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Barsuk Records

American independent record label

Summary

American independent record label

Field	Value
name	Barsuk Records
image	Barsuk-rcdbr-sm.png
founded
founder	Christopher Possanza
Josh Rosenfeld
distributor	Redeye Worldwide
genre	Pop, indie rock
country	U.S.
location	Seattle, Washington
website

Josh Rosenfeld

Barsuk Records ( ) is an independent record label based in Seattle, Washington which was founded in 1998 by Christopher Possanza and Josh Rosenfeld, the members of the band This Busy Monster, to release their band's material. Its logo is a drawing of a dog holding a vinyl record in its mouth.

Barsuk played a key role in shaping the mainstream view of indie rock in its early years, with albums like Nada Surf's Let Go, The Long Winters' When I Pretend to Fall, and Death Cab for Cutie's influential fourth album, Transatlanticism. The label also became a platform for Seattle-based singer-songwriters such as Rocky Votolato, Jesse Sykes, and David Bazan.

The name of the label comes from the Russian word барсук , "badger". However, the label is named after Possanza and Jason Avinger's dog, a black Labrador. The dog can be heard barking in two This Busy Monster tracks: "Song 69" and "Time to Sleep".

Artists

Active Bird Community
¡All-Time Quarterback!
The American Analog Set
Aqueduct
Aveo
Babes
David Bazan
Big Scary
Charly Bliss
Blunt Mechanic
Common Holly
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Death Cab for Cutie
The Dismemberment Plan
Benjamin Gibbard
Laura Gibson
The Globes
Abigail Grush
Harvey Danger
Hibou
Jessamine
Kind of Like Spitting
Lackthereof
Little Champions
Lo Tom
The Long Winters
Maps & Atlases
Mates of State
Menomena
Minor Alps
Travis Morrison (of the Dismemberment Plan)
Nada Surf
Jim Noir
Pacific Air
Phantogram
Pea Soup
Pearly Gate Music
The Prom
Ra Ra Riot
Ramona Falls
The Revolutionary Hydra
Rilo Kiley
Ruler
Mathieu Santos
Say Hi
Small Feet
Smoosh
Chris Staples
Starlight Mints
Steady Holiday
Sunset Valley
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
They Might Be Giants
This Busy Monster
Trails and Ways
John Vanderslice
Viva Voce
Rocky Votolato
Chris Walla
What Made Milwaukee Famous
The Wooden Birds
Yellow Ostrich File:Death Cab for Cutie at Manchester Academy, 4 July 2011.jpg|Death Cab for Cutie performs at Manchester Academy, 2011

References

Hodge, Blake. (March 23, 2016). "Redeye Moving Global Headquarters to Hillsborough". [[WCHL (AM)]].
Jackson, Josh. (December 18, 2018). "The 10 Best Barsuk Albums from the First 20 Years". [[Paste (magazine).
Seth Sommerfeld. (2013-10-28). "Barsuk Records celebrates 15 years of indie influence".
Cox, David. (2001). "Close Protection: The Politics of Guarding Russia's Rulers". [[Greenwood Publishing Group]] p. 47.
de Barros, Paul. (November 1, 2013). "15 years of creativity and contrarianism : Barsuk Records". [[The Seattle Times]].

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