Noyes Records

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Noyes Records
FoundedMay 2005 (May 2005)
FounderChad Peck
StatusActive
Distributor(s) Sonic Unyon
Country of originFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Location Truro, Nova Scotia
Official website noyesrecords.com

Noyes Records (pronounced 'noise') is an independent record label based in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. The music label was established in May 2005 by Chad Peck. Since 2005, the label represents mostly upcoming bands on the East Coast of Canada. In 2008, the label won the Coast's Best of Music Award for Best Local Label. [1] Noyes bands have played notable national and international festivals including the Halifax Pop Explosion, Evolve Festival, and NXNE. Noyes artists are distributed nationally though Sonic Unyon, [2] and are available on Zunior.com. [3]

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Some of the artists currently represented on the label include Tomcat Combat, [4] VKNGS [5] and The Got To Get Got (featuring ex-members of North of America), [6] [7] The Memories Attack (featuring former Eric's Trip guitarist Chris Thompson), A History Of (with former members of The Plan), and other East Coast bands.

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References

  1. Halifax Best of Music 2008: The Coast [ permanent dead link ]
  2. Noyes Records on Sonic Unyon [ permanent dead link ]
  3. Noyes Records on Zunior
  4. "Tomcat Combat feels okay," The Coast, Halifax
  5. "VKNGS on New Music Canada," CBC Radio 3
  6. "The Got to Get Got on New Music Canada," CBC Radio 3 [ permanent dead link ]
  7. "TGTGG/Bruce Peninsula Tour". Chart Attack. 2008-07-08. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-29.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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