Needlejuice Records

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Needlejuice Records
Founded2017;7 years ago (2017)
FounderBrandon Brown
Jace McLain
Austin Aeschliman
Country of originUnited States
Location Nashville, Tennessee
Official website needlejuicerecords.com

Needlejuice Records is an independent record label founded in September 2017 [1] and operated by Austin Aeschliman, Jace McLain, and Brandon Brown. [2] The label's first release, issued in 2017, was the album Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. [1]

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Label roster

Current artists [3]

Former artists

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