Downtown Records

Butter The Children signed to Downtown, playing shows; Ovlov on tour, releasing debut LP (dates & MP3s)

DOWNLOAD: Butter The Children – “Lupus” (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Ovlov – “Blue Baby” (MP3) NYC pop shoegazers Butter The Children (members of Sweet Bulbs, Night Manager, and Le Rug) play local shows a lot and it’s recently been announced that they’ve signed to Downtown Records…

Downtown Music Festivals coming to LES in NYC & other cities -- lineup & tix (Black Hippy, Earl Sweatshirt, Purity Ring, Palma Violets & more)

Palma Violets at BV SXSW 2013 day party (more by Amanda Hatfield) Downtown Records are taking their Downtown Music Festivals to different North American cities this year with a lineup that includes Black Hippy (aka Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab Soul, and Jay Rock all playing together), Purity Ring, Earl Sweatshirt, Sky Ferreira, DIIV, Palma Violets, Trash Talk, Beach Fossils, Teengirl Fantasy, …

Art Brut releasing new stuff, touring North America, played Webster Hall w/ White Demim, A-Trak & more (pics & dates)

Art Brut @ Webster Hall – March 4, 2011Hello. We’re Art Brut. We’ve completed the recording of our new album ‘Brilliant! Tragic!’ and working alongside PledgeMusic, we’d like give you a little more than usual and help us go to places Art Brut have never been…

A-Trak playing Coachella & another Downtown Records Party (w/ the Suzan, Lissy Trullie, White Denim & ART BRUT)

Alt-bros Dave 1 and A-Trak (more by Brook Bobbins) Miike Snow/Major Lazer/Santigold/etc. at Terminal 5 on March 5th (on sale now) isn’t the only birthday party Downtown Records is throwing for itself…

Major Lazer playing Downtown Records birthday w/ Miike Snow & Santigold, 9 Mile Music Fest w/ Marleys

Miike Snow at Webster Hall (more by Benjamin Lozovsky)Downtown Music, LLC is an independently owned company which operates Downtown Records, Downtown Music Publishing, Downtown Music Services (Licensing Group), RCRDLBL…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - headlining shows (not in NYC) w/ Amanda Blank (new album) + All Points West (with ?) -- all dates

Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Bonnaroo (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) Yeah Yeah Yeahs will play a series of headlining shows around their July 31st appearance at All Points West…

White Denim sign to Downtown Records, not playing Pool Party (Crystal Antlers are +++ other tour dates)

As previously mentioned, White Denim has been replaced on the bill of the July 19th JellyNYC Pool Party. They’ll join Magnolia Electric Co. and Dirty Projectors at the free show…

Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (video & remix), SXSW

DOWNLOAD: Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes (XXXchange remix) (MP3) Santogold & Mark Ronson shooting video

Spank Rock signs to Downtown Records

Spank Rock @ Highline Ballroom, NYC – May 15, 2007 (CRED)Spank Rock, the hip-hop/funk/electro group originally from Baltimore that was the subject of an intense, year-long, behind-the-scenes industry battle, recently completed a four album deal with Downtown Records, the independent label responsible for launching Gnarls Barkley’s platinum-selling debut …