago, IL 60616-1120 "Music strictly from the Midwest!"  ??
Whitehouse Records  ??  ??  ?? P.O. Box 18439, Chicago, IL 60618-0439  ??  ??
Bloodshot Records  ??  ?? link 3039 W. Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL 60618 Country  ??
Underdog Records  ??  ??  ?? 2252 N. Elston Ave., 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60647  ??  ??
Johann's Face Records Marc Ruvolo & Gar Brandt  ?? link P.O. Box 479164, Chicago, IL, 60647 Melodic Punk & Pop  ??
Thick Records  ??  ?? link  ?? Metal  ??
Next To X Records  ??  ??  ?? P.O. Box 1404, Addison, IL 60101  ??  ??
Strike Out Reckhords  ??  ??  ?? 73 S. Lodge Ln., Lombard, IL 60148  ??  ??
Night Flight Records, Inc.  ??  ?? link 115 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL Tacky cubs songs & country  ??
Thrill Jockey Records Bettina Richards  ?? link P.O. Box 08038, Chicago, IL 60608 Indie, Post-Rock Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Tom Verlaine, Califone, Fiery Furnaces
Chocolate Industries  ??  ?? link 1573 N. Milwaukee # 442, Chicago, Il 60622 hip-hop/trip-hop  ??
Drag City Dan Koretzky & Dan Osborn  ??/??/89 link 2000 West Carroll Ave #201, Chicago, IL 60612 Experimental, Folk Joanna Newsom, Pavement, Will Oldham (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy), Papa M, Jim O'Rourke, Silver Jews
Essay Records Jim Zespy 2003 ? link PO Box 478548, Chicago, IL 60647 Experimentally Awesome  ??
Orange Van Records  ??  ??/??/2004 link  ?? good  ??
Touch & Go Founded by Tesco Vee & Dave Stimson; Owned by Corey Rusk 1981 link PO Box 25520, Chicago, IL 60625 Punk, Hardcore, Indie Ted Leo + Pharmacists, TV On The Radio, Big Black, Don Caballero, Rollins Band, The Jesus Lizard, Slint, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, !!!, Shellac, Pinback, Blonde Redhead
Minty Fresh  ??  ?? link P.O. Box 577400, Chicago, IL 60657 Upeat & Poppy  ??
Some Odd Pilot Chris Eichenseer  ?? link 3771 N. Ravenswood #147 Chicago, Illinois 60613  ??  ??
Harmless Records Founder : Scott Thomson Founding Date : Dec. 1993 link 1218 W. Hood Apt. #2, Chicago, IL 60660 Punk, Hardcore, Emo, Indie Shut down 2004
Skin Graft Records Mark Fischer 1991 link P.O. Box 1545, O'Fallon MO. 63367 (currently operating out of the St. Louis area & Vienna Austria) Experimental, No Wave, Noise, Prog, Art Rock
Lengua Armada Discos Martin Sorrondeguy  ??  ?? Pilsen (?) Hardcore Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, Charles Bronson, Severed Head of State, MK-Ultra
The Consumers Research & Development Label Jodi Williams & Geoffrey Wilson 5/11/01 link 3771 N. Ravenswood #147 Chicago, Illinois 60613 Indie  ??
InjectMusic Mike Racanelli & 9/24/05 link 3047 N. Lincoln Ave. - 4th Floor - Chicago, IL 60657 Rock/Multi-Genre  ??
Jump Up! Records Chuck Wren 1995 link PO Box 13189 Chicago, IL 60613 Ska, Reggae, Rocksteady, Calypso, Northern Soul Deal's Gone Bad, Hot Stove Jimmy, The Adjusters
Recessive Gene Records Matt Campbell, Ethan Lipkind, Jeff Schell 2005 link 1529 N. Mohawk St. Suite 3S, Chicago, IL 60610
True School Records Chris de Almeida 2006 link Chicago, IL Electronic Dance Music Chris de Almeida, Theory One, KBee
PULSEBLACK RECORDS Founded by Members of Die Warzau 2004 link 770 Lake Cook Rd., Deerfield, IL 60015 Uncensored, Industrial, EBM, Noise Die Warzau, Everplastic, Corporate X, Jim Marcus
SINISTER MUSE RECORDS Founded by Christian Picciolini 2005 link 18008 Wolf Road, Suite 355, Orland Park, IL 60467 Punk and Indie The Frantic, Graham Isaacson, Dead Town Revival, Random55, The Tattle Tales