Lujo Records

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Lujo Records
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Founded2001 (2001)
FounderErik Aucoin, Jocelyn Toews Aucoin
Distributor(s)Nail
Genre Indie rock
Country of originU.S.
Location Ojai, California
Official website www.lujorecords.com

Lujo Records is an American independent record label that was founded in 2001 by Erik Aucoin in Louisiana. [1] In 2004, Lujo Records moved to Washington, D.C., and Jocelyn Toews bought 50% of the label. In 2006 Aucoin and Toews married and in 2008 they moved the label to Palo Alto, California. Lujo has released records by The Fall of Troy, Look Mexico, The Dark Romantics, Baby Teeth, Pomegranates and more.

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