Six Shooter Records

Six Shooter Records
Founded 2000
Founder Shauna de Cartier
Genre Indie
Country of origin  Canada
Location Toronto, Ontario
Official website sixshooterrecords.com

Six Shooter Records is an independent record label, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The label was founded by Shauna de Cartier in 2000.[1] Six Shooter Records is distributed by Warner Music Canada in Canada, by Alternative Distribution Alliance in the USA and by ADA Global outside of North America. Six Shooter also provides label management services for other small independent labels, as well as band management services.

History

Founder Shauna de Cartier says she is motivated by "the art, rather than the commerce".[2] Six Shooter artist Justin Rutledge agrees with this, stating "They encourage artists to go with their gut, with total artistic licence."[2] De Cartier expanded on this statement in a 2009 interview with the Ottawa XPress: "The label comes from a core value that I hold about the importance of art in our society, I look for artists who are career artists who are going to be making music and art until they're dead, [like] it's not just something they're trying on, or something that has an expiry date on it, or that they're doing to make money. I tend to look for the real thing."[3]

Six Shooter Records has been praised for its sense of authenticity and community.[3] Luke Doucet, a Six Shooter artist since 2000, has said that "One of the things that I always hoped that playing rock'n'roll music would achieve was that you get to be in a gang. [...] Instead of being the lone nerd who gets beat up by the quarterback of the football team because you're awkward and small, you have a gang of the cool guys because they play music, and there is a bit of that with Six Shooter. People going 'We all have similar priorities. We all like Merle Haggard and we don't feel stupid about it.'"[3]

In 2006, Six Shooter opened a retail outlet located at 1118 Queen St. E. in Toronto, which sells CDs, vinyl, books, art, jewelry, and t-shirts.[2] The retail store was closed in October 2009 when Six Shooter moved offices.[4]

Roster

Artists who have released material on the label include

Albums

Artist Title Year
Richard Buckner The Hill 2000
Captain Tractor Celebrity Traffic Jam 2000
Captain Tractor Hoserista 2000
Veal Tilt O'Whirl 2000
Luke Doucet Aloha, Manitoba 2001
Martin Tielli We Didn't Even Suspect That He Was the Poppy Salesman 2001
Christine Fellows The Last One Standing 2002
Nick Buzz Circo 2002
Martin Tielli Operation Infinite Joy 2003
Veal The Embattled Hearts 2003
Luke Doucet Outlaws (Live & Unreleased) 2004
Ford Pier Pier-ic Victory 2004
Captain Tractor North of the Yellowhead 2005
Luke Doucet Broken (and other rogue states) 2005
Elliott Brood Ambassador 2005
Christine Fellows Paper Anniversary 2005
Valery Gore Valery Gore 2005
NQ Arbuckle The Last Supper in a Cheap Town 2005
Justin Rutledge No Never Alone 2005
Chris Wynters Skywriting 2005
Justin Rutledge The Devil on a Bench in Stanley Park 2006
Christine Fellows Nevertheless 2007
Wendy McNeill The Wonder Show 2007
Ford Pier Organ Farming 2007
Amelia Curran War Brides 2008
Luke Doucet Blood's Too Rich 2008
Elliott Brood Mountain Meadows 2008
Wendy McNeill A Dreamer's Guide to Hardcore Living 2008
NQ Arbuckle XOK 2008
Justin Rutledge Man Descending 2008
Amelia Curran Hunter, Hunter 2009
Jenn Grant Echoes 2009
Melissa McClelland Victoria Day 2009
Martin Tielli The Ghost of Danny Gross 2009
The Beauties The Beauties 2010
Luke Doucet Steel City Trawler 2010
Justin Rutledge The Early Widows 2010
Christine Fellows Femmes de chez nous 2011
The Deep Dark Woods The Place I Left Behind 2011
Whitehorse Whitehorse 2011
Joe Nolan Beautiful Cinderella 2011
Del Barber Headwaters 2012
Whitehorse The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss 2012
The Deep Dark Woods "Jubilee" 2013
Tanya Tagaq Animism 2014
Joe Nolan Tornado 2014

Notes

  1. ↑ McPherson, David. "Label Life: Six Shooter Records". Retrieved 2009-07-11.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Put your guns on the table". Ottawa XPress, July 3, 2008.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jaffer, Dave (15 October 2009). "It's A Family Thing". Ottawa XPress. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  4. ↑ http://www.sixshooterrecords.com, retrieved 12 November 2009 Missing or empty |title= (help)

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