Joyful Noise Recordings
Joyful Noise Recordings is an independent record label from Indianapolis, Indiana specializing in experimental indie rock. The label was founded in 2003 in Bloomington Indiana by Karl Hofstetter, who also played drums on many of the label's first releases. Joyful Noise has since grown to include 20+ artists such as Joan Of Arc, Marmoset, Jookabox, Child Bite, CJ Boyd, Prizzy Prizzy Please, Hermit Thrushes, Hi Red Center, and others.
In 2010 Joyful Noise began focusing largely on limited edition, hand-numbered, and specialty releases which are generally released on analog formats packaged with music downloads. The label has gained notoriety for being at the forefront of the resurgence of cassette tapes, as reported in The Washington Post, Under The Radar, Blurt, and other music magazines. Joyful Noise has released a Cassette Box Set from Joan Of Arc as well as cassette versions of Deerhoof's Deerhoof vs. Evil album, of Montreal's False Priest, and others.
Bands
Current Roster
Past Roster
- Lafcadio
- Manners for Husbands
- Melk the g6-49
- Receptor Sight
Discography
2011
- Joan Of Arc "Oh Brother" LP (JNR66)
- Akron/Family "S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT" CS (JNR73)
- Deerhoof "Deerhoof vs. Evil" CS (JNR68)
2010
- Big Bear "See Out" MP3 (JNR71)
- Big Bear "Under The Beach" MP3 (JNR70)
- Hermit Thrushes "Wooded Blankets" CS (JNR67)
- of Montreal "False Priest" CS (JNR65)
- Joan Of Arc "Flowers" CS (JNR64)
- Joan Of Arc "Boo Human" CS (JNR63)
- Joan Of Arc "Eventually, All At Once" CS (JNR62)
- Joan Of Arc "Joan Of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain" CS (JNR61)
- Joan Of Arc "In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust" CS (JNR60)
- Joan Of Arc "So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness" CS (JNR59)
- Joan Of Arc "The Gap" CS (JNR58)
- Joan Of Arc "Live In Chicago, 1999" CS (JNR57)
- Joan Of Arc "How Memory Works" CS (JNR56)
- Joan Of Arc "A Portable Model Of" CS (JNR55)
- Joan Of Arc "Cassette Box Set" CS (JNR50)
- Abner Trio "The Giant Crushes You" LP/CS (JNR42)
- Marmoset "Doo Wop b/w She's Wearing Rings" CS (JNR52)
- Child Bite "The Living Breathing Organ Summer" CD/LP/CS (JNR54)
- Racebannon "Wrap the Body" LP (JNR45)
- Abner Trio "The Giant Crushes You" LP/CS (JNR42)
- Berry "Blue Sky, Raging Sun" LP/CS (JNR49)
- Prizzy Prizzy Please "Chroma Cannon" CD/LP/CS (JNR47)
- CJ Boyd "Alternate Roots" MP3 (JNR53)
- Prizzy Prizzy Please "Prizzy Prizzy Please" MP3 (JNR48)
- Jookabox/Kid Primitive Family "Split" CS (JNR46)
2009
- Stationary Odyssey "Johnfriend EP" MP3 (JNR44)
- Stationary Odyssey "Sons of Boy" CD (JNR43)
- CJ Boyd "Aerial Roots" CD/LP (JNR41)
- I Love You "Bell Ord Forrest" CD/CS (JNR38)
- Child Bite / Big Bear "Split" 7" (JNR37)
- Jookabox "Dead Zone Boys" CD/LP (JNR40)
- Marmoset "Lemon Meringue Live" MP3 (JNR39)
- Marmoset "Tea Tornado" CD (JNR35)
- Hermit Thrushes "Slight Fountain" CD (JNR36)
- Push-Pull "Between Noise and the Indians" CD (JNR33)
- Valina "A Tempo! A Tempo!" CD (JNR34)
- Bizzart "Future Stars And Small Wonders" CD (JNR32)
- Hi Red Center "Assemble" CD/LP (JNR29)
- The Delicious "The Delicious The Delicious" CD (JNR31)
2008
- Various Artists "Joyful Noise 2009 Digital Sampler" MP3 (JNR28)
- Push-Pull / Prizzy Prizzy Please "PPPPPEP" 7" (JNR30)
- Man At Arms "A Waste Of Time And Space" CD (JNR27)
- Grampall Jookabox "Ropechain" CD/LP (JNR25)
- Grampall Jookabox "Rill Bruh" MP3 (JNR26)
- Marmoset "Record In Red" LP (JNR24)
- The Delicious "Postcard To My Sewing Circle" CD EP (JNR22)
- Various Artists "Defunct Indiana" CD (JNR23)
- Lafcadio "Kibosh" CD (JNR21)
2007
- Push-Pull "3" CD EP (JNR19)
- Child Bite "Gold Thriller" CD EP (JNR18)
- Child Bite "I Like Friends" MP3 Single (JNR20)
- Marmoset "Florist Fired" LP (JNR17)
- Grampall Jookabox "Scientific Cricket" CD (JNR16)
- Child Bite / Stationary Odyssey "Physical Education" CD EP (JNR15)
2006
- Stationary Odyssey "Terror on The Hell Loop" MP3 EP (JNR14)
- Abner Trio / Man At Arms CD (JNR13)
- Stationary Odyssey "Head! Foot! And The Pink Axe" CD (JNR12)
- Melk The G6-49 "Mene Mene Tekel Parsin" CD (JNR11)
- LAFCADIO "Sham Duvet" CD (JNR10)
- Manners For Husbands "Sickly Love Sadness" MP3 (JNR09)
- Abner Trio "Distant Thunder of the Sacred Force" CD (JNR08)
2005
- Various Artists "Strata: A Young Person's Guide to Experimental Music" CD (JNR07)
- Gogglesphere / The Nancy School Split 7" (JNR06)
- Receptor Sight "Cycles and Connections" CD (JNR05)
2004
- Gogglesphere "Babies In Hell..." CD (JNR04)
- Melk The G6-49 "Glossolalia" CD (JNR03)
- Manners For Husbands / Melk The G6-49 Split 7" (JNR02)
2003
- Melk The G6-49 "S/T" CD (JNR01)
See also
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