I knew I was living in the center of the world when it comes to music, … independent music, … independent labeled music! There are music stores everywhere (Vacation Vinyl, Origami Vinyl, High Fidelity, Rockaway records, Amoeba music, and these are only the ones in my neighborhood!), renown music labels and music clubs abound, three quarter of the population is involved with the music business and when one of the biggest bands in the world, Radiohead, decides to release a newspaper in a few locations world wide, Silver Lake is among them.
A new event will elevate Silver Lake as the capital of the independent music even more, as the hipster neighborhood will host the Independent Label Market on Saturday November 3rd. The event will bring together the founders of famous Independent Record Labels to sell their new vinyl products directly to the public.
The market started in London in 2011 but this will the second time it occurs in the US, and a first visit to the West coast. It will take place at the Micheltorena Elementary School, and will see a host of exclusive releases, artist appearances among other things. This is what they posted on Facebook:
‘As the music industry embraces mp3s and a more digital strategy, Independent Label Market is proving to be an valuable reminder of how music retail can be a social affair; people hanging out together as a community and buying records.'
These are the exhibitor-vendors already announced, but many more will be joining the market: 100% Silk, Anti, Anticon, Burger Records, Dangerbird, Delicious Vinyl, Eenie Meenie, Everloving, Friends Of Friends, Frontier, Hit City Usa, IAMSOUND, Innovative Leisure, Mad Decent, Manimal Vinyl, Ninja Tune, Not Not Fun, Now Again, Origami, Permanent, Stones Throw.
Let’s see, Anti has Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Black Keys, and Tom Waits, Burger Records has the Black Lips, The Oh Sees, Ty Segall, Dangerbird has Fitz and the Tantrums, Minus the Bear, Silversun Pickups… who’s gonna show up?