DeSoto Records

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DeSoto Records is an American record label based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1989, it is run by Bill Barbot and Kim Coletta, both formerly of the band Jawbox. It was first founded by members of the band Edsel 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.

[edit] Partial list of artists and albums

• Braid/Burning Airlines
  • Always Something There To Remind Me (1998)
• Candy Machine
• Channels
• Compound Red
• The Dismemberment Plan
  • !
  • The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified
  • Emergency & I
  • Change
  • A People's History of the Dismemberment Plan
• Faraquet
  • "Whole Thing Over" b/w "Call It Sane" (1999)
• Doris Henson
  • Give Me All Your Money (2005)
• Juno
  • This Is the Way It Goes & Goes & Goes (1999)
  • A Future Lived in Past Tense (2001)
• Les Savy Fav
• The Life and Times
• Maritime
  • Glass Floor (2004)
• Roads to Space Travel
• Edie Sedgwick
• Shiner

[edit] See also

• List of record labels

[edit] External links

• desotorecords.com