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Posted in industry | music on January 14, 2007
V2 label explodes
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"Sheridan Square has basically shuttered its frontline V2 record business as part of restructuring to focus on its catalog releases and the future opportunities presented by digital distribution......As part of that move, the company will retain the White Stripes catalog, but will no longer issue new music by the duo or other frontline artists such as Moby or the Raconteurs, sources say." [Billboard]
"Indianapolis band Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos are leaving V2 Records and fielding offers from new labels." [MOKB]
"V2 was the home to a number of acts that we cover, including Gang Of Four, the Blood Brothers, the Adored, Sugarcult, Burning Brides and the Icarus Line. The label recently made headlines by signing wildly popular punk act the Alkaline Trio." [Punk News]
"Where does that leave the Langhorne Slim full length that was due out early this year? Or the new Mooney Suzuki that was due at the end of the month?" [diablojesus]
Posted on January 14, 2007 2:59 AM
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that's probably my favorite white stripes song.
Posted by zach | January 14, 2007 6:20 AM
Fuckin A, can the Mooneys not catch a break?
Posted by Tom | January 14, 2007 9:06 AM
Isn't Elbow still on V2?
Posted by jason | January 14, 2007 9:25 AM
Ha - V2's offices were in the same building and a couple of floors up from the Tower Records in the Village that shut down. What an ironic chain-reaction. Pretty soon that entire building will be empty.
That's space is going to make one massive Duane Reade...
Posted by David McCaffredy | January 14, 2007 10:23 AM
V2 left that Tower Records building January of last year.
Posted by Anonymous | January 14, 2007 10:35 AM
David, V2's offices moved from that space a long time ago.
Posted by Anonymous | January 14, 2007 11:04 AM
Any word on what's going to happen with Josh Ritter? V2 seems to have done a pretty good job working "The Animal Years" last year.
Posted by Andrew | January 14, 2007 3:05 PM
This also leaves The Meligrove Band, a signing of the short-lived V2 Canada, without an American release for their AMAZING and horribly under-promoted album 'Planets Conspire.'
The blogs & other US outlets should really pick up on that one more.. though I think it may have gotten some mention here a while back.
Posted by Anonymous | January 14, 2007 4:49 PM
poor icarus line...
i happened to stop in on the last day of tower records and watched shoppers go over the inventory like vultures over a carcass. i watched some guys walk in with longish hair and guitars and assumed they were in a band. what i found ridiculous is that they are likely aspiring to be signed to a major label (like V2) to make albums to sell to record stores that are going out of business. there is a massive kink in the chain here.
Posted by sam | January 14, 2007 5:40 PM
I guess we just discovered a bunch more bands who are going to be playing SXSW...
Posted by Steve | January 14, 2007 5:46 PM
Wow, it sucks that Mooney Suzuki keeps losing their record label like every other year, & always when they're coming out with someting too. Hopefully it doesn't affect the upcoming album..
Posted by Marlon | January 16, 2007 2:00 AM