Topshelf Records

Topshelf Records
Founded	2006 (2006)
Founder	Seth Decoteau, Kevin Duquette, Dan Sullivan
Genre	Indie rock, emo, punk rock, post-rock
Country of origin	United States
Location	Portland, Oregon
Official website	topshelfrecords.com

Topshelf Records is an American independent record label. Started in Peabody, Massachusetts and formerly located in San Diego, California, ^{[1] [2] [3]} the label is based in Portland, Oregon as of 2022. ^[4]

Topshelf Records has been profiled in the Pittsburgh City Paper , ^[5] San Diego Reader , ^[6] San Diego CityBeat , ^{[7] [8]} and Pitchfork . ^[9]

Current artists

• A Great Big Pile of Leaves
• Alfred.
• Another Michael
• Bellows
• Boyscott
• Clearance
• Del Paxton
• Ekko Astral
• Elephant Gym
• Everyone Everywhere
• Field Mouse
• Giraffes? Giraffes!
• Gulfer
• Knifeplay
• Lite
• Mid-Air Thief
• Mouse on the Keys
• No Joy
• No Vacation
• Parannoul
• Queen of Jeans
• Ratboys
• Really From
• Sobs
• Standards
• Subsonic Eye
• Supernowhere
• Sweet Pill
• Toe
• Tricot
• Us and Us Only
• Weatherday

Former artists

• Aeroplane, 1929
• Baker
• Boys Life
• Braid
• By Surprise
• Caravels
• Chamberlain
• The City on Film
• The Clippers
• CLIQUE
• Coping
• Crash of Rhinos
• CSTVT
• Cut Teeth
• Dangers
• Deer Leap
• Defeater
• Diamond Youth
• Doe
• Donovan Wolfington
• Duck. Little Brother, Duck!
• Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
• Enemies
• Feels Like July
• Flung ^[10]
• Frameworks
• gobbinjr
• Grown Ups
• Happy Diving
• Have Mercy
• Heat
• Infinity Girl
• Inns
• Kind of Like Spitting
• Lion Club
• Mock Orange
• Moller
• Moving Mountains
• My Heart to Joy
• My Fictions
• Nai Harvest
• People Like You
• Pianos Become the Teeth
• Prawn
• Pretend
• Pswingset
• Queen Moo
• Rooftops
• Run, Walk
• Sirs
• Sixfinger
• Slingshot Dakota
• Solids
• Sorority Noise
• Special Explosion
• Stand Up Get Down
• Street Smart Cyclist
• Suis La Lune
• Sundials
• Tancred
• The Jazz June
• The Saddest Landscape
• The Velvet Teen
• The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die
• Us Against The Archers
• We Were Skeletons
• Wild Ones
• Wildhoney
• Yeyey
• You Blew It!
• You, Me, and Everyone We Know

References

1. "Interviews: Seth Decoteau (Topshelf Records)". Punk News. June 26, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
2. Minton, Kyle (July 24, 2011). "An Interview: Seth Decoteau [Topshelf Records]". Nothing Sounds Better. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
3. Terich, Jeff (January 27, 2015). "Topshelf Records moves to San Diego". San Diego CityBeat. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
4. Corcoran, Nina (September 15, 2022). "Topshelf Records Launches Kickstarter After Distribution Partner Abruptly Shutters". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
5. Enis, Eli. "Topshelf Records Showcase Tour of Slingshot Dakota, Prawn, Queen Moo and People Like You perform at Mr. Smalls Dec. 19". Pittsburgh City Paper.
6. Leighton, Ken (July 19, 2017). "Topshelf label notes absence of DIY infrastructure". www.sandiegoreader.com.
7. Terich, Jeff (January 27, 2015). "Topshelf Records moves to San Diego". San Diego CityBeat.
8. "Sound Advice: Topshelf Records Tour featuring Prawn, People Like You, Slingshot Dakota and Us and Only Us (Dec. 13)". CityBeat Cincinnati.
9. "Your New Favorite Emo Bands: The Best of Topshelf Records' 2013 Sampler". Pitchfork. October 2013.
10. Reed, Mick (October 22, 2020). "Bandcamp of the Day: Flung". New Noise Magazine . Retrieved July 9, 2024.

External links

• Topshelf Records (Official Website)
• Topshelf Records on Bandcamp